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Top Topics: BrandBucket left Afternic; Domaining to be illegal? iZ.com half mil sale; Who is selling my own domain? Brand alternates to .com
Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! BrandBucket left Afternic; What if domaining became illegal? iZ.com closed at $500k; Is someone trying to sell my own domain? My …
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From Nano to Mega, Quecto to Quetta: A Look At Unit Prefixes As Company Names
There are standard prefixes for units in the SI international system of units. Some of these, such as micro, nano or giga are relatively common in everyday…
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Crypto’s Hype vs. Domains’ Legacy: The Real Value of the Internet
Let’s talk about something important—something that’s been around for a while but doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. If you’re spending your hard-earned money without fu…
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Afternic Introduces Self-Brokerage: Innovative Feature or Burden for Domain Investors?
Afternic recently launched a highly anticipated new feature—Self-Brokerage. This feature combines the strengths of Afternic, Uniregistry, and Dan.com, enabling domain sellers to ne…
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Afternic 2025: Revolutionizing Domain Investment with AI and Innovation
As the world’s leading domain marketplace, Afternic continues to drive success for domain investors. Led by a team of engineers, designers, sales, and support staff, the platform i…
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Top Topics: Part-time vs Pro Domainers; Spent $800 at GoDaddy; Help me with a WIPO email; Was Lise.com a great sale? Atom vs. GoDaddy target pricing
Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! When do aspiring domainers become Pros? Spent $800 with GoDaddy-Now what? Need help with WIPO email; Lise.com sold for…
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A Simple Way to Explore the Types of Names That Sell in an Extension
Once one ventures outside of .com, the type of name that sells varies with the extension. While the best way to see what sells is to perform a detailed sales analysis over the…
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Top Topics: Registry recalls geo-domain; Essos.com sold for $80k; Seller won’t use escrow; Are GoDaddy VIP reps any good? Google Ads: RIP PPC!
Fresh Top Topics Weekly news review at NamePros! Registry recalling my domain; Essos.com sold for $80k; Seller is refusing the use of escrow; Your experience with GoDaddy VIP accou…
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Agent, Agentic and More: Domain Name Investment Opportunities
While ‘agent’ has been a highly-sought domain term for many years, with artificial intelligence enabled smart agents, the term has taken on a whole new significance. Several relate…
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15 Pillars, One Domain Industry: A Thriving Ecosystem
The domain industry isn’t just a static marketplace—it’s a vibrant, fast-evolving ecosystem where every player has a role to keep the gears turning. Picture a finely tuned machine:…
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Agent, Agentic and More: Domain Name Investment Opportunities
While ‘agent’ has been a highly-sought domain term for many years, with artificial intelligence enabled smart agents, the term has taken on a whole new significance. Several relate…
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Top Topics: NetSol nightmare; DeepSeek & ai.com; I don’t get domain drops; AI & the domain future; Owning domains outright
Fresh Top Topics Weekly news review at NamePros! Network Solutions nightmare; DeepSeek acquired ai.com? I don’t get domain drops! AI & the future of premium domain valuat…
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The Power of Descriptive Domains in Building Success
When it comes to building a memorable and successful brand online, your domain name is everything. And let’s face it—naming your business is no small feat. But there’s one type of …
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Reinvestment, Cash Reserves, Feedback Loops, Stability, and Domain Asset Allocation–or What To Do With Funds From A Sale?
After a domain name sells, then what? First promptly take down listings for the name at any other marketplaces, and update your records. But after that, What do you do with th…
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Top Topics: .AI market is “dead;” Terrible domain brands; Deepseek domains fever; Crossing the squatting line; BIN refund at GoDaddy
Welcome to the Top Topics review at NamePros! Dot .AI aftermarket is dead; Terrible names in the domain industry; Deepseek: Domain showcase and discussio…
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Blockchain Meets Domains: A New Era of Digital Property
Imagine a world where domain names are more than just website addresses. Instead, they become valuable digital assets, akin to rare collectibles. In this emerging future, short and…
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Median Top 10 Trends Indicator: What It Means and Results Through End 2024
A few months ago I introduced two indices to spot extensions trending up or down: Top Ten Index as Measure of Domain Extension Strength. While the article presented early resu…
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Top Topics: Afternic checkout issue; Atom phishing alert; Dissolved corporations & their domains; SAV auctions closed at $1; Droplist second thoughts
Afternic commission issue; Atom reported as a phishing site; Dissolved US corporations: Who owns their domains? SAV.com auctions with no reserve; I let these domains drop, was it a…
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Interview with Ken Lin: Domainer and Developer of dotDB
When you want to know how many extensions a term is registered in, many investors turn to dotDB. This is a helfpful metric to gauge interest in a term. The dotDB site has been…
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Sedo brokered Pack.com; Retail sales & NamePros; 3D.ai sold for $100k; Molly’s passion about domains; NPs’ own domain appraisal tool!
Welcome to the Top Topics review at NamePros! Sedo brokered the $600k sale of Pack.com; Retail sales on NamePros – Possible? 3D.ai scores $100k sal…
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2024 Domain Name Market Dollar Volume Trends
Each year I look at trends in dollar volume for sales reported in NameBio. This report is based on about 144,700 domain name sales recorded for 2024 at NameBio,…
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Top Topics 2025: Afternic, up your game! Best strategy to lure buyers; Popular ccTLDs in 2024; What’s the scam? Price up after LTO failure
Welcome to the first Top Topics review at NamePros in 2025! Afternic needs to up their game; Best strategy to lure a buyer; Most popular ccTLD in 2024; W…
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Dan.com Shuts Down: Domain Industry Faces New Challenges Amidst Market Changes
Introduction: The Fall of Dan.com Dan.com, once hailed as a revolutionary platform for domain trading, is set to shut down. As part of GoDaddy’s acquisition strategy, Dan.com users…
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Top Topics: $1,000 expired domain reward; Afternic PPC issues; NameBio & copy/paste; Papered.com $25k sale; Did Santa gift you a dream domain?
Welcome to this year’s final Top Topics review at NamePros! A reward of $1,000 to restore an expired domain; Afternic issues with parking new domain…
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2025 Domain Investment Trends: Insights from Dommunity
2025 Domain Investment Trends: Insights from Dommunity As the digital economy continues to evolve, domain investors are seeking to align their portfolios with emerging technologies…
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Top Topics: Is Spaceship the next Dan? 3 Billion EUR quote! Afternic buys & GoDaddy renewals; Law firm required; Lowballing at Sedo
Welcome to this week’sTop Topics review at NamePros! Is Spaceship the next Dan? Quoted 3 Billion euro for a domain; Afternic domain buys without GoDaddy renewal; Law firm to …
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Top Topics: Afternic cancels sale; Quantum domains; GoDaddy and RGP; Aged domains checklist; Share your Christmas domains!
Welcome to this week’s Top Topics review at NamePros! Afternic canceled sale after auth code; Share your quantum domains; GoDaddy and short Red…
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High-Profile Domain Sales Highlight Growing Investment Trend
By Darpan Munjal Founder & CEO of Atom.com, a global naming & branding platform The recent acquisition of Gold.com for over $8 million and the $15.5 million sale of chat.co…
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Quantum Computing: The Development, The Field, The Companies, and Domain Names
This week Google announced major progress in the field of quantum computing. Hartmut Neven, the founder of Google Quantum Ai, wrote about the development in the blog article&n…
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Domaining is becoming harder and domainers are feeling squeezed
Gone are the days when you could just forward your domain to a page and go about your business of selling domains. Things are getting harder and more complex and every scenario I l…
