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Acroplex · Jul 27, 2025

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First domain you ever registered; GoDaddy, fix this! Registered 600 domains but no sales; Is this IDN LLL .com saleable? Lowball offers: Is it intentional?

What's the First Domain You Ever Registered?
Once in a while...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 23, 2025

There is no doubt that most domain name sales are .com – that holds true whether we are talking number of sales, or total dollar volume.

But it is also true that by far the largest number of domain names that are listed for sale are also .com. If we scaled the sales dollar...

Acroplex · Jul 20, 2025

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Afternic lame delegation DNS glitch fixed; Got scammed by a fellow domainer; Fractional Domain Bundles; TM issues with AI-generated descriptions; Objective vs Subjective domains.

Afternic NS1/NS2 Lame Delegation Finally...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 15, 2025

We often talk about a domain name as being memorable. The term ‘memorable’ has been used on more than 4300 pages of the NamePros site, and no doubt on countless landers, descriptions, and outbound messages. The term ‘memorable’ appears, according to Google, in more than 370 million web pages...

Acroplex · Jul 13, 2025

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Accidentally acquired the exact match .com of a multi-billion dollar brand; Can only Spanish citizens own .es domains? Just decided on a simple URL forward for lander; Can I sell a domain before the 60 day period ends? Spent the...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 10, 2025

In last week’s NamePros Blog article domain name sales data from the first six months of 2025, I commented that while there is significant investor interest in the relatively new .now domain name extension, there had only about $26,000 in sales volume over the first six months of 2025...

Acroplex · Jul 6, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!
Did Provide.ai sell for $109k? Sold a name—Now it's back; Nearing expiry date and domain sales; Low response rate to outbound emails; Exorbitant PayPal fees on domain sales.

Provide.AI sold for $109,000
A seller's...

Elie Eweka · Jul 5, 2025

How can we unlock the mystery of the future when it remains unknown to us all? While certainty eludes us, we can still prepare for what lies ahead in every way possible. As Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam wisely said, “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Although we cannot physically...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 2, 2025

The first six months of 2025 produced 93,100 NameBio-listed domain sales, with a total reported dollar volume of just over $122 million. This represents an increase of 42.7% in dollar volume compared to the same six months of 2024. It is the strongest showing from the...

Acroplex · Jun 29, 2025

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Drop-catching is dead; Oh, silly boy; Not getting an inquiry for months—what should I do? Dynadot launched NameClub; Your opinion on brandable marketplaces

Drop catching is dead, a waste of time, a scam
Competition...

Bob Hawkes · Jun 25, 2025

Small daily habits can become stepping stones to long-term success. This article suggests ten possible parts of a daily domain name investing routine. You are probably already doing many of these, but hopefully everyone finds at least one new possibility in this list.

What Domain Names...

Acroplex · Jun 22, 2025

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Explain the opportunity, not the price; DAN.com closing on June 27; Dollars.com sold for $500k; Is the Domain Market waking up? Sharing my latest sale: OnlineBilling.com

Don’t Explain Your Price. Explain the...

Bob Hawkes · Jun 19, 2025

For each of our domain names, it is easy to visualize the name as selling quickly for a solid retail price. We acquire domain names that we see selling, so why would we even be in domain name investing if we were not optimistic? That way of thinking can be termed positive visualization, we...

Acroplex · Jun 15, 2025

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Happy Father's Day from NamePros!

GoDaddy LTO "breach of contract"? Domain scam using PayPal chargeback; Repricing domains is addictive; Seller refuses to disclose minimum asking price; Strange times for PPC earnings.

GoDaddy Lease-to-Own Breach of...

Bob Hawkes · Jun 12, 2025

It is common to use drop catch services to try to acquire expiring names you are sure that you want. But what if you have a less certain interest in a domain name – Is there an easy, and free, way to be notified when a domain name is close to expiration, has gone into an auction, is at...

Acroplex · Jun 8, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

GoDaddy invents automated cybersquatting; 11 Domain Marketplaces analyzed; Rate your old portfolios; Billboard advertising & Domains; Arbitrage.com sold for $350,000 dollars

GoDaddy invents automated cybersquatting...

Bob Hawkes · Jun 5, 2025

Starting in 2017, each year Escrow.com name the “ten highest grossing individual domain brokers of the previous year,” the Masters of Domains. The awards are based on domain name sales closed through Escrow.com.

While the exact dollar value is not given, it must be substantial...

Elie Eweka · Jun 3, 2025

If you’re just starting out in domain investing—or even just considering it—and you happened to come across this article, it’s no accident. Something inside you is curious, maybe even hungry, for something greater. Maybe you’ve heard a little about domain investing. Maybe you’ve read a few blog...

Acroplex · Jun 1, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Gmail spam for LLLL .com domains; Feedback on UDRP draft email; Atom.com now an ICANN-accredited registrar; Perfect brand names: Do they matter? Google AI Overview & other tools' impact on domaining.

SPAM email inquiries...

Bob Hawkes · May 28, 2025

Google dominates search in most of the world. Partly in response to competition from AI tools replacing traditional search, Google is increasingly using AI Overviews.

While there are small icons for links to the original content, in many cases people are not following those links, ending their...

Acroplex · May 25, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Met Swetha Yenugula in 2023; Sold the same domain twice; Why is DropCatch skipping auction days? Fuse.com sold for $2.1+M; Slash.com sold for a cool $1 million dollars!

My 2023 meeting with Swetha Yenugula
Indian...

Bob Hawkes · May 21, 2025

The last time I played poker was about 35 years ago. I have only played poker less than 5 times in my life, and never for actual money. I never watch poker tournaments. So why was I recently reading a book by a former World Series of Poker Champion who earned more than $4 million in...

Acroplex · May 18, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Is Afternic killing domainers' sales? Fumbled a sale every way possible! Establishing proper trademark use; Worst thread on NamePros? Syria changes: a domain investor's opportunity?

DAN Exit: Is Afternic/Godaddy Killing...

Bob Hawkes · May 15, 2025

Some make the claim that the domain name secondary market is working against internet development and standing in the way of startup owners. They argue that businesses are held back by lack of names.

Numerous arguments could be made in response, including that an orderly secondary domain...

Elie Eweka · May 13, 2025

Owning valuable domain names today is like owning prime real estate in the early days of property development. These names may be digital, but the wealth they can build is very real. Just as real estate created billionaires like Donald Bren, Stephen Ross, Sam Zell, and Jerry Speyer, domain...

Acroplex · May 11, 2025

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Atom vs. Afternic; Desperate for a sale, I increased my prices; AI renewals coming up; Holy Shift & the Pope; Fix this offer!

Atom vs. Afternic
Two popular domain marketplaces that deliver sales using different...

Bob Hawkes · May 8, 2025

The stories of how well-known companies got their name are fascinating and varied. What considerations go into a founder settling on a name that feels right? I look at ten company names in this article, and I hope NamePros readers will add their own favorite naming stories in the comment...

Acroplex · May 4, 2025

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Outbound tools: A mega-list to help with your sales; Rush.ai sold for $300k at Atom; GoDaddy vs. Namecheap—the numbers; Spam score can hurt your domain value; Forbes: 5,000 start-ups and their domains.

[Outbound] - List of free...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 30, 2025

How do we have confidence that something is true? That is a critical question in all things, including the domain world.

Last week in the NamePros Blog, I shared my experience with a new AI-powered appraisal tool at OceanfrontDomains.com. That tool does an incredible job of...

Acroplex · Apr 27, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Sudden drop in inquires and sales in Afternic; Icon.com sold for $12MM; Why domain investing has become difficult? Mine.com—High value auction; Is Afternic "tyrannic"?

Sudden drop in inquires and sales in Afternic...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 26, 2025

Most of the time, domain name automated appraisal systems don’t receive much positive commentary from investors. When a newly released AI powered appraisal service was praised by a number of respected voices in the domain community, I decided to take a deeper look.

I gave the instrument a try...

Acroplex · Apr 20, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Fed up with Afternic; Percentage of price requests that end up selling; NameBio and private sales reports; Handling payments for expensive sales; GoDaddy broker response time.

Fed up with Afternic
A domain investor...

Elie Eweka · Apr 19, 2025

Many years ago, I sat at my desk in our home office, staring at my laptop screen. I was in the early stages of launching a new side hustle—a high-end Nigerian men's clothing line specializing in customized dashikis. A dashiki is a colorful garment that covers the top half of the body, worn...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 17, 2025

Two-word domain names form the basis for many domain investor portfolios. By combining two words effectively, the name can form a distinctive brand for a company. Sometimes the names are simply two terms, like HomeDepot, and other times they are merged, as in Microsoft that...

Acroplex · Apr 13, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Was QRCodes.com stolen from an Epik account? Nameshift.com marketplace review; Are most sales happening at the end of the month? ICANN registrar asks about .AI domains trending; Using WHOIS to place domain inquiries....

Bob Hawkes · Apr 9, 2025

The Dan platform offered a simple responsive way for buyers and sellers to negotiate from an initial offer. While the seller did not have full buyer information, or communication outside the marketplace, nonetheless the system worked well for many. In just a few hours the two parties would often...

Acroplex · Apr 6, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Multi-Domain Catch-All Inbox! Escrow cancelled domain purchase; Spend.com goes live; Best way to make offer on BIN domain? Wand.com sold for six figures.

The 1st of its Kind! Multi-Domain Catch-All Inbox
Following a...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 2, 2025

For many successful investors, expired domain name auctions are a key part of their acquisition strategy. Some months ago I got a request from a relatively new investor to write about domain auctions – where to buy, terms of service, pitfalls, strategy, tips, etc. It is a topic that has been...

Acroplex · Mar 30, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

BrandBucket left Afternic; What if domaining became illegal? iZ.com closed at $500k; Is someone trying to sell my own domain? My brand is not available as a .com!

BrandBucket has left Afternic
Domain marketplace...

NameGroove · Mar 28, 2025

Many members in the Atom thread are discussing their dashboard stats that have yet to be shown by Atom to correlate to a higher sell-through rate ("STR"). Thus, I thought it helpful to compile the data shared by Atom that does correlate to STR. This adds to a helpful article...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 27, 2025

There are standard prefixes for units in the SI international system of units. Some of these, such as micro, nano or giga are relatively common in everyday language, whereas others are only known to scientists and engineers. I wondered how frequently the different prefixes...

Elie Eweka · Mar 26, 2025

Let’s talk about something important—something that’s been around for a while but doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. If you’re spending your hard-earned money without fully understanding where it’s going, you’re not really investing. You’re gambling. And let's be real, with the rise...

Acroplex · Mar 23, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Best way to sell domains to a non-profit; Afternic & DNS changes; Can domain parking affect future use of a domain? Client won't pay on Afternic after offer was accepted; Trusted third parties: Why do we need them to sell domains?...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 19, 2025

Not all domain names are made of dictionary words, but many are, either singly or in combination. In this article I provide links to resources, mainly free, that can help you optimize using and combining words in domain names.

Look It Up In A Dictionary

Especially if dealing with a...

Acroplex · Mar 16, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Negotiate directly with the buyer; ICANN to kill 60 day lock; The $980k sale of Double.com; What if ExpiredDomains shut down? Giant Panda AMA on Tier 1 PPC feed.

Negotiate directly with a buyer
Why use middlemen when...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 12, 2025

Imagine owning the very first .com domain name registered! The first .com domain name, symbolics.com, was registered 40 years ago, on March 15, 1985. The domain name is currently owned by Aron Meystedt, who also happens to be a long-time NamePros member.

Photo on left courtesy...

Acroplex · Mar 8, 2025

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Cherry-picking domainers; Can I sell domains on my own landers? Paid alternatives to ExpiredDomains; ChatGPT sent me to NamePros! AI.com owner seeks $100 million.

Cherry-picking domainers
The definition of...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 6, 2025

Finding consistent success in domain name investing is always challenging, but are we entering a particularly difficult period? I don’t know the answer, and some successful veteran investors consider this a golden time, but let’s look at a few potential challenges.

Economic...

Acroplex · Mar 2, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

When do aspiring domainers become Pros? Spent $800 with GoDaddy-Now what? Need help with WIPO email; Lise.com sold for $52,400; Atom: Sales of $2.5k vs. $25k priced domains.

When does an aspiring Domainer officially become...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 27, 2025

Once one ventures outside of .com, the type of name that sells varies with the extension. While the best way to see what sells is to perform a detailed sales analysis over the past few years, a look at the top sales in the last year can provide a fast and useful indication.

Three...

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