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information Top Topics: How Did You Feel After Your First Sale?; Community Support and Help for Eric Lyon…

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we discuss the plethora of new gTLD's that are currently on the market, asking whether any extension will survive and thrive in the future. We also find out more information about an investor's first-ever...
 
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information Top Topics: How India Uses .IN Domains; Would You Read a Domaining Magazine?...

If you follow Mike Mann on Twitter, you'll notice that he has revealed some impressive sales figures recently. His sales include Koniku.com for $30,000, IdeasOfOrder.com for $18,000 and IncreaseMyIncome.com for $9,888. Due to Mike's...
 
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information Top Topics: The Best Landing Page Example; Is It Time to Sell Four-Letter .COM’s?…

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we take a look at one investor's ten most recent domain sales and we ask is it now time to sell your four-letter .COM's? Elsewhere, a domainer is looking for examples of excellent landing pages and we feature...
 
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information Top Topics: Where Did the Double Letter Trend Begin?; Is It Time to Give Up Domaining?...

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...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold My First Domain for Bitcoin; How to Find Potential Buyers...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor shares details of their first ever domain sale for Bitcoin and a domainer asks for advice on a possible domain sale that may be in doubt. Elsewhere, there's an informative guide for newer investors on...
 
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information Top Topics: Shane Cultra’s AMA; How Much Would You Sell Your Portfolio For?…

In this week's Top Topics, we hear about an investor's four-figure .TV sale from a reg-fee domain name and Shane Cultra creates a popular "Ask Me Anything" discussion. Elsewhere, there is a major update on the recent SATI.com Sedo auction and...
 
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information Top Topics: Pay.tv and Israel.tv Sold; Tips for Outbound Marketing...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, a domain investor receives valuable advice after announcing that they were quitting domain investing. Elsewhere, two five-figure .TV sales were announced by the same seller. These domains were both one-word...
 
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information Top Topics: THC.com is Valued at $1.25 Million; Are New gTLD’s Becoming Mainstream?...

At the beginning of this week, we published the news of @Telepathy's sale of NTW.com. Thanks to James Booth of BQDN (@BoothDomains), we have news of a second recent three-letter .COM sale. A New York architecture company looks...
 
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information Crypto-Securities Company Harbor Starts Using Harbor.com

Despite a recent downturn in the fortunes of the cryptocurrency market, investment into future crypto technology is rife. Security solutions for cryptocurrency and blockchain applications seem to be a popular area of investment with companies...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold OCX.com for $50,000; Are You Holding Your Crypto Names?...

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information Top Topics: Why I Registered 20,000 Domains; My Sales In March 2018...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we find out what a typical day looks like for a full-time domain name investor and a domainer asks for help after a $30,000 initial offer comes in out of the blue. Elsewhere, we discuss the impact of the...
 
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information Top Topics: A Bulk Registration Case Study; Will .APP Raise Demand?...

In this week’s edition of Top Topics, we take a look at a domain investor’s small case study of his success after registering one-hundred domains last year. We also discuss the new .APP domain extension and we find out whether “make offer” or...
 
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information Top Topics: Am I Undervaluing My Domains?; How Were Your First 6 Months?...

With the new GDPR now in full force, WHOIS is now difficult to monitor. Thanks to DomainIQ, we are still able to view historical information, but discovering new data is a little more difficult. Unfortunately, this lack of information may affect...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold SportsBet.tv For $7,250; Should I Register a Trademark?...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, the owner of a premium one-word domain asks the community how to go about selling their valuable name. Elsewhere, a domain investor announces the sale of a two-word .TV domain name, and some advice about...
 
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information Top Topics: Share Your Parking Data; The Best Platform to Monetize Chinese Traffic?...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we showcase a poll gauging the community's opinion of hand registering domains. Elsewhere, we take a look at some parking data that has been shared publicly by several domain investors. Speaking of parking...
 
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information Top Topics: The Dangers of Trends; I Sold 38 Domains to a Single Buyer...

Yesterday, we reported on the likely Crypto.com sale that took place recently. As expected, there was wide interest from the domain industry in this sale, including some fascinating Twitter comments from @MediaOptions CEO Andrew...
 
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information Top Topics: Your Plan for 2019; The Final Minutes of a $22,000 Auction...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at strategies for domain investing in 2019, a domainer asks about conversion rates in outbound sales, and a poll asks how many domains you own in your domain portfolio. Elsewhere, an investor shares a...
 
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information Top Topics: How Do I Make $10,000 Per Month?; I'm Looking to Change Registrars...

How do you go about making $10,000 per month from domain names? That question forms the basis for one of the most popular discussions of this week, one that also provides some helpful insights from investors who have achieved that level...
 
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information Top Topics: Who's In Charge Anyway?; Do You Pay Taxes on Your Domain Sales?...

In case you missed it, we covered the news of View's acquisition of the one-word domain View.com earlier this week. Whilst the sales price has not been revealed to us by either party, one investor shed some light on the possible sales...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold Humanity.tv for $10,000; Would You Buy Gab.com?...

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...
 
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information Top Topics: Block.one is Now B1.com; Has Your September Been Slow?...

This week's edition of Top Topics features news that NameBio has introduced a new "live" feature to track domain sales in something close to real time. Elsewhere, blockchain company Block.one has officially switched to B1.com, and has your...
 
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information Top Topics: Vote For Your Favorite Registrar; Have You Ever Thought of Dropping Domaining?...

In this week's Top Topics, you're invited to vote for your favorite domain registrar of the year. Elsewhere, there's a discussion about lease-to-own deals and we talk about meta domains.


Vote For Your Favorite Registrar of the Year...
 
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information Top Topics: Bird.com Domain Name Sells; Has the Meta Craze Slowed?...

In this week's Top Topics, we examine whether the meta domain name craze has slowed after some sizable recent sales. Elsewhere, we discuss the strategy for testing new landing pages and we receive news that the Bird.com domain name has sold...
 
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information Top Topics: Rearranging My Portfolio for 2022; Looks Like OpenSea Bough OpenSea.com...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at OpenSea's reported recent acquisition of OpenSea.com and we see why Dana White had big regrets before eventually acquiring UFC.com. Elsewhere, a seven-figure domain sale is received and an investor is looking...
 
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information Top Topics: Is Immersive the Next Big Trend?; Black Friday & Cyber Monday Promos...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at whether the term "immersive" will be the next big trending keyword for the domain name industry. Elsewhere, we cover the domain-related deals that investors can find over the Black Friday weekend and there's...
 
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