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If you don't build a personal network, you limit your ability to sell domain names. Today's Sherpa describes how his personal network was critical to his professional success selling .com.au domain names. Without a network, he wouldn't have been able to acquire customers or close deals. All investors focused on ccTLDs should watch this show.

DNSeattle took place on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle, Washington - and raised more than $6,000 to help find a cure for cancer! More than 100 attendees met, networked and learned about domain name sales during this live fireside chat session with Andrew Rosener of Media Options and Michael Cyger.

When I started investing in domain names, I knew others were paying less in domain name registrations and renewals but I didn't know how. I hunted high and low for discount codes and coupons, mostly wasting my time when they didn't work at checkout. What's worse is that the time I wasted could have been better spent on education, research or outreach to find and acquire better domain name investment opportunities. Today I'm pleased to share some exciting news with you.

Ali Zandi closed the second highest domain name sale of 2017 to date. If you want to know what goes into a $2 million blockbuster sale and hear all the details directly from the domain name broker that made it happen – this is the show you need to watch.

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.

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: VirtualStudio.com, PDMC.com, SweatSeal.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: vHeadset.com, 365Gamer.com, Green.land... Get your bids in soon for Apologize.com, Gunslinger.com, EatVegan.com... And the Sherpas found a few deals: UnsungHero.com, VoiceExpert.com, DancingCloud.com Plus, much more! We're joined by Ali Zandi, Josh Eisenhower and Shane Cultra.

Chris Gimmer and his co-founder built a pretty slick piece of software called Snappa. I liked it so much I became a paying customer just nine months after their launch. But they launched on a .io domain name and – as Gimmer describes in "How (and Why) We Purchased the Snappa.com Domain for $40,000" – their "cool startup domain name" left their customers confused and questioning the longevity of their operations. So, negotiating the price down from $84,500, they bought Snappa.com for $40,000 on a payment plan. But nothing is ever as easy as it sounds, and in this interview Gimmer explains the details behind his thought process at each stage of his bootstrapped SaaS startup.

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? In this show: We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Wadsworth.com, VeryLocal.com, LSFA.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: TurfPal.com, TechMorsel.com, GanjaCall.com... Get your bids in soon for NetFolio.com, Emblaze.com, DynCorp.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Michael Krell, Andrew Rosener and Shane Cultra.

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names? 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. We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: InstantHeat.com, RowingMachines.com, KreditKort.com An investor's portfolio is appraised: GoodKush.com, Golf.tips, StaffingSolutions.com... Get your bids in soon for BIOD.com, QuickDiet.com, eForce.com... Plus, much more! We're joined by Andrew Rosener, Frank Schilling and Shane Cultra.

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).