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Buyer + seller guides
How to buy a domain on a marketplace: the 5-step buyer's guide
From finding the right name to receiving the EPP code — a clear, stress-free path through your first marketplace domain…
Buying a domain via escrow: what to expect from start to finish
Escrow is the backbone of safe domain purchases. Here's the full timeline, the fees, and the failure modes — so nothing…
How to sell a domain: a beginner's guide to your first listing
Selling a domain you registered (or inherited) is straightforward once you know the four moves: verify, price, list, tr…
Pricing your domain: BIN vs make-offer vs auction
Three pricing modes, three different sale velocities. Here's how to pick the right one for the domain you actually have.
How much is a domain worth? A practical valuation framework
Domain pricing isn't mystery — it's a few measurable variables plus brand fit. Here's a working framework.
Reading domain comparable sales: how to use NameBio data well
Comp data is the closest thing to objective pricing in the domain market — but you have to filter it carefully to get u…
📚 Glossary
Industry terms defined
NPB Strike
Non-Paying-Bidder strike. Issued when a winning bidder fails to initiate Escrow within the warning window. Three strikes auto-bans the bidd…
Escrow Stage Lifecycle
Five distinct stages an Escrow.com transaction passes through after auction close: Awaiting Buyer, In Escrow, Funds Approved, Complete, Dis…
Auction Format
Deepnom supports four auction formats — English (open ascending, default), Sealed (one blind bid each), Dutch (price drops over time, insta…
Verified Seller
A free, earned trust badge granted by Deepnom based on completed sales, payout-method verification, response SLA, and dispute history. Not …
AI-Appraised Tier
A free, merit-based badge on listing cards driven by an automated 0-100 valuation score. Replaces the retired paid Boost product. Three tie…
Domain investing
Buying domains as appreciating digital assets — registering at retail, holding, and reselling at retail markup to end-users. Capital-intens…
Public seller portfolio
An opt-in public profile at /seller/<username>/ showing a seller's featured listings + opt-in stats (sales count, member-since). Drives bra…
Saved search
A persisted marketplace query that fires notifications when fresh listings match. Captures intent that would otherwise evaporate when the v…
🌐 TLD guides
Reference per extension
.ai — .ai domains explained: the AI-era prestige extens…
The country-code TLD for Anguilla. Demand exploded post-2022 as AI startups adopted it as the canonical extension for machine-learning prod…
.ai, sh, io, me, com, — ".ai domains explained: The rise of artificial in…
.AI domains are the country code top-level domain for Anguilla, popular among tech startups and AI companies.
.app — .app domains explained: HTTPS-only by design
A generic TLD operated by Google, launched 2018. Notably the first TLD with HSTS preload-list enforcement — every .app domain must serve HT…
.au — .au and .com.au: Australia's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for Australia. Until 2022 only second-level (com.au, net.au, etc.) was available; .au at the second level launched March 2…
.br — .br and .com.br: Brazil's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for Brazil. Largest ccTLD in Latin America. Requires CPF (individual tax ID) or CNPJ (corporate ID) for registration.
.ca — .ca domains: Canada's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for Canada. Strict Canadian Presence Requirements — registrants must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or registe…
.cc — .cc domains: Cocos (Keeling) Islands ccTLD, treat…
Country-code TLD for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Marketed globally as a .com alternative — search engines historically treated it as gener…
.cn — .cn domains: China's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for China. Operated by CNNIC. Required for any site targeting the Chinese market with formal local presence; subject to IC…
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