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With the natural focus on selling domains, it is easy to overlook the fact that those domains can, and sometimes do, change lives. This point was highlighted in the recently-released 2019 Canada’s Internet Factbook that contained the catchy...

Today we sat down with Kate (sdsinc) owner of NameNewsletter.com for a one on one interview.

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Eric - As an avid droplister, spending so much time each day compiling and...

In this week’s Top Topics, an investor is wondering what to do after receiving a healthy initial offer on a domain, and AbdulBasit Makrani shares some of his 2020 acquisitions. Elsewhere, a seasoned investor shares some advice for new domainers...

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...

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A tweet from Shane Cultra (@Domain Shane) prompted me to look into a possibly monumental domain sale. Earlier this year, Lumis was brokering the sale of the Everest.com domain name, with an asking price of $1 million.

This week, Shane...

It’s rare to hear from the owner of an ultra-premium domain name on their reasons for selling a domain name, but the original registrant of Coconut.com commented on a recent story to explain his rationale for selling the name to James Booth...

Welcome to this week's top topics, where there is a distinctive time vs. money theme. A few discussions have arisen this week regarding the time spent on domain name investing and whether that time is worth the money you receive in turn from...

Our domain detection series tracks the sales and purchases of some of the most prominent portfolio owners in the domain name industry. In this edition, we discover two of Nat Cohen's most recent sales and we look at several of Mike Mann's recent...

A domain hack uses both sides of the dot to create a single word, for example pi.pe or ma.de. While some define domain hack more broadly, a definition that includes two related words, one on each side of the dot, we will use the...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at a new .TV sale that makes the top twenty list for 2019, and investors discuss the .ORG extension after the recent news that could mean that .ORG prices are drastically increased. Elsewhere, we get an...

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors discuss a recent $28,500 expired domain sale linked to the daughter of a famed CEO, and is domain parking still worth it? Elsewhere, investors make predictions for where they see domaining in five...

If you have been monitoring the Chinese domain market recently, you'll have noticed a drop in the volume of sales in comparison with December. This article, written by Travis from DomainShane.com, has some excellent infographics to show an...

This is the first Top Topics written at 38,000 feet over the Atlantic! I’m heading to Las Vegas because NamesCon starts this weekend, and if you're going, I hope to see you there! There is a planned meetup at 5pm on Sunday 27th January at the 9...

Sequoia Capital is one of the largest venture capital firms in existence, and since 1972 the company has funded both startups and established companies, with a focus on the technology industry. Sequoia Capital has invested in hundreds of...

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...

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...

It's time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros. In summary:

A drastic tweak of your domain asking prices might produce more sales. Get details about how Sports.gg sold for $96k. Read about how Sedo & Afternic fare in sales...

If you haven’t taken notice, NamePros has been reporting the top domain sales from various marketplaces on a daily basis. I thought that it would be fun, and educational to some, to report on who purchased the domain names and how they are using...

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...

I have been noticing an uptick in 5N .net action lately. To be clear, this article in no way suggests for anyone to register them, and this article is not a recommendation for them. The research and homework on this topic is just beginning. That...

In this edition of Inside Interviews, we take a look at the $130,000 acquisition of Due.com by John Rampton. The domain name, which was acquired through auction platform Flippa.com last year, is now the base for an effective invoicing and time...

Last year, DNJournal recorded more than $26 million worth of sales in their "Top 100 Reported Sales" table, lead by six deals valued at $1 million or more. It's can be interesting to revisit past sales, especially high-value sales, to see exactly...

With 2016 practically at the half way mark, now might be a good time to do a quick inventory of your portfolio. It's also a good time to reflect on what your goals were for these names and if that has changed. There are internal factors such as...

Diverse opinions have been expressed, on NamePros and elsewhere, on whether the domain aftermarket has recently dropped.

Certainly there are reasons for a possible decline.

• There is considerable business uncertainty.
• With inflation...

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...