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The most popular discussions this week include whether it’s acceptable or not to purchase a domain name of an established site in another extension, a look at the current floor price of 5N.com or NNNNN.com domain names, the weight that MOZ holds...

The most popular discussions last week include speculation on whether GoDaddy is selling your personal information; the true value of automated appraisals; trademark infringement explained for plural names; a buyout of 30,000 Chinese LLLL.net...

The most popular discussions last week include how to negotiate and price a domain sale with a well-funded startup, time traveling back to 1995 to buy domains, what one could realistically expect to earn in two years of domain name investing or...

The most popular discussions this week include choosing between a new generic Top Level Domain and a Second Level Domain; the current, past, and future outlook on LLLL.com’s price floor; technical advances being made that could end domain name...

The most popular discussions this week include the change of PayPal’s dispute policy and how it affects domain name sellers who choose not to use escrow services, 50 companies that switched from .COM to a new gTLD, .OOO registry recall of domains...

The most popular discussions this week include a topic on the new generic top-level domains and whether they are liked or merely chosen for investment purposes; domaining trade secrets by those who’ve been in the industry for some time; choosing...

The most popular discussions this week include registrar and registry mistakes regarding premium and/or reserved domain names; the past, present, and future of the LLLL.com market; previous domain owners of expired names requesting their...

The most popular discussions this week include preferences on the usage of WWW, especially as it applies to nGTLD’s; why different investors chose to enter the domain name market and how; a conversation on whether to buy, sell, or hold LLLL.com...

The most popular discussions this week include a conversation on whether or not the next buyout will be LLLLL.com’s, the new gTLD .XYZ’s drop of over 20,000 domain names in a single day, the cheapest registrar to use without hunting for pesky...

The most popular discussions this week include advice on ways to more safely conduct business over PayPal, domain investor strategies that some may interpret as smart vs dreamy, a new verification system put in place at Flippa to help circumvent...

The most popular discussion this week include domain investors that are fed up with their primary registrar, the route to take when domain owners refuse to sell their domain names, a strange story of a domain owner murdering their partner, and a...

The most popular discussions this week include fun and exciting stories about the things that domainers did before they began domaining, GoDaddy’s prolific domain sale of Beijing.com, the new gTLD .WEB and its outlook, domain investors’ criteria...

The most popular discussions this week include brand and registrar loyalty, which includes a poll of how many registrars we each use; domain names that work with a Z at the end of them; steps taken by others before they decided to invest in...

The most popular discussions this week include investing in domain names of the gTLD space after Konstantinos Zournas shared that he previously invested $50,000 in new gTLDs; how to sell domains faster; the SnapNames .Yoga auction, results, and...

The most popular discussions this week include the sale of Escrow.com to Freelancer for $7.5 million; biggest domain flops from around the domain investing community; the feeling of excitement after completing your first sale; Sedo’s introduction...

The most popular discussions this week include the many reasons why investors like domaining, their biggest and quickest domain flips, trademark issues regarding word forms, the buzz surrounding the Marchex and GoDaddy deal, and what would the...

The most popular discussions this week include a heated debate about domain investors struggling with the decision of using DropCatch due to the competition that it promotes, the excitement behind receiving your first parking payout, investing...

Another Misspelled Domain for Sale
We’ve all heard the spelling rule “i before e except after c,” such as in receive, not recieve. However, is it profitable to own domains using these commonly misspelled...

Top 5 Worst New gTLD’s
As the number of new gTLD’s released reaches the 100’s and even more to follow, this thread asked our members to weigh in on what they thought were the top five worst new gTLD’s currently available. With...

How to reach end-users
A rare dilemma faces a NamePros member that has owned an LL.com for years. @NickSE wishes to know how he can reach out to corporate end-users to purchase his name for the desired amount of 7 figures. There...

Why are generic typos valued so high?
@SHINOJ G.S asks about the value that lies in a misspelled word such as recieve.com, which sold for $1.5k, or a missing S in pasion.com that sold for $39,995 USD. Over 20 members have...

New Afternic & GoDaddy Commission and Pricing Structure
Afternic & GoDaddy introduced a new tiered commission pricing structure, which has left members questioning the benefits vs. ease of use. By the week’s end, the discussion had...

What should I do next?
@ambitnfun received a $2,500 offer on Sedo and asked whether he should sell it at $5,000 with a counter-offer or push it to auction. He’s stated that he had a few potential buyers but is on the fence as to...

CONTEST: 20 Free Domains - Win them here!
@Ali Zandi challenges the community to share their best domain story. The discussion is going strong with over 2,500 views and nearly 100 stories and comments. The contest ends tonight...