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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...

A lot has happened since I last covered Domain Name Payment Plans in the NamePros Blog in 2019. Partly because of the terminology used by Dan, one of the major marketplaces offering payment plans for a number of years, such plans are...

Next month in San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is happening. This event brings together tech leaders and enthusiasts, startup founders, and early stage investors.

It struck me that the conference agenda and speaker list could provide...

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Registration of Porn.uk reversed at Namecheap; Honoring one's word and its appreciation in the domain business; What is the hype about .ai domains all about...

What domain name superpowers do you possess that can give you a competitive advantage? While much has been written on the best approaches for success in domain investing in general, I want to turn the focus here on tailoring the approach to take...

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Sold a domain on GoDaddy but their cut amounts to 39% of the sale; Movies about domain names; Mana.org expired and sold for $167,000 dollars; How to fight...

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Epik withheld $1.5 million dollars in Masterbucks, says domain investor; Someone trademarked a term after investor acquired the matching domain name; Is domain parking...

Domain renewal price increases make domain investing even more challenging.

We are about to see another 7% increase in .com wholesale prices on Sept. 1, 2023, and a 10% increase in .net prices on Feb. 1, 2024.

Prices for .xyz have...

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Is Domaining an investment or an addiction? Prospective buyer threatens with a UDRP; Is my Registrar holding me back? Can Epik be trusted with low cost registrations? Dot...

Probably many of us have been asked by friends or acquaintances what it is that we do as domainers. After all, the term domainer is not even in the major dictionaries. For this week’s article, I decided to compile an answer.

Create...

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Elon Musk has potentially acquired ai.com; Billing error at GoDaddy reverses acquisition; Afternic broker involved in trademark case; Advice about how to best manage...

The .eu domain extension was one of the bright spots when I analyzed how different extensions had fared in aftermarket sales volume during the first six months of 2023. The .eu extension sales dollar volume was up significantly compared to...

One of the key ways that a prospective buyer seeks a domain name is by using the search feature at the marketplace. But how effective is that really? I take a look at search capability at general purpose and brandable domain name marketplaces...

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A cautionary tale about the Twitter handle @x; The domain Llama2.com was sold for $30,000 dollars; Sedo broker sold SolarEnergy.com for 6 figures; Won the auction...

The first six months of 2023 resulted in just over 70,000 NameBio-listed domain sales in total, with a dollar volume of just over $66 million.

That is a decrease of 21.5% in sales dollar volume compared to the same six...

It appears likely that the pair of domain names public.uk and public.co.uk have recently sold in a package transaction for £110,000 or about $156,000 USD.

Although the sale is not shown on NameBio at time of writing, it was...

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Some things you must be aware of when investing in .XYZ domains; Reza, founder of Dan, might return to domain investing; Fast transfer concerns; The future of GPT domain...

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Meta rolled out Threads on a .net domain; Domain Agents: Use or not? Afternic "forever troubled" as far as BIN setting goes; Optimize a domain that earns $1 /day; How...

It is a familiar refrain within the domain world – I have some great domain names, but I am not getting any sales.

In some cases, the owner may be overlooking weaknesses in the names. However, even solid domain names can go year after year...

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Dan.com has changed the VAT/invoicing process, becoming the middle man for buyer and seller; India is about to ban .in domain investing; Expired domain auctions at...

Afternic recently provided data insights from the 2022 sales year. While precise numerical values are not given, graphical results are presented for total dollar volume, average price, sell-through rate and average revenue per domain. This allows...

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...

Do we need another automated domain name appraisal instrument? While automated domain name appraisals have their critics, and are certainly not precise instruments, some find them useful in certain circumstances.

While some instruments like...

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...