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information Top Topics: I Sold a .TV for $5,000; Can A Poor Domain Devalue a Brand?

According to my DomainIQ monitors, Nat Cohen’s Telepathy Inc, which holds an incredible portfolio of premium names, sold the domain Properly.com this week. The buyer is a holiday home management company called Properly, who upgraded from...
 
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information Top Topics: What's 5.org Worth Today?; Mortgage.Loans Domain Sells...

We recently wrote an updated "Top 10" domains article profiling the recent acquisitions of James Booth (@BoothDomains). One more name that could be added to that list is Booth.com's recent purchase of Coconut.com, which was announced by...
 
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information Top Topics: $63,000 in Domain Sales in 24 Hours; To Counter or Not to Counter?...

Domain investor and broker James Booth (@BoothDomains) announced his latest acquisition yesterday, the three-letter .COM name DND.com. Today, he has tweeted the news that the domain has been sold! Congratulations to James on another...
 
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information Top Topics: From a $3,000 to a $26,000 Sale; What’s the Best Pricing Strategy?...

In this week’s Top Topics, an investor shares their story of negotiating their way from a $3,000 offer to a $26,000 sales price. Elsewhere, domainers are hosting their own end of year awards ceremony and this week’s featured poll asks investors...
 
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information Top Topics: 1T.com Acquired for a Global Initiative; Is There Bias Against Some Extensions?...

Recently, the original owner of the 1T.com domain name took to NamePros' marketplace to sell the domain name. It was good news for the seller since they were able to find a buyer willing to offer an acceptable amount. The sales price isn’t known...
 
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information Top Topics: Outbound Marketing Via Snail Mail; NamesCon Live Auction Discussion...

In this week’s Top Topics, we feature four discussions from the world of domaining. Firstly, an investor asks for advice and feedback regarding their direct mailing outbound sales strategy, and we look at the results of the NamesCon live auction...
 
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information Top Topics: A $32,500 Sale and a $24,500 Sale; Outrage About the EARN-IT Act...

Michael Cyger, the founder of DNAcademy, hosted his second “Quarantine Social”, an hour-long chat hosted on Zoom. The chat attracted over fifty people, but if you weren’t able to make it, there’s a recording of the chat in the DNAcademy blog.

I...
 
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information Top Topics: A $22,000 .TV Sale; Would You Pay to Attend a Virtual Conference?...

In this week's Top Topics, we feature a $22,000 .TV sale that was announced this week, less than a year after it was acquired for $1,900. Elsewhere, investors discuss the news that Mike Mann dropped fifty thousand domain names, and our featured...
 
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information Top Topics: My $99,028 Afternic Results for September; I Sold a Crypto .ORG Name for $3,000...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at the final installment of AbdulBasit Makrani's Afternic experiment results. Elsewhere, an investor discloses a $3,000 sale of a cryptocurrency .ORG domain name and a domainer asks for stories about...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold a .CO for $10,000; Corporate Insolvency - What Happens to the Domains?...

In this week's Top Topics, an investor reveals the $10,000 sale of a .CO domain name that occurred thanks to outbound marketing and an experienced domainer is back for a third round of advice for new investors. Elsewhere, we explore what happens...
 
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information Top Topics: Are All One-Word .COM's Good Investments?; How Do You Stay Focused?...

In this week's Top Topics, there's a warning for domain investors to check their Network Solutions domains, and are all one-word .COM's good investments? Elsewhere, someone asks for advice on how to stay focused as a domain investor, and is...
 
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information Top Topics: Will You Do Anything Differently in 2021?; A New Era in Domaining?...

In the first Top Topics of 2021, we look at whether domain investors plan to do anything differently in the new year. Elsewhere, a domainer asks for advice on a five-figure negotiation, and what do you do after getting a cease and desist letter...
 
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information Top Topics: My Multi-Million Dollar Domain Hobby; What Do You Think of These New Landing Pages?...

In this week's Top Topics, we have two featured polls. Firstly, Raymond Hackney asks domainers to share whether they're more optimistic or less optimistic about domaining today. Secondly, Bob Hawkes asks for domainers to showcase some portfolio...
 
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information Top Topics: What Should I Do With This $5,000 Offer?; My 11 Tips for Beginner Domainers...

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors share the three domains they'd most like to own and is it possible to sell domains without a phone call? Also, a domainer asks for advice on a $5,000 offer, and we discuss the $3.15 million sale of...
 
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information Top Topics: Did Boxing.com Sell for $1.15 Million?; Why is .IO So Hot?...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at why the .IO domain extension is currently hot, and GoDaddy releases its latest domain sales data including the sale of Exclusive.com for $350,000. Elsewhere, we look at category-defining domain names. Who...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold 133 Domains at Clubhouse; Dave Evanson Sells Angel.com for $2 Million...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor reveals that they sold 133 domain names at Clubhouse in March. Elsewhere, we discuss the fixed price domain marketplace strategy and Sedo's Dave Evanson announces the $2 million sale of Angel.com...
 
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information Top Topics: Are Handshake Domains the Future?; Clubhouse Acquires Clubhouse.com…

In this week’s Top Topics, we learn that audio-based social network Clubhouse acquired Clubhouse.com, and are Handshake domain names the future? Elsewhere, we look at .IO’s recent bubble and there’s an interesting article from Protocol.
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind the $800,000 Purchase of Kiwi.com

Earlier this year, Skypicker made the momentous decision to change their brand from Skypicker to Kiwi.com. After starting as a two-man team in 2012, Skypicker has grown to be a phenomenally popular travel brand. Thanks to the growth of Skypicker...
 
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information Top Topics: Are All Single Word Domains Valuable?; IS.com Changed Hands for $1.95 Million...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at single word .COM domain names to discuss their value. Are all single word .COM domains valuable? Elsewhere, an investor shares details of a recent negotiation that started at $100 and ended in a $10,000 sale...
 
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information Top Topics: Jack Dorsey's New Domain Name; Which Landing Page Should I Use?...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at the .XYZ domain name that Jack Dorsey's new corporation is using, an investor asks about which landing page is best for them to use, and which TLDs should a company register? Elsewhere, we also begin a list...
 
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information A Look At Domain Name Registrars – Part 1: The Top 10 In Terms of Registrations

Registrars serve an essential role, as the intermediary between the registries and the domain name investor. In this article I take a look at the number of domains under management at different registrars, as well as providing a brief history for...
 
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information Top Topics: Is Parking .XYZ Domains Worth It?; I vs l in Domain Marketplace Listings...

In this week's Top Topics, we decide whether parking .XYZ domain names is ever worthwhile and just how quickly can you build a $5,000 per month income from domaining? Elsewhere, investors tell us how long they spend on domaining activities each...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold This .TV for $8,000; Do You Allow Crypto Payments?...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor shares their $8,000 .TV sale and there's a focus on new technologies as we discuss crypto payments and Namecheap's acquisition of Namebase. Elsewhere, the .US extension turns 37 with a timely $99,999...
 
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information Top Topics: AV.com Changed Hands for £3,013,000; Do You Think TrustPilot Affects Your Domain Sales?...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at a multi-million dollar, two-letter .COM sale that has been discovered. Elsewhere, domainers debate the presence of TrustPilot reviews on landing pages, and one investor shares why they are thinking of...
 
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information Top Topics: MotherDuck.com raised $47 million; Crypto Domains in 2023; Multi-dropped domains' Value; Domainer seeks advice; Epik victims team up

Merry Christmas! Get ready for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

MotherDuck.com, a domain sold by Mike Mann, raised $47.5 million dollars as a start-up; Should you keep investing in crypto domains in 2023? What's the value of...
 
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