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Behind The Keyword – Spotlight on “Media”

September 27, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

Welcome to Behind The Keyword, I will be taking a look at the most popular keywords that sell, get listed and get developed. Whether it be on big marketplaces like Sedo and Afternic or specialty sites like BrandBucket. Today we are looking at the keyword – Media Some Media related statistics: 7,740,000,000  results for the […]

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Filed Under: Behind The Keyword, Brandable Domains, Branding

Ethics question spurs one hell of a debate

September 20, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Namepros just closed a thread that had one of the more heated debates we have seen in a long time. The debate sparked over ethics, whether or not cutting a broker out of the deal, is unethical or smart business. The thread starter (talhahassan) decided to call out Shane Bellone and use his name in […]

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When it comes to domain sales Bird is the word

September 18, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

From restaurants like Red Robin, to ice cream brand Blue Bunny to email marketing service Mail Chimp, branding that incorporates an animal or creature is very popular. So I decided to take a look at which animals rule the roost when it comes to domain sales. Up first is Bird Namebio lists 54 sales with […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain Sales, Domain trends

Not all those .blog names will be priced reasonably

September 17, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Many are getting excited for the upcoming launch of Dot Blog. Namepros conducted an interview with Matt Mullenweg  the creator of WordPress. One question asked in the interview was the following: NP: With reports of some new gTLDs failing to perform well during the renewal phase, how do you plan on maintaining high renewal rates? […]

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Filed Under: .blog, new gtlds

Verisign Top Trending Keywords for August – Videos and Weed

September 13, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for August. Videos was number one in .com and number five in .net. Not one keyword from July was in the August list. .com .net videos options weed big drug foundation treatment tree options videos states drone alcohol brain drones safety weather dogs wheel bot Compare to July

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A Funny Take on Expiring Domains

September 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Eric Lyon takes a humorous look at one of the daily experiences that plays out every day in the domain industry.

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Brandable Bits for 9-12-16 Not Everyone likes getting contacted by BrandBucket

September 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Brandable Bits – Bite size nuggets of Brandable news and info BrandBucket reaching out to some domain owners is not welcomed BrandBucket has apparently been emailing some people to come sell their domains on BrandBucket and some do not like it. One commenter here said the following: Mike says August 28, 2016 at 10:04 pm […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Bits, Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain trends

Make Sure You Know What You Are Agreeing To – The First 30 Days Matter

September 11, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Most domain investors don’t know what they are agreeing to when they create an account with a domain registrar. They just click a box agreeing to the terms of service. With some registrars you are agreeing just by logging in. Now to be fair you don’t have a choice, you can’t register a domain name […]

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BrandBucket August Sales 6 Character Tops The Invented Category

September 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

BrandBucket released their August newsletter, they mentioned the recent news about Keith DeBoer becoming a brand ambassador, (congrats to Keith). August Sales While we experienced an expected lull at the beginning of the month, things picked up significantly, and August proved to be another strong month of sales with 45 different sellers selling names. The average […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain trends, domaining news

The Popcorn Thread of The Week

September 7, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

The popcorn thread of the week is over at Namepros and it deals with .40 domain purchases, Paypal chargebacks for revenge and an innocent member getting caught up in the melee. Namepros member iAchilles may have summed it up best: All domains and names posted who are involved in this debacle, are now officially damaged […]

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