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Trending keywords for May no surprise in Fidget, Crypto and Coin.

June 14, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their trending keywords for May and coin, fidget and crypto topped the list in .com. No surprise with the run up in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Fidget has to do with fidget spinners, my Nieces have driven my Sister crazy over these things. The 7-11 around the corner was selling out within […]

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Are more domainers a good or bad thing?

June 12, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 12 Comments

Interesting question posed today on Namepros that brought me back to a conversation from last week. Last week a long time domainer who I had not spoken to or texted with in months, texted, “There are just too many people in this business.” I replied, I think there are more coming, he replied back with […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, Namepros

Frank Schilling clarifies his thoughts on latest .xyz promotion

May 31, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

After Konstantinos wrote a very good post on the latest .xyz promotional email from Uniregistry, it seems Frank Schilling took the time to send a follow up email. I think this was a smart move on Frank’s part as some might have read the first email as a solicitation. I wonder if it’s wise to […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Uniregistry

GoDaddy aftermarket not getting paid out on Ebates

May 30, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

There was some discussion last month about GoDaddy auctions and Ebates. As many know ebates allows members to receive cash back from their selected partners. Most companies have some exceptions. For GoDaddy that restriction is aftermarket products. You cannot win a name for $500 and get 10% back if you are using Ebates. Now there […]

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Filed Under: Go Daddy

WhatAboutWatermelon.com closes at $1,975

May 29, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Sometimes you see a name close at auction and you just say, “Wait, what?” WhatAboutWatermelon.com closed on GoDaddy auctions at $1,975, GoDaddy had a valuation of $1,294. The domain was actually developed into a website about what else? Watermelon. Solid backlink profile, data courtesy of Majestic SEO External Backlinks 11,408 Referring Domains 541 Referring IPs […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain Sales, Go Daddy

Disappointment in the current state of domaining

May 21, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Are you disappointed with the state of domaining ? There is a member on Namepros that posted the following: Hi All, I just had this thing on my mind and feel I had to rant. There are so many domainers out here who have grossly overvalued their domains. They are very highly unlikely to sell […]

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Member from the Netherlands is member 1,000,000 on Namepros

May 16, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Namepros member SofTEdge looks to be member number 1,000,000. The user from the Netherlands joined at 5:45 am Pacific time. It looks like JBLions was the winner of the contest put together by Cyberian. That’s unofficial but from a quick look it seems right. The contest picks are here

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25 away

May 15, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Currently Namepros stands at 999,975 members, closing in on the magic million member number. One million discussions was hit back in February. A few people are going to win some sweet prizes courtesy of Cyberian. Those who participated in the contest that picked May 16, should be the winners. I personally went with May 19, […]

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Mike Berkens sells Learn.Wine

May 15, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Mike Berkens sold Learn.Wine for a net gain for $10,000. Mike told me two weeks ago that he had a potential .wine sale and it’s now official. Congrats to Mike on what I think is a great price. We @mwd sold the new gTLD Learn(.)wine for a net to us of $10K through @GoDaddy brokerage […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Michael Berkens, new gtlds

Domain Tools delivers another jab to domainers

May 11, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Back when Domain Tools increased their prices in April of 2016, a friend texted me, “at least dailychanges is still free.” I texted back, “give it time” Well now it seems that June 1 you will have to have a personal membership at Domain Tools ($99 monthly, $995 yearly) to access Daily Changes. There is […]

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