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With the rising demand for LLLL (letter, letter, letter, letter) domain names in China, I wanted to find out if other four-character patterns, such as LLNN (letter, letter, number, number), LLLN, NLLL, and NNLL were also being used to develop...
Using ICANN accredited registrars can help you secure your domain investments thanks to financial and technical requirements laid out by ICANN on registrars selling gTLDs. However, many independent ccTLD registrars are not required to have ICANN...
Two-number .COM domains (NN .COM) are some of the most highly sought after names in existence. With just 100 available, the scarcity of these domain names means that there is currently no two-number .COM domain available for less than seven...
Welcome to Top Topics. Before we delve into this week's most popular content, we have news of a domain sale. The two-letter domain ZZ.com has sold today, and according to George Kirikos, the buyer is from China. I don't know the exact sales...
Conducting outbound domain name sales can be a difficult practice that requires a high level of repetition to find the right techniques in order to improve. There are many resources available to find out about how to send outbound sales messages...
Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW), one of the most popular careers websites, has sold a portfolio of domain names, with the current WHOIS information showing BuyDomains.com as the new owners. According to reports, Monster have sold over 14,300...
This time last year, the four-letter .COM domain craze was just about to start. It’s a period of time that saw prices of four letter .COM “Chips” climb from under $150 to over $2,500 each at their peak. One of those responsible for the...
Welcome to another edition of Top Topics, giving you a look at some of the most interesting and popular discussions of the week. In this issue, there’s one piece of news in particular that you’ll find fascinating if you follow the Chinese market...
Have you ever wondered what kind of domain names the world's largest Internet companies use in China? Do they use .com, .cn, or even the latest Chinese IDN extension? To gauge the practical domain market, I studied the ten largest Internet...
For me, the most fulfilling part of selling domains is discovering how buyers develop the domains that I sell to them. Many times, I have an idea of what a domain could become when I buy it, but I am often surprised by the creativity of my...
This may not be something that you've thought about before, but is the domain name registrar that you use ICANN accredited? Naturally, the majority of registrars around the World are accredited, because it is required to register gTLD...
Where do you buy domain names? This was the question posed by one community member earlier today, and I think it's a question that deserves to be looked at in detail. There are a number of marketplaces, drop catching services, and auction...
Today, it has been revealed that the two-letter .COM domain name MZ.com has been acquired by American company Machine Zone, a leading video game developer with 550 employees, based in Palo Alto.
Welcome to this Good Friday edition of Top Topics. This week, we bring you five discussions that will prove both interesting and insightful. In other news, our Expert Exchange series continued this week with our guest, successful domain investor...
I have discussed the “translation” of acronym domain names into meaningful Chinese names in previous blog posts such as Your Guide to Chinese Domain Names: From A to Z. In this post, I share the toolbox that I use to find Chinese meanings...
The challenge with negotiating is that I never really know if I did a good job. I may get what I think I want, and I try and do it without taking advantage of the other person. But, somehow, I often feel like I left something on the table that...
This week, our guest on Expert Exchange is the CEO of Investments.org, Sam Dennis. Since starting to invest in domain names, Sam has amassed a portfolio of over 22,000 domain names with names such as Laura.com and Niagara.com amongst his...
Two years ago, Berlin became the first city in the World to have its own TLD. The .BERLIN extension, designed to give Berliners an alternative to .DE and .COM, quickly gained popularity thanks in part to a five-day free domain name...
Today, a very interesting challenge has been proposed. Take a $500 initial investment and see how much money you can turn it into by January 1st, 2017 through domain sales only. The idea is fascinating. If you decide to take part, documenting...
Short acronym domain names can represent Pinyin words that translate to Chinese characters. They are popular in China because they are short and easy to remember. However, there are certain challenges that limit the use of certain letters to...
Our guest on this edition of Expert Exchange started his domain investing journey in 2005 with an initial investment of less than $1,000. Since then he has acquired some of the rarest domain names in existence, including XF.com and VE.com. He is...
This year's NamesCon live domain auction produced almost $1.5MM in sales, with 92 of the 131 live auction listings being sold. The largest sale was the $240,000 sale of Lawn.com, which was acquired by an Atlanta-based company who are...
This year, I've spent more on domain names than I ever have before. By following what I read on the blogs, forums, and looking at the great data available on websites such as NameBio and Chaomi, I've decided to buy up quite a few domain names in...
There have been many discussions surrounding a possible Chip crash this week, with some investors suggesting that four-letter Chinese premium .COMs will continue to decline in price, a move that could produce ripples throughout the rest of...
Many Chinese companies use acronym domain names for their company websites. So, if you already have an acronym domain name, how do you translate it to potential company names? In this post, I’ll chart the translations of single letters A to Z...