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One of the current featured polls at NamePros asks What non-com extensions have you sold so far in 2024?. The poll, started by @Leo2k, has produced some interesting results. Just over 170 had voted at the time this article was written, and, beyond the ‘other’ category, the most popular choice...

Last week in Process to Rate and Price a Domain Name – Part 1, I covered: Structure, clarity and memorability of the name. Multiple interpretations, both literal and metaphorical. Business applications, related metrics. Indicators of recent startup use of similar terms. Registered extension...

Domain name investing is hard. Typically only about 1% of names sell by the end of a full year. Many names will not sell for a very long time, or ever. Naming trends and popular niches may change. Pricing is difficult. If you price too high, the rate of sales may go down, but if you price too...

NVIDIA has received a lot of attention of late. The company stock value has surged about 240% over the past year, and NVIDIA is currently the third largest company in the world in terms of market cap, at about $2.21 trillion. Microsoft and Apple are numbers 1 and 2, with Alphabet, Amazon, and...

NamePros has been active for many years, and is a gold mine of valuable content. In this article I highlight some of the most viewed articles. I did not strictly list exactly the most viewed, but rather made a selection of highly-viewed articles that I think also retain interest and value...

While most modern businesses need a domain name, that does not mean that all sectors and niches offer an equal naming opportunity. What are some of the factors that make names more likely to sell for good returns in a niche or sector? In this article, I consider 8 relevant factors for sectors...

Most domain name marketplaces do not report sales, at least not fully, so it is difficult to assess their reach and effectiveness. If you have a large and successful portfolio, and have been in domain investing for some years, you probably have a good idea of what works for the type of names...

One key to domain investing success is to be well informed with up-to-date information. NameBio just made that easier, with introduction of NameBio Trends Reports. In this article, I take a look at the different components of the NameBio Trends Reports, as well as complementary resources from...

Over the last few years we have seen an increasing rate of price increases in the domain name world. If you operate developed sites, or have names you feel sure you want to keep long term, in most cases it makes sense to renew in advance of price increases. But to do that, you need to know...

TLD-LIST is my go-to site for comparing registration, transfer and renewal prices at different registrars. While that is the main way TLD-LIST is used, the site can do much more. Finding Lowest Prices Before we look into what else TLD-LIST can do, let’s review the basics of using TLD-LIST for...

If you watched the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 4, 2024, odds are the duet by Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs is a lasting memory. Tracy Chapman made the song Fast Car a huge hit in 1988, while the 2023 Luke Combs rendition made the song popular once more. Their memorable duet performance...

Electricity is pretty incredible. Think how easy it is to take the electricity provided by your utility company, and use it to cook your meals, power entertainment devices, operate an air conditioner or heat pump, charge devices, run motorized equipment, and so much more. You could not be a...

In response to a NamePros Blog article a few week’s ago, Arslan Nawaz asked that I write an article on Domain Investing Dos and Don’ts. The following is an amalgamation of my own ideas along with views expressed by many other people over a number of years. Near the end is a list of articles...

We are fortunate to have many tools and metrics to assist and guide domain investing, many that are either free or have a free version. Probably none is more vital to domain investing than ExpiredDomains.net. Back in 2022, I provided an introduction to getting started with ExpiredDomains in the...

The new year brings new domain name opportunities and challenges. Definitely 2023 saw a mix of both. This article is not about resolutions, but it is about reflecting on the past year, and setting the stage for the new one. Reflection is a helpful exercise in most things, and domain investing...

This report is based on 145,100 domain name aftermarket sales recorded for 2023 on NameBio, with a total dollar volume of just over $139 million USD. The domain name market, at least as reflected in the NameBio data, was down 21.2% in dollar volume when 2023 is compared to 2022. Not only was...

This article takes a look at the highest-value domain name sales from 2023, at least those reported on NameBio. I also compare the year with the preceding few years, to get a sense of the nature and health of the upper end of the domain market. Keep in mind that by no means all sales get...

2023 was a particularly active year in the domain world. I wanted to overview many of the changes, to make sure you can take advantage of any important to you. In this article I am not covering things like trends in popular extensions, such as .ai, or niches and sectors. Early in 2024 I will...

As domain investors, we are in the business of providing names that businesses and organizations will use. Succeeding at that can be a win-win-win situation. We do well, but startup owners are well served by many good name choices in efficient marketplaces. The marketplaces also benefit when...

Successful domain investing is acquiring domain names that users will want, pricing them effectively, and getting the names noticed by those in a position to buy them. That last step just got easier for .io and .xyz domain names with the announcement today that Afternic Fast Transfer premium...