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2.tv Acquired for $4,600 by Mike Berkens in 2010 Sells for high six figure CNY

February 20, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

In April of 2010, Sedo held what was the biggest .tv auction of all time. Over $800,000 in sales took place. The auction came about with a new pricing structure in .tv, and the registry put up a bunch of names for Sedo to sell. 2.TV was one of the names listed and it went […]

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Filed Under: .tv, 2 letter domains

With DNForum down close to a week members are losing deals

February 18, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

With DNForum.com now down for close to a week some members are expressing their frustration on losing deals. A few have commented here and others have emailed or texted me if I know who a “member name” is in real life ? I know for a fact that some people on Namepros who I have […]

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DNForum.com Down Since Last Night

February 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 12 Comments

DNForum.com the domain community owned by Adam Dicker is down and has been down since last night. No word on if the forum was sold. Namepros member NameYourself was the first to mention the website was not loading.

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Charging Someone Upfront to make a domain inquiry – Fair or Foul?

February 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Some domain investors own a lot of domain names and get a lot of inquiries, some are desirable, some are lowball and some are just a snarky comment about why they don’t deserve to own the domain name. There are services out there such as Domain Agents which provide a secured offer service where if […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101

Verisign’s Top Trending Keywords for January were dominated by China

February 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for January. Chinese terms dominated the .com list while .net was led by inter, heart and beach. Jin, Fang,Yun,Bao and Rong were the top 5 keywords in .com. The keyword Smith was actually in both com and net.

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Filed Under: Domain trends, domaining news, Verisign

Benin and St Helena Need to Think About Getting in the China Game

February 8, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 10 Comments

There are a few countries that should change how they do things and get in the game of repurposing their cctld. I am talking about Benin and the island of  St Helena. These two countries are fortunate enough to possess the .BJ and .SH country codes. With .Ws looking to refresh their brand and focus […]

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Filed Under: CCtld, Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, Numerical Domains

To Shame or not to Shame ?

February 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 14 Comments

Just about every domain investor has dealt with deals gone awry from time to time. It can be frustrating and sometimes even infuriating when the aggrieved party believes that a third party platform does nothing to assist in cutting down on the number of bad players. Some believe that name and shame is the way […]

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Top Web Design Trends for 2016

February 1, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Kristin Pryor published an infographic on Tech.co that looks at what the top web design trends for 2016 will look like. The infographic lists the following eight: The Rise of Flat Material Design Background & Fullscreen Videos Mobile Apps & Social Sites will Dominate Responsive Design with Better Performance Correct Typography: Fit the Theme Increased […]

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ChineseLandrush.com Takes a look at the number 5

January 29, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

ChineseLandrush.com has been running a series of articles on the meaning and history behind numbers in Chinese culture. The latest post is the number 5. 5: 五; Pinyin: Wǔ In terms of understanding the meaning of numbers in the Chinese context, the number five is one of the least ambiguous numbers for westerners to understand. […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, Numerical Domains

A look at Affiliate Marketing in 2016

January 26, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Many domain investors have dabbled with affiliate programs in their domaining career as a way to make some money with a mini site or blog. I have to say I have not done much with affiliate programs over the last couple years except for some Uniregistry stuff. It seems now that some larger publishers like […]

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Filed Under: Affiliate Programs

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