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The year of the noun when it comes to startup naming trends?

September 1, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Crunchbase published an article yesterday on how startup names are becoming less silly. They tweeted out: Call it the year of the noun. Funded startups are choosing brands made up of recognized words or names that describe what they do. Some see this as a goodbye to BrandBucket type made up or invented names. Others […]

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Filed Under: Branding, Domain trends, Domaining 101

Chaotic vs Structured Portfolios

August 31, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

What is a chaotic domain portfolio? Today I will start with another great investment mistake, something that many new gTLD investors are already familiar with (or are slowly becoming familiar with, depending on the overall structure of their portfolio and when they have started). I have not found yet a term for that in the […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, Marek Eckhaus, new gtlds

Moving to a .net from .io due to security concerns?

August 30, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

For a lot of domain investors a short, generic, one word .io is something they are looking to buy. On top of that we have seen companies move from .com to .io. Back at the end of February Draw.io announced that at some point in 2020 they would be moving to diagrams.net. Well they are […]

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Filed Under: .io

Some recent flips at BuyDomains like SpillSafe.com for approx 20X

August 29, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

In this post we take a look at some recent flips from BuyDomains where we have both their buy and sell price. A few of these names are already up and running. SmarterDevices.com sold for $688 on Sedo back in 2011. The buyer back then used it for a couple years and let the domain […]

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Filed Under: BuyDomains, Domain Sales, Domain trends

$90,000 Buyer of UKG.com revealed

August 28, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

On July 5, 2020 Namebio reported that Morgan Linton brokered the sale of UKG.com for $90,000. UKG.com is now the new home for the new Ultimate Kronos Group. In a press release out today Ultimate Software and Kronos have rebranded to form UKG. Kronos and Ultimate Software Unveil Plans to Rebrand as “UKG” LOWELL, Mass. […]

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Filed Under: domaining news, Rebranding

Brandable Domain Names: Marketplaces Must Evolve Search Algorithms To Improve Discovery

August 28, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Darpan Munjal wrote a very good piece over at Squadhelp on how to show up better in results. Years ago there was a big discussion on why some members names showed up on BrandBucket under popular categories. When some saw certain names that say, were not related to tech showing up in the tech category. […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain trends, Domaining 101, squadhelp

Planet.tv sells for $10,000

August 27, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Earlier in the week Ammar (Ammudamus) over at Namepros posted that he sold Mexico.tv for $10,000. Yesterday Planet.tv sold for $10,000 at Sedo. The domain name was owned by a Chinese domain investor and the name was parked at Sedo. Which do you think was the better buy for the same money? I also made […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Domain Sales

A handful of .io names on Tuesday traded for the 2nd,3rd and 4th time

August 26, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Busy day for .io with some .io domains trading for the third or fourth time. Lawyer.io closed at Flippa for $3,500. This was the third time it traded publicly. It sold for $3,200 in 2017 at Flippa and $1,500 in 2016 at Flippa. Moving.io had it’s fourth recorded transaction. It closed at $2,000 at Flippa. […]

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Filed Under: .io, Domain Sales, Domain trends

“Why isn’t the Namepros marketplace the wholesale gold standard?”

August 25, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

So a couple days ago I wrote about DAN integrating with DNWE.com. While discussing that news on the phone with another domain investor as I liked that change. He asked me what about Namepros? He wondered if it’s only wholesale pricing why does anyone want to pay 12% commission to do a deal with someone […]

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Filed Under: DAN.com, DNWE, Domain trends, Namepros

It was keyword360.com day at GoDaddy auctions

August 25, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

There were 18 expiring auctions that closed at GoDaddy that were keyword 360.com related. Some of these names sold for a lot more the first time around back in 2011. Trader360.c0m sold for $4,000 in 2011 at Sedo. Run360.com sold for $3,000 in 2011 at Sedo. Ski360.com sold for $3,000 in 2011 at Sedo. MLS360.com […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Domain trends

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