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Bob Hawkes · Feb 1, 2023

Without reported domain name sales, we would all be operating in a blind fashion. This article covers the arguments for and against reporting domain name sales, as well as how to report domain name sales at the main venues.

Why Report Domain Name Sales?

Over the years there have...

Acroplex · Jan 29, 2023

Happy end of January and welcome to another edition of Top Topics here at NamePros.

The ultra premium domain TXT.com was sold for $300,000 dollars in a brokered deal; Domainers discuss their personal experience of being scammed by an unscrupulous domain broker; Investors using Epik...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 26, 2023

One measure of domain name sales success is the sell-through rate (STR). For your own portfolio, that is simply the number of domain names that sell in a time period, usually one year, divided by the average number of domain names for sale during that period, and expressed as a percentage...

Acroplex · Jan 21, 2023

Welcome to another edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. Here's a selection of active discussions for your reading pleasure:

Is it an infringement for an app's developer to name it after a domain name they don't own? Why can short domain names sell for thousands of dollars? When a...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 18, 2023

The last week has seen heated debate following the announcement by GoDaddy/Dan that commissions would be aligned across the Afternic, Dan, GoDaddy and Afternic platforms, resulting in savings for many, not all, sales at Afternic, but higher commissions at Dan.

The main NamePros discussion on...

Acroplex · Jan 14, 2023

Welcome to another edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. Here's a selection of active discussions for your reading pleasure:

Help.com was reported as sold by DNJournal, for a whopping $3 million dollars; More trouble at Epik as investors cannot register domains with existing...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 12, 2023

The question of whether aged domain names have greater value has been discussed in various NamePros threads over the years. Here are a few of the points expressed:

Age by itself does not determine the worth of a domain name.
In the past, there were fewer domain names registered, and a...

Acroplex · Jan 7, 2023

Domain investors, welcome to another great Top Topics session here at NamePros:

Whois.com mass-canceled .io domain registrations after its price special backfired; Dan.com, a GoDaddy brand, jacked-up fees to 15% and domain investors aren't happy; A cache of premium stolen domain names was...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 5, 2023

For each of the last four years, I have looked at NameBio reported domain sales in a number of extensions. The data reflects the situation just after the close of the year. While some sales for the year get reported late, by using a consistent procedure from year to year, the trends should...

Acroplex · Jan 1, 2023

Happy New Year, domain investors! Welcome to the first Top Topics session in 2023 here at NamePros:

Can you relist domains at GoDaddy immediately after the auction ends? Predictions among domainers for the brand new year; Investors are seeking tech trends and buying the related...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 29, 2022

The more accurately we can predict the future, the better position we are in as domain investors. With that in mind, I sought views on: How Do You Think 2023 Will Be In Domain Investing?

That discussion thread included a poll on overall optimism or pessimism about domain name investment...

Acroplex · Dec 24, 2022

Merry Christmas! Get ready for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

MotherDuck.com, a domain sold by Mike Mann, raised $47.5 million dollars as a start-up; Should you keep investing in crypto domains in 2023? What's the value of domains that dropped several times but have...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 20, 2022

Here are seven tools not covered previously in the NamePros Blog, at least not as described in this article. For example, these tools can help you find all combinations of a couple of terms in domain names for sale, or find the domain ages for a list of domains in one pass.

Domain research...

Acroplex · Dec 17, 2022

Is the World Cup 2022 over yet? Get ready for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

A business idea that involved the registration of a domain vaporized after the domain was taken soon after; The domain 3377.com was auctioned off for a whopping $113,000 dollars at GoDaddy; The...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 14, 2022

Powerful centralized social media giants have probably not been good for domain investment. Some businesses have opted for social media presences instead of a domain name and website. Those businesses could lose control of their online presence, and demand for quality domain names has been...

Acroplex · Dec 10, 2022

Get ready for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

Domain expert and author, James Iles, has been scooped up by GoDaddy as domain investor liaison; Investors discuss registrar alternatives to Epik after recent woes; There are plenty of companies with multi-million dollar...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence plays critical roles in many sectors and applications. Up to now, AI has probably been under-utilized in much of the domain name world.

Over the past week, many domain investors have delighted in posing questions and requests to the newly-released OpenAI...

Acroplex · Dec 3, 2022

Welcome to December & the 2022 Holidays! It's time for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

Super domainer Swetha's sales record came under scrutiny and the "shocking" results are in. Epik and its new CEO are trying to make amends but its Escrow services and Masterbucks token...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 1, 2022

During recent seasonal promotions several registrars offered .tv domain names at the lowest price in many years, perhaps forever. I suspect I was not alone in picking up some names for a trial investment in the extension.

That brings up questions such as:

Who are typical buyers of .tv...

Acroplex · Nov 26, 2022

Hopefully you're done shopping for the Holidays! About time for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

Black Friday deals involving domain services are still ongoing, so find out where to save money. Do you know the path your domain buyers follow to get in touch for a domain? The...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 24, 2022

There are various domain name books. Some concentrate on branding and company naming, others on the nuts and bolts of domaining as a career. Some books are mainly hype, unrealistically portraying the selling of domain names.

This week, the book Accidental Domain Investor was published by...

Acroplex · Nov 19, 2022

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 deems their domains invalid; in reality it was a...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 17, 2022

What if your domain names would be seen at many different registrars? In addition, when a name sold through any of those registrars, the entire transfer process was automatic. You just wait to be paid.

That is the promise of the so-called fast transfer networks. Traditionally there have been...

Acroplex · Nov 12, 2022

Happy Saturday folks—time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros:

Do marketplaces bundle payments for concurrent sales? Dan and Sedo are compared. Somehow, a company valued at more than $100 million dollars let one of their domain assets expire. How to create logos and other brand...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 9, 2022

This week it was announced that @James Iles, is stepping back from his weekly NamePros Blog article to concentrate on other things, including his own domain name information site at JamesNames.com.

James has made a huge contribution to the domain name community through his...

Acroplex · Nov 5, 2022

It's time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros. In summary:

A drastic tweak of your domain asking prices might produce more sales. Get details about how Sports.gg sold for $96k. Read about how Sedo & Afternic fare in sales performance. The big question: Should you keep investing in...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 3, 2022

The most successful domain investors have a system. That system may include many elements, but one of the most important is a method for acquiring quality names that businesses will want. As is said, “you make money on the buy.”

But there are so many names to search. As I write this, the list...

James Iles · Oct 30, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we look at two six-figure domain sales, one of which sold at DropCatch after former owner Accenture let the domain expire. Elsewhere, we ask which companies you trust in the domain industry.

Reactive.com Sells for $168,450 at DropCatch

This week, one of...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 26, 2022

The domain name system (DNS) has robustly served the Internet well for more than three decades. That is a testament to the expertise and foresightedness of those who developed the concepts and specifications.

Now extensions like .com, .net and .org can be used for any type of...

James Iles · Oct 23, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at two six-figure .XYZ sales that recently happened. We also feature a question about outbound domain sales, and how do you handle domain renewals?

Bull.xyz Sells for $199,888

Domain investor Swetha Yenugula has shared details of her...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 20, 2022

Last week, in part one of What The Domain World Needs, the following were covered:

Registrar-based single-source marketplace listings.
Retail Buy Request Marketplace.
Domain Broker Certification.
Smart Contract Escrow.
Smarter Interactive Marketplace Search.
Bridges...

James Iles · Oct 16, 2022

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 order for it to sell?

“Your Price is Too...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 12, 2022

We have many innovative and useful products and services in the domain world. But are there things that don’t currently exist that would have a significant impact on the productivity and success of domain investors?

That was the question that I posed a couple of weeks ago on NamePros What...

James Iles · Oct 9, 2022

In this week’s Top Topics, two notable members of the domain community take part in Ask Me Anything features, a domainer wonders why high traffic hasn’t resulted in a domain sale, and Rick Schwartz says the last four weeks have been the slowest ever in the domain industry.

I’m Brad...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 5, 2022

A domain hack uses both sides of the dot to create a single word, for example pi.pe or ma.de. While some define domain hack more broadly, a definition that includes two related words, one on each side of the dot, we will use the narrower definition of a word split by the dot in this...

James Iles · Oct 2, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors are voting for their favorite registrar after polls opened last week. Elsewhere, we look at products and services that the domain industry needs but doesn't have, and what are the best domain valuation tools?

What Does the Domain World Need...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 28, 2022

Darpan Munjal of SquadHelp has been sharing great data insights on brandable domain names. I reached out to him for permission to summarize the data, and to get additional information.

As Darpan wrote in 2021,

Data and analytics can play a huge role in maximizing the...

James Iles · Sep 25, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, cryptocurrency exchange Banxa announces a multi-million dollar domain bundle sale, and we look at whether hyphenated domain name sales are on the rise. Elsewhere, there's a .TV sale and we find out more about the Rays.com domain name.

Is It Ok to Ask a Broker...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 22, 2022

In the early years of domain names, the extension was meant to have meaning. For example, .com for commercial oriented businesses, .org for organizations, and country codes representing a site based in that country.

Over the years most restrictions were dropped, and many extensions...

James Iles · Sep 18, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we look at Disney's use of the Go.com domain name, and we discuss illiquidity in domain names during an economic downturn. Elsewhere, investors comment on a rebrand, and have you noticed a large increase in sales recently?

Disney Uses Go.com, But for How Much...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 14, 2022

The long term goal for some domainers is to grow their portfolio so that domain names become a full time job, or at least a serious part time income stream.

In a survey conducted mid-2021, almost 20% of NamePros respondents indicated that they were essentially full-time, and another 33%...

James Iles · Sep 11, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we have another six-figure .XYZ domain sale to profile, and we discuss a recent company rebrand to a one-word .COM. Elsewhere, there has been some development in the Eth.link domain name saga.

Pen.xyz Sold for 6 Figures

So far this year, NameBio has...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 8, 2022

Many investors dream of one day making a million dollar domain name sale. The odds are against you, with only 156 sales at this price point recorded on NameBio over all time. I take a look at those sales, and how the names are being used.

The Million Dollar Sales Data

I...

James Iles · Sep 4, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at a multi-million dollar, two-letter .COM sale that has been discovered. Elsewhere, domainers debate the presence of TrustPilot reviews on landing pages, and one investor shares why they are thinking of quitting domaining.

Do You Think...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 1, 2022

With industry domain name sell-through rates not much different than 1%, most domains sit in a portfolio for many years. Other than renewals, it seems natural to simply wait for an offer or sale. But is that really a sound strategy?

While a thorough review of every single name is daunting if...

James Iles · Aug 29, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at a rebrand that involves a company moving away from a $1.2 million domain name. Elsewhere, domain marketplace Alter announces its closure, and can domain investors register their domain names as trademarks?

Super.com Rebrands to...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 24, 2022

Whether prior to acquisition of a domain name, or to help with pricing, we often use comparator sales listed on NameBio.

But what do you do if a preliminary search does not yield any comparator sales for a particular domain name? With some names you should take that as a negative...

James Iles · Aug 21, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at one prominent domain investor's 2022 acquisitions to date. Elsewhere, a mining company buys a one-word .COM, and a domainer has some specific advice for new investors.

My 2022 Acquisitions

Domain investor AbdulBasit Makrani is notable...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 18, 2022

Web3 is a hot term these days, with many startups in the sphere, and existing companies reimagining themselves as Web3.

In this article, I take a look at the names of 156 top Web3 companies. I also study what extensions are popular, and the sectors that predominate within the Web3 world...

James Iles · Aug 14, 2022

In this week's Top Topics, we feature the news of this year's second eight-figure sale, a domainer shares some analysis of domain names used by Y Combinator startups and do .ORG and .CO perform well for you?

Connect.com Acquired for $10 Million

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