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DigitalPoint.com Domain Name Marketplace Review

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

The forum at forums.digitalpoint.com has been around since 1999, which makes it the oldest domain name forum alongside Sitepoint.com that has been reviewed here at DNXpert.com. Digitalpoint.com offers a strong domain name marketplace. They have a massive 100,000+ member base, over 4,000,000 posts and an active member community.

Selling at digitalpoint forums is a breeze. The members are fair and conscientious – for the most part – and transactions go ahead without any problems. A rating system enables you to determine whether a certain member is worth dealing with.

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Domaining Resources – Word Lists

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | No Comments »

Word lists are a sought after commodity if you happen to be a domainer. Today, when a lot of quality domain names are already taken, and would cost an arm and a leg to acquire, domainers turn to various domain name analyzer programs and word lists to get that next quality domain name combo.

Analyzer programs are fine and dandy, but without a quality word list, they are almost useless. You can only go so far with thinking up words to plug in as parameters for your analyzer program.

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DomainState.com Domain Name Marketplace Review

Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

DomainState.com has been around for almost as long as DNForum.com. Their whois indicates their domain name was first registered in February 2002. Since then, they have been shoulder to shoulder with DNForum.com in most respects.

What sets DomainState.com apart from DNForum.com is the fact that DomainState is a free forum. There is no tiered membership structure – everyone is created equal. What’s more, DomainState.com has provided domainers with some awesome domaining tools, like the All-in-one whois tool, used by many domainers today. The multiple who is checker provided by DomainState.com for free is another awesome tool. You can download both at the tools section of DomainState.com for free.

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Appraisal scams

Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | 3 Comments »

I’ve had quite a few offers for my domain names over time. There is one kind of offer that I have received numerous times which I would like to warn my readers about. It is a domain name appraisal scam covered up as a domain name enquiry.

Basically, a domain name appraisal company acts as a party interested in the purchase of your domain name. They put together an approach letter like the following email that I received for a domain name of mine

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Sitepoint.com Domain Name Marketplace Review

Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

Sitepoint.com is an Australian based web community. It is an internet development enthusiast’s "candystore". It is split into a large education article section, education videos section, educational blogs section and a large forum community which prominently features an outstanding domain name marketplace.

Registration is completely free. Once registered, you are free to browse around and read all the forums sections that you like. If however you decide to sell a domain name or website, you will face paying for a placement. Currently, placing a domain name for sale will cost you $5 US. If your domain name is valued at atleast $xx then listing is definitelly worth it due to the large amount of traffic Sitepoint.com experiences. It is a highly reputable community and as such gets many visitors, many of which happen to be end-users… a domainer‘s favourite.

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Namepros.com Domain Name Marketplace Review

Posted on October 2nd, 2007 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

NamePros.com is a 4 year old domain names forum. It’s owner who goes under the username -RJ- has built it from the ground up, along with a few of his other ventures. Today, it stands shoulder to shoulder with the other few big time domain name discussion forums on the web. Despite the total number of posts or members not being accessible, the mere fact that over 2,500 members are online at any given time indicates the size of this useful community.

Registration is completely free. Once registered, you are free to browse around, advertise your services or domains, or bid and make offers for domains.

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DNForum.com Domain Name Marketplace Review

Posted on October 2nd, 2007 by admin in Domain News | 1 Comment »

DNForum.com is one of the older domain name forums around. According to it’s whois information the domain name was first registered on December 23, 2001. It has since changed ownership a few times but underwent a major restructuring in 2003 when paid membership was introduced. Presently, DNForum is home to more then 44,000 members who have made over 1,000,000 posts.

DNForum.com is currently structured as a paid membership domain name forum, offering a 4 tier structure of membership – differentiated by price. The initial membership level is free ( Bronze ). You can register at the domain name forum for free, and read the free forum sections. The sight of the Platinum, Gold and Exclusive paid membership forums with various sales and auction areas is quite enticing actually, and lures you into purchasing a membership.

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