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Bob Hawkes · Jan 30, 2025

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.

Note that two...

Acroplex · Jan 26, 2025

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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"?

Are you a slave to your domain...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 23, 2025

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...

Acroplex · Jan 19, 2025

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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?

Afternic Commission Issue...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 15, 2025

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...

Acroplex · Jan 12, 2025

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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?

Sedo Premium Broker Mark...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 9, 2025

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...

Acroplex · Jan 5, 2025

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
As...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 2, 2025

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...

Acroplex · Dec 29, 2024

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...

Molly · Dec 26, 2024

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...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 25, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Dec 22, 2024

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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...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 19, 2024

Recently Namecheap released their 2024 Domain Insights & Trends Report. You can read a summary of the report online, or download the full report at this link.

As well as present some highlights from that report, I also include in this article insights recently shared by Todd...

Acroplex · Dec 15, 2024

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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...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 12, 2024

This week Google announced major progress in the field of quantum computing. Hartmut Neven, the founder of Google Quantum Ai, wrote about the development in the blog article Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip.

I decided this was an opportune time to take a look at...

Acroplex · Dec 8, 2024

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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?

Registry...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 5, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Dec 1, 2024

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

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...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 28, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Nov 24, 2024

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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.

It's time everyone raise their prices...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 21, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Nov 17, 2024

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

What should the value of an emoticon as...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 14, 2024

The .io extension remains one of the most popular after .com, particularly for technology-oriented startups.

In January 2020 I wrote a two-part series on the .io extension for the NamePros Blog, Why is the .IO Extension So Popular?, and Types of .IO Domain Names That Sell and Where...

Acroplex · Nov 10, 2024

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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?

The domain name is too long...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 7, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Nov 3, 2024

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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
A new...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 30, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Oct 27, 2024

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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...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 24, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Oct 20, 2024

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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...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 17, 2024

A couple of weeks ago HackerNoon published an analysis of the extension choice by about 30,000 startups: Dot COM Remain Top Domain for Startups, But Usage Declines. The study showed that .com had declined from 66.5% (2021 data) to 57.3% (2023 data).

The most surprising finding...

Acroplex · Oct 13, 2024

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

Money Laundering & Domain
A person working for the...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 10, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Oct 6, 2024

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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?

Poor customer support...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 2, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Sep 29, 2024

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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
A...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 26, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Sep 22, 2024

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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
Access to a company's...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 19, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Sep 15, 2024

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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?

Anime.com...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 12, 2024

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.

The...

Acroplex · Sep 7, 2024

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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?
After several months in...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 5, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Aug 31, 2024

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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.

Will you participate in the Afternic Boost...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 29, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Aug 25, 2024

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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?

Missing domain names in my GoDaddy...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 19, 2024

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...

Acroplex · Aug 18, 2024

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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...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 15, 2024

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.

Especially with a...

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