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In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at emojis and whether there is any plausibility in their use within domain names. We also discuss the biggest regrets of domain investors, and has a three-letter .COM just expired? It's a rare event that...

Domain investor and founder of DomainMarket.com, Mike Mann, has announced three more sales, totalling $20,000. All three domain names are two-word .COMs that Mike acquired years ago for a relatively low fee.

Each domain name sale was...

Recently funded companies are often blogged about by domainers, and it always proves to be a popular subject since startups and domain investors often have a lot of interaction and crossover. There was even a conference that incorporated the two...

Mike Mann has announced two more domain sales this week. The was a $17,000 sale of SweetLegs.com, a domain that Mike acquired in 2004 for $900. This has been acquired by the owner of SweetLegs.ca, a Canadian clothing company. The second is...

In February of this year, we spoke to Yigal Ben Efraim as a part of our Inside Interview series, after he completed the purchase of Scripts.com from domain broker Ali Zandi (@Zandibot). During that interview, Yigal told us that he had...

Twitter is one of the most popular ways to communicate and stay up to date with the latest news, and I think it’s an excellent way to stay up to date with the latest happenings in the domain world, with some news and opinions covered on Twitter...

The Inside Interview series has focused on talking to end users who have acquired high value names. Up until now, we have interviewed 26 people or companies to find out why they acquired a specific domain.

Today, we bring you an Inside Interview...

In this week’s Top Topics, we take a look at the rare and impressive feat of selling a domain name just 47 minutes after the name was registered. We also look at the at the happiest moment in domaining for various investors, and we tackle the...

Giuseppe Graziano is one of the domain industry's leading brokers. Through his brokerage company, GGRG.com, Giuseppe has been involved in millions of dollars worth of sales in the short domain name categories that have dominated the market in...

Rick Schwartz (@Rick Schwartz) is one of the most successful domain name investors of all time. Starting his domaining career in 1995, Rick has built up an incredible portfolio of domain names that has produced some of the largest domain...

In this week's Top Topics, we get news of two more sales that Mike Mann has announced this week. We also give you a few more details of the sales of two two-number .COM domains that were announced by DN.com recently. Elsewhere, domainers discuss...

Last week, we brought you details of domain names used by companies funded by Sequoia Capital. In a study of over 200 domains, we found that close to 98% of companies used .COM domains. This week, we're taking a look at a list of 200...

For a relatively small industry, domain name investing is extremely diverse when you think about it. There are thousands of active investors, and probably hundreds of ways to make money through domain investing. Various niches offer different...

As a part of our Domain Data series, we analysed the domain names used by companies that Sequoia Capital have funded. We found that from the companies we analysed, 98% used a .COM domain. We'll be continuing our series by looking at some...

Over the past 12 months, we have covered a number of high profile and high value domain name sales on the NamePros blog, varying from multi-million dollar sales of two-number .COMs down to five-figure brandable sales. I thought it would be...

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...

A discussion was published yesterday regarding five-letter .COM domains, with the title telling visitors that there was potentially some "good news" for this category. I see very little good news in the five-letter .COM market! The Chinese...

Domain investor Mike Mann is back, posting new details of high value domain sales this week, and has revealed over $70,000 worth of sales publicly. Mr Mann has been in the news recently after publishing his views on new gTLDs and their...

Summer is traditionally a slow period for domain name investing, since many investors take time off to enjoy the season with family and friends. Throughout the summer, we published some fantastic interviews and some breaking news stories that you...

Frank Schilling is one of the most recognizable names in the domain name industry. He has built a domain name portfolio that consists of hundreds of thousands of domains, including some of the most valuable digital properties on the Internet...

Next week, we have a great interview planned with Frank Schilling. It's a wide ranging interview that includes new gTLDs, China and advice for investors. It will be published on Monday, so make sure you subscribe to the blog to see when it's...

The startup community and the domain industry are often closely linked. Many conferences, including Domain Startup Summit, cater for both startups and domainers, and there are a number of domain brokers who work closely with the startup...

NameJet, the domain aftermarket auction company, is one of the premier destinations for domain investors looking to buy quality domain names. Their inventory of short domains, one-word .COMs and two-word .COMs in particular, cater to the desires...

In this week's Top Topics we take a look at a negotiation that allegedly went wrong, investors are commenting on startup's decision to change both their brand and domain name and the community reacts to the news of Brandon Abbey's new role with...

Matt Mullenweg is one of the most recognizable names in Internet history. As the creator of WordPress, he has revolutionized the way in which websites are made. Estimates show that WordPress powers 25% of all websites on the Internet, which is an...