IT.COM

NamePros Blog

Domain blog covering the latest domain news, domain sales, reports, analysis, advice, interviews, strategy, and more. Sort By: Recent Comments or New Blog Posts
NameSilo
Subscribe to blog

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...
 
15
•••

news Trend Domain Name Investing: Grok, GPTs and .BOT

Several domain name niches have received a lot of attention lately, all related to some aspect of artificial intelligence or automation. Each week dotDB publish a list of trending terms based on new registrations. In the most recent report...
 
Last edited:
42
•••

analysis Trees As Brands

Tree names find widespread use in successful brands. Trees are associated with strength, endurance, growth and beauty, so it is not surprising that so many brands are built on tree names.

The dividing line between trees and other plant forms is...
 
Last edited:
32
•••

domains Tracking The Chinese Domain Market With ChaoMi

Liquid domain names are developing into mature tradable assets similar to stocks. The increasing demand from Chinese investors has been a driving force behind their recent growth.

ChaoMi.cc is a website that emerged to help Chinese...
 
37
•••

information Top Topics: “Your Price is Too High” - What’s Your Response?; Swetha Posts Her Highest Domain Sale...

In this week’s Top Topics, we look at domainer responses to the “your price is too high” comment that many investors receive after providing an asking price. Elsewhere, a six-figure .XYZ sale is revealed, and do you have to advertise a domain in...
 
10
•••

information Top Topics: Zero Knowledge domains; Abandon vs. Sell; The future of .com; Profitable industries to sell domains to; The supply side of domain pricing

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Zero Knowledge: A blockchain term triggers new domain registrations; Abandon your domains, or sell them in a firesale? Kings and Gods: dot .com as a powerful extension...
 
Last edited:
6
•••

information Top Topics: Zapier Acquires Zap.com; Decentralization.com Closes at Just $5,050...

Is automation powerhouse Zapier about to rebrand to Zap? It looks like the company bought Zap.com earlier this year, anyway. According to DomainIQ, the name moved from NameCheap to Name.com under privacy protection in January, with Zap.com now...
 
10
•••

information Top Topics: Yuga Labs Acquired Otherside.xyz; How Do You Get Eyes on Your Domains?...

In this week’s Top Topics, we take a look at Yuga Labs’ latest domain acquisition for their metaverse project. Elsewhere, domainers discuss creative methods to get eyes on a domain and a company shares why it moved away from a one-word .XYZ name...
 
10
•••

information Top Topics: Your Top 10 Domains; Do Crypto Names Still Look Good?...

This weekend, I was in Zurich Switzerland for a short break and as a domainer, it’s difficult not to notice domains that are being used by local companies. It seems that although the ccTLD for Switzerland is .CH, many companies have opted to use...
 
7
•••

information Top Topics: Your Regrettable Purchase; Working With Another Domainer to Make a Sale...

In this week’s Top Topics, a four-figure domain sale is revealed, a domainer shares their journey of how they became an investor and we read the interesting story of someone that teamed up with another investor to produce a sale.

Elsewhere, an...
 
6
•••

information Top Topics: Your Plan for 2019; The Final Minutes of a $22,000 Auction...

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...
 
4
•••

information Top Topics: Your Biggest Mistakes In Domaining?; Selling My First Domain on 4.CN...

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...
 
4
•••

information Top Topics: Your Best Month of 2018; If You Owned Ethereum.com...

In this week's Top Topics, an investor asks what you would do if you were the owner of Ethereum.com, would you sell it or keep it? Elsewhere, domainers disclose their best month of 2018 for sales and this week's featured poll asks whether .CO or...
 
4
•••

information Top Topics: Yachts.com Sells for $600,000; Domaining vs Investing...

In this week’s Top Topics, we receive news that the Yachts.com domain name has sold for a mid-six-figure fee. Elsewhere, there’s a discussion about whether domaining can be described as investing, and we look at domain name trends of the past...
 
8
•••

information Top Topics: XMX.com expires, sells for $252k; False alarm by .TV Registry; Advice on buying websites; DAN/Afternic integrate; Domain Market Crash?

Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving? Time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros:

XMX.com, a former crypto brand, was sold for $252,000 dollars at an expired domains auction at GoDaddy. People received messages the .TV Registry...
 
Last edited:
14
•••

information Top Topics: Would You Pay for Domain Lists?; An Interview With the King of Pinyin...

Welcome to another edition of Top Topics, giving you a look at some of the most interesting and popular discussions of the week. In this issue, there’s one piece of news in particular that you’ll find fascinating if you follow the Chinese market...
 
3
•••

information Top Topics: Would You Donate a Domain?; I Sold My First Five-Figure Name!...

Our Top Topics this week are book-ended by two contrasting stories of recent domain transactions. We start with a domainer offering to donate a domain name to a startup and we finish with a report of a five-figure domain sale from a $1.99 domain...
 
Last edited:
7
•••

information Top Topics: Worst investments; Google shutting down websites; SnapNames auction snafu; Domain reclassified as premium; Most you ever paid for a domain

It's Big Game Sunday and our review of Top Topics here at NamePros! 🏈

What are the worst domain investments you ended up losing money from? Google shutting down web sites; SnapNames at it once again; Domain name has been reclassified...
 
Last edited:
11
•••

information Top Topics: Will You Do Anything Differently in 2021?; A New Era in Domaining?...

In the first Top Topics of 2021, we look at whether domain investors plan to do anything differently in the new year. Elsewhere, a domainer asks for advice on a five-figure negotiation, and what do you do after getting a cease and desist letter...
 
9
•••

information Top Topics: Will Wholesale Prices for .XYZ Keep Going Up?; What Will 2022 Hold?...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at the .XYZ extension and the current popularity among domain investors. Will wholesale auction prices for .XYZ domains, which have recently been reaching four-figures, continue to rise? Elsewhere, a new...
 
5
•••

domains Top Topics: Will All Four-Letter .COMs Hit $1,000 in April?; Investors Pour Money into .TV...

This week's Top Topics from the domain name community contain a lot of very interesting opinions on a number of different subjects: new gTLDs, current investments, and the future of four-letter .COM domains are all covered.

You'll also be able...
 
10
•••

various Top Topics: Why We Like Domaining; Our Biggest Flips; Our Dream Drop Catching Company...

The most popular discussions this week include the many reasons why investors like domaining, their biggest and quickest domain flips, trademark issues regarding word forms, the buzz surrounding the Marchex and GoDaddy deal, and what would the...
 
6
•••

various Top Topics: Why We Became Domainers; Portfolio Acquisition Methods; Buy or Sell LLLL.com's?...

The most popular discussions this week include preferences on the usage of WWW, especially as it applies to nGTLD’s; why different investors chose to enter the domain name market and how; a conversation on whether to buy, sell, or hold LLLL.com...
 
1
•••

information Top Topics: Why ShareTheBus Upgraded to Bus.com; Lack of Innovation in Domaining?...

In case you missed it, we published an analysis of several well-funded companies that might consider rebranding since their ultimate .COM domain name is unavailable. It is, I believe, a reality check. There are a large amount of companies...
 
3
•••

information Top Topics: Why I Spent $35,000 on Testimonial.io; Would You Use a Domain Swap Service?...

In this week's Top Topics, the subject of a domain swap service is considered, and we look at iOS 16's new Mail feature. Elsewhere, a company completes a $1.6 million domain purchase, and a founder explains why they paid $35,000 for a .IO domain...
 
8
•••
  • The sidebar remains visible by scrolling at a speed relative to the page’s height.
Back