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Omar Negron · Sep 11, 2015

I recently returned from vacation after visiting Florida, and I had a great time. It's always good to unwind a little bit, take some sun in, and think about what's going on in your life, where you're headed, and what you're going to have to do when you get back home to achieve certain goals in...

James Iles · Sep 10, 2015

All bidding has now closed at the DomainFEST Asia auction with 4.cn. In all, there were thirteen NNN.com domains, one LL.com, forty-six LLL.com, and other excellent names such as text.com and soft.com.

Here are some of the highlights from the auction:

73.com failed to reach...

equity78 · Sep 10, 2015

The auction action on 4.CN is heating up. The DomainFest Asia auction has a lot of top quality numeric domains on auction with 73.com being the best of the bunch.

Surprising some is the performance of 8.xyz at $53,358; there is less than 5 hours left and there have been 65 bids.

Where do you...

James Iles · Sep 9, 2015

After reading a blog post by Elliot last week, I thought it would be useful to show you a website that I regularly use to check trademarks. In Elliot's post, he references an article in which 15 common English words or phrases are shown to be trademarked.

Those words are:

Astroturf...

James Iles · Sep 8, 2015

Mike Mann - owner of DomainMarket.com - has just announced the $43,000 sale of a .CO domain name that he's owned since 2010. It's a sale that would put it at joint 18th on the highest ever publicly recorded .CO domain sales (according to NameBio).

News of the domain sale was published on Mike's...

James Iles · Sep 7, 2015

Welcome to a Labor Day edition of Domain Development, a series in which I'll show you how to go about creating websites for your domain names. As parking revenue is virtually non existent for many domain names, developing your names into fully functioning websites is a viable alternative...

N-A · Sep 4, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include PayPal’s new service, PayPal.me, and the username speculation and squatting that is occurring with it; the best registrars for investors with large domain portfolios; renewal tips and techniques for those vested in brandable domain names; and the...

vickyhunter · Sep 3, 2015

This is my first blog post on NamePros, and I will be sharing my experiences and the lessons that I have learned in Domaining. Thank you to @NamePros and the domain community for the opportunity to share this information.

The first lesson that I'm going to cover is the power of the follow...

James Iles · Sep 2, 2015

This story centers around a domain name sale that took place a couple of years ago, but details only came to light recently thanks to @john_karr who posted a link to an audio file in which the seller describes how he sold the domain name ME.DM to Twitter's co-founder, Evan Williams...

James Iles · Sep 1, 2015

In 2002, Brent Oxley founded the web hosting company HostGator in his dorm room at Florida Atlantic University, and he quickly grew it from a small business with just 100 customers into one of the largest providers of reseller hosting.

In 2012, Brent sold HostGator to EIG for a reported $225...

James Iles · Aug 31, 2015

Welcome to a brand new week, and a brand new edition of my series called Domain Development. Last week, I showed you the very basics of how to create a WordPress site. I recommend using the WordPress platform as it's a very simple platform with no experience of coding required.

WordPress...

N-A · Aug 30, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include the dreaded hyphen and how much (or little) it can devalue your domain names, renewal strategies taken by domain name investors, speculation on Radix’s recent .online nGTLD, how to avoid being flagged as spam when contacting end users, and the...

James Iles · Aug 28, 2015

Outcome Brokerage Founder and CEO Ryan Colby confirmed that his company had sold $1.45m worth of domain names in August alone.

In a Tweet posted on Friday, Ryan (@RJColby on Twitter) stated:

Ending the month of August strong with over $1,450,000 in private, non-disclosed domain sales...

James Iles · Aug 26, 2015

Yesterday, you may have read the Inside Interview with Rob Rawson, the founder of Staff.com - a domain name that he acquired for $430,000. Within that interview, Rob described a test that he performed before the acquisition of staff.com, which he now carries out on every domain name...

Edward · Aug 25, 2015

“When I set out to do this, new domains were kind of a bad word,” said Daniel Negari while making a speech to the Southern California Domainers Meetup last Thursday in Santa Monica. He further added that if we fast-forward to present day, we have large companies like Google registering...

James Iles · Aug 25, 2015

In the sixth issue of my regular series of Inside Interviews, I speak to Rob Rawson, the owner of Staff.com - a platform for remote job opportunities. In this interview, Rob discusses many topics such as how he acquired Staff.com, his views on new gTLDs, and he reveals exactly how much he...

James Iles · Aug 24, 2015

Happy Monday! I've got a few of updates for you:

1. Due to a flood of nominations, a "run off round" of votes is needed to narrow down the field for THE Domain Conference Awards. Please take a minute to read the list, along with how to submit your votes. I'm pleased to...

James Iles · Aug 24, 2015

In the first of another new series of blog posts, I'm going to be featuring some information on how to develop your domain names.

The development of domains has become increasingly popular since the decline in parking revenue, and you can now produce a number of sites for a fairly small outlay...

JamesCrew · Aug 23, 2015

Today I feel excited to let my fellow domainers know that I have successfully sold my very first domain name! I think that makes me a domainer; right? It took almost a year since I restarted my learning of domaining, and I don't have words to explain the excitement and happiness I am going...

N-A · Aug 21, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include a comparison for both buyers and sellers on Flippa and NameJet, an increase in spam to anyone owning a Chinese premium LLLL.com domain name, the most regrettable negotiation endings in domain investing, and the lack of professionalism of some Flippa...

James Iles · Aug 19, 2015

The domain name investing industry doesn't take a break, even if we try to. Last week, I went away and refrained from using technology as much as I could. I did, however, succumb to using my iPhone to check in on NamePros to see the latest news, as well as visiting a couple of apps to ensure...

equity78 · Aug 19, 2015

A normal day on GoDaddy Auctions tends to find 3 to 6 five-number .com auctions ending, but yesterday, there were 58 of them. We have the closing prices for you. This data is not listed anywhere else.

These names were not registered two years ago like many we see expire. These names for the...

James Iles · Aug 18, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, I started a thread on NamePros asking members to submit some of their own mistakes, or listing very common mistakes that some investors make early on in their domaining careers. I'm posting this article not to poke fun at individuals for making mistakes but rather to...

equity78 · Aug 18, 2015

I was looking at what is getting registered in .XYZ with all the hoopla around Google, Alphabet, and ABC.xyz.

Trademark violations
Actress Names
5N
3Character
Multi Hyphens

All of the above naming conventions were registered yesterday.

AnneHathaway.xyz - The academy...

James Iles · Aug 17, 2015

As you may know, THE Domain Conference is taking place from 26th - 29th September 2015 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. If you are going, you can expect days full of networking, workshops, talks, a keynote speech from Morgan Linton and a "State of the Industry" presentation from DNJournal's Ron...

N-A · Aug 14, 2015

Discussions galore this week! The most popular include the redesign of Flippa’s homepage and category pages; Google’s parent company Alphabet rolling out with a .XYZ domain name, which made many others find new and unseen value in them; the chances of drop catching at Pheenix; and the most...

equity78 · Aug 11, 2015

Here is a look at the Top 20 five number .com sales that have been actually reported. I am sure there have been more on Chinese domain exchanges but we have to use what is reported.

Interestingly, one domain name was actually sold twice: 44477.com. Another thing of note is most do not resolve...

James Iles · Aug 10, 2015

In this article, we'll be looking at numeric domain names owned by Chinese companies and investors. If you missed the last "Domain Data" article regarding LL.com and LLL.com domains owned by China then you can view that here.

In early 2014 (possibly slightly earlier), the value of...

N-A · Aug 7, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include whether it’s acceptable or not to purchase a domain name of an established site in another extension, a look at the current floor price of 5N.com or NNNNN.com domain names, the weight that MOZ holds on domains now that PageRank isn’t a factor, and...

James Iles · Aug 5, 2015

I've been told by a reliable source who wishes to stay anonymous that the domain name WE.com sold for $8 million. The sale was confirmed earlier in the year but price and details of the transaction were never disclosed.

In an earlier article, I was able to confirm that the brokerage fee was...

James Iles · Aug 4, 2015

In this week's Inside Interview, I had the pleasure of chatting with Blain Reinkensmeyer; a partner at Reink Media Group. Along with a team of three others, Blain runs the popular StockBrokers.com service, which provides unbiased reviews and ratings for online brokers.

Having originally created...

James Iles · Aug 4, 2015

I have been alerted to the fact that the domain name 21.com has been stolen from its original owner.

The domain name, which sits in an eName.com account, was stolen by a Chinese individual who also stole 611.com - although this domain name has now been recovered. eName Technology Co., Ltd. is a...

James Iles · Aug 3, 2015

We start the week with the news from Bhanu Prasad, the domain investor who sold 4G.com for a high six figure fee earlier this year. He's recorded another high value domain sale today, and that is the sale of FoodMall.com for $50,000.

The buyers are (according to WhoIs) Fujian...

James Iles · Jul 31, 2015

In the first of a mini series looking at the domain names that Chinese investors own, we look at the amount of two and three letter .com domain names that are owned by individuals or companies in China. The data here is courtesy of DomainTools.

WHOIS data isn’t perfect, especially from...

N-A · Jul 31, 2015

The most popular discussions last week include speculation on whether GoDaddy is selling your personal information; the true value of automated appraisals; trademark infringement explained for plural names; a buyout of 30,000 Chinese LLLL.net domains in one hour; and investors share when and why...

James Iles · Jul 30, 2015

One of our most popular topics on NamePros Blog is the regular sales updates from Mike Mann. Our articles about his sales figures regularly attract a lot of discussion, and also a lot of speculation as to how much money Mike makes from domain names.

For those who aren’t familiar, Mike Mann is...

James Iles · Jul 29, 2015

You may have read an article I wrote a couple of months ago about two NamePros members - @Omar Negron and @Willox Perez. The article, which was given the unofficial moniker of “Trust Your Instincts” showed why you should sometimes trust your instincts when it comes to a good...

James Iles · Jul 28, 2015

In 2011, the domain name Nuts.com was acquired by Jeff Braverman, the CEO of a family nut shop first set up in 1929. As a college freshman, Jeff created NutsOnline.com which helped Nuts.com become what it is today. Since 2002, the company has grown revenue from $1.5 million to $35 million...

N-A · Jul 27, 2015

The most popular discussions last week include how to negotiate and price a domain sale with a well-funded startup, time traveling back to 1995 to buy domains, what one could realistically expect to earn in two years of domain name investing or developing, and GoDaddy tossing out an odd error...

equity78 · Jul 24, 2015

There is a lot of discussion and buying and selling by Western domain owners that center around Chinese themes, 4L.com without aeiouv, 4 to 6 number.com, etc. Some of the others center around the JS88888 or HG999 type stuff, and I have been seeing some sales related to LLNN.com which I have...

James Iles · Jul 24, 2015

Legendary domainer Mike Mann along with his team at DomainMarket.com have had a very productive week in terms of sales.

Mike has announced 3 sales this week totalling $32,500 from an investment of just $157.50.

The first name sale to be announced was FameApp.com - a domain name acquired for...

James Iles · Jul 23, 2015

You're most likely aware that the domain 358.com expired recently, reached "Pending Delete" status, and then SnapNames caught the name. At the last count, the domain had reached a record setting price of $430,000 with 7 bidders above $250,000.

There have been many people asking how a...

James Iles · Jul 22, 2015

A UDRP case has been filed against the domain name iBuy.com; a domain that's been registered since 1995. According to WhoIs information, iBuy.com is owned by Albert Houllou of Brooklyn and has shown the current "Coming Soon" page since at least 2011.

The UDRP case shows that the complainant is...

equity78 · Jul 22, 2015

People are always looking for names with traffic; they either want them for the parking revenue or perhaps as a kickstart to a new website.

So the other day a friend tells me he purchased a domain name based off of traffic; he was looking for a name with X amount of uniques per month and...

James Iles · Jul 20, 2015

In the domain industry, email is usually the preferred method of communication. Sometimes it can be very difficult to come across as trustworthy when sending a sales email, because - let's face it - you've sent an email out of the blue asking someone to buy a digital asset.

Any advantage we can...

enlytend · Jul 20, 2015

Domains with backlinks and page rank / domain authority often are more desirable and command higher prices than comparable domains without.

But is that PR5 domain with hundreds of backlinks as good as it looks? Domains with former activity and links can be great for parking, expiring domains...

N-A · Jul 17, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include choosing between a new generic Top Level Domain and a Second Level Domain; the current, past, and future outlook on LLLL.com’s price floor; technical advances being made that could end domain name investing as we know it; and a debate on whether...

James Iles · Jul 17, 2015

Domain investing typically slows down during the summer months. It's not just the domain industry that winds down; web traffic is mostly down too as most of the Northern Hemisphere head off on vacations.

There are always some exceptions to the rule, but generally sales are down and interest is...

James Iles · Jul 14, 2015

The valuable two-letter .com domain name EG.com has been sold.

The news broke when George Kirikos wrote a tweet stating that EG.com has been unlocked, which would then permit for a domain transfer to take place.

Minutes later, Andrew Rosener (@mediaoptions on Twitter) confirmed that...

James Iles · Jul 14, 2015

In 2011, an inventor named Jamie Siminoff brought together a team of 5 engineers to work out of his garage to create a product that would become DoorBot; a doorbell system that allows you to see and speak to visitors from your smartphone.

This small team - with a lack of real funding - was able...

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