No matter what is done in the industry it seems its tough to shake perception. Groups like CADNA, The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, has been effectively working government to get what they want. Marketplaces like SEDO, Namejet and Snapnames need to stop allowing TM names to be bought and sold on their platform. Besides […]
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Last week was a good week for hyphenated domains
Looking at last weeks DN Journal sales report, there were 17 hyphenated sales. Rental-Cars.com making the top 20 sales for the week. The list: Rental-Cars.com $12,550 SEDO #20 overall sale Sell-My-Car.com $2310 Sedo dsl-vergleich.com $3472 SEDO Good-Works.com $3000 SEDO Graduate-School.com $6788 Afternic Liberty-Energy.com $2588 Afternic Make-Me.com $2391 Afternic Freeze-Dried.com $2088 Afternic/Godaddy Private-Zusatzversicherung.de $9353 Sedo Zusammen-Feiern.de $5240 […]
Continue ReadingThe psychology of auctions
In this post I am talking about auctions held on domain forums. Over the last year I have noticed that many prefer to buy a name in an auction rather than fixed price. I have placed domains for sale fixed price and no interest. When I placed the same name in an auction starting at […]
Continue ReadingA talk with Richard Kligman about Theme.tv
So Richard tell me about Theme.tv? I originally started planning and creating this theme for my own personal use. As an avid .tv domainer I was frustrated in the lack of easy and inexpensive ways to highlight my portfolio to potential buyers. I felt that there is a certain expectation when you come to .tv […]
Continue ReadingWe are all on the same team. Yeah right.
By: Raymond Hackney I remember hearing in 2004 we are all on the same team and thought, nothing could be further from the truth. Domaining is not a team sport imo, its not football, its golf. The one story goes that a rising tide lifts all boats. Not true. Its not like a sector that […]
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