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This week, NamePros has brought you two great interviews. On Monday we published an interview with BrandBucket managing director Michael Krell in what could be considered an introduction to brandable domains. On Tuesday, we spoke with...

In this week's Top Topics, we have a couple of success stories from both outbound and marketplace sales. It's always nice to see an investor complete a marketplace sale, but an outbound sale can be even more difficult to achieve. We also have an...

In this week's Top Topics, we reveal the news that eName has released an English version of their website, as well as documenting a discussion about new gTLDs and we see an investor asking for advice for selling a domain to an end-user...

This week, the NamePros blog has had some excellent guest articles from investors around the world. It's great to see so many people willing to share their own experiences in the domain industry, and I would encourage more of the community to do...

As a part of our Domain Data series, we analysed the domain names used by companies that Sequoia Capital have funded. We found that from the companies we analysed, 98% used a .COM domain. We'll be continuing our series by looking at some...

Over the last year as Flippa has gotten more entrenched in domain only sales, the bulk sale has become popular. Instead of just putting one domain for sale, sellers have looked...

In this week's Top Topics, we get news of two more sales that Mike Mann has announced this week. We also give you a few more details of the sales of two two-number .COM domains that were announced by DN.com recently. Elsewhere, domainers discuss...

In this week’s Top Topics, we have a couple of investors looking for advice on offers that have been received. One encounter involves a declined offer on a hand registered name whilst the other asks for advice on a $1,000 offer. Elsewhere, after...

Bill Sweetman of NameNinja.com published an excellent article earlier, telling the industry why he paid $1,500 to buy the expiring OliverStone.com. It's a great story that has reached mainstream media, and it shows the domain industry in a...

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 case you missed it, Mike Mann recently announced his $50,000 sale of the domain name football.co. The WHOIS has just switched over to reflect the new owner, who looks to be an individual in California. Within the last twenty-four hours...

Over the past few days, the domains BS.com and XS.com have been sold. There is one more two-letter .COM domain name that may be about to sell, and that is SW.com. The domain name was listed in the NamesCon extended auction, but didn't sell after...

In this week’s Top Topics, investors are questioning the value of a two-word hyphenated .DE domain name that sold at Sedo recently for over $50,000. Why would someone be prepared to pay this much? We find out. Also in this week’s Top Topics, a...

In last week’s edition of Top Topics, a domain name investor asked the community for advice on a $2,000 offer that was received via Sedo. In two minds as to what to do next, the investor opted to push the domain to auction at Sedo, with the hope...

One of the most dominant discussions of this week is that if Mike Mann's sale of BlueTrading.com in exchange for 3.5BTC, which equates to around $12,000. Are cryptocurrency domain sales going to become more common in future? Do escrow companies...

One of the most popular series on this blog has been the Inside Interview series in which we speak to end users to discover why the acquired a specific domain name. We are currently looking for suggestions as to who we should include in...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we take a look at one investor's ten most recent domain sales and we ask is it now time to sell your four-letter .COM's? Elsewhere, a domainer is looking for examples of excellent landing pages and we feature...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we highlight a discussion dedicated to domain industry Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. We also take a look at the details of a four-figure .TV domain sale that was announced this week and we find out...

In this week's Top Topics, there is an excellent discussion based around discovering trending niches for potential investment, with some excellent advice from the community for trend investors. Elsewhere, John Berryhill gives an update on the...

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 edition of Top Topics, we find out what a typical day looks like for a full-time domain name investor and a domainer asks for help after a $30,000 initial offer comes in out of the blue. Elsewhere, we discuss the impact of the...

In this week’s edition of Top Topics, we take a look at a domain investor’s small case study of his success after registering one-hundred domains last year. We also discuss the new .APP domain extension and we find out whether “make offer” or...

Earlier this week, we asked whether a newspaper called the Patriot Ledger was in the process of selling the domain Ledger.com. Today, our suspicions were proven to be true as the domain moved into the possession of cryptocurrency hardware...

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...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at strategies for domain investing in 2019, a domainer asks about conversion rates in outbound sales, and a poll asks how many domains you own in your domain portfolio. Elsewhere, an investor shares a...