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Ego vs money (how it took close to a year to close a 6 figure .tv sale)

February 20, 2021 by Raymond Hackney 15 Comments

I have been brokering names for many years, not at the level that a Rosener or Evanson does, but for some clients that I have known for many years. One such client just deals in .tv and I have brokered some names for him in the $10k to $20k range. Most of these transaction were […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Domain Sales

Com vs Non Com

February 19, 2021 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Com vs Non Com a look at reported sales There is no doubt that .com is the undisputed champ when it comes to reported domain name sales. New gtlds are getting older, legacy extensions like net and org. Let’s just call them all Non Coms. Certainly for some exercises there is the need or desire […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Domain trends

Will there always be a .io? One reader asked for a guarantee

February 17, 2021 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

There have been some solid .io sales this year and it prompted one reader to ask me if there was a guarantee that .io would always be in existence? They want to jump in but are concerned by an article that I wrote. A guarantee? No. Since the 2014 article on GigaOm came out about […]

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Filed Under: .io

Stats from the previous NamesCon Online (record breaking turnout)

February 16, 2021 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

NamesCon released some facts and figures from the online conference that took place a few weeks ago. Pretty impressive numbers in my opinion. 1,200+ Attendees (Record-breaking turnout) 60 different countries represented (not as many as Cassie De Pecol visited, but still a wonderfully diverse crowd) The majority of attendees joined us from the US, (28%) […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, domaining news, NamesCon

Park.io has a big day with the highest reported .io of all time Trade.io

February 16, 2021 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Trade.io now takes the top spot. Sold in 2010 on Sedo for $4,000 it went for $88,000 on Park.io Monday. The domain name has been developed, there is a note, Even though the trade.io exchange is in hibernation, the Liquidity Pool is alive and well and has evolved into the TIOprime Pool. Battery.io also sold […]

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Filed Under: .io, Domain Sales

SusanBoyle.com expires again at 8x last time it expired

February 15, 2021 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Singer and musician names have been going for some wild prices this year at GoDaddy expired auctions. From RonnieWood.com (renewed after the fact) MacyGray.com to Sunday’s auction of SusanBoyle.com. Susan Boyle who gained worldwide popularity after appearing on Britain’s Got Talent has her official website at SusanBoyleMusic.com. The domain name SusanBoyle.com expired last Valentine’s day […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Celebrity Domains, Domain Sales

Casino.online purchased for $201,250 now up and running

February 14, 2021 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Casino is one of the most valuable keywords when it comes to domain names and domain name reported sales. Casino tops the list with 63 exact match sales. $7m in dollar volume with $111,800 being the average price. $5.5m for Casino.com was the high sale. Back in 2017 Radix (an advertiser here) sold Casino.online for […]

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Filed Under: Casino, Domain Sales

A look at some recent solid sales where domain investors were the buyer (Part 2)

February 13, 2021 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Over the past few months a few names I have been checking in on for development are just being resold. I covered some domain name sales back in July of last year where domain investors were paying mid to high five figures.. Greenly.com went for $25,500 at GoDaddy auctions and is now listed for sale […]

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SuperCharging.com closes at $50,005 third time it has transacted publicly

February 13, 2021 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

SuperCharging.com closed at $50,005 on GoDaddy auctions. The domain name expired and previously sold two times before. The domain name was picked up for just $500 in June of 2018 at NameJet. I twas flipped for $3,500 at Flippa three months later. According to MotorTrend Supercharger” is the generic term for an air compressor used […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain Sales

VeriSign beats Q4 earnings expectations

February 11, 2021 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Verisign ( NASDAQ: VRSN) announced earnings today, they exceeded expectations and the stock is up over 5% in after hours trading. For domain investors the news most interesting is that the price of .coms are going up. The price hike will take .com wholesale pricing to $8.39. The company ended the fourth quarter with 165.2 […]

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Filed Under: domaining news, Verisign

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