The topic of domain names was covered on CRIEnglish.com China Radio International’s English Service is one of CRI’s most important divisions. The article looks at how the average citizen is getting interested in domain names. Colin Campbell of Dot Club was quoted From an insider’s perspective, Colin Campbell thinks Chinese investor’s preference for short, numeric […]
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“The more someone has to type, the less likely they are to go to the domain”
Dr. Thies Lindenthal formerly of Sedo and now a lecturer at Cambridge University, wrote a paper titled, Monocentric Cyberspace: The Primary Market for Internet Domain Names, There is some interesting data and Lindenthal does touch on new gtlds as well. Alexis Kramer gave some analysis and key takeaways. For Lindenthal, having to type out a […]
Continue ReadingSmokebreak.com sold for $20,000 by Mike Berkens in 2010 caught by DropCatch
The domain name Smokebreak.com was sold by Mike Berkens in 2010 for $20,000. Ron Jackson wrote: Only one other venue made an appearance among the top 20 sellers this week – that was MostWantedDomains.com who sold #12 SmokeBreak.com for an even $20,000. As most of your know, MostWantedDomains is run by domain industry veteran and […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket January Sales Show Invented Names Selling for a higher average than Keyword related
BrandBucket doubled their sales in January 2016 vs January 2015. The selling price of what they call invented, or what I call made up pronounceables, outshined those of keyword related names. Invented names had an average sales price of $4,944 where keyword related names averaged $3,325. Keyword brandables made up 58% off all sales vs […]
Continue Reading7 Email Tactics To Avoid when marketing to end users
Tamar Weinberg wrote an article on Marketing Land that deals with bad practices when it comes to email marketing. A lot of domain owners are trying to find ways to reach out to potential prospects and email is usually the top method. The article that Tamar wrote is a good reminder of what to stay […]
Continue Reading2.tv Acquired for $4,600 by Mike Berkens in 2010 Sells for high six figure CNY
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 […]
Continue ReadingWith DNForum down close to a week members are losing deals
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 […]
Continue ReadingDNForum.com Down Since Last Night
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.
Continue ReadingCharging Someone Upfront to make a domain inquiry – Fair or Foul?
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 […]
Continue ReadingVerisign’s Top Trending Keywords for January were dominated by China
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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