In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

WordPress buys Thesis.com in bad faith but wins UDRP on technicality, or was it?

Domain Name investor rights are buoyed by a recent UDRP ruling -

find out why.

Fake website Bloomberg.market taken down by Rightside registry -

bad precedent?

Nat Cohen's Telepathy teaches a reverse domain name hijacker a lesson in court and walks away with a settlement.

Reader question: What are the Sherpas oldest domain names?

Reader question: How should a newbie appraise and price 400 domain names for listing on buy-it-now marketplaces?

Reader question: Which is better two word .co or .xyz or two word with a hyphen in .com?

And much more!

An investment in numeric or acronym domain names a year ago likely would have doubled or tripled your money today.

And these types of domain names are considered "liquid," meaning they can be converted into cash quickly with a generally-accepted floor value.

Why are these types of domains so hot, and how close is the "investing bubble" to bursting? You'll find out on today's show.

Put together a great team, build a world-class product, and your company can be successful even with a bad domain.

That's what today's entrepreneur and business leader learned when he and his co-founders started their SaaS project management business on the TeamworkPM.net domain name.

However, years later – with profits in the bank – they decided that the authority and trust afforded by a premium domain name was what they needed to take their business to the next level.

So they took a leap of faith and spent nearly all of their savings – $675,000 – to purchase the Teamwork.com domain name, which they believe has made all the difference in growing their business.

Learn how they negotiated the purchase – over the course of years – from an initial price tag of $20 million, how long it took to recoup their investment, and the growth rate they experienced after starting to use their new Teamwork.com domain name.

In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

Berkens sold Moon.Rocks for $8k -

a real investor-to-end user sale! We hear the details.a

Autism.Rocks sells with an initial offer of $100k

something seems fishy.

Sedo.com charges the seller of Autism.Rocks 15% when it should have been 3%.

Is the recent spate of new gTLD sales a trend or outliers? The Sherpas sound off.

Why is ICANN trying to remove privacy protection on whois records for ecommerce companies?

Reader question: is it rude to ask a domain name investor how much they earn?

Reader question: How to start a domain name leasing business?

Reader question: Are selling brandables bad faith when you know there's a company that can benefit from it?

And much more!

On this Profitable Flips show, we talk to past Sherpa Ali Zandi, who only entered the industry in mid-2014 and continues to make big sales.

In the two weeks leading up to this show, Zandi sold 8 domains within 60 days of acquiring them -

grossing more than $165,000, with a profit of more than $58,000.

In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

Berkens flipped a $1,111 domain for $50,000 in less than 60 days, learn how!

Are first names, like Linda.com or Frank.com, good investments?

How to stop spammers from contacting end users for domains at auction?

.XYZ numbers are starting to decrease...it is plummeting?

Which is better, Aarons.com or FurnitureRental.com? The brand vs. keyword debate.

-Is ICANN in trouble and should the transition even happen?

-And much more!

In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

How to invest $10K if beginning investing today: ten $1K domains or one $10K domain?

After negotiating, seller goes unresponsive. What are your options now?

When is a bird in the hand worth ($10K offer today) two in the bush ($50K in years), and how do you get the courage to reject a good offer?

General Motors goes .Green. Is it more work, or a wise PR move?

RandPaul.com sells for $100,980. "Ransom check" or smart political marketing move?

And much more!

In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

A massive search volume word but in .MOBI

worth the hand registration?

How to find the elusive registrant with either bad or fake information

IDN.com or IDN.IDN, do they have any value today?

Shameless.Sucks shows up at INTA with condoms and an insulting billboard

Which new gTLDs the Sherpas WON'T be renewing in the upcoming year

How today's new gTLD launch of .Video compares to the established ccTLD .TV

And much more!

In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

Negotiating a hand-registered domain name

What to do when a hot purchase inquiry has gone cold?

Is there value in two-word .NET domain names with high search volume?

Are exact match domain names out of favor and will they ever rise in value again?

Making brandable domains out of exact match keywords

How should new domain name investors start-out in investing today?

NeverLikedItAnyway.com

worthy of winning Verisign's Internet Contest?

What GoDaddy's $28.1MM purchase of Marchex's portfolio means to you as an investor

And much more!

In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

Are .COM values increasing or decreasing as a result of the new gTLDs?

Should you be doing outbound sales calls by telephone on inbound inquiries by email?

Not all .COMs are taken and Verisign proves it

ICANN Passes the buck to the FTC

Judy Berkens makes a special guest appearance and shares the secrets to 29 years of marriage

And much more!