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interviews An Interview with .XYZ's CEO, Daniel Negari

Daniel Negari is one of the most famous faces in the domain name industry. The 30 year old entrepreneur has owned some of the most valuable .COM domains available, but over the past few years his focus has been on developing XYZ; a company that...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: An Exclusive Look at the 2.1 Million Dollar Sale of 37.com

In this week’s Inside Interview, we have the opportunity of learning more about one of the most high-profile seven-figure domain name sales in recent history. On March 6th 2014, DNJournal’s Ron Jackson broke the news that 37Games had spent...
 
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interviews An Interview With One of the Most Influential Domainers in China: 190.Com CEO, Daniel Chen

This time last year, the four-letter .COM domain craze was just about to start. It’s a period of time that saw prices of four letter .COM “Chips” climb from under $150 to over $2,500 each at their peak. One of those responsible for the...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: An Interview With Domain Investor Sam Dennis

This week, our guest on Expert Exchange is the CEO of Investments.org, Sam Dennis. Since starting to invest in domain names, Sam has amassed a portfolio of over 22,000 domain names with names such as Laura.com and Niagara.com amongst his...
 
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interviews Two Years Later: An Interview With the First City TLD

Two years ago, Berlin became the first city in the World to have its own TLD. The .BERLIN extension, designed to give Berliners an alternative to .DE and .COM, quickly gained popularity thanks in part to a five-day free domain name...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: Heritage Auctions and XF.com's Aron Meystedt

Our guest on this edition of Expert Exchange started his domain investing journey in 2005 with an initial investment of less than $1,000. Since then he has acquired some of the rarest domain names in existence, including XF.com and VE.com. He is...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: A First Look At the $240,000 Lawn.com Purchase

This year's NamesCon live domain auction produced almost $1.5MM in sales, with 92 of the 131 live auction listings being sold. The largest sale was the $240,000 sale of Lawn.com, which was acquired by an Atlanta-based company who are...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: An Interview with Domain Broker James Booth

It was once said that to be successful in the domain industry, you needed to register domain names very early on, circa 1990's.

Our guest today is proof that this is a false statement. James Booth (@BoothDomains) has been a full-time...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Creating a Business On a $130,000 Domain Name

In this edition of Inside Interviews, we take a look at the $130,000 acquisition of Due.com by John Rampton. The domain name, which was acquired through auction platform Flippa.com last year, is now the base for an effective invoicing and time...
 
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interviews Inside Interview with the Buyer of $300,000 in Domain Acquisitions

Building a brand on a memorable, one-word domain name is something that many of us strive to do. Our guest this week has managed to create a network of at least twelve websites, all hosted on some of the best .COM and .NET domain names around...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind Vroom's $75,000 Acquisition of Vroom.com

Vroom is a car brand that is making waves in the automotive industry by working to make the car buying process easier. It's website, on the domain name Vroom.com, has become one of the largest online car stores in the United States. Customers and...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: An Interview With Investor and Developer Braden Pollock

This week, I had the great pleasure of interviewing a successful domain investor and developer: @Braden Pollock. As the founder of Legal Brand Marketing, Braden has created a national brand with thousands of clients.

As a domainer, he has...
 
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interviews An Interview With Jason Calacanis: Angel Investor and Owner of 20.com

Today, we have the great pleasure in bringing you an interview we conducted with Jason Calacanis. For those of you who don't know about him, Jason is a very successful angel investor and the creator of some of the Internet's most valuable...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Why This Company Spent $825,000 Buying Challenge.com and VI.com

In 2012, one company made a big investment in their future by acquiring two six figure domain names in a short amount of time. ViSalus, lead by CEO Ryan Blair, bought Challenge.com for $500,000 and VI.com for $325,000, and both domain name sales...
 
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interviews The Most Successful Domain Auction Ever? We ask RightOfTheDot

NamesCon, arguably the most popular domain name conference in the calendar, is set to kick off in Las Vegas on January 10th. With an expected attendance of over 1,000 people, the stage is set for a memorable event.

Such a big industry event...
 
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interviews An Interview with Escrow.com's New General Manager, Jackson Elsegood

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interviews Inside Interview with the Buyer of Supply.com for a College Education

At the end of November 2015, National Building Supply made a big announcement. They were rebranding the company to Supply.com - a memorable, generic one-word .COM domain name that they hoped would help with the extraordinary growth of their...
 
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interviews An Exclusive, In-Depth Interview With 4.CN's Owner John Xu

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing John Xu, the owner of the popular Chinese marketplace 4.cn. In addition to 4.cn, John owns and operates the escrow service DN.com. He also has a very sizable portfolio of domain names himself...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: The £100,000 Claims.co.uk Purchase

In this week's Inside Interview, I speak with John Quail, the owner of Claims.co.uk - a personal injury claims website that helps people to connect with solicitors in order to pursue compensation claims.

The domain name was acquired by...
 
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interviews Successful Chinese Domainer Gives Advice to Investors

A very good contact of mine in China has just shared an interesting piece of news with me. As you'll know, the Chinese domain market has taken off rapidly within the past six months in particular, and whilst Western investors are struggling to...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind the Acquisition of TN.Com With Tuft & Needle

What is it like to buy a two-letter .COM domain name? For years, this category of domains has been seen as one of the rarest, most exclusive types of domains available. With just 676 two-letter .COM names in existence, they can be difficult to...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: The £600,000 Domain That's Worth Its Weight in Gold

Rob Halliday-Stein is a British entrepreneur and founder of BullionByPost, a highly popular platform that helps regular people buy gold and silver as investments. He is now the owner of the most expensive .CO.UK domain name ever sold...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind the Million Dollar PX.com Purchase

This week's Inside Interview is with Frans van Hulle, the CEO and Co-founder of ReviMedia - a company that has a long history of producing high-quality lead generation websites on premium domain names. In August 2015, it was announced that...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind the $250,000 Purchase of StockPhoto.com

This week's Inside Interview puts the spotlight on Jon Yau's $250,000 purchase of StockPhoto.com. This purchase was completed using Flippa, and it is the largest domain sale on the marketplace's website (according to NameBio).

In the eleven...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: What's It Like to Buy a Domain Name from Rick Schwartz?

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Punchbowl Founder and CEO Matt Douglas. Punchbowl is an online invitation and digital greeting card company that has gone from strength to strength since opening for business in 2007.

What...
 
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