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various Top Topics: Google Uses .XYZ; Pheenix Success Rate; Flippa's New Look...

Discussions galore this week! The most popular include the redesign of Flippa’s homepage and category pages; Google’s parent company Alphabet rolling out with a .XYZ domain name, which made many others find new and unseen value in them; the chances of drop catching at Pheenix; and the most...
 
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sales Top 20 NNNNN.com Reported Sales and How They Are Being Used

Here is a look at the Top 20 five number .com sales that have been actually reported. I am sure there have been more on Chinese domain exchanges but we have to use what is reported.

Interestingly, one domain name was actually sold twice: 44477.com. Another thing of note is most do not resolve...
 
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data Domain Data: Chinese Investors and Numeric Domains

In this article, we'll be looking at numeric domain names owned by Chinese companies and investors. If you missed the last "Domain Data" article regarding LL.com and LLL.com domains owned by China then you can view that here.

In early 2014 (possibly slightly earlier), the value of...
 
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various Top Topics: Free Parking Revenue Domains; Alternative Extensions; Current 5N .com Values; MOZ...

The most popular discussions this week include whether it’s acceptable or not to purchase a domain name of an established site in another extension, a look at the current floor price of 5N.com or NNNNN.com domain names, the weight that MOZ holds on domains now that PageRank isn’t a factor, and...
 
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sales WE.com Sales Price was $8 Million. Buyer Revealed.

I've been told by a reliable source who wishes to stay anonymous that the domain name WE.com sold for $8 million. The sale was confirmed earlier in the year but price and details of the transaction were never disclosed.

In an earlier article, I was able to confirm that the brokerage fee was...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: The $185,000 StockBrokers.com Domain Name

In this week's Inside Interview, I had the pleasure of chatting with Blain Reinkensmeyer; a partner at Reink Media Group. Along with a team of three others, Blain runs the popular StockBrokers.com service, which provides unbiased reviews and ratings for online brokers.

Having originally created...
 
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alert Breaking: 21.com is Stolen

I have been alerted to the fact that the domain name 21.com has been stolen from its original owner.

The domain name, which sits in an eName.com account, was stolen by a Chinese individual who also stole 611.com - although this domain name has now been recovered. eName Technology Co., Ltd. is a...
 
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sales FoodMall.com Sells for $50,000

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data Domain Data: The Amount of Two Letter and Three Letter .COM's Owned in China

In the first of a mini series looking at the domain names that Chinese investors own, we look at the amount of two and three letter .com domain names that are owned by individuals or companies in China. The data here is courtesy of DomainTools.

WHOIS data isn’t perfect, especially from...
 
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various Top Topics: GoDaddy Sells Personal Information; Trademark Infringement; Automated Appraisals...

The most popular discussions last week include speculation on whether GoDaddy is selling your personal information; the true value of automated appraisals; trademark infringement explained for plural names; a buyout of 30,000 Chinese LLLL.net domains in one hour; and investors share when and why...
 
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domains A Chat With DomainMarket.com Owner Mike Mann

One of our most popular topics on NamePros Blog is the regular sales updates from Mike Mann. Our articles about his sales figures regularly attract a lot of discussion, and also a lot of speculation as to how much money Mike makes from domain names.

For those who aren’t familiar, Mike Mann is...
 
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domains Trust Your Instincts, Part Two

You may have read an article I wrote a couple of months ago about two NamePros members - @Omar Negron and @Willox Perez. The article, which was given the unofficial moniker of “Trust Your Instincts” showed why you should sometimes trust your instincts when it comes to a good...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind The $700,000 Nuts.com Acquisition

In 2011, the domain name Nuts.com was acquired by Jeff Braverman, the CEO of a family nut shop first set up in 1929. As a college freshman, Jeff created NutsOnline.com which helped Nuts.com become what it is today. Since 2002, the company has grown revenue from $1.5 million to $35 million...
 
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various Top Topics: Domain Negotiations with a Funded Tech Startup; Domaining in 1995; Realistic Earnings...

The most popular discussions last week include how to negotiate and price a domain sale with a well-funded startup, time traveling back to 1995 to buy domains, what one could realistically expect to earn in two years of domain name investing or developing, and GoDaddy tossing out an odd error...
 
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information A list of resources to help the Western domainer with Chinese domaining

There is a lot of discussion and buying and selling by Western domain owners that center around Chinese themes, 4L.com without aeiouv, 4 to 6 number.com, etc. Some of the others center around the JS88888 or HG999 type stuff, and I have been seeing some sales related to LLNN.com which I have...
 
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sales Pay The Mann: Mike Mann Records $32,500 in Sales This Week

Legendary domainer Mike Mann along with his team at DomainMarket.com have had a very productive week in terms of sales.

Mike has announced 3 sales this week totalling $32,500 from an investment of just $157.50.

The first name sale to be announced was FameApp.com - a domain name acquired for...
 
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domains Here's Why 358.com Expired

You're most likely aware that the domain 358.com expired recently, reached "Pending Delete" status, and then SnapNames caught the name. At the last count, the domain had reached a record setting price of $430,000 with 7 bidders above $250,000.

There have been many people asking how a...
 
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information UDRP Filed Against Premium Domain iBuy.com

A UDRP case has been filed against the domain name iBuy.com; a domain that's been registered since 1995. According to WhoIs information, iBuy.com is owned by Albert Houllou of Brooklyn and has shown the current "Coming Soon" page since at least 2011.

The UDRP case shows that the complainant is...
 
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parking Parking Companies Need to Get Rid of Referrer Spam

People are always looking for names with traffic; they either want them for the parking revenue or perhaps as a kickstart to a new website.

So the other day a friend tells me he purchased a domain name based off of traffic; he was looking for a name with X amount of uniques per month and...
 
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advice Add Credibility to your Sales Emails with this Email Extension

In the domain industry, email is usually the preferred method of communication. Sometimes it can be very difficult to come across as trustworthy when sending a sales email, because - let's face it - you've sent an email out of the blue asking someone to buy a digital asset.

Any advantage we can...
 
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tips Diamond or Dud? Backlink Research for Domainers

Domains with backlinks and page rank / domain authority often are more desirable and command higher prices than comparable domains without.

But is that PR5 domain with hundreds of backlinks as good as it looks? Domains with former activity and links can be great for parking, expiring domains...
 
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various Top Topics: SLD's vs ngTLD's; Floor Price of LLLL.com's; Death of Domaining...

The most popular discussions this week include choosing between a new generic Top Level Domain and a Second Level Domain; the current, past, and future outlook on LLLL.com’s price floor; technical advances being made that could end domain name investing as we know it; and a debate on whether...
 
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advice A Guide To Domaining During the Summer

Domain investing typically slows down during the summer months. It's not just the domain industry that winds down; web traffic is mostly down too as most of the Northern Hemisphere head off on vacations.

There are always some exceptions to the rule, but generally sales are down and interest is...
 
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news EG.com Has Been Sold

The valuable two-letter .com domain name EG.com has been sold.

The news broke when George Kirikos wrote a tweet stating that EG.com has been unlocked, which would then permit for a domain transfer to take place.

Minutes later, Andrew Rosener (@mediaoptions on Twitter) confirmed that...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind the Rebranding of DoorBot to Ring.com

In 2011, an inventor named Jamie Siminoff brought together a team of 5 engineers to work out of his garage to create a product that would become DoorBot; a doorbell system that allows you to see and speak to visitors from your smartphone.

This small team - with a lack of real funding - was able...
 
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