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Crunchbase is a great place to find data about domain names. Through Crunchbase, you can get an incredible amount of data on names, brands, industries and more. Today, as a part of our domain data series, we’re bringing you a look at the domain...

Back in May of this year, Elliot Silver posted a story about Clutter - an innovative storage service that had just raised $2 million in funding. I came across the company again on Crunchbase earlier this week after they had successfully...

Domain name investor George Kirikos has just published a series of tweets that seems to suggest that the domain name Angie.com sold for $300,000 in 2014.

The data that George discovered in an SEC filing by Angie's List shows that the...

In this week’s Top Topics, we profile a hand registered domain that was reportedly sold for $8,000, Dofo releases their domain industry report for August, and an AMA chat uncovers a six-figure domain sale. Elsewhere, there are some further...

Powerful centralized social media giants have probably not been good for domain investment. Some businesses have opted for social media presences instead of a domain name and website. Those businesses could lose control of their online presence...

Recently, we broke the news of @braden Pollock’s $500,000 sale of Q.org. At the time, the buyers were unknown since the domain held no content and was registered under privacy protection. This week, the domain’s content changed to display...

One of the largest sales of the recent NamesCon 2019 auction was that of DomainNames.com for $370,000. The name was purchased by @Frank.Schilling's Uniregistry, which left a lot of investors speculating on what Frank might do with the...

Cybersquatting on trademarks is nothing new in the domain name industry. You’re even likely to find yourself on a parked page if you mistype your favorite brand, which is likely owned by someone trying to make a quick dollar, regardless of the...

We’re coming towards the end of 2016 now, and so we thought it would be interesting to take stock of a year in domaining and recap some of the highlights of this year. Below, we take a look back at some of the biggest stories of the year...

Scammers and rip-off artists are everywhere on the Internet. The domain name business is no exception. Here are some tips to help you avoid being scammed while executing domain name transactions, and to prevent your domains from being stolen:

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Zero Knowledge: A blockchain term triggers new domain registrations; Abandon your domains, or sell them in a firesale? Kings and Gods: dot .com as a powerful extension...

A UDRP case has been filed against the domain name iBuy.com; a domain that's been registered since 1995. According to WhoIs information, iBuy.com is owned by Albert Houllou of Brooklyn and has shown the current "Coming Soon" page since at least...

The most popular discussions this week include a few tricks to ease domain name portfolio management using Excel functions, 9N .com domain name buyouts in certain patterns, Adam Dicker addressing concerns from previous customers and employees...

Domain investing is a thrilling and dynamic profession that attracts people from all over the world. It's a global activity that offers the potential for passive income and the freedom to live the lifestyle that you desire.

One of the most...

With the hype around the influx of Chinese and Western domainers acquiring short .COMs, you may be forgiven for forgetting about some of the new gTLDs that have launched. Domain investors may be putting many new gTLDs to the side, but startups...

In case you missed it, Facebook likely acquired the domain Rooms.com for an undisclosed fee very recently. The news was first mentioned by myself on Twitter and first covered on Elliot Silver's (@EJS) DomainInvesting.com. This...

Detected Domains is an ongoing series in which we use DomainIQ's monitoring tools to follow the latest purchases and sales from some of the leading names in the domain name industry. In this edition, we take a look at sales from the likes of...

I like to read and listen to experts from fields outside domain investment. Sometimes this is in sectors like technology, that will directly inform investment in new niches or sectors. Other times, it is in aesthetics or design, that can be...

Earlier this week, I came across Trig, a design an innovation firm. Usually, this would not be newsworthy at all, but what I found interesting was at the top of their homepage, there is a banner notifying users that "Trig Acquires Trig.com". In...

Most large businesses will brand on a single-word domain name, whether that is a dictionary word, a creative spelling, or a made-up word.

Still, it is true that there is a place for longer domain names. In this article I look at the sales...

Following Saturday's news of @Telepathy selling the domain OB.com to China, we can bring you the news that JL.com has now been sold to what looks like a Chinese domain investor. The domain was previously owned by Janet Levinger, a...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor offers a candid insight into their first ear back in the domain industry. Elsewhere, we're invited to share our domaining targets for 2022, and how did 2021 compare with 2020 in terms of domain name...

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Epik withheld $1.5 million dollars in Masterbucks, says domain investor; Someone trademarked a term after investor acquired the matching domain name; Is domain parking...

In April, we brought you news that the two-letter domain HH.com had been sold to a client of Chinese domain brokerage company 62.com. Over the weekend, George Kirikos (@GeorgeK) confirmed the sale as the WHOIS details changed to...

In this week's Top Topics, an experienced domainer is back with more advice for new domain investors, this time based on reasons you might be losing money in the industry. Elsewhere, we discuss GoDaddy Registry's newest acquisitions, and do you...