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How long can you hold names and how many times can you be wrong ?

February 11, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

I think its good to read the stories of successful people and try to learn from them. The domain industry has a lot of success stories and they are worth reading. But you have to be careful in a business with such a low barrier to entry. People think hey Rick Schwartz just hand regged […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101

Heritage client looking to sell a sweet .co portfolio

February 8, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

It looks like one of the better .co portfolios around is hitting the market. Aron Meystedt from Heritage Auctions sent out an email with a list of approximately 750 names. Names on the list include: Ad.co Adult.co Animation.co Annuity.co Answer.co Ant.co Auction.co Bet.co Bid.co Bill.co Cab.co Call.co Care.co Click.co Computer.co Coupon.co CV.co Date.co Deal.co Digital.co […]

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Filed Under: .CO

Namepros hits 1 million discussions

February 8, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

It took 14 years and now Namepros has hit 1 million discussions on the site. Other milestones coming up are 6 million posts and 1 million members. Here is a look at the current numbers: Discussions: 1,000,151 Messages: 5,985,593 Members: 997,198 Congratulations to Eric Lyon and his crew.

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, domaining news, Namepros

Podcast gives details into Sumo.com deal $1m to be paid over 5 years

February 8, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Stitcher.com has a podcast today about the Sumo.com purchase. As was reported everywhere today, SumoMe.com purchases Sumo.com for $1.5 million. In the podcast it is revealed that $500 k was paid upfront and $1 million over the next five years. Noah Kagan explains that paying over 5 years made sense to him, 16,000 a month, […]

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You might sell a domain for $100K but can you sell a Cheeto for $100K ?

February 7, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

You might be able to sell a domain name for $5,000, maybe even $100,000, but do you think you can sell a Cheeto for $100,000 ? That’s right a cheese puff just sold on Ebay for $99,900. Of course it could be a publicity stunt, let’s actually hope it is, but it just shows how […]

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Namerific recent sales and updates to their service

February 7, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

I spoke to Namerific and they gave me some updates on new developments and sales. 1. We have decreased the domain listing fee to just $4 ( at just $4 we create an attractive logo for your domain and write a nice description as well), 2. We have decreased the domain review time to just […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Namerific

GoDaddy updates 2 factor security

February 6, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Joe Styler posted an update on Namepros We finally released an update to our 2 factor security which I know many people have been asking for. You can now add a backup besides your phone to receive the codes such as an app like Google Authenticator. You can now set the 2fa up for the […]

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Someone is going on a .Ai shopping spree

January 31, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 11 Comments

So the last few weeks the Sedo country code sales have been filled with .Ai sales. The top two sales this week were .Ai sales. The week before .Ai took 12 of 27 reported cctld sales. There seems to be one company out of Beijing that is buying all these .Ai names. Beijing YW Tech […]

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Some quality domains wanted threads with solid budgets

January 30, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Going through the domains wanted threads at Namepros I picked out a few listings that have decent budgets and serious buyers. The members have trader ratings of 100%. Many wanted threads can be fishing expeditions or people looking to buy $1 for .20, the listings below while not guaranteed to generate a sale, at least […]

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Filed Under: Domains Wanted, Namepros

A look at how many non .com sales made the top 100 for the last 5 years

January 29, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

It’s the three year anniversary of the launch of the first 7 new strings to be launched. .bike, .clothing, .guru, .holdings, .plumbing, .singles, and .ventures. Some believe that all the new gtlds will affect the value and sales for .com. Will .com sales eventually only become 60% of the top 100 ? (I don’t think […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Domain trends

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