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analysis Numbers in Domains: Why They Matter and Which Extensions Lead the Pack

• By DomainIncite
• Oct 6, 2025
• numeric domains numerics
• 4K views
• 29 points

How many domains in your portfolio contain numbers? If you’re a savvy domain investor, targeting end-user sales, chances are you don’t have many. So what if I told you that there are large gTLDs where the majority of domains have at least one number in them, and there's at least one namespace...

 

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information Top Topics: PPC Apocalypse; IDNs: Hidden gold? Google's problem; SEO-strong domains; Crazy renewal price at Name.com!

• By Acroplex
• Oct 5, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 1K views
• 16 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

Domain parking apocalypse; IDNs: Hidden goldmine; It's Google's problem; Domains with strong backlinks; Name.com: Crazy renewal prices for .com?

Domain Parking Apocalypse - 95% drop in past year
PPC revenue has declined...

 

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advice The Hidden Value of Domain Names with Strong Backlink Profiles

• By bhartzer
• Oct 1, 2025
• backlinks expired domains... domain value expired domains for seo
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• 28 points

Having been in the domain industry for over 20 years, I’ve observed that most domainers are focused on short, catchy, and easily brandable names. We often chase these domains because they are easy to remember and seem to carry instant branding potential. However, what so many overlook is the...

 

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advice .AI vs .COM – Momentum Isn’t Permanence

• By Sully
• Sep 30, 2025
• trends .ai
• 11K views
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You and I have seen a lot of extensions ride waves of hype over the years. Some burned bright and fizzled out, others carved out a lasting place in the market. Right now, .AI is the hot story — headline sales, startup adoption, and nonstop media buzz. But here’s the thing: momentum isn’t the...

 

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information Top Topics: Inbound sales won't save you; Are .AI domains hype? Bought my 1st domain! An aged domain for $255; What's a reliable registrar?

• By Acroplex
• Sep 28, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 1K views
• 19 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

Inbound sales won't save you; .AI domains—still the future? Bought my 1st domain! A 22 year old domain sold for $255? What defines a reliable domain registrar?

Inbound Won't Save You: Here's Your Wake-Up Call
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domains Inbound Wont Save You: Here's Your Wake-Up Call

• By Sully
• Sep 23, 2025
• outbound
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• 75 points

I get it. You've got a decent portfolio, maybe 200-500 names, and you're waiting for that sweet inbound email. "Hi, I'd like to purchase YourDomain.com for $50K."

Yeah, me too. Still waiting. In fact, when I first started domaining, I was under the false belief that "buy the domain and they...

 

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information Top Topics: One buck domains; AI Agent trending; .XYZ keyword cost vs others; $4 coms at Unstoppable Domains; Spaceship vs Afternic sale odds

• By Acroplex
• Sep 21, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 1K views
• 7 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

Domains to register for $1; AI Agent keywords trending; .XYZ: Single word cost vs. other TLDs; $4 .coms at Unstoppable; Odds of Spaceship sales vs. Afternic.

Ever wonder what domains you can register with a $1 budget?
If...

 

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domains A Good Domain Reduces Marketing Spend. A Great One Eliminates It.

• By Sully
• Sep 16, 2025
• domains marketing
• 2K views
• 33 points

The other day, I posted a short thought on X (Twitter for those of us still getting used to the name):​

“A good domain reduces marketing spend. A great one eliminates it.”

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It’s one of those lessons that is more than obvious to me after years of watching businesses either...

 

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opinion Winning With A Mock Domain Portfolio

• By Elie Eweka
• Sep 15, 2025
• domain investing opinion... domain portfolio management domain education new investors
• 2K views
• 20 points

Imagine for a moment: you hand-register every available name that looks interesting, or you grab every expired domain you come across. Before long, you’re sitting on 100,000 domains. At $12 per renewal, that’s a staggering $1.2 million every single year—just to keep them active.

That number...

 

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information Top Topics: GNAME upsells Afternic listings; DubaiTravel.com, others, stolen; Commission % for leads; Country names & gTLDs; "Make offer" good or bad?

• By Acroplex
• Sep 14, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 3K views
• 4 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

Why are my domains listed at GNAME? DubaiTravel.com, others, stolen; Commission rate for sale leads; Country names & gTLD issue; "Make fair offer" killed exchange.

Why are my domains listed at GNAME?
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strategy Automated Appraisal Tools: Look Beyond The Number

• By Bob Hawkes
• Sep 11, 2025
• appraisal brandable... pricing metrics automated appraisals nameworth agent.ai website domain valuation expert buyer persona
• 6K views
• 82 points

It is easy to despise automated appraisal tools. For almost any name, when you query different sites, the values will range from $100, or less, to often tens of thousands of dollars. If you check a name that has recently sold, odds are many appraisals will be far off the actual selling price...

 

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information Top Topics: Is Ai.net a good buy at $3k? Scam alert: 320 domains; Super.xyz sold for $290k! Is Dynadot going too far? Best marketplace landers in '25

• By Acroplex
• Sep 7, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 8 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

Is Ai.net at $3k a good buy? Scam alert—Or so he claims; Super.xyz sold for $290k; Is Dynadot going too far? Best marketplace landers for your domains.

Is Ai.net at $2,949 a good buy?
Don't get your hopes up: GoDaddy lists...

 

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strategy Finding The Road To Fewer Domain Names…

• By Bob Hawkes
• Sep 3, 2025
• diet quality... domain portfolio acquisition goal break plan lean focus
• 6K views
• 81 points

I have a problem. I have too many domain names. Or to be more specific, I have too many weak domain names. It is so easy to keep acquiring domain names, and each year I have more than the year before.

Domain name investing can be addictive. I thought it might help me, and maybe others, to...

 

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information Top Topics: Spaceship account flagged; Sell domain to new biz owner? World Cup domains; Popular TLDs beyond .AI; Registrars & Domain Saleability

• By Acroplex
• Aug 30, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 3K views
• 7 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

Spaceship flagged my account; Bought a drop—Sell to new owner or hold? World Cup domains; Next popular TLD after .AI? Are certain registrars more capable of helping you sell domains?

Spaceship flagged my account
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interviews Meet Michael Rader: A Journey In Brandable Domain Names

• By Bob Hawkes
• Aug 27, 2025
• sales tips... brandable interview success michael rader nameoffice domainer profile bramd strong names
• 8K views
• 73 points

It is challenging to be successful in the domain name business, and even harder to find consistent success. When that happens relatively early in a domain name journey, it is even more remarkable.

In mid-July, Michael Rader shared a multiyear summary of his domain name sales data...

 

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information Top Topics: Afternic account banned; Trademark.ai sold for $39k; Remove FB-listed domain; One worders in other languages; Discount your domain names

• By Acroplex
• Aug 24, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 5 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

My Afternic account got banned; Trademark.ai sold for $39k; How to get a Facebook-listed domain removed? One-word domains in various languages; Discounting your domain portfolio.

My Afternic Account Got Permanently Suspended...

 

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tools Encore: How Buyers May Find Your Names, Finding Comparator Listings, and Data on Trending Terms

• By Bob Hawkes
• Aug 21, 2025
• dnx search volume... domain search trends price comparison dotdb price history comparator listings domdb
• 5K views
• 52 points

In Encore articles, I provide links to topics previous covered in the NamePros Blog, along with commentary on new tools, sites and resources not covered in the earlier articles.

This, the first encore article, covers resources related to the following:

• How do potential buyers find your...

 

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information Top topics: GoDaddy & AI refunds; UDRP risk check; Brandables & Holding Time; For Domainer Newbs; Law.ai sold at Sedo

• By Acroplex
• Aug 17, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 3K views
• 16 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

GoDaddy won't let you refund .AI domains; UDRP risk check; Holding time on brandable domains; If I started domaining today! Law.ai sold for a large chunk on Sedo.

For Your Information, Godaddy Will Not Let You Cancel and Refund...

 

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information How to Price Your Domain Name

• By Elie Eweka
• Aug 12, 2025
• domain names domain valuation... apprailsal domain pricing ai tools
• 8K views
• 30 points

There is no secret formula for pricing your domain name for a quick sale. You’ve probably heard people say, “A good domain name sells itself.” That may be true in some cases, but it’s not always that simple—and that’s likely why you’re reading this article.

Let’s explore some scenarios to...

 

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information Top Topics: Unfair Afternic fees; Tech.ai sold for $110k; Prove you're a Domainer! Two word .com order matters; Regretting the rejected offers!

• By Acroplex
• Aug 10, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 13 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

Unfair Afternic commission; Tech.ai sold for $111k; You're a Domainer? Prove it! Order of 2 word .com domains; I regret the rejected offers!

Unfair Afternic commission
A domain investor reports Afternic's outrageous 30%...

 

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analysis Common English Words As Company Brands

• By Bob Hawkes
• Aug 7, 2025
• data brands... english analysis metrics dotdb common words opencorporates new general service list ngsl
• 6K views
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What are the most common English words, and which would make effective brands? This article will look at that question, and introduce a well-established list of the most common words. That resource will tell you, for example, how frequently a word appears.

A made-up name is distinctive...

 

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information Top Topics: GD got me Boosted; Delete Sedo listings; ZH.com for $1MM; Broker emailed me; Pity offers on old domains

• By Acroplex
• Aug 2, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 20 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!
GoDaddy got me Boosted; Delete Sedo listings; ZH.com sold for $1MM; Inquiry from broker—need help; When you get that pity offer.

I got GoDaddy / Afternic "Boosted" in an $8k sale
A domain investor closed on a nice $8k sale...

 

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information Michael Castello Shares Concerns About Foundations Of Artificial Intelligence

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jul 31, 2025
• michael castello artificial intelligence... training opinion bubble reliability base ai domain names ai training
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There is a lot to read each week, but I want to focus on just one article. Michael Castello this week published an important article that every investor, domain or otherwise, should read, as well as those driving artificial intelligence developments.

It is a concise and accessible article —...

 

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information Top Topics: First domain you registered; GoDaddy, fix this! Got 600 domains and zero sales; Is this IDN LLL good? Lowball offers: Intentional?

• By Acroplex
• Jul 27, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 12 points

Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!
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...

 

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analysis Number Crunching: Looking Beyond Reported Domain Name Sales Volumes

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jul 23, 2025
• data dnx... namebio analytics sales volume performance index return to holding cost for sale listings average return
• 5K views
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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...

 

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information Top Topics: Afternic lame DNS fixed; Domainer scammed me! Fractional Domain Bundles; AI-generated headlines & TMs; Objective vs Subjective Domains

• By Acroplex
• Jul 20, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 3K views
• 9 points

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!
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...

 

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information What Makes A Word Memorable? Surprising Results From MIT Research Study

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jul 15, 2025
• data memorable... brands research words mit concrete remember synonyms distinctive
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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...

 

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information Top Topics: Grabbed the com of a major brand; Dot .es for Spanish only? Short URL forward lander; Sell domains younger than 60 days; My 7 year drought

• By Acroplex
• Jul 13, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 7 points

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!
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...

 

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information .Now Domain Extension Has A Great Week — What Now?

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jul 10, 2025
• sales new gtlds... amazon trend call to action verb .now atom sapphire marketplace adverb
• 16K views
• 60 points

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...

 

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information Top Topics: Did Provide.ai sell for $109K? LTO sale gets back; Expiry day and sales; Outbound emails with no success; PayPal fees: Exorbitant!

• By Acroplex
• Jul 6, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 10 points

Fresh Top Topics 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...

 

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domains The Art of Predicting the Future

• By Elie Eweka
• Jul 5, 2025
• domain investing future of domain names... the art of predicting the future
• 5K views
• 8 points

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...

 

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analysis Domain Name Sales Reported At NameBio During First Six Months Of 2025: Strength for Legacy Extensions, .AI, .IO, .XYZ, .CO...

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jul 2, 2025
• sales .com... data tlds analysis trends new extensions .ai country codes first six months
• 37K views
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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...

 

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information Top Topics: Is dropcatching dead? Oh, silly boy! No inquiries for months; Dynadot rolls out NameClub; Brandable marketplaces

• By Acroplex
• Jun 29, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 14 points

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

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...

 

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information Good Daily Habits Make Stronger Domainers: Ten Ideas

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jun 25, 2025
• sales routine... daily trend estibot monitor namebio habits producthunt crunch.id
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• 43 points

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...

 

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information Top Topics: Explain the opportunity—not the price; DAN.com RIP; Dollars.com sold for $500k; Domain Market: The awakening? I sold OnlineBilling.com—AMA

• By Acroplex
• Jun 22, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 13 points

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros!

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...

 

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strategy Positive and Negative Domain Name Visualization

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jun 19, 2025
• probability decisions... negative visualization outcomes positive visualization visualization ideal buyer
• 2K views
• 42 points

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...

 

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information Top Topics: GoDaddy LTO "breach" of contract; PayPal chargebacks; Reprice your domains; Seller won't disclose minimum price; Are PPC earnings up?

• By Acroplex
• Jun 15, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 10 points

Fresh Top Topics 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...

 

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guide Free Way To Monitor Domain Name Status and Different Ways Monitoring Can Be Helpful

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jun 12, 2025
• auction expiring... dynadot tool monitor closeout tracker monitoring watchlist domain monitoring
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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...

 

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information Top Topics: GoDaddy "invents" auto-squatting; 11 Domain Marketplaces compared; Rate your old portfolios; Billboard ads & domains; Arbitrage.com sale

• By Acroplex
• Jun 8, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 4K views
• 12 points

Fresh Top Topics 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...

 

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information All-Time Top Domain Brokers – An Analysis of Escrow.com Masters of Domains Awards

• By Bob Hawkes
• Jun 5, 2025
• escrow.com analysis... mediaoptions andrew rosener james booth domain agents jeffrey gabriel masters of domains top domain brokers ryan mckegney
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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...

 

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information Domain Investing: Class of 2025 and Beyond

• By Elie Eweka
• Jun 3, 2025
• domain investing in 2025
• 10K views
• 23 points

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...

 

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information Top Topics: Spam targets LLLL domains; UDRP draft help; Atom signs up with ICANN; Perfect brand names; Google AI Overview: a threat to domains?

• By Acroplex
• Jun 1, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 2K views
• 6 points

Fresh Top Topics 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...

 

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information How Worried Should We Be?

• By Bob Hawkes
• May 28, 2025
• traffic google... search research artificial intelligence semrush agentic google ai overviews zero-click google agentic shopping
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• 91 points

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...

 

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information Top Topics: Met Swetha in 2023; Sold the same domain twice; DropCatch drops the weekend; Fuse.com—a $2.1M sale; Slash.com sold for $1 Million

• By Acroplex
• May 25, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 5K views
• 17 points

Fresh Top Topics 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...

 

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reviews Annie Duke’s ‘Thinking in Bets’ Is Worthwhile Reading for Domain Name Investors

• By Bob Hawkes
• May 21, 2025
• poker review... bets results book strategy probability thinking in bets annie duke decisions
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• 40 points

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...

 

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information Top Topics: Afternic killing domainer sales? Fumbled a sale all the way! Proper TM search; Worst thread on NPs? Syria & Domain opportunities

• By Acroplex
• May 18, 2025
• top topics of the week top topics
• 4K views
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Fresh Top Topics 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...

 

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information Is There a Scarcity of Domain Names for Company Use?

• By Bob Hawkes
• May 15, 2025
• data dns... dictionary startup information unicorn how many domain names technical names branding words combinations
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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...

 

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opinion Wealth on the Web: Domains vs. Real Estate

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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...

 

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information Top Topics: Atom vs. Afternic; Desperate for a sale, price went up! AI .com renewals list; New Pope & Domains; Fix my asking price

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Happy Mother's Day Top Topics—Weekly news @ NamePros!

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...

 

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information The Interesting Stories Behind Ten Company Names

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• May 8, 2025
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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...

 

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