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  1. Bob Hawkes

    other NamePros 2020 Rewind: Discussions Worth A Second Read

    In this, my last post of 2020, I highlight NamePros discussion threads started in 2020 that merit a second read. In making my selections, for the most part, I excluded posts about sales, even spectacular ones, or topics that were time sensitive. In some cases I edited titles for clarity or...
  2. Bob Hawkes

    other NamePros 2020 Rewind: Discussions Worth A Second Read

    In this, my last post of 2020, I highlight NamePros discussion threads started in 2020 that merit a second read. In making my selections, for the most part, I excluded posts about sales, even spectacular ones, or topics that were time sensitive. In some cases I edited titles for clarity or...
  3. Alvin Brown

    domains Mastering domain investing across quality, quantity, and time with Alex Verdea

    Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Many domain investors unknowingly commit to this is a very deadly and costly approach to domain investing. Whether hand registering domains, or buying domains via forums or auction platforms, this “spray and pray” approach to domain investing costs to...
  4. Alvin Brown

    domains Mastering domain investing across quality, quantity, and time with Alex Verdea

    Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Many domain investors unknowingly commit to this is a very deadly and costly approach to domain investing. Whether hand registering domains, or buying domains via forums or auction platforms, this “spray and pray” approach to domain investing costs to...
  5. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Optimizing Your NamePros Domain Auctions

    One of the advantages of being a NamePros member is that you can buy and sell domain names without commission. NamePros allows you to get your names in front of a large audience. While many selling formats are allowed, auctions are among the most used. My first NamePros auction did not turn out...
  6. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Optimizing Your NamePros Domain Auctions

    One of the advantages of being a NamePros member is that you can buy and sell domain names without commission. NamePros allows you to get your names in front of a large audience. While many selling formats are allowed, auctions are among the most used. My first NamePros auction did not turn out...
  7. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Results From NamePros Community Minimum Offer Study

    A couple of weeks ago I introduced questions around the setting of minimum offers on buy-it-now priced domain names. Thanks to all who have responded to the various linked polls. In this article I provide a summary of the results and comments. Setting the minimum offer too low may harm price...
  8. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Results From NamePros Community Minimum Offer Study

    A couple of weeks ago I introduced questions around the setting of minimum offers on buy-it-now priced domain names. Thanks to all who have responded to the various linked polls. In this article I provide a summary of the results and comments. Setting the minimum offer too low may harm price...
  9. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Setting The Minimum Offer Value For A Domain Name

    In most cases, marketplaces require specifying a minimum when you enable make offer on your domain names. Is it better to set this minimum offer low, so more prospective buyers will start a conversation? On the other hand, that might have a negative impact on price expectations, and limit the...
  10. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Setting The Minimum Offer Value For A Domain Name

    In most cases, marketplaces require specifying a minimum when you enable make offer on your domain names. Is it better to set this minimum offer low, so more prospective buyers will start a conversation? On the other hand, that might have a negative impact on price expectations, and limit the...
  11. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Is The Number Of Low Offers An Indicator Of Domain Value?

    Some set their minimum offer amount low, and use interest as expressed by number of offers received, even low ones, as one indicator of the value of the domain name and whether it should be retained. Clearly this is not the only indicator, since you could also consider lander views, Whois...
  12. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Is The Number Of Low Offers An Indicator Of Domain Value?

    Some set their minimum offer amount low, and use interest as expressed by number of offers received, even low ones, as one indicator of the value of the domain name and whether it should be retained. Clearly this is not the only indicator, since you could also consider lander views, Whois...
  13. Bob Hawkes

    strategy What Strategy Do You Use For Setting Minimum Offer?

    Probably some domain investors set minimum offer amounts to a constant value, while others set them as a ratio of the buy-it-now price. What strategy do you use in setting the minimum offer price? This is part of a NamePros community series of polls around the topic of setting minimum offer...
  14. Bob Hawkes

    strategy What Strategy Do You Use For Setting Minimum Offer?

    Probably some domain investors set minimum offer amounts to a constant value, while others set them as a ratio of the buy-it-now price. What strategy do you use in setting the minimum offer price? This is part of a NamePros community series of polls around the topic of setting minimum offer...
  15. Bob Hawkes

    strategy What Minimum Offer Would You Set For A $20,000 Domain Name?

    I am interested in how you would set the minimum initial offer for a domain name with a retail worth of about $20,000. Do you set it to the minimum the system allows, or would you set it nearly to the full buy-it-now price, or somewhere in between? Maybe it depends on the type of name. Tell us...
  16. Bob Hawkes

    strategy What Minimum Offer Would You Set For A $20,000 Domain Name?

    I am interested in how you would set the minimum initial offer for a domain name with a retail worth of about $20,000. Do you set it to the minimum the system allows, or would you set it nearly to the full buy-it-now price, or somewhere in between? Maybe it depends on the type of name. Tell us...
  17. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Keep In Mind Who You Are Talking To

    When talking to potential buyers, be sure your language reflects their viewpoint and concerns. It is easy to slip into domainer language and talk about number of TLDs (top level domains) the term is registered in, or the age of the domain name. In most cases that will be counter productive. Here...
  18. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Keep In Mind Who You Are Talking To

    When talking to potential buyers, be sure your language reflects their viewpoint and concerns. It is easy to slip into domainer language and talk about number of TLDs (top level domains) the term is registered in, or the age of the domain name. In most cases that will be counter productive. Here...
  19. Bob Hawkes

    information Getting Creative Right Of The Dot

    The original intention was that extensions would play a key role in specifying the type of website that would be on that domain name. Domain names ending in .com were originally intended to be commercial in nature, while .org was intended for organizations, mainly nonprofit ones, and .net was to...
  20. Bob Hawkes

    information Getting Creative Right Of The Dot

    The original intention was that extensions would play a key role in specifying the type of website that would be on that domain name. Domain names ending in .com were originally intended to be commercial in nature, while .org was intended for organizations, mainly nonprofit ones, and .net was to...
  21. News

    strategy Smart Marketing Sending Sales Letters

    The owner of SmartAss.com reached out to me via email within the past few weeks looking to sell the domain name. I think SmartAss.com would make a unique and cheeky brand name, but the price was well above what I would pay to purchase it as an investment...Read More
  22. News

    strategy Smart Marketing Sending Sales Letters

    The owner of SmartAss.com reached out to me via email within the past few weeks looking to sell the domain name. I think SmartAss.com would make a unique and cheeky brand name, but the price was well above what I would pay to purchase it as an investment...Read More
  23. Bob Hawkes

    strategy What Domain Names to Acquire – Can a Prospectus Help?

    It is too easy to acquire domain names. There are so many enticing names sitting in auctions, closeouts, or available to hand register. In fact a whole section of NamePros regularly offers names of every type and price range. There are far more attractive names than any one person can...
  24. Bob Hawkes

    strategy What Domain Names to Acquire – Can a Prospectus Help?

    It is too easy to acquire domain names. There are so many enticing names sitting in auctions, closeouts, or available to hand register. In fact a whole section of NamePros regularly offers names of every type and price range. There are far more attractive names than any one person can...
  25. Bob Hawkes

    interviews Domainer Interview: Joseph Ciprut, the Cognitive Master

    In August 2016 many in the domain industry were bidding in expired auctions, searching the closeout lists, creating brandable names, speculating in new or repurposed extensions, and chasing elusive single word or very short .com names. Joseph Ciprut was taking a somewhat different approach...
  26. Bob Hawkes

    interviews Domainer Interview: Joseph Ciprut, the Cognitive Master

    In August 2016 many in the domain industry were bidding in expired auctions, searching the closeout lists, creating brandable names, speculating in new or repurposed extensions, and chasing elusive single word or very short .com names. Joseph Ciprut was taking a somewhat different approach...
  27. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Catching Trains and Avoiding Train Wrecks

    The Internet was in less than 5% of homes when visionary Gary Kremen registered jobs.com, housing.com, autos.com, sex.com and about two dozen other valuable domain names. For free! The story is relayed in David Kushner’s superb book The Players Ball. The main focus of the book is the decade plus...
  28. Bob Hawkes

    strategy Catching Trains and Avoiding Train Wrecks

    The Internet was in less than 5% of homes when visionary Gary Kremen registered jobs.com, housing.com, autos.com, sex.com and about two dozen other valuable domain names. For free! The story is relayed in David Kushner’s superb book The Players Ball. The main focus of the book is the decade plus...
  29. Bob Hawkes

    interviews Domainer Interview: Jason Sheppard, the Kingpin

    In the first half of 2020 I noticed significant sales being regularly announced by Jason Sheppard. Then, a couple of weeks ago, on successive days he announced sales of two .vc extension domain names, each at a retail price of $4999. The name basic.vc sold July 23, while fuse.vc sold less than...
  30. Bob Hawkes

    interviews Domainer Interview: Jason Sheppard, the Kingpin

    In the first half of 2020 I noticed significant sales being regularly announced by Jason Sheppard. Then, a couple of weeks ago, on successive days he announced sales of two .vc extension domain names, each at a retail price of $4999. The name basic.vc sold July 23, while fuse.vc sold less than...
  31. Alvin Brown

    strategy Tools For Your First Domain Development Idea

    For anyone interested in or venturing into domain development, here's a quick guide I presented at TheDomainShow.com a few hours ago about the strategy and process I personally use when considering ideas and domains for development feasibility. [ DOWNLOAD FULL PRESENTATION ]
  32. Alvin Brown

    strategy Tools For Your First Domain Development Idea

    For anyone interested in or venturing into domain development, here's a quick guide I presented at TheDomainShow.com a few hours ago about the strategy and process I personally use when considering ideas and domains for development feasibility. [ DOWNLOAD FULL PRESENTATION ]
  33. News

    advice Missing an opportunity doesn't always allow for a second chance

    One strategy I try to employ is that I would rather pay a bit more than I think a domain name is worth wholesale rather than risk losing it to a colleague or competitor. If a domain name has such strong resale potential, the few hundred or few thousand dollars more it takes to buy it should not...
  34. News

    advice Missing an opportunity doesn't always allow for a second chance

    One strategy I try to employ is that I would rather pay a bit more than I think a domain name is worth wholesale rather than risk losing it to a colleague or competitor. If a domain name has such strong resale potential, the few hundred or few thousand dollars more it takes to buy it should not...
  35. Keith DeBoer

    analysis Brandable Insider Review #7

    Hot off the virtual presses!!! https://dngeek.com/2020/06/the-brandable-insider-domain-review-7/
  36. Keith DeBoer

    analysis Brandable Insider Review #7

    Hot off the virtual presses!!! https://dngeek.com/2020/06/the-brandable-insider-domain-review-7/
  37. Bob Hawkes

    interviews Jackpot.io Sold for 5 BTC ($48,500): Interview with the Seller

    One of the biggest domain name sales of the week was Jackpot.io that sold for about $48,500. I got in touch with the seller, barman (@ppcbz), to learn more about the sale, his background in domain investing and his plans moving forward. The seller announced the sale on Twitter on June 16. The...
  38. Bob Hawkes

    interviews Jackpot.io Sold for 5 BTC ($48,500): Interview with the Seller

    One of the biggest domain name sales of the week was Jackpot.io that sold for about $48,500. I got in touch with the seller, barman (@ppcbz), to learn more about the sale, his background in domain investing and his plans moving forward. The seller announced the sale on Twitter on June 16. The...
  39. Bob Hawkes

    information Hand Registering Domain Names

    Most domain name investors start out with hand registrations. Many later move on to acquiring domain names mainly through expired auctions or closeouts. While it is true that many of the best domain names were registered long ago, creative domain investors can occasionally find worthwhile names...
  40. Bob Hawkes

    information Hand Registering Domain Names

    Most domain name investors start out with hand registrations. Many later move on to acquiring domain names mainly through expired auctions or closeouts. While it is true that many of the best domain names were registered long ago, creative domain investors can occasionally find worthwhile names...
  41. Embrand

    strategy Do you increase your price when buyer stays silent?

    So I received an $xxx offer for one of my domains at Afternic. I countered with low $x,xxx and then a few hours later clicked on the status of the negotiations in my Afternic account. I was a bit perplexed by what Afternic wrote in the status message. Something I hadn't noticed before: "Your...
  42. Embrand

    strategy Do you increase your price when buyer stays silent?

    So I received an $xxx offer for one of my domains at Afternic. I countered with low $x,xxx and then a few hours later clicked on the status of the negotiations in my Afternic account. I was a bit perplexed by what Afternic wrote in the status message. Something I hadn't noticed before: "Your...
  43. RapidNames.com

    strategy Missed a great opportunity in LLL.com flip...

    Sale happened but we missed to earn from it due to the poor attempt that my team went.. I see $21k price on LLL .com (in private firm) but it will worth more. i interested to acquire and then trying to outbound but my team head suggested that we will do outbound, once get any lead then we will...
  44. RapidNames.com

    strategy Missed a great opportunity in LLL.com flip...

    Sale happened but we missed to earn from it due to the poor attempt that my team went.. I see $21k price on LLL .com (in private firm) but it will worth more. i interested to acquire and then trying to outbound but my team head suggested that we will do outbound, once get any lead then we will...
  45. Wesley S

    news Oil prices below zero - $36.73/barrel

    Yipes, have you seen the news? Oil prices have dropped below zero a barrel. We are looking at prices at the pump that could be what our grandparents saw them at. The oil industry will have to declare bankruptcy. Cats and dogs being friends, what are we going to do?
  46. Wesley S

    news Oil prices below zero - $36.73/barrel

    Yipes, have you seen the news? Oil prices have dropped below zero a barrel. We are looking at prices at the pump that could be what our grandparents saw them at. The oil industry will have to declare bankruptcy. Cats and dogs being friends, what are we going to do?
  47. Lox

    information Effective Remote Work Strategies for Small Business (Coronavirus Edition)

    The global impact of the CoronaVirus has left many businesses scrambling to find effective remote work strategies. Between the illness and the quarantines and flight cancellations that have occurred as a result, international industry has taken a hit. If your business hasn’t been impacted...
  48. Lox

    information Effective Remote Work Strategies for Small Business (Coronavirus Edition)

    The global impact of the CoronaVirus has left many businesses scrambling to find effective remote work strategies. Between the illness and the quarantines and flight cancellations that have occurred as a result, international industry has taken a hit. If your business hasn’t been impacted...
  49. Jason Franklin

    advice Domain Investing Strategies Should be Reviewed and Revised Often

    Domain Investing Strategies Should be Reviewed and Revised Often. I've written about a few strategies that have helped me decrease my yearly renewals, while adding more quality domain names to my portfolio.
  50. Jason Franklin

    advice Domain Investing Strategies Should be Reviewed and Revised Often

    Domain Investing Strategies Should be Reviewed and Revised Often. I've written about a few strategies that have helped me decrease my yearly renewals, while adding more quality domain names to my portfolio.
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