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The name George Kirikos (@GeorgeK) may be familiar to you if you follow domain name news since George regularly uncovers previously unreported domain sales such as the $2.1 million Vivo.com sale. Aside from George’s regular contributions to...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we analyse the latest happenings in the Chinese domain market and ask whether Chinese premium names will continue to fall in price. We also hear from the owner of a three-letter .COM domain that has been...

When you get into a new hobby or career, it’s natural to make mistakes. Everyone does. Fortunately, other people have already made those mistakes and you can learn from their experiences rather than having to learn from your own mistakes, which...

The perceived value of individual domain names is one of the most talked about subjects within the domain industry. Domain valuation is also one of the most difficult skills to successfully master, with a combination of sales data and experience...

Detected domains is an ongoing series in which we take a look at the recent activity of some of the most successful domain investors, and what they're currently buying and selling. In this week's edition, we discover some incredible purchases by...

Do you need a simple, free way to track your domain name portfolio? A Google spreadsheet template was published this week, which will allow you to monitor your domain names. If you don't have an existing solution to track your portfolio...

Short and valuable domain names are continuing to sell for high values, with Chinese domain investors paying premiums to get the best available names.

We can bring you some exclusive news today, with the two-character .COM domain V8.com selling...

Recently, Outcome Health raised $500 million through a series A funding round that valued the company at $5 billion. According to Bloomberg, Outcome Health will use the money to invest in promising healthcare startups. However, it seems that the...

Tracking every single domain name that you own can be a difficult task. Fortunately, there are many tools available to help with that. One of the most popular methods of tracking your domain portfolio is to use a spreadsheet. There are many...

Short domain names tend to have a high value attached to them, mainly due to their rarity. Two-letter .COM’s for example, have seen exponential growth that has made seven-figure sales an almost regular occurrence.

One category of domain names...

In April, we published the news that the valuable two-letter .COM domain name HH.com had sold. Since then, the legal firm that owned the name has been in the process of transferring data to a new domain.

This week we received notification...

At NamePros, we have published several articles profiling famous people who don’t own their exact match domain name. This time, we’re taking a look at five famous faces or bands that do know the power of a great .COM domain name. Our list below...

In this edition of Detected Domains, the big news is that Heritage Auctions have completed the sale of Black.com. Aron Meystedt (@Napkin.com) of Heritage Auctions confirmed the sale to me this afternoon but was unable to mention any...

Transactions involving two-letter .COM domain names have been regular news items in the past couple of years, thanks largely to Chinese domain investors who have been acquiring as many two-letter .COM's as possible. Today, however, we are...

In this week's Top Topics, NamePros reaches an incredible milestone and the millionth member introduces themselves. Elsewhere, we discuss the state of the brandable domain market and an investor reveals that they sold a four-letter .COM domain...

Legendary domain name investor Rick Schwartz has taken to Twitter recently to give his opinions and advice regarding domain names. Since Rick has closed an incredible amount of six and seven figure domain sales in his twenty-something years as a...

Detected domains is an ongoing series in which we publish details of recent purchases and sales from some of the industry's top domain name investors. Thanks to DomainIQ, we're able to present some interesting discoveries. In this week's edition...

Million Dollar Sales is a sporadic series in which we take a look at every single seven and eight-figure domain name sale that has been listed on DNJournal since its inception in 2003. In our previous...

Domain investor and owner of DomainMarket.com Mike Mann announced a couple of five-figure sales this week. First was the $24,888 sale of Unifon.com, which was followed by the news of the sale of CurrencyCharts.com for $12,500. Both names were...

The domain name industry as a whole moves a significant amount of money each year, with both companies and domain investors buying and selling thousands of domains for millions of dollars.

However, something that the domain name industry lacks...

As a UFC commentator and host of one of the most popular podcasts in the World, Joe Rogan has amassed an incredibly large fan base. With more than two million Instagram followers and over three million Twitter followers, Joe has become one of the...

As we reported last Thursday, 77.com did indeed sell. The domain, which is currently registered with Moniker, is pending transfer to its new owners, who are likely to be from China based on recent two-number .COM activity. There has...

Domain investor George Kirikos (@GeorgeK) has uncovered yet another high value domain sale, thanks to his research into a company's recent SEC filing. After reading Bryn Mawr's quarterly filing, George noticed that the company...

Earlier this week, we published an interview with Dave CEO Jason Wilk based around his recent acquisition of the Dave.com domain name. It’s a fascinating interview and it’s interesting to document Jason’s though process behind acquiring such a...

In December 2015, we published the news that the domain name 77.com had been sold for a fee that was thought to be around $5 million. The valuable two-number .COM domain name was acquired by DomainEmpire.com Ltd of London, a domain...