A key question is: what are the critical steps for a domain name to be discovered and ultimately purchased? Last week Nikul Sanghvi of Hypernames posted data from his own portfolio that helps to answer questions such as the percentage of sales at Afternic, and, of those, how many are fast transfer network sales at different partners. With his perm...

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-) Stolen domain at GoDaddy; Saying goodbye to DAN; Gmail vs. Domain email; A 20 year old domain with no use; Buying an expiring domain for a friend. Locked out of GoDaddy account - Stolen Access to a company's domain registered at GoDaddy is disabled, due to the credentials being set by a for...

New domainers are often told to learn before investing. But how exactly does one learn about domain names? There is no single right way to learn anything. What works for you will depend on your personal learning preferences, the learning resources available to you, and what it is that you want to learn. In this article I look at some of the ways ...

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-) Anime.com sold to Azuki; Russia wants ICANN to split from the US; I spent $200 and bought 85 domains; Optimum number of LTO payments to ensure payment; Have .AI domains shaken .com dominance since 2022? Anime.com was acquired by Azuki NFT publishers Azuki have taken a huge step towards prom...

Whenever domainers discuss sales, the topic of sell-through rate (STR) almost invariably comes up. Someone selling 5 domain names a year has a very different connotation if their portfolio is only 100 domain names, compared to another investor selling 5 names from a 10,000 name portfolio. The NamePros Blog has considered Sell-Through Rates (STR) s...

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-) Leaving domain life; My plan for Afternic; How can I make my first domain sale? Defining "wholesale price;" Dot .ai transfers aren't getting an extra year added. Leaving domain life? After several months in operation, a domain investor is calling it quits. The lack of sales can be frustrati...

When I looked at domain name sales dollar volume, at least as reported in NameBio, for the first six months of 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year, there was a 29.6% increase. See Domain Name Sales First Six Months of 2024. While I presented how the numbers came out, I was troubled from the time I wrote the article that the resu...

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-) Afternic Boost: Will you participate? Debounce.com sold for $140k; Make $1k /month from domaining; GoDaddy got sued over domain clawback; Vid.ai sold for $47k. Will you participate in the Afternic Boost program? GoDaddy rolled out Afternic Boost, an apparent promotional upgrade of domain li...

I find it challenging to prioritize the many possible tasks that come with domain investing. Some don't take long to do, but in total the time commitment can be substantial with a large portfolio, or if you are early in domain investing and still learning. Also what 'needs' to be done is not clearly defined. I don't have any answers, but I think ...

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-) Missing domains in my GoDaddy account; When will Dan be sunset? Atom asks for SSNs; Statistics that matter to end-user buyers; Can you find great domains among expired listings? Missing domain names in my GoDaddy account Almost 30% of domains listed in an investor's Afternic account cannot...

Some songs you just can't get out of your head. "One Is The Loneliest Number" has been on replay in my mind since 1969. I probably played the Three Dog Night version hundreds of times from an LP record during my college years. It evokes emotions every time I hear the song replayed now. If you are from a younger generation unfamiliar with the song, ...

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! B-) Corporations need to hire domainers; Leading "i"s in domainscapitalize or not? Crypto.co.uk was sold for 100,000 British Pounds; Are one-word domains created equal regardless of TLD? Atom.com Launches Commission Match Guarantee. Corporations need to hire domainers Domain investors, known as...

Many domainers list names at multiple marketplaces. They also review and adjust pricing periodically, taking into account market conditions, inventory replacement costs, and trends. If you price manually, it is easy to end up with some prices inconsistent across platforms. Especially with a large portfolio, it can be challenging to keep pricing co...

Hey! It's this week's Top Topics review at NamePros! :) Swetha sold Gosh.xyz for five figures; Afternic Boost: Visibility, more sales; I'm about to buy my first domain; Should we avoid Afternic? HugeDomains removes its listings from Afternic. Gosh.xyz Sold For $24,888 By Swetha Indian domain investor Swetha has scored yet another five figure sale...

When we look at early-stage startups there is quite a bit of variety in domain extension choices and type of name -- see for example the NamePros Blog article Startup Names Through a Y-Combinator Filter. It would be expected that if one focuses on established tech companies, more will have moved to a quality name on one of the best extensions. In ...

It's time for the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) How many actual domain sales take place daily? Koko.com sold for $1 million dollars; Odds of selling the .net or .org when the .com is for sale; No sales, no offers, totally lost interest in domains; Google hints at lowering the SEO value of ccTLDs. How many REAL domain sales happen ...

Real estate staging is common in many parts of the world. As Mike Higgins recently commented: Staging sells properties...PERIOD. Staging your properties is the best money you will spend. - Sell them faster - Sell them for more dollars - Make the buyer fall in love - Minimize focus on imperfections This week domain investor Michael Bang tied th...

It's time for the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) SearchGPT launch by OpenAI; Nameserver issues at SAV; Average time from registration to end-user sale; Domain management tools and other software; Who do you trust for CPC data? SearchGPT, a Google competitor, is on the horizon OpenAI announced the imminent availability of SearchGPT,...

There are numerous books, videos, courses and articles that mention anecdotes of domain names that sold quickly for large amounts, and then say this book will teach you how to easily flip domain names for profit. Most members of our community know that is a misrepresentation; most domain names will not sell for a long time, if ever. The main poin...

It's time for the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) What is the maximum renewal period for .com domains? Atom launched Cloud Brokers program; .AI domains vs. *AI.com domains; Dynadot issue with renewal emails; Afternic has new landers replacing "Dan.com" style. .COM maximum renewal period We all know that the maximum renewal period f...

Domain name investors have many choices in landers and marketplaces. Some options come with high commissions, others low commissions, and options like the NamePros landers have no commissions at all, other than transaction cost. Is it worth it to list a name at a site with a higher commission? The answer is: it depends. It depends on the type of n...

It's time for the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Afternic sold my .ai domain but can't be transferred; Atom is asking me for money I didn't receive; Are hand registrations really dead? Does same day flipping work? Circa.ai & March.ai were sold for mid five figures. Afternic sold .ai domain but can't be transferred For about a mont...

Is it better to concentrate on just a few, or even one, type of domain name, becoming an expert in that niche, or is it better to diversify? If you specialize in just one type of domain name, the good times may be very good, but the bad times can be horrendous. On the other hand, if you invest in almost every extension and niche, you will become e...

It's time for the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Ryan Ewen - Ask Me Anything; GoDaddy privacy drama; Telepath.com sold for $100k; Dan & Afternic VAT collection drama; How I'm using DomainLeads.com. Ryan Ewen - Ask Me Anything The founder of several British businesses recently acquired the DNWE marketplace and he's having an AMA se...

The first six months of 2024 resulted in just over 69,600 NameBio-listed domain sales, with a total reported dollar volume of about $85.5 million. Of course many sales are not reported in NameBio, so this is by no means the entire domain name market. That is a increase of 29.6% in sales dollar volume compared to the same six months of 2023. In th...

It's time for the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Microsoft grabs Copilot.si; Invest $4,500 in my idea; Is the evaluation really real? Winning auction against an auto-bidder; What would you do in this situation? Microsoft - Copilot.si (super intelligence) It's the debate of the week at NamePros, after Microsoft appears to have acqui...

This week has seen an uptick of interest by some domain investors in superintelligence, and the possibility that the Slovenia .si extension will find adoption for the sector. For some time I had been considering an article on terms used in artificial intelligence. This seemed like a good time to write that article, and to include a superintelligen...

It's time for the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) NamePros lander helps investor score a $75k sale; Sedo transaction reversed 4 days later; Figure.ai sold for $100k; Runna.com founder reveals negotiation strategy; GoDaddy's NameFind auction results. The backstory of selling a domain for $75K less a month after acquiring it using Na...

Domainers should probably get out more. No, this is not an article about life-work balance, or maintaining a social network, or the virtues of exercise, although all of those are important. Nor is it a call to consider taking a break from domains, or at least domain acquisitions -- I wrote about that in Time For A Break From Domain Names. We get i...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Got a phone call from ICANN; Dynadot: Ownership verification & high appraisals questions; Good registrars to use in 2024; Domain binging has happened. A phone call from Dorris Lee at ICANN It's not every day that domain registrants receive a call from ICANN; An investor was contacted b...

For more than 19 years NamePros members have been reporting sales in the thread, started by @RJ, Report Completed Domain Name Sales Here. In this article I look at sales data posted at NamePros so far in 2024. I went through the thread, noting the domain name, date sale reported, price, sales venue, buy-it-now (BIN) or negotiated, inbound or outbo...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Looking for action-packed domaining; Open.Network Sold for $100,000 USD; Best option for LTO/Lease with recurring payments; CEO: Namecheap "Most Likely" to Exit Afternic Network; Fire.co Sold For $52,000 USD By Doron Vermaat. Looking for action-packed domaining Are you addicted to domai...

Last week I wrote about why comparator sales are important, how they might be used, and the basics of finding sales that contain a specific word in a certain position - see Finding Domain Name Comparator Sales - Part 1. This week, I provide additional suggestions for finding comparators for multiword domain names. After that, I delve into the pow...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Afternic suspends user's account; ICANN slashes staff; Moniker relaunches domain registrar; Bank fraud involving domain transactions; Swetha has sold the domain Nudge.xyz. Afternic suspended my account A domain investor's account at Afternic has been suspended without any explicit reas...

An important skill is to find and evaluate relevant domain name comparator sales. This article uses NameBio to search for comparator sales information, along with a process to decide what is a strong comparator. I also consider how to adjust prices from comparator sales that are some years in the past. Why Comparator Sales? Let's start with some ...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Pose.com sold for $302,670; GoDaddy doubles its brokerage service fee; A pair of great .AI sales; The story behind the sale of ChatGPT.com; Jeff Gabriel's story at SAW.com. Pose.com Sold Today for $302,670 The premium domain name Pose.com was reported as sold by Kate Buckley for more th...

In terms of overall domain portfolio, a few dollars saved on a domain name may not make much difference. But if there are ways to stretch your money, why not consider them? Of course the most significant savings are: [*]Don't spend money on domain names of low quality that will probably never sell. [*]Only renew domain names when the probability ...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Newswire.com $44 million sale; Google-transferred domains to Squarespace face renewal issue; Afternic/Dan lander: Where does payment come from? Check your "Under Review" section on Afternic; Domain name capitalization and web browsers. From I-Newswire.com to Newswire.com: The Rebrand th...

Interested in technical innovations, the early days of domain extension planning, website development, a 7-figure domain name sale, or creative media applications? Then let me introduce you to Simon Higgs. Simon Higgs, @Particle here on NamePros, has had a diverse, distinguished, and interesting career at the crossroads of technology and creativit...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Epik sold Wordchecker.com and didn't pay a member's Masterbucks balance; Afternic BIN change to Make Offer; Use a domain as a blog until it's sold? Shotgun vs. sniper approach; Bid on a domain with a huge premium renewal at GoDaddy. Epik LLC stole my domain name Wordchecker.com and didn...

I first became aware of ProductHunt in 2020, but never really paid much attention to it. When I interviewed Steven Tey for the NamePros Blog in 2020, Meet Steven Tey, The Young Developer of One Word Domains, he mentioned that One Word Domains was featured on Product Hunt. Since then Steven has launched other products, most notably Dub, on Product H...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) BabyAndBeyond.com sold for $350k; GoDaddy and its backorder policy needs clarification; Hank Williams and expired copyright as domains; Can outbound sales be automated? Afternic experiment and sales results in April. Three word domain BabyAndBeyond.com has been sold for $350,000 dollars...

Since I started writing for NamePros Blog in 2019, I have been waiting for the right day to share an article about the Standard Model of particle physics. That day has arrived. Recently SquadHelp rebranded to Atom, as discussed in the NamePros thread Squadhelp is now Atom. In explaining the rebranding, the company wrote: Atoms are the building bl...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Inherited 2,500 domains; How endusers find domain names? Trademarked domain; to dispute or not? Would you buy the .com of a former business? Domain outbound selling success rate. Inherited a lot of domains (2500), looking for guidance Someone's favorite uncle passed, leaving them their ...

I saw a post not long ago by @VivifyDomains that after a few recent small domain sales she was taking the money and investing in herself, and had started the Domain Academy course. I could relate, as I made a similar decision in December 2022, and started the Domain Academy course early in 2023. People have asked a few times on NamePros about the...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) High profile domainer refuses to transfer sold domain; Squadhelp is now Atom; Google and hyphened domains; How reliable is Estibot valuation? Mixed DNS servers for Dan.com & ensuing commission rate. High-Profile Domainer Refuses to Transfer Sold Domain? A high profile domain investor i...

One of the current featured polls at NamePros asks What non-com extensions have you sold so far in 2024?. The poll, started by @Leo2k, has produced some interesting results. Just over 170 had voted at the time this article was written, and, beyond the 'other' category, the most popular choice is .net, with 25 people indicating an early 2024 sale i...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) NamePros Parking adds BIN and more; Do Afternic brokers lowball listing owners? Bodis triggers antivirus alert; Failed sales at Afternic trigger domain transfers; James Booth sold Galatea.com. NamePros Parking adds Buy Now The parking services provided by NamePros - for free! - are get...

Last week in Process to Rate and Price a Domain Name -- Part 1, I covered: [*]Structure, clarity and memorability of the name. [*]Multiple interpretations, both literal and metaphorical. [*]Business applications, related metrics. [*]Indicators of recent startup use of similar terms. [*]Registered extension indicators. [*]The fit of the term with t...

Welcome to the weekly Top Topics review here at NamePros! :) Printing.com sold for $2.27 million dollars; Can you still earn a living selling domains? GoDaddy transfer issue; Most valuable LLL combinations; Managing Dan, GoDaddy, and Afternic. Printing.com Sold for $2.27m (1.8m) By Software Circle The domain name Printing.com was recently sold b...