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Welcome to a fresh edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. This week:

Former domain owner insults the seller who made an outbound pitch; GoDaddy to lay off 8% of its global workforce; Google rolls out Bard in response to ChatGPT...

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What is the best registrar to move 500 domain names to? One word domain acquired for a bargain price; PayPal suspended dotDB without explanation; PAUU.com is stolen, says...

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Zero Knowledge: A blockchain term triggers new domain registrations; Abandon your domains, or sell them in a firesale? Kings and Gods: dot .com as a powerful extension...

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Registration of Porn.uk reversed at Namecheap; Honoring one's word and its appreciation in the domain business; What is the hype about .ai domains all about...

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New owner of EM.com is not Exxon Mobil; When did you acquire or register your very first domain name? Can investors treat domain sales revenue as capital gains...

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Miri.com was sold for almost $200k; Venting off while being impatient with domain investing; GoDaddy Auctions Beta are a hot mess; Epik.com are (still)...

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Contract based domain sale without using an escrow; Trading .in domains banned; Dan.com issue with landing pages; Does anyone feel domainer guilt? Portfolio valuations by a...

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BabyAndBeyond.com sold for $350k; GoDaddy and its backorder policy needs clarification; Hank Williams and expired copyright as domains; Can outbound sales be...

There have been recent reports of unexpected payments issued to GoDaddy customers. We’ve just received word that these payments were the result of a glitch in GoDaddy’s billing system, which has since been resolved.

Previously...

The Marijuana discussion/showcase thread on Namepros is one of the most read and liveliest conversations on the forum. There was a bit of news out a couple days ago that should have those invested in the niche enthusiastic. I want to put...

In a post on Network World, Zeus Kerravala takes a look at companies going back to .com in a world of so many choices.

He talks about one his favorite movies being Back to the Future and how many businesses are going back to the future for the...

Another Misspelled Domain for Sale
We’ve all heard the spelling rule “i before e except after c,” such as in receive, not recieve. However, is it profitable to own domains using these commonly misspelled...

Daniel Negari introduced the new gTLD of .XYZ which has a little over 860,000 registrations to date. After which, he brought .rent and the little known .college to the public.

Donuts came in to compete in the same market with...

People are always looking for names with traffic; they either want them for the parking revenue or perhaps as a kickstart to a new website.

So the other day a friend tells me he purchased a domain name based off of traffic; he was looking for a...

In this article, we'll be looking at numeric domain names owned by Chinese companies and investors. If you missed the last "Domain Data" article regarding LL.com and LLL.com domains owned by China then you can view that here.

In early 2014...

In the third part of my series of famous faces who don't own their own .COM domain, I'll explore five more celebrities including two actors, a politician, a TV show host and a businessman. It's always interesting to see how some of the world's...

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...

In this week's Top Topics, there are a couple of notable discussions surrounding four-letter .COM domain names. We all saw the rise of this category last year - could this year yield yet more increases in four-letter .COM values? Elsewhere, Shane...

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...

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...

This week’s big news was the auction of 27.com at NameJet, which reached a highest bid of just over $1.5mm. For the platform, it’s a great price - as I believe it sets a new record for the highest bid received on NameJet. However, in terms of...

Last week, we brought you news of the sale of BY.com. Today, another two letter .COM domain has been sold, and again, the buyer is in China. The name in question is ZQ.com, which was owned by a company based in Vancouver, WA and sold to a Chinese...

Over the weekend, reports emerged that the valuable two-letter .COM had been sold to a Chinese investor. Jamie Zoch first broke the news via his Twitter account, confirming late on Saturday night that the domain had indeed been sold to...

Earlier this week, Sedo unveiled their new user interface. This caused a big reaction within the industry, with over 90 comments on our news article to date. Today, Sedo have responded to those comments with a list of upcoming fixes...

This week, we have a number of interesting discussions around mistakes in domaining and advice for new investors. If you are looking to learn about domain investing and hoping to avoid some rookie mistakes, you need look no further than NamePros...