In last week's NamePros Blog article domain name sales data from the first six months of 2025, I commented that while there is significant investor interest in the relatively new .now domain name extension, there had only about $26,000 in sales volume over the first six months of 2025. What a difference a week makes! From July 1 through July 8, 2...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Did Provide.ai sell for $109k? Sold a nameNow it's back; Nearing expiry date and domain sales; Low response rate to outbound emails; Exorbitant PayPal fees on domain sales. Provide.AI sold for $109,000 A seller's claim to have sold Provide.ai for $109k was met with skepticism, once details about...

How can we unlock the mystery of the future when it remains unknown to us all? While certainty eludes us, we can still prepare for what lies ahead in every way possible. As Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam wisely said, "The best way to predict your future is to create it." Although we cannot physically experience tomorrow, we can imagine it, visualize it, and a...

The first six months of 2025 produced 93,100 NameBio-listed domain sales, with a total reported dollar volume of just over $122 million. This represents an increase of 42.7% in dollar volume compared to the same six months of 2024. It is the strongest showing from the seven analyses in this series, although changes in reporting may account for part...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Drop-catching is dead; Oh, silly boy; Not getting an inquiry for monthswhat should I do? Dynadot launched NameClub; Your opinion on brandable marketplaces Drop catching is dead, a waste of time, a scam Competition across the domain drop-catching platforms has intensified but several key players...

Small daily habits can become stepping stones to long-term success. This article suggests ten possible parts of a daily domain name investing routine. You are probably already doing many of these, but hopefully everyone finds at least one new possibility in this list. What Domain Names Are Selling? NameBio is the key resource for announced domain...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Explain the opportunity, not the price; DAN.com closing on June 27; Dollars.com sold for $500k; Is the Domain Market waking up? Sharing my latest sale: OnlineBilling.com Don't Explain Your Price. Explain the Opportunity When asked to justify your domain's price tag, there's a solid, strategic r...

For each of our domain names, it is easy to visualize the name as selling quickly for a solid retail price. We acquire domain names that we see selling, so why would we even be in domain name investing if we were not optimistic? That way of thinking can be termed positive visualization, we focus on visualizing positive outcomes. However, many doma...

Fresh Top Topics Happy Father's Day from NamePros! GoDaddy LTO "breach of contract"? Domain scam using PayPal chargeback; Repricing domains is addictive; Seller refuses to disclose minimum asking price; Strange times for PPC earnings. GoDaddy Lease-to-Own Breach of Contract The buyer of an LTO-sold domain let GoDaddy know in advance their credi...

It is common to use drop catch services to try to acquire expiring names you are sure that you want. But what if you have a less certain interest in a domain name -- Is there an easy, and free, way to be notified when a domain name is close to expiration, has gone into an auction, is at closeout, has been listed for sale, or is available to registe...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! GoDaddy invents automated cybersquatting; 11 Domain Marketplaces analyzed; Rate your old portfolios; Billboard advertising & Domains; Arbitrage.com sold for $350,000 dollars GoDaddy invents automated cybersquatting AI-generated sales pitches on domain name landers at GoDaddy contain trademark v...

Starting in 2017, each year Escrow.com name the "ten highest grossing individual domain brokers of the previous year," the Masters of Domains. The awards are based on domain name sales closed through Escrow.com. While the exact dollar value is not given, it must be substantial. Escrow.com handle several types of assets, but domain names, both deve...

If you're just starting out in domain investingor even just considering itand you happened to come across this article, it's no accident. Something inside you is curious, maybe even hungry, for something greater. Maybe you've heard a little about domain investing. Maybe you've read a few blog posts, watched a couple of videos, or seen someone else ...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Gmail spam for LLLL .com domains; Feedback on UDRP draft email; Atom.com now an ICANN-accredited registrar; Perfect brand names: Do they matter? Google AI Overview & other tools' impact on domaining. SPAM email inquiries for four letter .com domains that come from Gmail An onslaught of emails ...

Google dominates search in most of the world. Partly in response to competition from AI tools replacing traditional search, Google is increasingly using AI Overviews. While there are small icons for links to the original content, in many cases people are not following those links, ending their search with the overview. So what does that mean for ...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Met Swetha Yenugula in 2023; Sold the same domain twice; Why is DropCatch skipping auction days? Fuse.com sold for $2.1+M; Slash.com sold for a cool $1 million dollars! My 2023 meeting with Swetha Yenugula Indian domain investor and author, Anita Walker, met fellow domainer Swetha Yenugula in B...

The last time I played poker was about 35 years ago. I have only played poker less than 5 times in my life, and never for actual money. I never watch poker tournaments. So why was I recently reading a book by a former World Series of Poker Champion who earned more than $4 million in competitions? Annie Duke's best-selling book Thinking in Bets: Ma...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Is Afternic killing domainers' sales? Fumbled a sale every way possible! Establishing proper trademark use; Worst thread on NamePros? Syria changes: a domain investor's opportunity? DAN Exit: Is Afternic/Godaddy Killing Sales Of Domainers? Ever since GoDaddy shut down DAN last year, conversion o...

Some make the claim that the domain name secondary market is working against internet development and standing in the way of startup owners. They argue that businesses are held back by lack of names. Numerous arguments could be made in response, including that an orderly secondary domain market helps startups efficiently find and acquire a domain ...

Owning valuable domain names today is like owning prime real estate in the early days of property development. These names may be digital, but the wealth they can build is very real. Just as real estate created billionaires like Donald Bren, Stephen Ross, Sam Zell, and Jerry Speyer, domain investing is quietly becoming a new frontier for building g...

Happy Mother's Day Top TopicsWeekly news @ NamePros! Atom vs. Afternic; Desperate for a sale, I increased my prices; AI renewals coming up; Holy Shift & the Pope; Fix this offer! Atom vs. Afternic Two popular domain marketplaces that deliver sales using different techniques: Afternic, using the GoDaddy registrar path advantage, vs. Atom that h...

The stories of how well-known companies got their name are fascinating and varied. What considerations go into a founder settling on a name that feels right? I look at ten company names in this article, and I hope NamePros readers will add their own favorite naming stories in the comment section. IKEA Over my lifetime I have assembled a lot of I...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Outbound tools: A mega-list to help with your sales; Rush.ai sold for $300k at Atom; GoDaddy vs. Namecheapthe numbers; Spam score can hurt your domain value; Forbes: 5,000 start-ups and their domains. [Outbound] - List of free tools to help with outbound sales To improve and automate your outbou...

How do we have confidence that something is true? That is a critical question in all things, including the domain world. Last week in the NamePros Blog, I shared my experience with a new AI-powered appraisal tool at OceanfrontDomains.com. That tool does an incredible job of analyzing the structure of a name, brainstorming potential uses, and prese...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Sudden drop in inquires and sales in Afternic; Icon.com sold for $12MM; Why domain investing has become difficult? Mine.comHigh value auction; Is Afternic "tyrannic"? Sudden drop in inquires and sales in Afternic Domain investors are witnessing a drop in the number of sales normally expected to ...

Most of the time, domain name automated appraisal systems don't receive much positive commentary from investors. When a newly released AI powered appraisal service was praised by a number of respected voices in the domain community, I decided to take a deeper look. I gave the instrument a try with 134 names, including various types of names and do...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Fed up with Afternic; Percentage of price requests that end up selling; NameBio and private sales reports; Handling payments for expensive sales; GoDaddy broker response time. Fed up with Afternic A domain investor is venting off about all the things going in the wrong direction with Afternic. ...

Many years ago, I sat at my desk in our home office, staring at my laptop screen. I was in the early stages of launching a new side hustlea high-end Nigerian men's clothing line specializing in customized dashikis. A dashiki is a colorful garment that covers the top half of the body, worn mostly in West Africa. Everything was coming together excep...

Two-word domain names form the basis for many domain investor portfolios. By combining two words effectively, the name can form a distinctive brand for a company. Sometimes the names are simply two terms, like HomeDepot, and other times they are merged, as in Microsoft that originally represented microcomputer software. Of course the terms that ma...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Was QRCodes.com stolen from an Epik account? Nameshift.com marketplace review; Are most sales happening at the end of the month? ICANN registrar asks about .AI domains trending; Using WHOIS to place domain inquiries. QRCodes.com has been stolen from my Epik acccount An Epik customer claimed that...

The Dan platform offered a simple responsive way for buyers and sellers to negotiate from an initial offer. While the seller did not have full buyer information, or communication outside the marketplace, nonetheless the system worked well for many. In just a few hours the two parties would often come to an agreement on price. Afternic recently int...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Multi-Domain Catch-All Inbox! Escrow cancelled domain purchase; Spend.com goes live; Best way to make offer on BIN domain? Wand.com sold for six figures. The 1st of its Kind! Multi-Domain Catch-All Inbox Following a multi-year tradition, NamePros rolled out a real service on April 1st. No joke! ...

For many successful investors, expired domain name auctions are a key part of their acquisition strategy. Some months ago I got a request from a relatively new investor to write about domain auctions -- where to buy, terms of service, pitfalls, strategy, tips, etc. It is a topic that has been under-represented in NamePros Blog articles, and I agree...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! BrandBucket left Afternic; What if domaining became illegal? iZ.com closed at $500k; Is someone trying to sell my own domain? My brand is not available as a .com! BrandBucket has left Afternic Domain marketplace, BrandBucket, announced that it left GoDaddy's Afternic platform. The discord focuse...

Many members in the Atom thread are discussing their dashboard stats that have yet to be shown by Atom to correlate to a higher sell-through rate ("STR"). Thus, I thought it helpful to compile the data shared by Atom that does correlate to STR. This adds to a helpful article written by another NamePros blogger, @Bob Hawkes, in 2022 re: Atom, includ...

There are standard prefixes for units in the SI international system of units. Some of these, such as micro, nano or giga are relatively common in everyday language, whereas others are only known to scientists and engineers. I wondered how frequently the different prefixes appear in company names, and how registered they are as domain names. Intro...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Best way to sell domains to a non-profit; Afternic & DNS changes; Can domain parking affect future use of a domain? Client won't pay on Afternic after offer was accepted; Trusted third parties: Why do we need them to sell domains? Best Way to Sell a Domain to an Institution or Nonprofit? Domain ...

Not all domain names are made of dictionary words, but many are, either singly or in combination. In this article I provide links to resources, mainly free, that can help you optimize using and combining words in domain names. Look It Up In A Dictionary Especially if dealing with a somewhat unfamiliar term, start by looking it up in a dictionary....

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Negotiate directly with the buyer; ICANN to kill 60 day lock; The $980k sale of Double.com; What if ExpiredDomains shut down? Giant Panda AMA on Tier 1 PPC feed. Negotiate directly with a buyer Why use middlemen when you can negotiate directly with a potential buyer for your domain names? This d...

Imagine owning the very first .com domain name registered! The first .com domain name, symbolics.com, was registered 40 years ago, on March 15, 1985. The domain name is currently owned by Aron Meystedt, who also happens to be a long-time NamePros member. 272139 Photo on left courtesy of Aron Meystedt. The image on right was created by Aron using Gr...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Cherry-picking domainers; Can I sell domains on my own landers? Paid alternatives to ExpiredDomains; ChatGPT sent me to NamePros! AI.com owner seeks $100 million. Cherry-picking domainers The definition of "cherry-picking" as it applies to domain names can vary among domainers. Some believe it's...

Finding consistent success in domain name investing is always challenging, but are we entering a particularly difficult period? I don't know the answer, and some successful veteran investors consider this a golden time, but let's look at a few potential challenges. Economic Uncertainty Instability, both political and economic, reigns these days. ...

Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! When do aspiring domainers become Pros? Spent $800 with GoDaddy-Now what? Need help with WIPO email; Lise.com sold for $52,400; Atom: Sales of $2.5k vs. $25k priced domains. When does an aspiring Domainer officially become a "Name Pro" Most domain investors begin their journey part-time, testing...

Once one ventures outside of .com, the type of name that sells varies with the extension. While the best way to see what sells is to perform a detailed sales analysis over the past few years, a look at the top sales in the last year can provide a fast and useful indication. Three Lists Before I explain what the columns represent, have a look at t...

Fresh Top Topics Weekly news review at NamePros! Registry recalling my domain; Essos.com sold for $80k; Seller is refusing the use of escrow; Your experience with GoDaddy VIP accounts reps; Google Ads rolling out changes for parked domains. Registry recalling my domain! What to do? An investor is about to find out the sad reality of new gTLDs, a...

The domain industry isn't just a static marketplaceit's a vibrant, fast-evolving ecosystem where every player has a role to keep the gears turning. Picture a finely tuned machine: when all its parts work in harmony, it hums along smoothly. That's the domain industry. Whether you're a sharp-eyed investor, a registrar keeping things in order, or an e...

While 'agent' has been a highly-sought domain term for many years, with artificial intelligence enabled smart agents, the term has taken on a whole new significance. Several related terms have taken on new interpretations, none more than 'agentic'. As we will see below, that term has sold a number of times during the last few months. This article...

Fresh Top Topics Weekly news review at NamePros! Network Solutions nightmare; DeepSeek acquired ai.com? I don't get domain drops! AI & the future of premium domain valuation; Will domains ever be owned outright? Network Solutions nightmare The registrant and technical contacts of a domain registered with Network Solutions have been swapped, cre...

The pinnacle of American football is now over for another year. While some watch for the game, many are tuned in for the ads. At an estimated $8 million per ad this year, it is a big investment, but also reaches a huge audience. Domain investors are not just checking out the ads, but also watch the domain names mentioned. This year, those included...