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About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

What a difference a decade makes for PartyPooper.com

January 26, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Back in 2013 PartyPooper.com went for just $305 at NameJet. What a difference a decade makes. The domain name expired and closed at GoDaddy auctions on Wednesday at $5,877. There is a developed website at Party-Pooper.com a Utah based waste management company. No activity on the domain name according to Archive.org. Only 5 backlinks according […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Go Daddy

$69,888 buyer of Conduit.xyz revealed

January 25, 2023 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Back in December of last year, Swetha posted an impressive sale. Conduit.xyz sold for $69,888. At the time I mentioned the name was first owned by a William Waltz and Conduit, Inc. Then Swetha owned it and she let it drop only to reacquire it. The domain name was not resolving at the time of […]

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Filed Under: .xyz

Pharmacia.com left to drop by Pfizer closes at $18k

January 24, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Pharmacia was a Swedish pharma and biotech company that merged with Upjohn back in the mid nineties. According to Wikipedia, The company is named after the Greek word φαρμακεία, transliterated pharmakeia, which means ‘sorcery’. In 2002 Pfizer bought Pharmacia for $60 billion. The domain name Pharmacia.com was finally left to drop and the name closed […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, DropCatch

Braden Pollock sells StoneAge.com for $120,200

January 21, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Braden Pollock cranked another one out of the park with a $120,200 sale of StoneAge.com. Registered in 1995 with one prior drop. According to DotDB.com StoneAge is registered in 104 extensions. StoneAge.net redirects to CarnegieStone.com. The .org and .co are listed for sale. Congrats to Braden

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Filed Under: Domain Sales

An analysis of European online shops and their domain names

January 20, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Simone over at InternetX.com (an advertiser here) took a deep dive into the European ecommerce market. Analyzing domain choices around the continent. The importance of domains for online shops Domain names play a crucial role in creating and developing online businesses. First, from a technical point of view, they allow you to “reach” the shop […]

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Filed Under: CCtld, Domain trends, InternetX

Sports.gg buyer has very ambitious plans

January 20, 2023 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Back on Halloween of last year, Logan Flatt and his Media Code LLC posted the highest reported .gg domain name sale of all time. Sports.gg sold for $96,000. Flatt told Andrew over at DNW.com that he acquired the domain name for less than $1K on DNWE.com. The website that’s now up and running looks pretty […]

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Filed Under: .gg, Uncategorized

Squadhelp updates commission terms

January 18, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

GoDaddy is streamlining commissions across all their properties. That news certainly riled up many investors as Namepros has a very long thread with many members chiming in. Squadhelp announced a change to their commissions that sell through Afternic. Starting February 1st, we will be reducing the commission for premium approved domains that sell through Afternic […]

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Filed Under: squadhelp

GoDaddy was busy with 3Character and 4 Character names on Saturday. H33.com tops the list at $19,500 it sold for $9,200 in 2015

January 15, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Quite a lot of action in the mixed letters and numbers genre on Saturday. From the classic LNN to the same LLNN, GoDaddy did well. H33.com was the high close at $19,500. H33.com previously sold for $9,2000 back at Sedo in 2015. Kind of will that the retail price was half the expired market price […]

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Filed Under: 3character, 4 character.com, Auctions, Domain Sales, Go Daddy, Uncategorized

Sedo Most Searched keywords for December 2022

January 12, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Sedo most searched keywords for December 2022 saw SkinCycling at the top. It was the first month in a long time without NFT in the top 10. Shop which was first in November was in second place. Familiar keywords to the top 10, bet, crypto and casino were all in the December report. Sedo Most […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Sedo

Will Web3 domain investors have the patience to stay for the long haul?

January 11, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

TechCrunch published an article on Web3 investors and how on the Venture Capital side they are in it for the long haul. From the article: “Those who understand the space know there’s a lucrative future that’s still in its earliest days,” they said. “Those who don’t understand the space also know that but will be […]

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Filed Under: Web3

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