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You're most likely aware that the domain 358.com expired recently, reached "Pending Delete" status, and then SnapNames caught the name. At the last count, the domain had reached a record setting price of $430,000 with 7 bidders above...

I reported last week that the domain name oomi.com sold for $130,650 in a DropCatch.com auction. It seems that the winning bid was false, as the auction has been re-started at $59. In an email from DropCatch.com, auction participants were...

I love to follow Mike Mann's incredible sales figures. Last week, he announced the sales of HumanEdge.com, Fun.co, and IndustrialHeat.com for a combined $132,500.

This week, Mike has announced yet another sale; IncredibleWomen.com sold for...

Does this mean that vowels are popular again? The domain name OOMI.com (oomi.com) expired recently and was caught by DropCatch.com. In the subsequent auction, which I was a part of until early 4 figures, the price reached an incredible...

A .WORLD domain name that was registered in January 2015 is now being used as the home page for a company that's raised $500 Million in Series A funding this week.

The company in question is called OneWeb, and the domain name is OneWeb.world...

The domain name TOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOP.TOP has been discovered as a featured domain on Sedo's homepage today. The 63 character .TOP domain name was registered on June 3rd this year, by an Austrian...

As I write this, Apple is finishing the Apple Keynote speech with some really interesting news regarding Apple Music, but as a domainer, I seem to have an ingrained tendency to ask myself "Who Owns the .COM?" I thought I'd share my findings, as I...

I saw a video this week from two NamePros members: @Omar Negron and @Willox Perez on their story of why you should sometimes trust yourself to take a risk on a domain name you like.

Their story started with a domain name they...

With summer well on its way (where I live, at least), I wanted to take a look at one of the best domain names in existence: summer.com and how it’s being used.

The short answer is, it isn’t being used at all. Typing summer.com into my browser...

In a post on Network World, Zeus Kerravala takes a look at companies going back to .com in a world of so many choices.

He talks about one his favorite movies being Back to the Future and how many businesses are going back to the future for the...

For as long as domain speculation has existed, there have been investors in the name of gaining a penny off of tragic situations. From nearly every terrible incident that claimed one life to hundreds of thousands, there has been someone to claim...