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Here we go with another look at Sedo's top sales from this time last year, June 3rd, 2014.

1. Bouqs.com - $40,000 - Forwards to TheBouqs.com, "The World's Most Genuine Floral Experience". TheBouqs.com has a global Alexa rank of around...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

“When I set out to do this, new domains were kind of a bad word,” said Daniel Negari while making a speech to the Southern California Domainers Meetup last Thursday in Santa Monica. He further added that if we fast-forward to present day...

The most popular discussions this week include a theory on the current Chinese domain market being part of a larger pump and dump scheme, the pricing of non/premium LLL.com domain names, speculating on numeric .com’s that are 10+ digits, Western...

The most popular discussions this week include an explanation on Sedo’s “Make Offer” and what it means, domain name investors sharing times in which they’ve gotten taken for a ride, inside the $125K sale of USA.tv after an initial $100K offer...

This week, we published a poll based on domain name pricing, asking how often a domainer changes the pricing on their domains. The results show an interesting split between monthly, quarterly and annually adjusting prices, but it's safe to...

In this week's Top Topics, we explore the trend of double letter domain names that has been popular with startups. We also take a look at whether 2017 has been a slow year for domain names and one domain investor receives advice after revealing...

Brokerage company Media Options looks to have released a brand new design for their website. After sticking with the same design for many years, Media Options have revamped their website, allowing users to easily search for domain names...

It has been mentioned several times on Twitter, but another two-letter .COM looks to have been sold very recently. This name, VM.com, moved to Escrow.com's concierge account before moving under privacy protection to GoDaddy, which would indicate...

Based on results from DomainIQ’s detection toolkit, the domain name Jellyfish.com may have been involved in a domain sale or a lease deal. The name has started forwarding to Jellyfish.co.uk, a British digital marketing agency. A potential deal...

In this week’s Top Topics, an investor asks for advice on his investments after spending $500 on domain registrations. Elsewhere, we ask domainers to share the highest price they’ve paid for a name and another domainer asks for opinions on how...

In this week's Top Topics, George Kirikos warns domain owners to stop using UK and Australian-based registrars, a WordPress developer acquires an incredible domain name, and did AOL pay $10 million for Games.com?


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Welcome to another weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

The domain name NewYork.com was sold for 7 figures, according to DNJournal; What is the best marketplace to sell .it.com domains? The owner of Register.to has passed...

Welcome to the latest review of weekly Top Topics here at NamePros!

Some buyers or sellers like to play negotiating games; Unethical selling practices; Epik's own scam reviews web site; Flippa has outrageous fees, according to some...

Nearly every day I have someone new to domain name investing ask me “How valuable is this domain name that I registered?” Nearly every day I must politely give the reasons why that specific domain has little or no value in the aftermarket arena...

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The root nameservers only delegate authority: they don’t actually provide hostname to IP address lookups, with a few exceptions. For example, the root nameservers assign the com and net TLDs to...

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Though all of OpenNIC’s “open” TLDs are unique, [URL='http://bit.namecoin.info/'].bit[/URL] is particularly interesting. bit domains are actually not handled via traditional DNS. Instead, bit domains are...

Cybersquatting on trademarks is nothing new in the domain name industry. You’re even likely to find yourself on a parked page if you mistype your favorite brand, which is likely owned by someone trying to make a quick dollar, regardless of the...

Taking a leap to a new registrar can be quite a scary move for some people if they're not familiar with its user interface or they have concerns should the registrar be fairly new. Nevertheless, there is a tried and true registrar that domainers...

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...