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In case you missed it, we broke the news of the $1.75 million sale of 20.com over the weekend. The domain was sold by entrepreneur and angel investor @Jason Calacanis with the help of broker @Joe Uddeme. A broker from...

In 2017, I have been able to add to my portfolio of domain names thanks largely to a combination of hard work, research and timing my offers right. Below, I have revealed a number of domain names that I have bought this year along with why I...

Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Calacanis has owned the domain name 20.com since 2006, after buying the domain name on Sedo for $75,000. Since then, Jason has received regular offers for the domain name that have steadily increased...

Microsoft aren’t known for selling their domain names, but it looks as though one of their names could have sold this week. The domain name in question is Jellyfish.com. Thanks to DomainIQ, we can see that the name’s status just changed...

James Booth has only been a part of the industry for two years, but during that time he has produced some impressive sales figures. Very recently, James has crossed a significant milestone of $10 million in sales. Here, we speak with James about...

Detected Domains is a series that is conducted to show domain investors exactly what some of the most successful portfolio owners are buying and selling. With the help of DomainIQ, we are discovering some fascinating data that may even help you...

Mike Mann, domain investor and owner of DomainMarket.com announced several more sales this week including Sushma.com, which sold for $10,000 after Mike purchased the domain for $190 in May 2011. Another four figure sale that Mike announced is...

The domain name HH.com has just been sold to Chinese domain name brokerage company 62.com. We first noticed activity on the domain name earlier this week when the nameservers for HH.com changed. At the same time, the domain name also went under...

After you have sold a domain name, how much of the profit do you invest into new domain names in order to grow the value of your portfolio? It’s difficult to know whether to put 100% of your profits into additional domain names, which is why...

Recently, Verizon announced the news of a brand new company, Oath, which will be created by merging Yahoo! and AOL. This comes on the back of Verizon's agreement to purchase Yahoo! for $4.5 billion.

The news, which was originally broken by...

Detected Domains is a series in which we look at the activities of premium domain names and prominent portfolio owners to discover their recent purchases and sales. We hope that this series is inspirational, informative or just interesting for...

Jason Calacanis is an American Internet entrepreneur and angel investor who has had his fair share of success when it comes to online businesses. After selling Weblogs Inc to AOL for around $30 million, Jason worked with Sequoia Capital before...

Before we get into this week's Top Topics, we have a probable domain sale to report. Last year, online lender Vouch Financial closed down just three years after its creation. Although the business didn't succeed, the company had a valuable asset...

Bill Sweetman is the President of Name Ninja, a company that works with entrepreneurs, global startups and marketers to buy some of the best names available. Unlike most domain name brokers, Bill concentrates solely on acquisition services...

This edition of Detected Domains is lead by the news that eBay Korea bought the domain name g9.com for $1.5 million in December 2016. The news comes courtesy of James Booth (@BoothDomains) from BQDN.com, who spoke with eBay...

In case you missed it, we published details of two recent domain sales. Firstly was the sale of Tablets.com and this morning we told the community about the sale of Chili.com to Chili Cinema.

In this week’s edition of Top Topics, an...

Following yesterday's discovery of Aron Meystedt's sale of Tablets.com, we have uncovered another sale that occurred a couple of months ago.

The domain name in question is Chili.com, which was sold by an individual from Hong Kong...

Aron Meystedt, owner of XF.com Investments and Director of Intellectual Property at Heritage Auctions has sold the domain name Tablets.com.

The news was confirmed by Aron (@XF.com) today, telling NamePros that an investor had acquired the...

As with any industry, external events and phenomena can have an effect on liquid prices, buyer confidence and the general outlook of the industry. Some factors play a larger role than others in influencing our decisions as investors. In this...

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...

In this week's Top Topics, there is an excellent discussion based around discovering trending niches for potential investment, with some excellent advice from the community for trend investors. Elsewhere, John Berryhill gives an update on the...

Chinese domaining activity has dominated the headlines of blogs over the past couple of years. The buying power of Chinese investors drove a renewed desire for short domain names, which in turn saw wholesale prices increase across the board...

Recently, we brought you the news that Avoid.com had been sold for $117,500. The new owner of Avoid.com has commented on our article to confirm the purchase and to explain some of the details behind the deal. The new owner didn't reveal why...

In case you missed it, we published a list of ten domain names that Mark Cuban owns this week. The article received a lot of positive attention, thanks in no small part to a retweet that Mark sent out to his six million Twitter followers...

Mark Cuban is one of America’s most famous entrepreneurs, thanks in part to his regular appearances on ABC’s Shark Tank. Aside from his media duties, he owns the Dallas Mavericks and has made investments in many companies including Morgan...