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Acroplex · May 4, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Outbound tools: A mega-list to help with your sales; Rush.ai sold for $300k at Atom; GoDaddy vs. Namecheap—the numbers; Spam score can hurt your domain value; Forbes: 5,000 start-ups and their domains.

[Outbound] - List of free...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 30, 2025

How do we have confidence that something is true? That is a critical question in all things, including the domain world.

Last week in the NamePros Blog, I shared my experience with a new AI-powered appraisal tool at OceanfrontDomains.com. That tool does an incredible job of...

Acroplex · Apr 27, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Sudden drop in inquires and sales in Afternic; Icon.com sold for $12MM; Why domain investing has become difficult? Mine.com—High value auction; Is Afternic "tyrannic"?

Sudden drop in inquires and sales in Afternic...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 26, 2025

Most of the time, domain name automated appraisal systems don’t receive much positive commentary from investors. When a newly released AI powered appraisal service was praised by a number of respected voices in the domain community, I decided to take a deeper look.

I gave the instrument a try...

Acroplex · Apr 20, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Fed up with Afternic; Percentage of price requests that end up selling; NameBio and private sales reports; Handling payments for expensive sales; GoDaddy broker response time.

Fed up with Afternic
A domain investor...

Elie Eweka · Apr 19, 2025

Many years ago, I sat at my desk in our home office, staring at my laptop screen. I was in the early stages of launching a new side hustle—a high-end Nigerian men's clothing line specializing in customized dashikis. A dashiki is a colorful garment that covers the top half of the body, worn...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 17, 2025

Two-word domain names form the basis for many domain investor portfolios. By combining two words effectively, the name can form a distinctive brand for a company. Sometimes the names are simply two terms, like HomeDepot, and other times they are merged, as in Microsoft that...

Acroplex · Apr 13, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Was QRCodes.com stolen from an Epik account? Nameshift.com marketplace review; Are most sales happening at the end of the month? ICANN registrar asks about .AI domains trending; Using WHOIS to place domain inquiries....

Bob Hawkes · Apr 9, 2025

The Dan platform offered a simple responsive way for buyers and sellers to negotiate from an initial offer. While the seller did not have full buyer information, or communication outside the marketplace, nonetheless the system worked well for many. In just a few hours the two parties would often...

Acroplex · Apr 6, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Multi-Domain Catch-All Inbox! Escrow cancelled domain purchase; Spend.com goes live; Best way to make offer on BIN domain? Wand.com sold for six figures.

The 1st of its Kind! Multi-Domain Catch-All Inbox
Following a...

Bob Hawkes · Apr 2, 2025

For many successful investors, expired domain name auctions are a key part of their acquisition strategy. Some months ago I got a request from a relatively new investor to write about domain auctions – where to buy, terms of service, pitfalls, strategy, tips, etc. It is a topic that has been...

Acroplex · Mar 30, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

BrandBucket left Afternic; What if domaining became illegal? iZ.com closed at $500k; Is someone trying to sell my own domain? My brand is not available as a .com!

BrandBucket has left Afternic
Domain marketplace...

NameGroove · Mar 28, 2025

Many members in the Atom thread are discussing their dashboard stats that have yet to be shown by Atom to correlate to a higher sell-through rate ("STR"). Thus, I thought it helpful to compile the data shared by Atom that does correlate to STR. This adds to a helpful article...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 27, 2025

There are standard prefixes for units in the SI international system of units. Some of these, such as micro, nano or giga are relatively common in everyday language, whereas others are only known to scientists and engineers. I wondered how frequently the different prefixes...

Elie Eweka · Mar 26, 2025

Let’s talk about something important—something that’s been around for a while but doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. If you’re spending your hard-earned money without fully understanding where it’s going, you’re not really investing. You’re gambling. And let's be real, with the rise...

Acroplex · Mar 23, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Best way to sell domains to a non-profit; Afternic & DNS changes; Can domain parking affect future use of a domain? Client won't pay on Afternic after offer was accepted; Trusted third parties: Why do we need them to sell domains?...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 19, 2025

Not all domain names are made of dictionary words, but many are, either singly or in combination. In this article I provide links to resources, mainly free, that can help you optimize using and combining words in domain names.

Look It Up In A Dictionary

Especially if dealing with a...

Acroplex · Mar 16, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Negotiate directly with the buyer; ICANN to kill 60 day lock; The $980k sale of Double.com; What if ExpiredDomains shut down? Giant Panda AMA on Tier 1 PPC feed.

Negotiate directly with a buyer
Why use middlemen when...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 12, 2025

Imagine owning the very first .com domain name registered! The first .com domain name, symbolics.com, was registered 40 years ago, on March 15, 1985. The domain name is currently owned by Aron Meystedt, who also happens to be a long-time NamePros member.

Photo on left courtesy...

Acroplex · Mar 8, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

Cherry-picking domainers; Can I sell domains on my own landers? Paid alternatives to ExpiredDomains; ChatGPT sent me to NamePros! AI.com owner seeks $100 million.

Cherry-picking domainers
The definition of...

Bob Hawkes · Mar 6, 2025

Finding consistent success in domain name investing is always challenging, but are we entering a particularly difficult period? I don’t know the answer, and some successful veteran investors consider this a golden time, but let’s look at a few potential challenges.

Economic...

Acroplex · Mar 2, 2025

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A weekly news review at NamePros!

When do aspiring domainers become Pros? Spent $800 with GoDaddy-Now what? Need help with WIPO email; Lise.com sold for $52,400; Atom: Sales of $2.5k vs. $25k priced domains.

When does an aspiring Domainer officially become...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 27, 2025

Once one ventures outside of .com, the type of name that sells varies with the extension. While the best way to see what sells is to perform a detailed sales analysis over the past few years, a look at the top sales in the last year can provide a fast and useful indication.

Three...

Acroplex · Feb 23, 2025

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Weekly news review at NamePros!

Registry recalling my domain; Essos.com sold for $80k; Seller is refusing the use of escrow; Your experience with GoDaddy VIP accounts reps; Google Ads rolling out changes for parked domains.

Registry recalling my domain...

Elie Eweka · Feb 22, 2025

The domain industry isn’t just a static marketplace—it’s a vibrant, fast-evolving ecosystem where every player has a role to keep the gears turning. Picture a finely tuned machine: when all its parts work in harmony, it hums along smoothly. That’s the domain industry. Whether you’re a sharp-eyed...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 19, 2025

While ‘agent’ has been a highly-sought domain term for many years, with artificial intelligence enabled smart agents, the term has taken on a whole new significance.

Several related terms have taken on new interpretations, none more than ‘agentic’. As we will see below, that term has sold a...

Acroplex · Feb 16, 2025

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Weekly news review at NamePros!

Network Solutions nightmare; DeepSeek acquired ai.com? I don't get domain drops! AI & the future of premium domain valuation; Will domains ever be owned outright?

Network Solutions nightmare
The registrant...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 12, 2025

The pinnacle of American football is now over for another year. While some watch for the game, many are tuned in for the ads. At an estimated $8 million per ad this year, it is a big investment, but also reaches a huge audience.

Domain investors are not just checking out the ads, but also watch...

Elie Eweka · Feb 11, 2025

When it comes to building a memorable and successful brand online, your domain name is everything. And let’s face it—naming your business is no small feat. But there’s one type of domain name that stands out above the rest: the descriptive domain. It’s a name that instantly tells people...

Acroplex · Feb 9, 2025

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TRC.com dropped; Looking back at a sale by Mike Mann; Registered 100 UNO .coms; More gloom predicted for .com; How can I report this company?

TRC.com dropped
TRC.com was an aged LLL .com domain before it expired and...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 6, 2025

After a domain name sells, then what?

First promptly take down listings for the name at any other marketplaces, and update your records. But after that, What do you do with the proceeds from the sale? Do you plow money back into more domain names right away? Or put into some other types...

Acroplex · Feb 2, 2025

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Dot .AI aftermarket is dead; Terrible names in the domain industry; Deepseek: Domain showcase and discussion; Squatting line not to cross; BIN acquisition at GoDaddy got refunded.

.Ai aftermarket is dead
Domain...

Elie Eweka · Feb 1, 2025

Imagine a world where domain names are more than just website addresses. Instead, they become valuable digital assets, akin to rare collectibles. In this emerging future, short and unique domains could hold prestige and financial worth similar to NFTs. Owning a premium domain might be as...

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

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

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...

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