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domains Are Your Brandables Profitable?

There’s a saying in real estate: You make your money on the buy, not on the sale. The same is true for domain names, but selecting solid brandables can be tricky. We need information to inform our opinions and develop our skills. So here are some...
 
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domains Another Wasted Domain Name: Summer.com

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...
 
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domains A Six Figure .TV Deal Is Revealed at NamePros

This evening, NamePros user @donnied79 revealed that he has sold USA.tv for a six-figure price, which will be reported to DNJournal.

The established member created a thread on Monday asking for opinions on an offer that he had...
 
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domains A Simple Website to Help Avoid Trademark Infringement

After reading a blog post by Elliot last week, I thought it would be useful to show you a website that I regularly use to check trademarks. In Elliot's post, he references an article in which 15 common English words or phrases are shown to...
 
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domains A Look at Domain Name Twins

Memorable domain names have great value. Among the domain names that are most easily remembered are situations where the name and extension match, such as com.com or win.win. These are called domain name twins. In this blog...
 
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domains A Chat With DomainMarket.com Owner Mike Mann

One of our most popular topics on NamePros Blog is the regular sales updates from Mike Mann. Our articles about his sales figures regularly attract a lot of discussion, and also a lot of speculation as to how much money Mike makes from domain...
 
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domains A Brief Look at China's First Domain Name Festival (Auction Results Included)

China's inaugural domain name festival and digital asset summit has just been held in Shenzhen, which included a domain name auction. The main topic of the event was "domain names as digital assets."

Some of China's most respected Internet...
 
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domains 8 Top Domains Owned by Disney: Go.com, ABC.com, Video.com...

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, had humble beginnings in 1923, with Walt Disney moving to Hollywood after the bankruptcy of his previous firm. Along with his brother Roy, the pair built the now world-famous company.

With over...
 
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domains 8 Things to Check Before You Buy a Domain Name

In the past few months, I've bought more domain names than I have in the past two years. These have been through marketplaces, via private deals and of course on NamePros. Throughout all of these deals, there are a few rules that I try to follow...
 
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domains 7 Great Domain Names Owned by Michael Cyger

Investor and entrepreneur @Michael Cyger became a well-known figure in the domain name industry thanks to his @DomainSherpa brand, which he created in 2012. Through DomainSherpa, Michael won several industry awards including Blogger...
 
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domains 63 Character .TOP Domain Featured on Sedo

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...
 
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