Dynadot

NamePros Blog

Domain blog covering the latest domain news, domain sales, reports, analysis, advice, interviews, strategy, and more. Sort By: Recent Comments or New Blog Posts
Spaceship Spaceship
Subscribe to blog

information Top Topics: MedicalRecordsReview.com auction paid? New domainers are doomed; Market crash ahead, says Rosener; Cash loans for domains; Uni Market RIP

Welcome to the latest edition of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Did MedicalRecordsReview.com really sell for almost $70k or payment failed? Domaining newbies: The train has left the station; Markets will crash up to 50% according to...
 
11
•••

information Actionable Information From The 2023 Global Domain Report

Recently InternetX and Sedo released the 2023 Global Domain Report.

The report provides a wealth of information of interest to domain investors. It includes a detailed analysis of Sedo sales and search data, and premium domain...
 
Last edited:
45
•••

information Top Topics: One.com woes; The future of domain value; Make your own landers; CEO makes offer directly; Domainer GPT to come?

Welcome to a fresh, weekly edition of Top Topics here at NamePros!
A domain investor with domains at One.com is having serious management issues; Will domain names become obsolete in the future? Domainer's own landing pages make him...
 
Last edited:
14
•••

information Top Topics: MarketingAgency.com value; SSL for PPC; Problems in the domain industry; Dan.com and A Records; Flipping NamePros sales for thousands of $

Welcome to a fresh, weekly edition of Top Topics here at NamePros!

The owner of the domain MarketingAgency.com sought feedback about its value; Using SSL for domain parking is a necessity; What are the main issues that domain...
 
Last edited:
9
•••

information Top Topics: Namecheap wasn't hacked; Catching dropped domains competitive; Use Wix to sell domains; Personal woes; Gov domains vs. com for US agencies

Welcome to a brand new edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. This week:

A concerning email from Namecheap points to third party's service infiltration; Dropping competition appears to have increased a lot since the pandemic...
 
Last edited:
8
•••

information Top Topics: Former owner insults domain seller; GoDaddy to lay off 8%; Bard vs ChatGPT; Pitch a better domain to a company; Domain traffic as a metric

Welcome to a fresh edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. This week:

Former domain owner insults the seller who made an outbound pitch; GoDaddy to lay off 8% of its global workforce; Google rolls out Bard in response to ChatGPT...
 
Last edited:
6
•••

information GPT and Similar Artificial Intelligence Technologies: Implications for the Domain Name Industry

Since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT-3 in late November 2022, it seems everyone is talking about ChatGPT.

Earlier in the NamePros Blog, I ‘interviewed’ ChatGPT on domain topics. I think most will agree that ChatGPT did an impressive job on most...
 
Last edited:
74
•••

information Top Topics: Best landers at Sedo; Success with hand-reg domains; 100 oldest .coms; Is dotDB shutting down; Escrow.com when selling to strangers

Time flies by when you're buying and selling domain names—Welcome to a fresh edition of Top Topics here at NamePros.

What is the best domain lander that you can use at Sedo? Can you be a successful domainer by only hand-registering...
 
Last edited:
9
•••

information Reporting Domain Name Sales

Without reported domain name sales, we would all be operating in a blind fashion. This article covers the arguments for and against reporting domain name sales, as well as how to report domain name sales at the main venues.

Why Report...
 
Last edited:
55
•••

information Top Topics: TXT.com sold for $300k; Domain brokerage scams; How to save Epik; Afternic listings hijacked en masse; Sales of .XYZ domains analyzed

Happy end of January and welcome to another edition of Top Topics here at NamePros.

The ultra premium domain TXT.com was sold for $300,000 dollars in a brokered deal; Domainers discuss their personal experience of being scammed by an...
 
Last edited:
6
•••

information Top Topics: Domain infringement claim; Why are short domains selling high; Multiple TLDs as a metric; Outbound domains safely; Don't give up on gTLDs

Welcome to another edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. Here's a selection of active discussions for your reading pleasure:

Is it an infringement for an app's developer to name it after a domain name they don't own? Why can short...
 
Last edited:
8
•••

information Top Topics: Help.com sold for $3M; Epik keeps investors' money; Dofo.com to be retired; Bodis PPC revenue drops; Twitter to sell premium usernames

Welcome to another edition of Top Topics here at NamePros. Here's a selection of active discussions for your reading pleasure:

Help.com was reported as sold by DNJournal, for a whopping $3 million dollars; More trouble at Epik as...
 
Last edited:
4
•••

information Top topics: Whois.com drops ball with .IO special; Dan fees upped to 15%; W3.com and others stolen; Premium domain pricing definition +1 more topic

Domain investors, welcome to another great Top Topics session here at NamePros:

Whois.com mass-canceled .io domain registrations after its price special backfired; Dan.com, a GoDaddy brand, jacked-up fees to 15% and domain investors aren't...
 
Last edited:
7
•••

information Top Topics: GoDaddy auction relists; Predictions for 2023; Tech trend keyword buys; Domain Buyers' Legal Rights; New Terms at Dan.com

Happy New Year, domain investors! Welcome to the first Top Topics session in 2023 here at NamePros:

Can you relist domains at GoDaddy immediately after the auction ends? Predictions among domainers for the brand new year; Investors...
 
Last edited:
8
•••

information Top Topics: MotherDuck.com raised $47 million; Crypto Domains in 2023; Multi-dropped domains' Value; Domainer seeks advice; Epik victims team up

Merry Christmas! Get ready for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

MotherDuck.com, a domain sold by Mike Mann, raised $47.5 million dollars as a start-up; Should you keep investing in crypto domains in 2023? What's the value of...
 
Last edited:
8
•••

information Top Topics: Vultures took my biz idea; 3377.com sold at $113k; IRS & PayPal/Venmo/CashApp earnings; Outbound sales approach; .SBS & .CFD TLD charges

Is the World Cup 2022 over yet? Get ready for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

A business idea that involved the registration of a domain vaporized after the domain was taken soon after; The domain 3377.com was auctioned off...
 
Last edited:
1
•••

information Why Domain Investors Should Take Note Of The Fediverse

Powerful centralized social media giants have probably not been good for domain investment. Some businesses have opted for social media presences instead of a domain name and website. Those businesses could lose control of their online presence...
 
Last edited:
59
•••

information James Iles now at GoDaddy; Registrar alternatives to Epik; XYZ projects with millions in funding; Domaining Pros & Cons; Ballet.com sold for $1.16 mil

Get ready for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

Domain expert and author, James Iles, has been scooped up by GoDaddy as domain investor liaison; Investors discuss registrar alternatives to Epik after recent woes; There are...
 
Last edited:
11
•••

information Top Topics: Swetha's Shocking Sales; Epik Escrow Mess; Best Registrar for Valuable Domains; Your Exit Strategy; Registrant Unresponsive to Abuse

Welcome to December & the 2022 Holidays! It's time for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

Super domainer Swetha's sales record came under scrutiny and the "shocking" results are in. Epik and its new CEO are trying to make...
 
10
•••

information Top Topics: Black Friday domain deals; Where do your buyers go; Domains spotted in Qatar World Cup; Elie Eweka interview; Expired Fintech Domains

Hopefully you're done shopping for the Holidays! About time for this week's Top Topics column here at NamePros:

Black Friday deals involving domain services are still ongoing, so find out where to save money. Do you know the path your...
 
Last edited:
6
•••

information Top Topics: XMX.com expires, sells for $252k; False alarm by .TV Registry; Advice on buying websites; DAN/Afternic integrate; Domain Market Crash?

Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving? Time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros:

XMX.com, a former crypto brand, was sold for $252,000 dollars at an expired domains auction at GoDaddy. People received messages the .TV Registry...
 
Last edited:
14
•••

information A Deeper Look At Domain Name Fast Transfer Sales Networks

What if your domain names would be seen at many different registrars? In addition, when a name sold through any of those registrars, the entire transfer process was automatic. You just wait to be paid.

That is the promise of the so-called fast...
 
Last edited:
81
•••

information Top Topics: Marketplaces bundling payments; $100 million company domain lost; Create logos for your brands; Dot .com king of corporate choice +1 ...

Happy Saturday folks—time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros:

Do marketplaces bundle payments for concurrent sales? Dan and Sedo are compared. Somehow, a company valued at more than $100 million dollars let one of their domain...
 
Last edited:
11
•••

information Top Topics: Get drastic with asking prices; Sports.gg scores $96k; Compare Sedo vs. Afternic domain sales; Keep investing in Meta domains?

It's time for this week's Top Topics here at NamePros. In summary:

A drastic tweak of your domain asking prices might produce more sales. Get details about how Sports.gg sold for $96k. Read about how Sedo & Afternic fare in sales...
 
Last edited:
18
•••

information Top Topics: Reactive.com Sells for $168,450 at DropCatch; The Previous Owner Wants Their Domain Back. What’s the Standard Practice?...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at two six-figure domain sales, one of which sold at DropCatch after former owner Accenture let the domain expire. Elsewhere, we ask which companies you trust in the domain industry.


Reactive.com Sells...
 
14
•••
  • The sidebar remains visible by scrolling at a speed relative to the page’s height.
Back