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The domain market has been slow recently, with public domain sales records for this week showing no sales above $65,000. Privately however, there are plenty of deals happening amongst investors, brokers and end-users, well into the seven...

Record car sales in 2015 have seen new growth within online automotive business that could change the way the industry operates forever. According to eMarketer, the US automotive industry will spend $8.71 billion on digital campaigns within...

Time flies, don't it? It's been a while since I've written anything over here at NamePros (or even at all). Life gets insanely busy, and even more so when you're juggling 7,485.37 things at once, but nothing like an early morning Hawaiian style...

Alan Dunn is the managing director of NameCorp, a digital agency that focuses on premium domain names. Recently, Alan published an article on Medium.com, entitled "One Domain Name Can Change Everything". Within the article, Alan describes...

Whilst the Chinese domain market may be down in the past few months, I've received four offers on a four character (LLNN) .COM domain name within the past 24 hours. These four offers are from four different people; three in China, and one in...

Whether you're conducting outbound sales or you have received an inbound enquiry, there will usually be one question that can dictate the course of negotiations: "How Much?". This is one of the most common phrases that you'll ever hear with...

Finding suitable connections is an important part of any profession; knowing the right people can help create new opportunities and new possibilities. This is, of course, the same for the domain industry. Good connections with investors, brokers...

This week’s big news was the auction of 27.com at NameJet, which reached a highest bid of just over $1.5mm. For the platform, it’s a great price - as I believe it sets a new record for the highest bid received on NameJet. However, in terms of...

One of the most highly anticipated domain auctions in recent history has just ended at NameJet, with 27.com reaching a final price of $1,510,702. This price was below NameJet's reserve for the domain, and so the name failed to sell. A public...

DN.com is thrilled to have Richard Lau to do this interview. Richard, being one of the most respected domainers, is the founder of NamesCon, and Resume.com. For all these years, He devoted himself to NamesCon, Waterschool charity, Domain Name...

Outbound domain sales are a popular means of creating a revenue stream without having to wait for a buyer to come to you. Consisting of finding a suitable owner for a domain and then contacting them directly, outbound sales is typically done via...

Domain name investors process a large amount of data and information every day to find relevant pricing, potential new investments and to seek out money making opportunities. Like many of you, I use a number of free services daily to find what...

This week, NamePros has brought you two great interviews. On Monday we published an interview with BrandBucket managing director Michael Krell in what could be considered an introduction to brandable domains. On Tuesday, we spoke with...

Recently, a discussion has arisen on NamePros, asking whether the Chinese domain market could be at an end. This question comes after a couple of months of declining prices after a period of steep growth at the end of 2015. In this article, I...

On this edition of "Expert Exchange" is Nat Cohen, a seasoned domain investor and owner of Telepathy, Inc. Nat's company owns a portfolio of several thousand domains, consisting of some of the most valuable domains available. Alongside one-word...

I’ll admit that I know very little about brandable domain names. With the occurrence of the popular Chinese short and numeric domain markets, and the great keyword names on offer, the brandable world has slipped under my radar. After reading...

Welcome to this week's top topics, where there is a distinctive time vs. money theme. A few discussions have arisen this week regarding the time spent on domain name investing and whether that time is worth the money you receive in turn from...

Local domain name networking events and meetups are an excellent way to make new contacts and friends within the industry, whilst enjoying the opportunity to talk about business with like-minded professionals. This week in the calendar of domain...

Every day, thousands of Internet users research various domain names for a number of reasons. Research can be done to track down illusive domain name owners, to monitor a potential sale or to recover a stolen domain. Fortunately, there are many...

Daniel Negari is one of the most famous faces in the domain name industry. The 30 year old entrepreneur has owned some of the most valuable .COM domains available, but over the past few years his focus has been on developing XYZ; a company that...

Authorities in Beijing have announced this week that company names may now be just a number. This string can be up to five numbers long, but authorities will consider companies using longer number combinations. Could this have a direct...

Google has been hinting for some time that toolbar Page Rank is going away for good. This past weekend they made good on their promises. If you use any pagerank checking tools, expect to see a 0 or an error for page rank values, including fake...

In this week’s Inside Interview, we have the opportunity of learning more about one of the most high-profile seven-figure domain name sales in recent history. On March 6th 2014, DNJournal’s Ron Jackson broke the news that 37Games had spent...

The easiest part of domain name investing is buying. Anyone with $10 can buy a domain name, but the most important part of being a successful domain investor is knowing exactly how to sell a domain. There are many different options available when...

In this week’s Top Topics, we have a number of great discussions from the community including an excellent piece from DN.com explaining the economic theory behind domain name investing. It’s such an interesting topic, and DN.com's staff do a good...