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strategy Strategy for Expiring/Deleting Domains

Here is a comprehensive strategy for buying domains at Expiring/Deleting Domain Auctions, as of Sept 2015. This process describes how the process of capturing .COM/.NET domains work. Graphic Courtesy of ICANN PRE-RELEASE DOMAIN AUCTIONS A Pre-Release Domain Auction is an Auction for a domain...
- Points: 130
- Post #1
- Sep 9, 2015
- Section: Domain Expiration and Domain Drop Catching
Why Domain Sellers should sanitize their Sold threads

Why do I ask you to PM me before closing a Sales Thread I won on NamePros. All NamePros forums are searched by Google. So Google is putting every thread into their Cache. This Google Cache can be stored for months/years. If I am selling this domain to a buyer. They are very likely to do a...
- Points: 48
- Post #1
- Jun 15, 2018
- Section: Domain Beginners
discuss Do You Run Your Own Domain Portfolio Website?

Most buyers prefer to pay 25% more and buy the domain from Afteric/GoDaddy. So the website provides a showcase only for 99% of the time. It doesn't pay for itself, unless somebody sees a domain available and buys it at Afternic/GoDaddy (which I wouldn't know about). They pay the 25% more to...
- Points: 26
- Post #4
- Sep 4, 2019
- Section: General Domain Discussion
news Man gets 20 years in prison for trying to steal a domain name

I think he got the 20 years for the shooting and zero years for the attempted domain theft :)
- Points: 24
- Post #6
- Jun 17, 2018
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
various Your BIGGEST Flip till now

Today, I just flipped a $5 GoDaddy Closeout domain for $5k in the space of 1.5 months.
- Points: 23
- Post #111
- Apr 24, 2015
- Section: Domain Selling and Domain Sales
Forming an LLC company

Stripe.com/atlas/ If you have ever considered forming an LLC company, the above link provides the biggest amount of information I've ever seen anywhere. Their service is an uncomplicated $500 for everything you need to form an LLC. You might say, yeah.. but I can get it for only $xxx. Well go...
- Points: 21
- Post #1
- Jul 1, 2021
- Section: Insiders Lounge
sales Alex.tv Domain Sale – Successful YouTuber realizes Social Media is not “His”

I sold him alextv.com in feb for $6250, after a very lengthy buy process of almost a year. Nice sale @Vito
- Points: 20
- Post #14
- Jul 4, 2019
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
.HOMES re-released

I received in a Uni Newsletter that .HOMES has been released without restrictions. Did anyone else see that and try to register any domains. It was tough going. Most were already taken or very premium prices from the registry. I did manage to get OFFSHORE and LAKESIDE for discounted reg fee :)...
- Points: 20
- Post #1
- Jan 15, 2019
- Section: gTLD Discussion
showcase What is your most favorite domain that you own?

Obviously my first and last name in .com has to be one of my favorites. I like and own DNBrands.com and DNStore.com (which I'm working on.... slowly)
- Points: 20
- Post #2
- Oct 17, 2018
- Section: General Domain Discussion
advice Profit in 6 months ?

Actually. I have dealt with you on a couple of domain sales, and think you have been mature in your dealings. In both cases. Much more than most of the people we deal with here. I think you should also have your domains posted on Afternic, which also means they will be on GoDaddy...
- Points: 20
- Post #9
- Jun 13, 2018
- Section: General Domain Discussion
discuss What have you bought with money from domaining?

I've only bought more domains, software which assists me in my domaining, hosting for my domains, and software which assists me with my hosting. I've also given some spending money to my girlfriend every time I've sold a more expensive domain. She's blown all that on gold jewelry and gardening...
- Points: 20
- Post #6
- Mar 23, 2017
- Section: General Domain Discussion
offers Gonna buy a domain, don't know it worths the offer!

I didn't read this whole thread because I'm in a bit of a rush right now. But if you have made an offer and the seller has accepted. then you have a legal contract to buy the domain. Your word is your bond in this business. You're trying to avoid this purchase only goes to show how unreliable...
- Points: 20
- Post #16
- Dec 30, 2015
- Section: Domain Buying and Domain Purchases
discuss Lowballs and Entitlement and Bullying, oh my! How would You handle this?

99.9% of the time someone asking to buy your domain, the negotiations are going nowhere. My first response to a 1 line inquiry recently has been a 1 line reply, "what is your budget". Usually it elicits a $xx response or some complaints about not providing a price. But just this week, I got a...
- Points: 19
- Post #25
- Jan 14, 2016
- Section: General Domain Discussion
discuss Share Your Good Reason : Why You Still Using Certain Registrar ?

DYNADOT I take my domain registrar very seriously. I evaluate each registrar first by their ease of use/logicality of their control panel, first and foremost. My first registrar was GoDaddy. I eventually decided that their control panel sucked (it took a while). I then evaluated several control...
- Points: 18
- Post #18
- Mar 9, 2020
- Section: General Domain Discussion
Entire GoDaddy account repossessed!

This brings back into mind the famous statement of Christine (forgot the last name) former Legal Counsel for GoDaddy. Who said, paraphrasing from memory. We can do anything we like to any domain (and customer) with no repurcussions to themselves whatsoever. It's in their ToS. You should read it...
- Points: 18
- Post #14
- Jan 23, 2017
- Section: Domain Registrar Reviews
Goodbye from Brands.International - It was lovely beying here.

You were an asset to NPs. You will be missed. And I hope you miss us enough to come back... soon. All the best. stu
- Points: 17
- Post #9
- Mar 5, 2020
- Section: The Break Room
discuss What's your 2nd favorite extension?

What's your 2nd favorite extension after .COM. Mine is .CO I would like to add that I haven't had any success with selling anything other than .COM. So you 2nd favorite extension doesn't necessarily mean having commercial success. Why do I like .CO? It's clean and tidy and 1 char shorter than...
- Points: 17
- Post #1
- Apr 1, 2018
- Section: Domain Extensions
All Newbies Should Read This: Auction Etiquette

The staff at NP's are all very honest people. They can usually tell if there had been anything "fishy" going on in an auction. They also have the ability to see every change made to any post. So they can see the history of all bids in an auction, if they need to look the history up. So they can...
- Points: 17
- Post #1
- Apr 16, 2017
- Section: Domain Beginners
advice What sounds good ?

Strawberries and ice cream sounds good :) As for your 2 domains, I can't even pronounce them properly :( So I really don't like them. But it's your brand. If you think you can make them work. Go ahead. If it's just you, I'd use the singular. Or if more than you then the plural. If it was me. I'd...
- Points: 16
- Post #2
- May 3, 2020
- Section: General Domain Discussion
The best Drop Catching Services

I have a different take than @NameAgency. In terms of success rate DropCatch catches at least 50% of the drop caught .com domains, Could be a lot more. The disadvantages of DropCatch is that if there is more than 1 backorder for a domain, the domain goes to public auction, and goes to the...
- Points: 16
- Post #3
- Jul 20, 2017
- Section: General Domain Discussion