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FreeSiteWorth.com seems to be doing a good job of pissing a lot of people off at one time. Several people are receiving emails like Namepros member @Nerevar.
As you may know, last week the news broke that We.com had been sold (first broken by George Kirikos on Twitter). Very few details of the sale are known, but today the WhoIs information was updated to show that We.com had been moved to an...
I saw a video this week from two NamePros members: @Omar Negron and @Willox Perez on their story of why you should sometimes trust yourself to take a risk on a domain name you like.
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...
You may have read recently about Flippa's acquisition of Domain Holdings - with the two companies hoping to produce a combined sales total of around $70 million this year.
It looks as though Domain Holdings have already made their presence known...
I've just come across an interesting article from Richmond.com, entitled "Domain Name Causes Controversy." It's all about the domain name PowhatanVA.com, which was acquired by Powhatan County Government for $1,630 on NameJet in May 2015...
As I write this, Apple is finishing the Apple Keynote speech with some really interesting news regarding Apple Music, but as a domainer, I seem to have an ingrained tendency to ask myself "Who Owns the .COM?" I thought I'd share my findings, as I...
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...
I regularly look through Crunchbase to see what new startups are doing, and I came across a company using a .BIKE domain name: the first .bike domain name that I’ve seen in action.
The .BIKE domain name belongs to a company called Cobi...
I read earlier this week that BrandBucket - a popular domain marketplace for brandable domain names has appointed a new Managing Director - Michael Krell. Michael has been the brand ambassador for BrandBucket.com since last year and is also...
I wanted to share a situation that happened to me last year, in the hope that it may just help you close a sale. I was contacting a number of end users to sell a two-word domain name I owned, when one of these leads replied, asking how much I...
NamePros is able to reveal that the domain 4G.com has been sold very recently, with the news breaking on LinkedIn and in a NamePros thread on Thursday night.
Bhanu Prasad - the owner of 4G.com - posted the news in a domain sellers group on...
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...
Occasionally in domain name investing, one believes that there's a name which could fetch two to ten times its purchase price in days. These domain speculators buy names with intentions to flip quickly for a profit. This can happen with some...
I always find it interesting to look at previous domain sales to see what the new owners are actually doing with the domain names, so in this article I'll be looking at domain sales on Sedo.com from this time last year to see what's happening...
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 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 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 Second Beijing Domain Auction was successfully held in Beijing, China on April 24, 2015. The auction resulted in seven figures worth of domain sales. We've included pictures from the event including some results from the domain auction. For...
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...
With all the recent web-related security vulnerabilities in Mac and Linux, it's finally Microsoft's turn to take the blame. Make sure you protect your computer so you don't lose any domains!
Many entrepreneurs enter the domain industry with high hopes, only to be confronted with endless paths and options, which can make becoming successful incredibly difficult if not pursued carefully. For many, domain name speculation is not as easy...