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In recognition of the 15th anniversary of general availability of the .me domain extension, I thought it was a good time to look at the performance, use and sales record for the extension.

The registry has a 15th Anniversary promotion on – you...

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What is the best registrar to move 500 domain names to? One word domain acquired for a bargain price; PayPal suspended dotDB without explanation; PAUU.com is stolen, says...

Domain names listed on a marketplace by someone other than the owner are a problem. Often these are the result of the previous owner overlooking taking down the listing after the name expired or was sold at another venue. In some cases, the names...

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ICANN & Verisign are considering a dangerous new tweak to domain seizure policies; Spaceship.com launches $3.08 .com specials; NamePros members do well picking up trending...

Introduction

As I was getting started in domain investing, one of the voices offering sound advice was @JudgeMind. While not quite as active currently in NamePros, when he does contribute, I always know it will be well thought...

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The domain name NewYork.com was sold for 7 figures, according to DNJournal; What is the best marketplace to sell .it.com domains? The owner of Register.to has passed...

Artificial Intelligence, AI, continues to be the dominant topic in the business world, and in domain name circles.

When I wrote about GPT and Similar Artificial Intelligence Technologies, I ended with speculation on how AI might transform...

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Free "for sale" landers at NamePros launched on April 1st; Are minisites dead? Afternic shared useless sales graph on 2022 domain sales; Dan canceled sale after buyer took the...

Diverse opinions have been expressed, on NamePros and elsewhere, on whether the domain aftermarket has recently dropped.

Certainly there are reasons for a possible decline.

• There is considerable business uncertainty.
• With inflation...

Happy April with a fresh round of Top Topics here at NamePros!

You're not a real domain investor without a few thousand domain names; Which service will become the next Dan.com? OpenAI filed a UDRP against the domain ChatGPT.com...

The most important point in last week’s NamePros Blog article Six Years of Domain Name Mistakes was to acquire names that will have multiple potential users who are in a position to pay a solid retail price.

Each domain name is...

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A domain investor hasn't scored domain sales for what appears to be a long time; WHOIS privacy did not stop spammers from pitching services; Dan & Afternic integration has a...

NamePros is full of tales of mistakes made and mistakes to avoid. Personally, I have made my share of mistakes. This post is about the mistakes I made during the last six years. While I won’t cite specific cases, the article is also informed by...

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Reza Sardeha rolls out Anyone.com as a real estate market disruptor; Domainer receives an offer for their oldest domain name; Becoming a domain registrar is inherently...

When seeking names on the buyer requests section at NamePros, or filtering a list of expiring names for consideration, domain investors often use filters to make the size of the list manageable. For example, they may seek only names with a...

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Did MedicalRecordsReview.com really sell for almost $70k or payment failed? Domaining newbies: The train has left the station; Markets will crash up to 50% according to...

Recently InternetX and Sedo released the 2023 Global Domain Report.

The report provides a wealth of information of interest to domain investors. It includes a detailed analysis of Sedo sales and search data, and premium domain...

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A domain investor with domains at One.com is having serious management issues; Will domain names become obsolete in the future? Domainer's own landing pages make him...

Sten Lillieström challenged some common assumptions about domain names and brands in the first part of the interview. This week, I ask him questions around the theme of how to create an effective and distinctive brand name.

Creating...

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The owner of the domain MarketingAgency.com sought feedback about its value; Using SSL for domain parking is a necessity; What are the main issues that domain...

I am delighted for the opportunity to interview Sten Lillieström, a creative domain name investor interested in the brandable side of domain name investing. Sten, handle @trelgor, has been a NamePros member for more than a decade, and has...

Welcome to a brand new edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. This week:

A concerning email from Namecheap points to third party's service infiltration; Dropping competition appears to have increased a lot since the pandemic...

With so much interest in artificial intelligence of late, it was suggested by a NamePros member that I should take a look at the .ai domain extension.

While it is almost certainly true that .com is the dominant extension for large, established...

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Former domain owner insults the seller who made an outbound pitch; GoDaddy to lay off 8% of its global workforce; Google rolls out Bard in response to ChatGPT...

Since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT-3 in late November 2022, it seems everyone is talking about ChatGPT.

Earlier in the NamePros Blog, I ‘interviewed’ ChatGPT on domain topics. I think most will agree that ChatGPT did an impressive job on most...