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DN.com is thrilled to have Richard Lau to do this interview. Richard, being one of the most respected domainers, is the founder of NamesCon, and Resume.com. For all these years, He devoted himself to NamesCon, Waterschool charity, Domain Name...

Outbound domain sales are a popular means of creating a revenue stream without having to wait for a buyer to come to you. Consisting of finding a suitable owner for a domain and then contacting them directly, outbound sales is typically done via...

Domain name investors process a large amount of data and information every day to find relevant pricing, potential new investments and to seek out money making opportunities. Like many of you, I use a number of free services daily to find what...

This week, NamePros has brought you two great interviews. On Monday we published an interview with BrandBucket managing director Michael Krell in what could be considered an introduction to brandable domains. On Tuesday, we spoke with...

Recently, a discussion has arisen on NamePros, asking whether the Chinese domain market could be at an end. This question comes after a couple of months of declining prices after a period of steep growth at the end of 2015. In this article, I...

On this edition of "Expert Exchange" is Nat Cohen, a seasoned domain investor and owner of Telepathy, Inc. Nat's company owns a portfolio of several thousand domains, consisting of some of the most valuable domains available. Alongside one-word...

I’ll admit that I know very little about brandable domain names. With the occurrence of the popular Chinese short and numeric domain markets, and the great keyword names on offer, the brandable world has slipped under my radar. After reading...

Welcome to this week's top topics, where there is a distinctive time vs. money theme. A few discussions have arisen this week regarding the time spent on domain name investing and whether that time is worth the money you receive in turn from...

Local domain name networking events and meetups are an excellent way to make new contacts and friends within the industry, whilst enjoying the opportunity to talk about business with like-minded professionals. This week in the calendar of domain...

Every day, thousands of Internet users research various domain names for a number of reasons. Research can be done to track down illusive domain name owners, to monitor a potential sale or to recover a stolen domain. Fortunately, there are many...

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...

Authorities in Beijing have announced this week that company names may now be just a number. This string can be up to five numbers long, but authorities will consider companies using longer number combinations. Could this have a direct...

Google has been hinting for some time that toolbar Page Rank is going away for good. This past weekend they made good on their promises. If you use any pagerank checking tools, expect to see a 0 or an error for page rank values, including fake...

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...

The easiest part of domain name investing is buying. Anyone with $10 can buy a domain name, but the most important part of being a successful domain investor is knowing exactly how to sell a domain. There are many different options available when...

In this week’s Top Topics, we have a number of great discussions from the community including an excellent piece from DN.com explaining the economic theory behind domain name investing. It’s such an interesting topic, and DN.com's staff do a good...

With the rising demand for LLLL (letter, letter, letter, letter) domain names in China, I wanted to find out if other four-character patterns, such as LLNN (letter, letter, number, number), LLLN, NLLL, and NNLL were also being used to develop...

Using ICANN accredited registrars can help you secure your domain investments thanks to financial and technical requirements laid out by ICANN on registrars selling gTLDs. However, many independent ccTLD registrars are not required to have ICANN...

Two-number .COM domains (NN .COM) are some of the most highly sought after names in existence. With just 100 available, the scarcity of these domain names means that there is currently no two-number .COM domain available for less than seven...

Welcome to Top Topics. Before we delve into this week's most popular content, we have news of a domain sale. The two-letter domain ZZ.com has sold today, and according to George Kirikos, the buyer is from China. I don't know the exact sales...

Conducting outbound domain name sales can be a difficult practice that requires a high level of repetition to find the right techniques in order to improve. There are many resources available to find out about how to send outbound sales messages...

Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW), one of the most popular careers websites, has sold a portfolio of domain names, with the current WHOIS information showing BuyDomains.com as the new owners. According to reports, Monster have sold over 14,300...

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...

Welcome to another edition of Top Topics, giving you a look at some of the most interesting and popular discussions of the week. In this issue, there’s one piece of news in particular that you’ll find fascinating if you follow the Chinese market...

Have you ever wondered what kind of domain names the world's largest Internet companies use in China? Do they use .com, .cn, or even the latest Chinese IDN extension? To gauge the practical domain market, I studied the ten largest Internet...