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WTF Domains volume 1

September 1, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

Welcome to the first edition of WTF? Domains. A look at the ridiculous, the funny, the sometimes obscene. Domains that make you go WTF? Here is the first list of names that have expired that I have been compiling, future posts will be the previous weeks names. Some of the names were registered for over […]

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In 2017 I asked – Could we do a domain auction here on Twitter? The replies were mixed

August 30, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Twitter auctions have no consequences for bad or illegal behavior There was a secondary discussion point in a post on Namepros about auction houses. @MetBob mentioned he saw that Daryl Lopes auctioned a name off on Twitter and thought it was a good idea. He wrote: For those on Twitter, I see that right now […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain Sales, Domain trends

KQ.net sells on Namepros

August 27, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

A couple weeks ago I wrote about QM.net selling on Namepros for $13,777 and KQ.net being up next. The same seller put KQ.net up for auction with the same $1 start no reserve. It closed at $12,400 with ClarkeMarketing winning the name. Two of the bigger auction closes on Namepros, especially with $1 start, no […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain Sales, Namepros

Bidder who cost GoDaddy $27,000 was permanently banned

August 24, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

It has now been a week or so since all the Dispute.com drama. The auction closed at $65,000 High bidder could not pay on time Elliot Silver posted about what happened I wrote a piece on TheDomains.com where Joe Styler added more context in a comment. OnlineDomain.com wrote an article that discussed the topic as […]

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Two word.com names dominate BrandBucket July sales

August 23, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

BrandBucket sent out their latest newsletter and provided some detail into July sale. No sales figures were released but they did provide category data. Two word keywords dominated with 55% of all sales. A Quick Look Back at July: July was a great month for our sellers! We stayed on track to our sales goals […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, Domain Sales

Espresso.net closes at $10,001 in a battle between two bidders

August 15, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

As I mentioned earlier today I started tracking GoDaddy public auctions lately. I had another domainer ask why they didn’t seem to do as well as expired auctions. (People would rather donate to GoDaddy than another domainer?). In talking with Michael Sumner he explained that Namebio has not tracked GoDaddy public auctions, no real way […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain Sales, Go Daddy

Liquid domains did not have a good second quarter according to report

August 14, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Giuseppe Graziano released his LXDO liquid domains market report for the second quarter. As GDPR takes effect, Escrow.com reports the lowest volume of sales since the start of LXDO. Giuseppe commented that the median values of disclosed transactions also recorded very large decreases in almost all categories. This calls for caution in view of the […]

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Filed Under: 1 letter domains, 2 letter domains, 3 letter domains, 4 character.com, 4 letter domains, Domain trends, Liquid Domains Report

Trending keywords for July include, Fashion, Globe and Tesla

August 14, 2018 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign reported their top 10 trending keywords for July. A random bunch of keywords in this report. Fashion, Globe and Tesla were in the top ten this month. .COM .NET vein ton globe  fashion years  film custody company  litigation  over  cozy  mortgage  tesla genesis wicked head  claims source  fitter  ward

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After a successful sale of QM.net now KQ.net up for sale on Namepros

August 13, 2018 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

A couple weeks ago I wrote about QM.net being put up for auction on Namepros. You don’t see a valuable, liquid name such as a 2L.net be put up with a $1 start, no reserve. The auction started on July 29, so it took two weeks to close but the auction closed at $13,777 and […]

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Filed Under: 2 letter domains, Auctions, Namepros

QM.net sells at Namepros

August 11, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

A couple weeks ago I wrote about QM.net being put up for auction on Namepros. You don’t see a valuable, liquid name such as a 2L.net be put up with a $1 start, no reserve. The auction started on July 29, so it took two weeks to close but the auction closed at $13,777 and […]

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Filed Under: 2 letter domains, 3 letter domains, Auctions, Domain Sales, Namepros

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