Welcome to this Good Friday edition of Top Topics. This week, we bring you five discussions that will prove both interesting and insightful. In other news, our Expert Exchange series continued this week with our guest, successful domain investor Sam Dennis. The interview contains some excellent advice from Sam for both new and established investors.
How Do You Spend Your Domaining Income?
Do you reinvest your entire income from domain names? Do you have a specific strategy for how much of your income you should be spending per month? This discussion asks how you spend your income earned from domain names, and as you'd expect, there are a number of varied responses. Renewals, taxes, and bills seem to be popular.
Topic by: @ajaydz
The Chinese Domain Market Is a Suffering Storm
The staff from DN.com regularly post information regarding the Chinese domain market, from China's point of view. These reports contain some fascinating information, and this week is no different. According to this discussion, the DN.com team discuss the recent slump in both domain registrations and sales as well as offering possible reasons for this slump.
Topic by: @Cynthia
Which Registrar Do You Use and Why?
This question from @demaxxus is aimed at those investors who own between 100 and 5,000 domain names. For investors with large domain portfolios, is it a question of finding the registrar with the lowest renewal fees, or do factors such as ease of use come into consideration?
A number of registrars such as GoDaddy, Uniregistry, and Dynadot all seem to be popular choices among investors.
Topic by: @demaxxus
A Negative Response From an End-User
This week, a community member reached out to a business owner to sell a domain name for a three-figure fee. Instead of finding a response with an offer, they received an email claiming that small businesses are being "ripped off" by domain investors.
The full message is in the discussion, but the investor is asking for advice on whether they should reply to this email.
Topic by: @Insha010
Domain News That Will Spook You
A very interesting story was shared this week regarding the registration of a new gTLD. When the investor acquired a .VILLAS domain name a year ago, they paid a standard registration fee (non-premium) and a year later, upon attempting to renew this domain, the investor has found that the name is now considered premium, with a $499 renewal fee.
Is this ethical? Is it common practice to do this? It is certainly a disturbing piece of news for investors who own new gTLDs. To read the full story, visit the discussion.
Topic by: @eenmakkie
Top Topics of the Week is a blog series featuring the most popular discussions and content within the domain community. Tune in weekly to see what’s trending!
How Do You Spend Your Domaining Income?
Do you reinvest your entire income from domain names? Do you have a specific strategy for how much of your income you should be spending per month? This discussion asks how you spend your income earned from domain names, and as you'd expect, there are a number of varied responses. Renewals, taxes, and bills seem to be popular.
Topic by: @ajaydz
The Chinese Domain Market Is a Suffering Storm
The staff from DN.com regularly post information regarding the Chinese domain market, from China's point of view. These reports contain some fascinating information, and this week is no different. According to this discussion, the DN.com team discuss the recent slump in both domain registrations and sales as well as offering possible reasons for this slump.
Topic by: @Cynthia
Which Registrar Do You Use and Why?
This question from @demaxxus is aimed at those investors who own between 100 and 5,000 domain names. For investors with large domain portfolios, is it a question of finding the registrar with the lowest renewal fees, or do factors such as ease of use come into consideration?
A number of registrars such as GoDaddy, Uniregistry, and Dynadot all seem to be popular choices among investors.
Topic by: @demaxxus
A Negative Response From an End-User
This week, a community member reached out to a business owner to sell a domain name for a three-figure fee. Instead of finding a response with an offer, they received an email claiming that small businesses are being "ripped off" by domain investors.
The full message is in the discussion, but the investor is asking for advice on whether they should reply to this email.
Topic by: @Insha010
Domain News That Will Spook You
A very interesting story was shared this week regarding the registration of a new gTLD. When the investor acquired a .VILLAS domain name a year ago, they paid a standard registration fee (non-premium) and a year later, upon attempting to renew this domain, the investor has found that the name is now considered premium, with a $499 renewal fee.
Is this ethical? Is it common practice to do this? It is certainly a disturbing piece of news for investors who own new gTLDs. To read the full story, visit the discussion.
Topic by: @eenmakkie
Top Topics of the Week is a blog series featuring the most popular discussions and content within the domain community. Tune in weekly to see what’s trending!
