If you’d like a great example of a well run forum on the subject of domaining, visit Namepros. Namepros has established a large community with many members and a growing number of moderators. There are places for newbies and experts as well as everyone in between. They hold live auctions in the chatroom as well as forum based auctions too.

Though you can buy and sell domains at Namepros, quite easily at times, the emphasis is not on that as much as it is on the networking of domain professionals. Truly a wonderful example of a forum based community.