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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Detected Domains is an ongoing series documenting the domain names that industry experts and large portfolio owners are currently buying and selling. In this week's edition, we take a look at some potential activity on a seven-figure domain name...

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...

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 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...

In this edition of Detected Domains, we take a look at several four figure sales that @Mike Mann has posted recently, and we document two one-word .COM domain names that Future Media Architects have just sold. Elsewhere, is a deal in the...

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...

Stock symbols are used globally to identify publicly traded companies that offer their shares on a stock exchange. Depending on the stock exchange in question, these symbols are typically limited to three or four characters. Thanks to the brevity...

In last week’s edition of Top Topics, a domain name investor asked the community for advice on a $2,000 offer that was received via Sedo. In two minds as to what to do next, the investor opted to push the domain to auction at Sedo, with the hope...

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...

Jason Wilk is a serial entrepreneur having founded companies such as Allscreen.TV, a technology platform that was ranked at number twenty-nine on INC 5000’s list of fastest growing companies in 2015. Zealot Networks acquired Allscreen in 2015 and...

Where do you buy domain names? This was the question posed by one community member earlier today, and I think it's a question that deserves to be looked at in detail. There are a number of marketplaces, drop catching services, and auction...