Embrace the Extension in Branding

Every day, it seems like more and more startups and companies launch on, or move to, .com alternative domain name extens…  Read more

Seven with #Sedo : Domains coming up on the #GreatDomains auction for October

GreatDomains is a 7-day long auction by Sedo, our premium sponsor, from October 17 – 24, featuring an eclectic selecti…  Read more

Why Fluz Chose Fluz.app

Google is the company that operates the .App domain name extension. On the Google Developers Twitter account earlier thi…  Read more

Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday October 17th, 2019

There was a debate going on last night on Twitter about whether Supply Razor company really upgraded their name from Ge…  Read more

If Domainers were paid hourly, how much would they make?

I was having a conversation with a friend who is interested in getting started in the world of Domain Investing. She bro…  Read more

ZB.com and its domain implication in corporate China

LL (letter-letter) .com domains are made for China. They are prestigious, short, and easy to remember. Most importantly,…  Read more

Supply Changes URL from GetSupply.com to Supply.CO

There’s a pretty active thread on Twitter discussing the domain name rebranding of a company called Supply. The compan…  Read more

#Sedo lifts $50k price-capping for high value #domain names

Sedo, a premium DomainGang sponsor, announced some exciting news about high-end domain owners. Price capping is now remo…  Read more

Yahoo Groups Shutting Down December 14, 2019

Yahoo Groups is shutting down. On October 21, 2019 they will lock down Yahoo Groups so that no one can upload any more c…  Read more

#Uniregistry : #Domain app goes dark!

Uni App, the multi-function gateway to managing domain names at Uniregistry via mobile devices, has gone dark. The matur…  Read more

#Nationwide : Domain #UDRP names Epik registrar as the Respondent in odd case

Epik, the domain registrar, is being named as the Respondent in a UDRP decision involving the domain name Nationwidexces…  Read more

Nominees for 2020 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award

The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) released the names of the nominees for the 2020 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. The…  Read more

AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 15, 2019

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on October 15, 2019. If there…  Read more

#Bold .CO : Short #domain changed hands for $15,000 dollars

The domain Bold.co recently sold for $15,000 dollars in a transaction that involved Escrow.com and efty. Doron Vermaat,…  Read more

Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday October 16th, 2019

I realized I never gave my race report for the Berlin marathon. I have been running for 12 years. I ran my first maratho…  Read more

Interview with Rich Tabor on his journey building ThemeBeans and selling it to Go Daddy

When it comes to WordPress themes there are a lot to choose from, okay more than a lot, I think it’s fair to use the w…  Read more

#Sedo #domain sales for the week ending Oct 13, 2019 topped by Sudoku.net at 42500 GBP

Sedo weekly: Top sale is that of Sudoku.net at 42,500 GBP ($54,262 dollars). Welcome to the latest edition of reporting…  Read more

.US Town Hall Hosted by Neustar

Neustar, the company that operates the .US domain name extension, will be hosting a .US Stakeholder Town Hall webcast me…  Read more

#HealthLabs .com owner tried to get #HealthLab .com via the #UDRP process

The company that operates HealthLabs.com tried to snatch HealthLab.com as well, by filing a UDRP at the WIPO. As the Com…  Read more

AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 14, 2019

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on October 14, 2019. If there…  Read more

One domain investor hit the Jackpot twice in the same day

The thing about domain sales is they can come fast or they can come slow. The life of a domain investor can be rather lo…  Read more

#Uni Brokerage report: Top 20 #domains sold in the week ending Oct 14, 2019

Uniregistry, a DomainGang sponsor, announced its Top 20 sales for the week ending October 14, 2019. Top sale: Extasy.com…  Read more

Huge numbers: 23-32-63 .com all sold to a #Chinese investor

While the numbers 23-32-63 look like a bottom-heavy chick’s measurements, they are in fact domain names worth millions…  Read more

British #Phenom : Interview with broker James Booth on his latest #domain rebranding

Domain rebranding is a daring, but often necessary move to a better brand. British broker, James Booth of BQDN did just…  Read more

IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Tuesday, October 15th

I sold a .us yesterday that I didn’t know I still had. I must have had the thing on auto renew. Hopefully some registr…  Read more

Namepros adds metrics to post to provide some new insights into your posts

Namepros has added a metrics options to their posts. This can be viewed on any post but should be most helpful on sales…  Read more

#Wendy’s “Feast of Legends” gets matching #domain!

Wendy‘s appeal is increasing among its younger fans, and this time around is not due to a bigger, juicier burger. The…  Read more

AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 13, 2019

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on October 13, 2019. If there…  Read more

Global #Pickleball Network : Three word #domain gets #RDNH decision after #UDRP

Who said that you can’t get hit with a UDRP for a three word domain. That’s what happened to the Registrant of Globa…  Read more

Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday October 14th, 2019

It was harvest day for the old Cultra bee hives. Took my share home and now I have a gallon of honey. Which if I calcula…  Read more

Google My Business Bug Causes 404 Errors on Websites

There is a bug in Google My Business website URLs that causes a 404 error on most websites. Users who use the Google Map…  Read more

AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 12, 2019

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on October 12, 2019. If there…  Read more

Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday October 13th, 2019

The great part of writing every single day is I pretty much document my entire domain journey right here. It’s a diary…  Read more

Some quality domains wanted threads with solid budgets volume 2

Going through the domains wanted threads at Namepros I picked out a few listings that have decent budgets and serious bu…  Read more

Stevan Lieberman Sheds Light on Domain Agreements and Trademark Searches

No sooner than a person is introduced to domain investing, affectionately known as “domaining” by domain investors a…  Read more

AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 11, 2019

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on October 11, 2019. If there…  Read more

Available two word.coms for 10-11-19

Available Domains 10-11-19 Courtesy of Scott from Say Domains   BankWanted ShortBuddy OptionTouch CallMogul CinchTop Fr…  Read more

#Saltwell : Composition of NaCl and KCl #salt failed to get matching .com #domain

Saltwell is a Swedish company that runs a promo on LinkedIn about its “unique” salt that contains 35% less sodium ch…  Read more

#Kinetik .com : Is this the next #Tesla sized #domain sale coming up?

Kinetik is a Bulgarian electric car company, and they are growing very fast. Kinetik operates from the domain KinetikAut…  Read more

How much of a startup’s funding should be spend on a domain name?

Here’s a burning question that startups around the world have – how much of their funding should be spent on a domai…  Read more

Social.Media looks to have been sold, How much?

Namepros member Dave came across a listing at DAN (an advertiser here) that showed Social.media looks to have sold. This…  Read more

MOZ launches free domain name SEO analysis tool

The SEO gurus at MOZ, a company famous for making some pretty awesome (but not free) SEO tools, has decided to take the…  Read more

Forget CBD.world – CBD.biz sold for $90,000

A lot of CBD news today, mCig Inc apparently sold CBD.biz for $90,000 as listed in a filing with the SEC. The They descr…  Read more

CBD.world was first acquired for $1.85 in June 2019

Theo at DomainGang broke the news that CBD.world was sold for $20,000 by BQDN. The name has quite a past over the last f…  Read more

A hacker stole 17 domain names during the Ethereum Name Service Auction, and now they’re giving them back – here’s why

If you remember back in September I wrote an article about a domain auction being run by the Ethereum Name Service, well…  Read more

Uniregistry weekly sales led by calisthenics.com

Uniregistry released their top 20 sales for the week and Calisthenics.com led the way at $30,000. DeskPhone.com was seco…  Read more

How often do you follow up with people who previously wanted to buy a domain from you

As a domain investor it happens all the time – someone reaches out, they hav a budget, it’s not insultingly low, but…  Read more

Weekend musing – next stop Japan 🛫 🇯🇵

Years ago I used to do a weekly post on either Saturday or Sunday called weekend musings. That stopped a few years ago a…  Read more

Bill’s List: Speakers to See and Meet at Pubcon Las Vegas 2019

Every year at this time I hand-pick a list of speakers that I recommend you meet and see speak–the information they br…  Read more

Morgan’s weekly Domain Investing news roundup for the week of September 30th, 2019 – now including Tweets, and Instagram

Hello, happy Friday, and welcome to another weekly domain investing news update. Last week I included Tweets for the fir…  Read more

How the heck did HVW.com sell for $12,000?

Lately I’ve seen a number of cases where people sell domains for well below market value. I get it, if you need money,…  Read more

Three ways I’m planning on using Efty’s new Zapier Integration

Yesterday Efty announced their new Zapier integration and as someone that has used Zapier for years, and also uses Efty,…  Read more

Ten years later : How “Friday Funnies” became DomainGang

Keeping a personal blog for a decade is easy, one can write whenever they have the time, or the inspiration – or the n…  Read more

Google Bulletin is Shutting Down

Google is shutting down Google Bulletin, as well as the Google Bulletin App, which will stop working in about two weeks.…  Read more

Domain buyers: Strike while the iron is hot

The majority of my domain buyers are corporations, start ups, and companies in stealth mode. I’m pretty sure the occas…  Read more

How to Protect Your Google Account with Google Advanced Protection

Do you have a Google Account that you use frequently? I have more than one Google Account, but one that I primarily use…  Read more

Five Figure Domain Sales right after relocating to Malaysia!

Hello and Assalamo Alaikum, It’s been just couple of weeks coming to Malaysia and right after relocating, I sold coupl…  Read more

Sales Calls Selling Amazon Alexa Voice Search Listings

Local businesses are getting unsolicited sales calls from a company saying they’re from Amazon Alexa. The local busine…  Read more

Fake Conference Attendee Contact Lists Being Sold

Fake email conference attendee contact lists are being sold and the latest targeted conference appears to be Pubcon Las…  Read more

Moved to Malaysia on permanent basis. Anyone out there?

Hello and Assalamo Alaikum, It’s been really busy last few months but very exciting at the same time as well. Due to h…  Read more

Google Says Goodbye to Old Google Search Console

Google is saying goodbye to the old Google Search Console. In a post on the official Google Webmaster blog and a tweet,…  Read more

Another ridiculous attempt to justify a lowball domain offer

During the past 20 years, I’ve seen a lot of attempts to justify making lowball offers for a domain name in my portfol…  Read more

US Govt. Social Media Keyword Watch List: Don’t Use These Words on Social Media Posts

A list of keywords that the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses to watch all social media accounts…  Read more

How Expired Domain Names Are Used for PBNs, Rebuilds, and Redirects

When someone (or a company, organization) doesn’t renew a domain name, the domain name goes through a drop process. Fi…  Read more

Domain negotiations with the Arab world

Arabic speakers account for more than 4% of the world, and almost 320 million people. The Arab culture is a mosaic of lo…  Read more

Rub.com : Finally, a domain investor takes the right development approach

When you own a quality generic domain name, such as Rub.com, it’s important not to erase its potential. Generic domain…  Read more

Flexibility in domain name negotiations : Sign of graciousness, or weakness?

When negotiating on a domain, the field is open wide. It’s like a chessboard with two armies, the White and the Black.…  Read more

Third Consecutive UDRP win but this time with RDNH finding!

Hello and Assalamo Alaikum, Not sure if this is the longest break I’ve taken in publishing posts but there were severa…  Read more

“Domain names aren’t nearly important nowadays”

The commercial registration and use of domain names goes back to the early 1990’s. Since 1995, domain registrations ar…  Read more

Thank you, Jeff Gabriel

Jeff Gabriel announced his departure from Uniregistry, earlier today. Those of us that were made aware of this personal…  Read more

Shift the paradigm : Clueless realtors and domain names

A lot of domain investors facilitate domain sales basing their approach on how the real estate market operates. While th…  Read more

GoDaddy : Openly ignoring the BIN price and using the client as an excuse

In May I wrote about how GoDaddy continues to send unsolicited offers for domains that are listed for sale on other mark…  Read more

This negotiation turned into successful sale

Hello and Assalamo Alaikum, There have been many times fellow domainers ask about how I negotiate and what messages were…  Read more

From $16888 quote to $16888 domain sale

Hello and Assalamo Alaikum, It was a fantastic last week of March where I closed two good sales. I had a great February…  Read more

DomainAnimal Removed from Domaining.com

FYI – DomainAnimal.com has been removed from the Domaining.com feed due to being sold. The owner of Domaining.com dema…  Read more

Partnership between .xyz Domains and Ethereum announced for secure coin management and trading

At Ethereum’s DevCon3 last week, the popular blockchain cryptocurrency announced a partnership with XYZ to allow users…  Read more

Radix Claims 77% Renewal Rates After Two Years

New gTLD registry Radix says that three of its larger TLDs have seen a 77% renewal rate two years after launch. The comp…  Read more

Amazon and Google to Fight Over .kids at Auction

Amazon, Google and a third applicant are scheduled to fight for control of the new gTLDs .kid or .kids at auction. It’…  Read more

Why I Bought A .ai Domain Name

As a domain investor, I have never been a big fan of new domain extensions (domains that are not .com, .net, or .org). T…  Read more

Hammock Swings From Rightside to Markmonitor

Statton Hammock has joined brand protection registrar MarkMonitor as its new vice president of global policy and industr…  Read more

Coya Buys Coya.com Before $10 Million Funding Round

CrunchBase reported that an insurance startup called Coya received $10 million in seed funding at the end of August. A q…  Read more

Registry Bosses to Talk ICANN "Tax Cuts" at Private Meeting

The CEOs of 20 or more gTLD registries are due to meet privately this month to discuss, among other things, the possibil…  Read more

Donuts Files Opening Brief in .web Appeal

Company believes covenant not to sue is invalid. New top level domain name company Donuts, through its company Ruby Glen…  Read more

GoDaddy Adds Appraisal to Domain Settings Pages

In May of this year, GoDaddy reintroduced its free domain appraisal tool, and the company began showing domain name valu…  Read more

Another Auda Director Quit in Secret

Australian ccTLD registry auDA, in the midst of a transparency controversy, reportedly lost another of its directors las…  Read more

.club Nears Profitability, Talks Renewals and "Trial" Domains

.CLUB Domains is nearing profitability and poised to become a “growth engine”, despite the view that most of its cur…  Read more

Manage Your Own Domain Leads with HelpScout and WordPress

I would like to share one of the main things I’ve been working on lately in case anyone here could possibly benefit: �…  Read more

My Cloud Gaming Site – 247Gamers.com

I am happiest when I am working on new projects, especially ones that have the potential to make millions of dollars. Th…  Read more

4 Options for Free Killer Domain Logos

Whether selling a domain or launching a website, a nice logo can give a boost. If on a steak and taters budget with time…  Read more

Sharing

Ever try a neti pot? They are supposed to be great for preventing sinus infections. My mother gave me one many years ago…  Read more

The Seven Deadly Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Domain Name from Someone Else

Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:…  Read more

Working In Teams

“After all is said and done, more is usually said than done.” The New York Times published a very interesting articl…  Read more

NameSilo Marketplace Launches Domain Payment Plans

NameSilo, a domain name registrar, has just launched the ability to offer Payment Plans for premium domain names to cust…  Read more

.KIWI Gains 170,000 Domain Registrations In Two Weeks (Yeah, Right!)

.KIWI, a new domain extension aimed at the New Zealand market, has experienced tremendous registration growth the past t…  Read more

Why I Paid $1,500 to Rescue Oliver Stone's Domain Name

Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:…  Read more

Condo.Vegas Soft Launches

Two months ago we acquired Condo.Vegas, along with its plural, Condos.Vegas, we did this as a continued addition to our…  Read more

A Reboot for my Blog

For quite sometime I have had it in my mind to do a “reboot” of my blog at BruceMarler.com. I did my first initial p…  Read more

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

When my parents were teenagers, they hung out at drive-ins. My generation hung out in malls (I am 47). And at arcades an…  Read more

New gTLDs – Aren’t We Forgetting Something? (My DOMAINfest Asia 2016 keynote)

Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:…  Read more

YouTube Red

I signed up for YouTube Red this week, and I recommend you give it a try (they offer a free 1 month trial). But, that is…  Read more

BoatDeals.com – Will It Float?

“If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” – T.S. Eliot You may have heard of Beepi.co…  Read more

Free Books

Did you know there are hundreds of eBooks you can read for free each week? I only stumbled across this industry because…  Read more

New-Tech Domains and When To Cut Losses

Occasionally I become interested in a new technology that is just beginning to bud, and if it sounds promising, like oth…  Read more

The Student and The Barometer

“Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open.” – Thomas Dewar Here’s a story I heard many years a…  Read more

A Domain Buyer Broker’s POV on which Domains are Most Wanted

Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:…  Read more

Beware of Black Hat SEO

I come to you today with a warning: Beware of SEO companies. Not all SEO companies are bad, but many employ tactics that…  Read more

My Top 10 Mistakes and Failures

Some people have told me that my book How To Make Money Online: Work From Home and Get Rich On The Internet has a mislea…  Read more

Are Capital Controls Behind China’s Move Into the Domain Market?

It is an undisputed fact to anyone involved in the domain name aftermarket that a significant upswing in overall pricing…  Read more

2016 – The Year of Virtual Reality

My prediction is that 2016 will be the year that virtual reality (VR) finally becomes a major industry. There are many f…  Read more

Are You In A Bubble?

We live in a magical time. With one click, I can listen to almost any song or album ever made just by paying $9.95/month…  Read more

Klarna.com – Buy Now, Pay Later

Do you own a website where people pay by credit card? If so, you may be interested in a new service that could increase…  Read more

Thinking Big

Damn that Elon Musk! I create a site solving the mystery of why some women’s shirts get tiny holes in them (ShirtHoles…  Read more

Why Choosing the Wrong Domain Name is Like Burning Money

Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:…  Read more

Are All The Good Domains Taken?

Surprisingly, this is a very controversial question. It plays a central part right now in a big lawsuit, where Verisign…  Read more

I Wrote A Book – How To Make Money Online

I finally decided to write a book. It is called How To Make Money Online: Work From Home and Get Rich On The Internet, a…  Read more

I Have Seen The Future

I don’t usually make product recommendations on my blog, but for $10 you really should try the Google Cardboard virtua…  Read more

The Online Music Business Sucks

A year ago I wrote about how I started outsourcing my song performances, because I had written over 100 songs but don’…  Read more

My First Kiss

Fear. That is what it came down to. In a previous blog posting, I talked about my First Date in middle school. We fell i…  Read more

Throwback Thursday – One Commenter’s Cogent Corrective To A Blogger’s ‘Cybersquatter’ Rant

While cleaning out an inbox the other day I somehow came across a link to a blog post from four years ago, titled, Domai…  Read more

Google’s Mobilegeddon

Google made their much anticipated mobile-friendly update (nicknamed “Mobilegeddon”) last week, where a site’s sea…  Read more

Domain Name Prices

I find the current state of the domain name market confusing. Every week I read about a bunch of domain sales, all at wh…  Read more

Google Adsense Warning

My Google Adsense stats have been going crazy for the past 24 hours. I am making 2-10 times as much money as usual for s…  Read more

My First Date

Sometimes business is a little like dating. Let me explain. I went on my first date when I was in 7th grade. It was typi…  Read more

There Is Nothing New Anymore

I bought a new computer this week. It was a top of the line PC for $1100. But, it really is no better than the last high…  Read more

The Yin to the Yang of Domain Sales

Although it isn’t a regular column to this blog, consider this my weekend musings, if you will.  The following are so…  Read more

Moniker Exiting the Drop Game?

One of the company’s drop-catching proxy registrars SantiamDomains recently (and quietly) changed hands and is now und…  Read more