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In this week's Top Topics, we are looking at what the domain community can do to become more credible in the eyes of end users, we see what the biggest mistakes of investors are, and a domainer analyses HugeDomains.com's recent purchases at...

In this week's Top Topics, one investor asks the community for advice on their first four figure aftermarket domain name purchase, and we discuss whether domain name buying is an addiction.


My First Big Aftermarket Buy. Should I Go For...

In last week's edition of Top Topics, we covered the news of a $10,000 .SHOP domain sale. The domain name was revealed this week Blade.shop and thanks to DomainIQ, we noticed that the name had recently changed WHOIS to show that the...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we ask what happens to your domain names after you pass away, and we take a look at whether brandable domain names are worth investing in at the moment. Elsewhere, a domain investor reports their latest four...

In this week's Top Topics, domain name investors give their opinion on Rick Schwartz's latest cryptocurrency related domain name purchases, and we find some excellent recommendations for tools and services relating to outbound domain sales...

In a recent edition of Top Topics, we covered the news of the GoFundMe page that was set up after NamePros administrator Eric Lyon lost everything in Hurricane Harvey. This week, the page's creator George Verdugo confirmed that the page had been...

This week, we published a poll based on domain name pricing, asking how often a domainer changes the pricing on their domains. The results show an interesting split between monthly, quarterly and annually adjusting prices, but it's safe to...

In 2016, we published an interview with ViSalus CEO Ryan Blair who told us why he purchased Challenge.com and VI.com for a combined total of $825,000. Now, however, it looks as though those two domain names may have been put up for sale.

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Last year, the digital investment space has been dominated by the continual rise of cryptocurrency. While the phenomenal potential returns from cryptocurrency investment have grabbed headlines around the world, the domain industry has continued...

Two Years As a Domainer: No Sales

Since 2016, this domainer has been a follower of the industry and has amassed a small portfolio of thirty-two domains. After acquiring these names and paying their renewal fees, they have struggled...

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors are showcasing their five favorite new gTLD names from their own portfolios and a domainer shares a number of examples of outbound sales emails for use in a varying number of situations. Elsewhere, the...

According to DNJournal's chart of the top one hundred sales of 2017, there were six domains listed as selling for over $1 million. There's likely to be another seven-figure sale, which we are currently trying to verify. The domain in...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we feature domainer Page Howe's recent "Ask Me Anything" page and attorney John Berryhill warns the community about some recent stolen names. Elsewhere, an investor reveals a $6,250 domain sale resulting in a...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we start off with an unusual situation involving an offer from a YouTube star with eight million subscribers. We also discuss how you would spend $10,000 on domain names and investors are showcasing their...

Last week, the sale of NBX.com was announced via @Sedo. The name sold for $130,000 and has subsequently moved to the new buyer. Due to GDPR, we are unable to see the full WHOIS details of the new owner, but it’s highly likely that the...

In this week’s Top Topics, domain investors discuss the highest offers that they have rejected, with some revealing that they have previously declined six-figure offers. Elsewhere, a domainer asks for opinions on their portfolio strategy and a...

In this week's Top Topics, we encounter a fairly unique situation in which a domainer has a deal canceled after the buyer finds out the domainer's acquisition price. We also take a look at the various development projects that are currently being...

Before getting into this week’s Top Topics, I have a warning. If you haven’t already added two-factor authentication to your registrar accounts, I would urge you to do it soon. I won’t go into details, but after an incident this week, some of my...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor shares their story from a $50 per month revenue in 2016 to $5,000 per month in 2018, including tips on how they managed such a feat inside of two years. Elsewhere, an investor accidentally accepted a...

This afternoon, I was informed by Sedo that the domain Trainings.com sold on its platform for $30,000 in September 2017. The details haven’t been made public until now. Trainings.com, registered in 2009, looks to have been previously owned by...

This week, we confirmed the news that Duck.com had been transferred into DuckDuckGo’s possession. Following that news release, the article was referenced and mentioned in major news outlets such as TechCrunch, The Verge, and Gizmodo...

Earlier this week, I came across Trig, a design an innovation firm. Usually, this would not be newsworthy at all, but what I found interesting was at the top of their homepage, there is a banner notifying users that "Trig Acquires Trig.com". In...

This is the first Top Topics written at 38,000 feet over the Atlantic! I’m heading to Las Vegas because NamesCon starts this weekend, and if you're going, I hope to see you there! There is a planned meetup at 5pm on Sunday 27th January at the 9...

One of the largest sales of the recent NamesCon 2019 auction was that of DomainNames.com for $370,000. The name was purchased by @Frank.Schilling's Uniregistry, which left a lot of investors speculating on what Frank might do with the...

In case you missed it, we broke the news that the highly valuable Gem.com domain name moved into Escrow this week in a reported seven-figure deal. Domain brokerage company Lumis followed our story by posting a tweet, confirming that they...