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Dictionaries define more than a dozen ways that the word the can be used, but as a leading part of a domain name it is most used as a definite article or We might refer to the iconic rock group as Rolling Stones, but most call them The Rolling Stones. Adding a leading the adds distinction...

Dictionaries define more than a dozen ways that the word the can be used, but as a leading part of a domain name it is most used as a definite article or We might refer to the iconic rock group as Rolling Stones, but most call them The Rolling Stones. Adding a leading the adds distinction...

Color is important in branding, whether the color is explicitly part of the domain name or not. If you use a logo or graphical background in domain presentation, it is important to consider the impact of different color choices. This article looks at which colors are more popular, and the...

Color is important in branding, whether the color is explicitly part of the domain name or not. If you use a logo or graphical background in domain presentation, it is important to consider the impact of different color choices. This article looks at which colors are more popular, and the...

Adding a color to a word can make a memorable brand. A brand like RedBull provides a brand icon known around the world. The color purple could mean many things, but the mattress company Purple has acquired the name in the .com extension, and spent the advertising dollars, so you now probably...

Adding a color to a word can make a memorable brand. A brand like RedBull provides a brand icon known around the world. The color purple could mean many things, but the mattress company Purple has acquired the name in the .com extension, and spent the advertising dollars, so you now probably...

Just a heads up in case you haven't seen it yet on Twitter, I've launched a domain sales data breakdown website where I go through the previous days sales and analyse them to try and spot patterns or reasons for sale. There are tables, graphs, charts and as of last week I even separate out the...

Just a heads up in case you haven't seen it yet on Twitter, I've launched a domain sales data breakdown website where I go through the previous days sales and analyse them to try and spot patterns or reasons for sale. There are tables, graphs, charts and as of last week I even separate out the...

This article looks at 2021 high-value NameBio-listed .com domain name sales. I only included sales with prices of $25,000 or more. There were 369 sales, totalling $62.1 million in total dollar volume. Many retail sales do not get listed on NameBio. Nevertheless, this should be a sufficiently...

This article looks at 2021 high-value NameBio-listed .com domain name sales. I only included sales with prices of $25,000 or more. There were 369 sales, totalling $62.1 million in total dollar volume. Many retail sales do not get listed on NameBio. Nevertheless, this should be a sufficiently...

The year 2021 was very strong in aftermarket domain name sales, with strong prices, rising numbers of sales, and solidly higher dollar volumes. Across all extensions, there were more sales in 2021 than in 2020, about 150,800 versus 127,500. The average price increased as well, from $936 to...

The year 2021 was very strong in aftermarket domain name sales, with strong prices, rising numbers of sales, and solidly higher dollar volumes. Across all extensions, there were more sales in 2021 than in 2020, about 150,800 versus 127,500. The average price increased as well, from $936 to...

Most investors sell predominantly on the major domain marketplaces. However, a number of individual investors maintain a website, either for occasional direct sales, or as their main sales channel. There are a number of large portfolio domain name sellers. In this article, I take a look at four...

Most investors sell predominantly on the major domain marketplaces. However, a number of individual investors maintain a website, either for occasional direct sales, or as their main sales channel. There are a number of large portfolio domain name sellers. In this article, I take a look at four...

Should a domain investor invest only in .com? I went looking for an answer in recent domain name sales data. There seems a common consensus that, after .com, among general purpose extensions with investment potential are .net, .io, .org, .co and .xyz. There is not agreement on the order of the...

Should a domain investor invest only in .com? I went looking for an answer in recent domain name sales data. There seems a common consensus that, after .com, among general purpose extensions with investment potential are .net, .io, .org, .co and .xyz. There is not agreement on the order of the...

At the recent NamesCon conference Dan sponsored domain awards in five categories. The winner of the award for Community-Driven Domainer of the Year was Leanne McMahon, @PixelCorp. Even though she has only been in domain investing a fairly short period of time, Leanne has had a big impact on...

At the recent NamesCon conference Dan sponsored domain awards in five categories. The winner of the award for Community-Driven Domainer of the Year was Leanne McMahon, @PixelCorp. Even though she has only been in domain investing a fairly short period of time, Leanne has had a big impact on...

While hyphenated domain names are popular in some parts of the world, notably Germany, most domain investors shy away from them. Only a small percentage of domain name sales have hyphens. But there are also far fewer names containing hyphens that are listed for sale. So what about the rate of...

While hyphenated domain names are popular in some parts of the world, notably Germany, most domain investors shy away from them. Only a small percentage of domain name sales have hyphens. But there are also far fewer names containing hyphens that are listed for sale. So what about the rate of...