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Up until recently, a company called Drawbridge had been using the domain hack drawbrid.ge to host their main website. This week, it has been confirmed that they have acquired the domain name Drawbridge.com in a private transaction...

Recently, I was asked about the readability and reliability of Google Translate. As China plays a significant role in the domain industry, there is increasing interest to read Chinese domain news, which is often written in Chinese. Many investors...

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...

If you have been monitoring the Chinese domain market recently, you'll have noticed a drop in the volume of sales in comparison with December. This article, written by Travis from DomainShane.com, has some excellent infographics to show an...

Today, the news from China is that the domain name Xian.com has sold for "a mid seven figure CNY fee," which equates to a six figure dollar value of anywhere between $450,000 and $910,000. The news, first reported on eName.cn, suggests that...

Welcome to this week's Top Topics. "China will block the .COM extension" is a bold prediction from a member in one of NamePros.com's most active discussions this week. Elsewhere, DN.com released some very interesting information regarding triple...

Numeric domain names are very popular in China. One of the primary reasons for their popularity is that they have no intrinsic meaning, and therefore meaning can be added to them. Once a meaning is attached to a numeric domain name, it becomes...

NamesCon 2016 was an excellent place to learn about the domain industry with plenty of speeches, live events, and networking opportunities to keep you busy for four days. However, for those who weren't able to attend NamesCon in person...

With the influx of buyers from China acquiring short domain names in many different extensions, we sometimes forget about keywords and new gTLDs. In this week's New Names, we take a look at some of the recent purchases of NamePros members.

This...

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...

Last week, 19 year old Erwan Kina (@ErwanKina) made an announcement that his investment group will be acquiring over $20 million worth of domain names in 2016, with their focus being on buying short .COM domains. Why are they putting so...

In this week's Top Topics, we ask the community which domain name they would buy if they won the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot. The replies were interesting and varied, as you'll see below. The news also broke this week that our very own...

Recently, a member on NamePros asked me to help him find the acronyms for some Chinese city names: Qiqihaer, Shenyang, Nanjing, Chengdu, Changchun, Wuhan, and Xi'an. He tried to use Google, but he could not find them.

In Chinese, it's a...

The last day of NamesCon 2016 is here. On NamesCon's main stage, we've seen Uniregistry unveil a new market platform, and we have witnessed the success of the RightOfTheDot auction that sold nearly $1.5 million dollars worth of domain names...

Chao Mi (www.chaomi.cc) has become a popular website for tracking daily price changes of domain sales in various Chinese marketplaces. Due to the fact that many sales from the past year have been to China, it’s important to know what is...

One of the most anticipated live auctions in domain industry history is about to get underway in Las Vegas.

The NamesCon auction, which is being run by RightOfTheDot, is expected to be one of the largest auctions the domain industry has ever...

The annual NamesCon domain industry conference is under way in Las Vegas, with many opportunities for those in attendance to learn from some of the best in the business.

Today marks one of the most important events during NamesCon: the keynote...

In this week's Top Topics, NamePros users discuss the news that the Chinese stock market has crashed. Does this have an impact on domain name prices? Jason Calacanis, the owner of 20.com, discusses the possibility of using a broker to help him...

DN.com is one of the largest domain name escrow providers and an extremely popular service among Chinese buyers, handling over 100,000,000 CNY (over $15 million) in sales in the first three quarters of 2015.

Below, we take a look at the...

Welcome to the first edition of New Names in 2016. This series shows you the recent purchases of other domain name investors to give you insight and inspiration for your own acquisitions.

This week we look at purchases that NamePros members have...

Many Chinese companies use Pinyin domain names to run their businesses. However, many of them later upgrade from their long Pinyin name to the short acronym equivalent. If you own an acronym domain name, such as LL, LLL, or LLLL, you may already...

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...

When it comes to the use of hyphens in domain names, there isn't a global convention. A hyphen in a domain is generally not preferred in the U.S. but commonly used in countries like Japan. Bill Hartzer has written about the negative impact...

Up until a few weeks ago, I had a few Gmail plugins that I used religiously to help make my outbound sales process that little bit easier. I used Sidekick, WiseStamp, Rapportive, and a couple of other plugins. I never thought of using any others...

The most popular discussions this week include predictions about the domain market in 2016 such as China prices doubling, the India market emerging, and more; speculation on LLL .CH domain names; investing in the new gTLD .TOP; goals that domain...