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analysis Median Top 10 Trends Indicator: What It Means and Results Through End 2024

A few months ago I introduced two indices to spot extensions trending up or down: Top Ten Index as Measure of Domain Extension Strength.

While the article presented early results, 2024 sales were incomplete at that time. This article reports data through the end of 2024.

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information Top Topics: Domain slavery; One word domain search engine; Ghost Afternic sales; Fractional domains; "The" as a prefix

Welcome ✴️ to the Top Topics review at NamePros!

Are you a slave to your domains? One word domain search engine; Sales confirmations on Afternic despite no listing with; Own a piece of a premium domain; Do you ever begin with "The"?

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strategy Can Domainers Be Replaced By AI Robots? And Why To Take A Multifaceted Approach To Domain Name Evaluation

It is hard to read much without coming across an article about artificial intelligence replacing people in various jobs. What about domaining? How easily could we be replaced by a bot, or perhaps an autonomous agentic system?

If choosing names solely, or mainly, according to a few metrics, such...
 
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information Top Topics: Afternic checkout issue; Atom phishing alert; Dissolved corporations & their domains; SAV auctions closed at $1; Droplist second thoughts

Welcome ✴️ to the Top Topics review at NamePros!

Afternic commission issue; Atom reported as a phishing site; Dissolved US corporations: Who owns their domains? SAV.com auctions with no reserve; I let these domains drop, was it a mistake?

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interviews Interview with Ken Lin: Domainer and Developer of dotDB

When you want to know how many extensions a term is registered in, many investors turn to dotDB. This is a helfpful metric to gauge interest in a term. The dotDB site has been frequently mentioned in various analysis and research articles on the NamePros Blog over the years.

I used dotDB...
 
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information Top Topics: Sedo brokered Pack.com; Retail sales & NamePros; 3D.ai sold for $100k; Molly's passion about domains; NPs' own domain appraisal tool!

Welcome ✴️ to the Top Topics review at NamePros!

Sedo brokered the $600k sale of Pack.com; Retail sales on NamePros - Possible? 3D.ai scores $100k sale; Molly is passionate about domain names; Do we need a domain appraisal tool at NamePros?

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analysis 2024 Domain Name Market Dollar Volume Trends

Each year I look at trends in dollar volume for sales reported in NameBio. This report is based on about 144,700 domain name sales recorded for 2024 at NameBio, with a total dollar volume of just over $185 million USD.

The domain name market, at least as reflected in the...
 
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information Top Topics 2025: Afternic, up your game! Best strategy to lure buyers; Popular ccTLDs in 2024; What's the scam? Price up after LTO failure

Welcome ✴️ to the first Top Topics review at NamePros in 2025!

Afternic needs to up their game; Best strategy to lure a buyer; Most popular ccTLD in 2024; What's the scam? Increasing the price after LTO failure to pay.

Afternic really needs to up their game
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analysis The Top 100 Domain Name Sales in 2024

The traditional .com dominance in the top 100 sales of the year was shaken somewhat in 2024, with just over half of the top sales for the year in .com.

While much of the change was due to the continuing surge in high-value .ai sales, .io and .net both had better than normal...
 
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information Top Topics: $1,000 expired domain reward; Afternic PPC issues; NameBio & copy/paste; Papered.com $25k sale; Did Santa gift you a dream domain?

Welcome ✴️ to this year's final Top Topics review at NamePros!

A reward of $1,000 to restore an expired domain; Afternic issues with parking new domains; Why does NameBio prevent price copying? Papered.com sold for $25,000 dollars; Which domain did you ask Santa for...
 
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domains The Tales Told by GoDaddy Closeout Domains

This month’s Closeouts featured an eclectic array of domains, each with its own quirky charm. From UglyCarpets.com to the more adventurous OilAndButters.com, it was a smorgasbord of ideas. Among the oddities, OtherHumans.com and HumanBecomings.com piqued interest...
 
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strategy Michael Cyger Shares Domain Investing Priorities for 2025

I had planned this week’s article to be about balance and discipline in domain investing. As I was struggling to make progress with that topic, a holiday gift arrived, when Michael Cyger posted a multi-point plan for his own domain name portfolio for 2025.

Mike provided an insightful list...
 
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information Top Topics: Is Spaceship the next Dan? 3 Billion EUR quote! Afternic buys & GoDaddy renewals; Law firm required; Lowballing at Sedo

Welcome ✴️to this week's Top Topics review at NamePros!

Is Spaceship the next Dan? Quoted 3 Billion euro for a domain; Afternic domain buys without GoDaddy renewal; Law firm to address fraudulent reviews; Lowball offers at Sedo.

The next Dan...
 
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information A Selection of Data Recently Released by Several Registrars

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information Top Topics: Afternic cancels sale; Quantum domains; GoDaddy and RGP; Aged domains checklist; Share your Christmas domains!

Welcome ✴️to this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Afternic canceled sale after auth code; Share your quantum domains; GoDaddy and short Redemption Period; Checklist when buying aged domain names; Showcase your Christmas domains.

Afternic is canceling a...
 
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information Quantum Computing: The Development, The Field, The Companies, and Domain Names

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information Top Topics: Registry manipulates auctions; Is .life worth it? Webmaster's aged domains; Developed vs. undeveloped domains; Premium pricing post-drop

Welcome to this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Registry manipulating auctions; Is a .life domain worth it? Webmaster never sold a domain before; How many of your domains aren't developed? Premium domain reclassification: Forbidden after drops?

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analysis Request The Domain Name You Want

The Domain Buyer Requests section has been a feature of NamePros for many years. That section of the site provides an opportunity for investors looking to increase their holdings in a certain niche to see what is available from other NamePros members, or to try to find inventory for a...
 
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information Top Topics: John Berryhill's UDRP roundup; 3-worders as an investment; Trust your domainer gut! Dynadot & Bodis woes; One.com extra charges

Happy December! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

John Berryhill's UDRP roundup; Are 3-worders a bad investment? Trust your gut! Dyna & Bodis woes; Feedback about One.com

My Year-End UDRP Roundup...
 
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information Leap Into Domain Name Savings – But Spend Wisely

Usually the best deals on domain name registrations, and occasionally on transfers, occur around Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year is no exception, with great sales this year from a number of registrars. This article provides a list of resources and points to consider for those doing hand...
 
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information Top Topics: Raise your prices! NetSol transfer time; Afternic lead stalled; New search trends; Alternate TLD for non-tech businesses

Welcome to this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Time to raise your domain prices; NetSol transfer period; Afternic lead stalled; New search trends will impact domaining; Alternate TLD choice for non-tech business.

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analysis NamePros Blog Analysis Articles: What’s Been Published, What Do You Want To See?

When considering investing in a new niche or sector, or a new extension, it is important to look at sales, adoptions, the type and length of domain names that typically sell, etc. The NamePros Blog has a wealth of articles that can help, but even with advanced search, it can be difficult to find...
 
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information Top Topics: Value of an emoticon .com; Afternic Checkout Woes; Is this domain transferable? Infringing domains & sales; Has the Epik market died?

Welcome to this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Value of an "emoticon" domain; Afternic Checkout: Frustrating experience; Is this domain transferable? Marks, USPTO, and infringement; Nobody buys domains on Epik anymore.

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analysis The Last 5 Years of .IO Extension Sales

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information Top Topics: Domain too long for SEO; Can a domain become a tm? GoDaddy, Afternic & Dan; Your worst domain name; Should you broker your domains?

Welcome to this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

The domain is too long; Can a domain be considered a trademark? The reasons GoDaddy shut down Afternic marketplace and Dan; Your worst domain name; To broker or not as a seller?


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information Domain Name Search – Part 2: Finding An Alternative

In Part 1 of this series on domain name search, I covered 8 sites to help find if a specific domain name is for sale, along with several other things to try. But if a specific name is not available at any price, or not even remotely within your budget, then what?

As for the first article...
 
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information Top Topics: AI domain valuator; Garbage searches increase; Tips for 4L .com domains; Namecheap & Spaceship clause; Non-resolving domains with value

Welcome to this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

New AI-driven domain value estimator; "Garbage" keyword searches; Tips for buying 4L .com domains; Namecheap & Spaceship clauses; Domain registered but not operated.

Domain Name Value Estimator
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information Domain Name Search – Part 1: Finding A Specific Domain Name

A potential buyer has decided on a specific domain name – how does he or she find if, and where, that domain name is listed for sale?

While I think domain name investors will find some value in this article, it is intended primarily for developers or startup owners searching for a...
 
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information Top Topics: Monetize adult domains; Rocket.com sold for $14MM; Is this an act of bad faith? 100 domains and no views; Rate my 30 days as a domainer!

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Monetizing adult domain names; Rocket.com changed hands for $14MM; Is this considered acting in bad faith? Over 100 domains and no views at Afternic; Assess my portfolio's worth and return feedback on my month-old path...
 
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analysis The Top Ten Index As Measure Of Domain Name Extension Strength

Which domain name extensions are growing stronger, and which are waning in popularity? We often use measures such as total sales dollar volume to help answer that question.

Sometimes that can be deceptive, though. It is possible to have an uptick in sales numbers and dollar volume because...
 
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information Top Topics: GoDaddy killed DAN; TLDinvestors turned 14; Sedo Auction feedback; My 2024 sales analysis; Afternic lander switch cost domain sales

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

GoDaddy killing DAN; TLDinvestors turned 14; Sedo auctions: Sharing listing experience; My 2024 sales plus some market perception thoughts; Lost sales switching Afternic landers.


GoDaddy Killing DAN is...
 
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analysis Life In The .INFO Extension?

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information Top Topics: Domains & money laundering; GoDaddy checkout issues; Portfolio size & profitability; DomainEasy launches; Was this deal handled well?

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Domains and money laundering; GoDaddy checkout issues; Portfolio size and profitability; DomainEasy Official Thread; Did I handle this domain deal well?

Money Laundering & Domain
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information What Does the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics have to do with Domain Names? A Deeper Look at Neural Networks.

This week it was announced that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics went to John J. Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey E. Hinton of the University of Toronto. The one line summary of their work was ”for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning...
 
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information Top Topics: Afternic TA poor support; 4L .com optimal prices; PPC revenue then and now; DAN sale incident; Too many TLDs damage the industry?

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)


Afternic TA poor customer support; Optimal prices for 4L .com domains; I could live off parking income; DAN domain transfer fails payment; Are too many TLDs bad for the domain industry?


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analysis A Look At Domain Names Ending In ‘ING’

Generally when we add a suffix to a term, the value of the domain name goes down - e.g. Example.com would be worth more than Exampled.com or Exampler.com for most terms’. But is that always true?

This article looks in particular at words with the suffix ‘ing’. Do some...
 
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information Top Topics: Broker for up to 40% commish; Stop GoDaddy migration; VM domain marketplace; How pros find great domains; Super.net sold for 6 figures

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Broker wanted, 25%-40% commission; Stop GoDaddy's migration; VM.com domain marketplace; How pros find great domains all the time? Super.net sells for $150,000 dollars.

Broker wanted 25%-40% commission
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analysis What Is The Path For Most Domain Name Sales? 
Data and Insights from Nikul at Hypernames

A key question is: what are the critical steps for a domain name to be discovered and ultimately purchased?

Last week Nikul Sanghvi of Hypernames posted data from his own portfolio that helps to answer questions such as the percentage of sales at Afternic, and, of those, how many...
 
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information Top Topics: Stolen domain at GoDaddy; Goodbye DAN; Gmail vs. Domain email; A 20 year old domain redirect; Buying an expired domain from HugeDomains

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Stolen domain at GoDaddy; Saying goodbye to DAN; Gmail vs. Domain email; A 20 year old domain with no use; Buying an expiring domain for a friend.

Locked out of GoDaddy account - Stolen
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information Ways To Learn Almost Anything – Even About Domain Names

New domainers are often told to learn before investing. But how exactly does one learn about domain names?

There is no single right way to learn anything. What works for you will depend on your personal learning preferences, the learning resources available to you, and what it is that you want...
 
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information Top Topics: Anime.com sold to Azuki; Russia: ICANN out of US control; Bought 85 domains for $200; Optimum LTO installments; The .AI vs. .COM debate!

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Anime.com sold to Azuki; Russia wants ICANN to split from the US; I spent $200 and bought 85 domains; Optimum number of LTO payments to ensure payment; Have .AI domains shaken .com dominance since 2022?

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information Eleven Things About Domain Name Sell-Through Rates

Whenever domainers discuss sales, the topic of sell-through rate (STR) almost invariably comes up. Someone selling 5 domain names a year has a very different connotation if their portfolio is only 100 domain names, compared to another investor selling 5 names from a 10,000 name portfolio.

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information Top Topics: Leaving domain life; My Afternic plan; Make my first domain sale; What is Wholesale Price? Dot .AI transfers don't get an extra year!

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Leaving domain life; My plan for Afternic; How can I make my first domain sale? Defining "wholesale price;" Dot .ai transfers aren't getting an extra year added.

Leaving domain life?
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analysis Is The Domain Name Market Up Or Down?

When I looked at domain name sales dollar volume, at least as reported in NameBio, for the first six months of 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year, there was a 29.6% increase. See Domain Name Sales First Six Months of 2024.

While I presented how...
 
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information Top Topics: Afternic Boost poll; Debounce.com scores $140k sale; Make $1k/month Domaining; GoDaddy got sued for Clawback; Vid.ai sold for $47,000

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)

Afternic Boost: Will you participate? Debounce.com sold for $140k; Make $1k /month from domaining; GoDaddy got sued over domain clawback; Vid.ai sold for $47k.

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strategy What Should I Do This Week?

I find it challenging to prioritize the many possible tasks that come with domain investing. Some don’t take long to do, but in total the time commitment can be substantial with a large portfolio, or if you are early in domain investing and still learning. Also what ‘needs’ to be done is not...
 
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information Top Topics: Domains gone missing at GoDaddy; Dan.com sunset date; Atom wants our SSNs; Metrics that matter to end-users; Needle in a haystack paradigm

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-)
Missing domains in my GoDaddy account; When will Dan be sunset? Atom asks for SSNs; Statistics that matter to end-user buyers; Can you find great domains among expired listings?

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information In Domain Names, One Is Not The Loneliest Number

Some songs you just can’t get out of your head. “One Is The Loneliest Number” has been on replay in my mind since 1969. I probably played the Three Dog Night version hundreds of times from an LP record during my college years. It evokes emotions every time I hear the song replayed now. If...
 
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information Top Topics: Corporations, hire Domainers! Capitalize "i" or not? Crypto.co.uk sold for 100k GBP; One-worders & TLDs; Try Atom's latest commission gig

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Corporations need to hire domainers; Leading "i"s in domains—capitalize or not? Crypto.co.uk was sold for 100,000 British Pounds; Are one-word domains created equal regardless of TLD? Atom.com Launches Commission Match...
 
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tools Domain Name Pricing Consistency – Sites and Tools to Help

Many domainers list names at multiple marketplaces. They also review and adjust pricing periodically, taking into account market conditions, inventory replacement costs, and trends. If you price manually, it is easy to end up with some prices inconsistent across platforms.

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