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Our guest on this edition of Expert Exchange started his domain investing journey in 2005 with an initial investment of less than $1,000. Since then he has acquired some of the rarest domain names in existence, including XF.com and VE.com. He is...

Two years ago, Berlin became the first city in the World to have its own TLD. The .BERLIN extension, designed to give Berliners an alternative to .DE and .COM, quickly gained popularity thanks in part to a five-day free domain name...

This year, I've spent more on domain names than I ever have before. By following what I read on the blogs, forums, and looking at the great data available on websites such as NameBio and Chaomi, I've decided to buy up quite a few domain names in...

Today, a very interesting challenge has been proposed. Take a $500 initial investment and see how much money you can turn it into by January 1st, 2017 through domain sales only. The idea is fascinating. If you decide to take part, documenting...

It was once said that to be successful in the domain industry, you needed to register domain names very early on, circa 1990's.

Our guest today is proof that this is a false statement. James Booth (@BoothDomains) has been a full-time...

There have been many discussions surrounding a possible Chip crash this week, with some investors suggesting that four-letter Chinese premium .COMs will continue to decline in price, a move that could produce ripples throughout the rest of...

The most popular discussions this week include the continuation of .BIZ speculation with a confirmed buyout of all 160,000 LLLL Chips, the recent acquisition of Worldwide Media’s domain portfolio by GoDaddy, domain speculators sharing their...

In this edition of Inside Interviews, we take a look at the $130,000 acquisition of Due.com by John Rampton. The domain name, which was acquired through auction platform Flippa.com last year, is now the base for an effective invoicing and time...

Welcome to a brand new week, and a brand new edition of my series called Domain Development. Last week, I showed you the very basics of how to create a WordPress site. I recommend using the WordPress platform as it's a very simple platform...

Chinese escrow provider DN.com regularly posts pieces of information on NamePros regarding domain investments, but today they have surpassed themselves by producing a superb piece with advice from eight of China's most prominent domain investors...

I am honored and surprised that so many domainers are embracing me as a Chinese domain expert. Many are amazed that I can explain the meanings of Chinese domain names with ease and speed. Some even want me to appraise their domain names for...

Mike Mann has just announced his latest domain name sale. The founder of DomainMarket.com has confirmed the sale via Twitter, telling his followers that the domain name Estera.com had just been sold for $41,000 after Mike purchased the name...

Playing poker online in order to make money is similar to the art of domaining. Today I will introduce a couple of strategies from online poker and apply them to domaining, in hope that both novice and more advanced domainers can learn from them...

This week, I had the great pleasure of interviewing a successful domain investor and developer: @Braden Pollock. As the founder of Legal Brand Marketing, Braden has created a national brand with thousands of clients.

As a domainer, he has...

Buying brandable domain names is a great way to make money in the domain industry. Brandable names are often sold to startups because they are, you guessed it, brandable. In other words, they work well as brand names for companies to use and...

This week's Top Topics from the domain name community contain a lot of very interesting opinions on a number of different subjects: new gTLDs, current investments, and the future of four-letter .COM domains are all covered.

You'll also be able...

We start the week with the news from Bhanu Prasad, the domain investor who sold 4G.com for a high six figure fee earlier this year. He's recorded another high value domain sale today, and that is the sale of FoodMall.com for $50,000...

This year’s NamesCon was the largest ever. Over the past three years, the domain name industry event has evolved from a conventional domain conference into a four-day powerhouse of entertainment and networking.

NamesCon attendance has doubled in...

By now, you've most likely heard about the news that Tesla have bought Tesla.com. On February 18th, DomainNameWire broke the news of Tesla Motors' new acquisition, and that afternoon we were able to speak with Stu Grossman, the seller of...

The big news in the domain industry this week was Tesla's acquisition of Tesla.com. After using TeslaMotors.com since 2003, the billion-dollar brand has purchased Tesla.com from a Californian individual. If you missed it, I spoke with the...

Verisign are running a competition that you may have heard about; The Internet Official Competition, where entrants can win up to $35,000 for registering a .COM domain name. This competition is celebrating 30 years of .COM. I had a brief chat...

It was recently confirmed that the domain name Tesla.com has been sold to Tesla Motors, after being owned by a Mr. Stuart Grossman of California for a very long period of time. In the past, Mr. Grossman has defended the name in a UDRP...

In the past few months, I've bought more domain names than I have in the past two years. These have been through marketplaces, via private deals and of course on NamePros. Throughout all of these deals, there are a few rules that I try to follow...

There’s a saying in real estate: You make your money on the buy, not on the sale. The same is true for domain names, but selecting solid brandables can be tricky. We need information to inform our opinions and develop our skills. So here are some...

Last Monday saw the arrival of Chinese New Year, and whilst sales may have slowed slightly in light of the celebrations, the domain community have been extremely active in a number of different discussions. In this week's Top Topics, we discover...