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(Aired Apr 17, 2016) InstantHeat.com, RowingMachines.com, Golf.tips - Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review! In this show: One Sherpa snags a domain for $285 that Frank Schilling thinks could be worth as much as $50k; A strong portfolio review - find out why; No reserve auctions at NameJet you should watch.

It's easy to dismiss emoji – consisting of silly faces ??? and undefined symbols ??➿ – as a language only for teenagers. But it's actually a universal language that people all over the world use, and emoji domain names are heating up in use and value. Listen in as two of the most experienced emoji domain pros in the industry discuss what emoji domains are, how they work, how they're valued, and how you can get your ? (piece of the pie).

Do you want an excuse to close a domain name sale this month? Here's your motivation: a free escrow for your next domain name sale. But hurry! Efty.com has just launched Payoneer Escrow integration and for the month of April 2017, you can get a free escrow transaction.

Anyone who says all new gTLDs are a waste of money is just plain wrong. On this Profitable Flip show, we talk to Jon Arsenault, a part-time domain name investor who forgoes the traditional .com expired domain drop for opportunities in the new gTLDs. In this episode, Arsenault shares valuable lessons learned on his domain name investing journey and his successful sale of Prop.bet for $6,500 – a purchase he made just 11 months prior for $111.

(Aired Mar 27, 2016) Impala.com, RollingMachines.com, 4L.com, WebCourses.com, Meca.com - - Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review! In this show: The Sherpas share their recent purchases; An new investor's portfolio is reviewed and appraised; Domain names going to auction at NameJet are valued; and much more.

Usually only worthless domain names are found when searching on eBay. (At least that's my experience.) But David Kelly uses a secret tip to filter and find diamonds in the rough. He shares that tip, as well as how he negotiated and purchased TopOffers.com for $550 – while normally the eBay platform only encourages you to just bid on stuff you want. In addition, you'll learn how Kelly both actively and passively markets his domains for sale, and how pricing it in one location led to this $10,000 sale.

(Aired Mar 13, 2016) The hyphenated domain show you've been waiting for! - Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review! In this show we discuss odd forms of domain names and how it affects value, dictionary words that are terrible generics but awesome brandable domain names, and some great domains going to auction soon with NO RESERVE that might be perfect for newer investors.

What do you get when you combine a killer, three-character exact-match domain name with the assets of a software-as-a-service invoicing provider? A quick path to generating revenue. That's what today's Sherpa did, combining a $130,000 domain name with a $20,000 asset purchase. And they were up and running, with some customers saying the brand is so familiar they think they’ve used them in the past. One year into operations, Due.com is processing about $60 million per month in transactions. Here's how it happened.

Domain name hacks are words and phrases that span the dot and make use of the top-level domain extension as part of the word. Startu.ps, ta.gs and k.im are a few examples. But can you make any money investing in domain name hacks? Today's guest can, and in this interview he shares his investment strategy, valuation technique and go-to market tactics for generating $100,000 in sales per year.

(Aired Feb 20, 2016) Happiness.com, UltraCast.com, GardenGifts.com - Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review! In this show we discuss odd forms of domain names and how it affects value, dictionary words that are terrible generics but awesome brandable domain names, and some great domains going to auction soon with NO RESERVE that might be perfect for newer investors.

Liquid domain names are the types of domains that are actively traded in the domain name industry. Would you like to learn more about investing in liquid domains? Every quarter Ivan Rasskazov and Giuseppe Graziano put together a 'state of the market' industry report. Get the insights directly from those who wrote the report.

While many other domain investors focus on THC, Pelletier has bought up many CBD domain names, one of which he picked up as an expired domain name for $27 that he sold for $10,000.

Those companies that buy a premium domain name are saying something about their company to their customers and the industry. According to Noah Kagan, they're saying they have status, they're going to last the test of time, and they have a 'seriousness of business.' Learn how Kagan persisted through seven years of negotiations to finally own Sumo.com, and how his financing creativity finally got the deal done.

Should you buy a killer, exact-match domain name and build a business? Or should you stick to the business of investing in domain names? If you want to know what goes into running a business—with employees, inventory, shipping/receiving and customer service—this is the show to watch. And what better exact-match domain name to take on the $15 billion North America ($62 billion worldwide) battery market than Batteries.com.

The DomainSherpa Review, Live from NamesCon 2017! ClosetDesign.com, Rat.com, PublicEye.com, 2.cool. In this show: * Domains from the audience at NamesCon are reviewed and appraised * Find out which reserve or reserve-met auctions at NameJet the Sherpas like * Audience questions ** With Andrew Rosener, Frank Schilling and Shane Cultra.

(Aired Jan 16, 2016) Carve.com, MonkeyWrench.com, FineCars.com - Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review! In this show we discuss odd forms of domain names and how it affects value, dictionary words that are terrible generics but awesome brandable domain names, and some great domains going to auction soon with NO RESERVE that might be perfect for newer investors.

There are a few companies in the domain name industry that provide financial services. One of them, Domain Capital, provides financing so you can buy premium domain names with only a fraction of the capital required to make the purchase – as long as you can service the loan. Domain Capital can also provide cash based on the value of your portfolio to grow your business.

On this Profitable Flips show, we talk to Mark Levine, a newer individual investor who purchased a series of .io domain names that – as a portfolio – have yielded a 100 percent return on his investment in less than a year with a 23 percent sell-through rate.

Last year we interviewed Christian Calvin about two profitable flips ($81 to $12,500 and $99 to $9,000, both within just months of acquisition). Today we learn how Calvin has sold more than 200 domain names (a 17 percent portfolio sell-through rate), garnered more than $200,000 in revenue, and profited by more than $60,000. You'll also hear how he selects his brandable domain names, what his process is for managing domain names, how he optimizes his sales process, how he's trying to liquidate 30 to 50 domains per month at NameJet to right-size his portfolio, and why he turned down a six-figure offer to sell his entire portfolio.

(Aired Dec 19, 2016) 18x3L.net, CPL.com, NYCSolar.com - Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review! In this show we discuss odd forms of domain names and how it affects value, dictionary words that are terrible generics but awesome brandable domain names, and some great domains going to auction soon with NO RESERVE that might be perfect for newer investors.