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GoDaddy doesn't allow domain transfers during the grace period; Did UX woes cost a DropCatch bidder a good domain? Have you seen the domains owed by HugeDomains...

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

BBC: The race to buy .AI domain names; Epik's Masterbucks balances are not available; GoDaddy Auctions jacks up base bid to $25; Most domainers aren't eager to...

Pricing of domain names is hard. If you price too high, your sell-through rate may go down. If you price too low, you leave money on the table. But what is the right price point? While various automated appraisal systems are available, they...

Continuing in our series of articles profiling great domains in the portfolios of leading investors and established companies, we are taking a look at six of the best names owned by domain investor @Braden Pollock's company, Legal Brand...

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Showcase your fresh .bot domain names; Are LLLL .com prices crashing down? Hurt.com was sold for $1.5 million dollars; Sleep Number attempted to reverse domain...

Short names are highly valued, both because they are easy to remember correctly and they are rare. This week I take a look at 3-letter (3L) .org domain names.

To focus on current and recent market conditions, I used data from the past 5 years...

Last week, I analyzed 3-letter (3L) .ORG domain name sales. In this article, I use the same methodology with 3L .NET domain names.

I used data from the past 5 years only, and considered separately retail and wholesale sales, although the...

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...

Before we get into this week's Top Topics, we have a probable domain sale to report. Last year, online lender Vouch Financial closed down just three years after its creation. Although the business didn't succeed, the company had a valuable asset...

Welcome to another recap of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investors discuss whether domain parking is alive, dying, or already dead; $600,000 USD was paid for the domain name Socrates.com recently; Exploration of whether...

TonyNames, known here under the NamePros handle @blogspotter, has emerged as one of the most consistent domain name sellers. The level of success he has achieved within less than two years of active selling is a rare accomplishment...

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Expired domain Accelerator.com was sold for $145k at GoDaddy auctions; Get an .ing domain for a million+ bucks; Sedo ownership verification: How to combine it...

Last week I looked at sale statistics for the .io domain extension, as well as the history and regulatory framework. In this post I analyze the types of names that sell in the extension, plus sales venue statistics. I also take a look...

Most domain name investors concentrate on making money through selling domain names. For some, that is supplemented by using monetized parking.

There are some indications that the domain market may be trending downward recently. It almost...

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Nissan.com domain theft update; How fast can you sell 100 domains? Registrar of the year annual poll; Selling .AI domains to companies that operate on the .com...

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

A former employee of Epik shares his experience in the domain industry; A growing trend among domain investors seems to upset some; Artificial intelligence (AI)...

I like to read and listen to experts from fields outside domain investment. Sometimes this is in sectors like technology, that will directly inform investment in new niches or sectors. Other times, it is in aesthetics or design, that can be...

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

GoDaddy says Mega.net is worth only $15k, how accurate is that? The WIPO served a domain investor with a UDRP; Where and how to approach big investors with liquid...

For this last post in 2021, I assembled a list of 21 websites that I find useful. Many of these are well known, but a few will perhaps be new. Although a number of the sites offer a paid service, all provide some level of free service. Please...

In August 2016 many in the domain industry were bidding in expired auctions, searching the closeout lists, creating brandable names, speculating in new or repurposed extensions, and chasing elusive single word or very short .com names...

While there are many ways to find success in domain name investing, I suspect that most successful investors have a strategy to guide their acquisitions.

This week, investor James Kim shared his strategy for finding names. With his...

Whether excited about opportunities, or not a fan of the extension, .xyz is the focus of many recent discussions here on NamePros.

It is not hard to see why the extension has attracted attention. In just the first 23 days of 2022

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Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investor receives cold call from potential buyer; Namesilo lagging with delivery of a $2,500 dollar domain; Investor returns to domaining after more than a...

It can seem complex, with all the metrics and tools and more, to decide which names are worth acquiring. Let’s simplify the process to some key questions to ask. None of these are original, and most have been around for years, but I thought...