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With NamesCon 2017 just about to start, it's an excellent opportunity to remember the incredible job that @Edward Zeiden and his team did in producing coverage of last year's NamesCon event.

One of the many video highlights of NamesCon...

This post will delve into the Sedo weekly sales report that was released on September 29, 2015 to take a deeper look into certain themes and trends that many invest in on NamePros.

The top sale for the week was actually a .de and not a...

Many investors dream of one day making a million dollar domain name sale. The odds are against you, with only 156 sales at this price point recorded on NameBio over all time. I take a look at those sales, and how the names are being used...

In this week's Top Topics, we feature the latest from an investor's test of the effectiveness of Afternic, and we hear from a domainer as to why they became a member of the ICA. Elsewhere, we see details of a domain flip that occurred just three...

In this week’s Top Topics, investors share the longest domain names in their portfolios, and just how do you win auctions when they close while you’re sleeping? Elsewhere, a domainer asks whether your sales for September are down, and how do you...

The most popular discussions this week include a conversation on whether or not the next buyout will be LLLLL.com’s, the new gTLD .XYZ’s drop of over 20,000 domain names in a single day, the cheapest registrar to use without hunting for pesky...

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Sold a domain on GoDaddy but their cut amounts to 39% of the sale; Movies about domain names; Mana.org expired and sold for $167,000 dollars; How to fight...

In March 2018, Sedo sold the domain Handle.com for $95,378. At the time, there was a lot of speculation regarding the buyer of the name, and whether an end user had got a bargain buy. However, the name's buyer wasn't an end user, but rather an...

In this week’s Top Topics, AbdulBasit Makrani shares the results of his June Afternic experiment that includes a $50,000 “buy now” sale. Elsewhere, investors discuss the recent SCOTUS Booking.com decision, and an entrepreneur asks domainers for...

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...

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...

Over the weekend, reports emerged that the valuable two-letter .COM had been sold to a Chinese investor. Jamie Zoch first broke the news via his Twitter account, confirming late on Saturday night that the domain had indeed been sold to...

CONTEST: 20 Free Domains - Win them here!
@Ali Zandi challenges the community to share their best domain story. The discussion is going strong with over 2,500 views and nearly 100 stories and comments. The contest ends tonight...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor reveals that they sold 133 domain names at Clubhouse in March. Elsewhere, we discuss the fixed price domain marketplace strategy and Sedo's Dave Evanson announces the $2 million sale of Angel.com...

Welcome to a fresh edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. This week:

Former domain owner insults the seller who made an outbound pitch; GoDaddy to lay off 8% of its global workforce; Google rolls out Bard in response to ChatGPT...

Today we sat down with Michael Rose (SnowBird) owner of RegisterBird.com for a one on one interview.

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Eric - You have been a member of NamePros since 2004 and seen lots of...

The big news in the domain industry this week was Tesla's acquisition of Tesla.com. After using TeslaMotors.com since 2003, the billion-dollar brand has purchased Tesla.com from a Californian individual. If you missed it, I spoke with the...

Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving? Time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros:

XMX.com, a former crypto brand, was sold for $252,000 dollars at an expired domains auction at GoDaddy. People received messages the .TV Registry...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at the case of an investor who may need to use a wire transfer in order to keep a domain deal alive, and we discuss the subject of domain appraisals. Are they really necessary?

Elsewhere, domain...

Hey! It's the latest review of weekly Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain portfolio access lost at Epik; GoDaddy fails to sync domain pricing; Dan.com BTC payments are currently frozen; Wondering why your domain names aren't selling...

To celebrate one year of official live launch of the popular .me domains, Brands-and-Jingles has issued a white paper on how “me”-branded names are used in marketing. In its effort the advertising agency wants to congratulate .me registry team...

Welcome to the third installment of our “Where Are They Now?” series. We’re taking a look at every single seven figure domain name sale that has been publicly revealed to see what those names are being used for today. In this edition, we’re...

Happy Saturday folks—time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros:

Do marketplaces bundle payments for concurrent sales? Dan and Sedo are compared. Somehow, a company valued at more than $100 million dollars let one of their domain...

To many readers, the domain name AUS.com may be familiar. Once owned by Ali Zandi (@Zandibot) and mentioned on a DomainSherpa review of his recent flips, the valuable three-letter .COM has been sold between various domain investors, until...

If you have had the pleasure of seeing any of Frank Schilling’s keynote speeches in the past, then you know that he doesn’t disappoint. Frank captivated a crowded hall filled with hundreds of people at NamesCon 2015 with this speech. I’ll let...