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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

And still….Dynadot remains number 1 winning Best registrar for 2025 at Namepros

January 1, 2026 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

First off I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year, I hope that 2026 is the year that you desire. Happiness and health to you and your family. Well Dynadot did it again Todd Han and the crew win another Best/Favorite registrar of the year at Namepros. 627 votes this year vs 367 last […]

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Filed Under: Domain Registrars, Namepros

Dynadot November 2025 Aftermarket sales report led by Mien.com

December 31, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Dynadot released their November 2025 Aftermarket report. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. The top sale came from the expired category and it was Mien.com at $25,560.88. There were three 5 figure sales in expired. Coinbook.com was second as it was […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Dynadot

Namepros Best/Favorite Registrar for 2025 winding down – Can UD pull the upset?

December 30, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

The 2025 Namepros Best/Favorite registrar of the year poll is winding down. With less than 24 hours left Unstoppable Domains has been coming on strong. Do they have 40 votes in them to overtake Dynadot. This is basically the highest honor a registrar can receive within the industry, (Well maybe I am exaggerating just a […]

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Atom releases data on the root words that drove the most sales in 2025

December 29, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Darpan Munjal posted some interesting data on X today. Atom released Average Selling Price data and listed the top root words that had the best pricing power. Darpan was asked if there was a minimum number of sales and he said, “Domains containing these words must reach double-digit sales to be included, so the averages […]

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Filed Under: Atom, Domain trends

Santa brings James Booth $300K for GameFi.com

December 25, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Even on Christmas James Booth is a selling machine. James posted on X that he sold GameFi.com for $300K at Atom. Registered back in 2013. Congrats to James

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Afternic’s top keyword for November 2025 is Ai

December 23, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Afternic released their top keywords list for November 2025 and AI was first place just like October 2025. My moved from third to second and Group was third..

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QuantumAgents.com sells for $16,000

December 22, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Aaron from LaserAi.com posted on X that he sold QuantumAgents.com for $16,000. He held the name for just 3 months. He sold it at Sedo, This is the highest reported keywordAgents.com reported at Namebio. There are 238 in total. Congrats to Aaron, I think this is a great name.

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Michael Gilmour gives a behind the scenes on his journey from Australia to NamesCon Miami

December 22, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Michael Gilmour of ParkLogic did a fun little travel vlog of his journey to NamesCon. This is the first part of the NamesCon trip – the travel days before things get busy. Curious how others find this side of business travel, do you enjoy it or avoid it? If you are parking your names check […]

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Lonestar.bet sells for $80,000

December 19, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Logan Flatt posted on X that he sold Lonestar.bet for $80,000 at Afternic. Registered just 18 months ago. Now Texas has some of the strictest laws when it comes to gambling. It’s funny because growing up I always thought Texas had a lot of gamblers. I mean it’s Texas Hold’Em. TexasScorecard.com laid it all out […]

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Leo.ai sells for $150,000

December 18, 2025 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Leo.ai is reported today at Namebio as sold for $150,000. Leonid-Costin Kater broke this news back on December 2 but at a higher price. That might have been based on where it was priced. Looks like buyer got a better deal. Some good work from @TheMetaInvest on X shows that the owner of ccLeonardo.ai has […]

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