Tough Domains

04/18/2018

Picking a name is easy right? Well if you follow some simple rules you can make sure the name you choose has a greater chance to be liked by someone else. Many domainers have two strategies hand reg when you see the opportunity and 2. buy expiring names.. So you may ask which method results in more sales? Well in my experience Im about 50/50 on sales between these methods and there seems to be no rhyme or reason behind a sale. [ 332 more words ]

Picking a name is easy right? Well if you follow some simple rules you can make sure the name you choose has a greater chance to be liked by someone else. Many domainers have two strategies hand r…

05/17/2017

With the introduction of all the new local TLD's are the location based .com still worth what they were? Over 10 years ago in 2005 lasvegas.com sold for $12 million up front with monthly payments that could have taken the price as high as $90 million. But are those prices still valid now that there are so many local tlds available? [ 232 more words ]

http://news.toughdomains.com/2017/05/17/city-and-state-domains-for-sale-geo-tlds/

With the introduction of all the new local TLD’s are the location based .com still worth what they were? Over 10 years ago in 2005 lasvegas.com sold for $12 million up front with monthly paym…

05/02/2017

At one point or another you may ask yourself if using a domain broker will help sell more domain names. Here are some things you should expect when hiring a domain broker. Negotiate the Fee and Sales Price Before you List - Brokers typically charge anywhere from 10% to 30% and the time to negotiate this rate is before you sign anything with the broker. [ 382 more words ]

http://news.toughdomains.com/2017/05/02/what-to-expect-from-a-domain-broker

At one point or another you may ask yourself if using a domain broker will help sell more domain names. Here are some things you should expect when hiring a domain broker. Negotiate the Fee and Sal…

03/13/2017

If you own more than a handful of domain names, then you will need a system to help you manage and track important information regarding those domains. Tough Domains Portfolio Manager have features that will dynamically update important information related to your domain including: Domain Age (automatic update) Expiration Date (automatic update) Registrar (automatic update) Current DNS Name server (automatic update) [ 193 more words ]

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If you own more than a handful of domain names, then you will need a system to help you manage and track important information regarding those domains. Tough Domains Portfolio Manager have features…

03/13/2017

In late 2016, GoDaddy released an emoji search service at ❤️❤️❤️.ws. ❤️❤️❤️.ws was created to allow users to find and register emoji based domains. Currently .WS is the only Top Level Domain (TLD) that offers an emoji based domain and you can register yours right now. You are allowed to put up to three emoji into one domain name. The only drawback right now is that you are not allowed to mix and match characters and emojis due to the three character limit. [ 99 more words ]

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In late 2016, GoDaddy released an emoji search service at ❤️❤️❤️.ws. ❤️❤️❤️.ws was created to allow users to find and register emoji based domains. Currently .WS is the only Top Level Domain (TLD) …

02/02/2017

Tough Domains has come up with an industry concept called the Domain Cycle. The domain cycle includes the following: Discover/Buy, Manage Domain Portfolio, Monetize, and Sell, Hold, or Drop. Discovering/Buying: There are multitude of ways to get great domains names. We wrote an article on finding the best with various domain name tools available online. You can use the name spinner or word generators to help you create the perfect name. [ 416 more words ]

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Tough Domains has come up with an industry concept called the Domain Cycle. The domain cycle includes the following: Discover/Buy, Manage Domain Portfolio, Monetize, and Sell, Hold, or Drop. Discov…

01/31/2017

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Tim Koutroubas is the founder of ToughDomains.com. Tim and I have been exchanging emails for a couple of months as we’ve discussed the ToughDomains platform. ToughDomains.com offers Domain Parking, Sales Pages, Portfolio Management and more. Tim and I talked a little bit about the site and what i...

01/24/2017

The first major step in becoming an ICANN accredited registrar is to decide if you want to purchase an existing registrar or apply for ICANN accreditation. Buying an ICANN accredited registrar will most likely allow you to get your business up and running a lot faster than applying for the accreditation. The price of an accredited registrar is typically around $10,000. [ 346 more words ]

http://news.toughdomains.com/2017/01/24/buying-an-icann-accredited-registrar-v-applying-for-icann-accreditation

The first major step in becoming an ICANN accredited registrar is to decide if you want to purchase an existing registrar or apply for ICANN accreditation. Buying an ICANN accredited registrar will…

01/12/2017

1. The government stop the price increase of .COMs in 2012 when the price was $7.85. Originally there was a price increase of 7% per year from 2007. VeriSign has a deal with ICANN for the .COM domains that originally allowed them to increase the price of the .COM domain registration by 7% a year. The U.S. government came in and froze the price at $7.85 in 2012. [ 175 more words ]

http://news.toughdomains.com/2017/01/12/three-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-net-com-price-increase

1. The government stop the price increase of .COMs in 2012 when the price was $7.85. Originally there was a price increase of 7% per year from 2007. VeriSign has a deal with ICANN for the .COM doma…

01/04/2017

Domain Name Tools You Can't Live Without

09/15/2016

Checkout our latest article on the UDRP http://bit.ly/2chqDOe

08/23/2016

We wrote an article on domain appraisal services. Check it out at http://bit.ly/2bN20I5

Domain evaluation can be quite arbitrary and there is more than one way to evaluate a domain. These Appraisal sites will give you a a great deal of information on the domain from their searc…