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BrandBucket releases January sales data – Drone top keyword

March 3, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

BrandBucket released their latest seller’s newsletter and January was a strong month. After removing sales aboveĀ $10K, the average sales price for a keyword brandable was $2773 andĀ the average sales price of an invented brandable was $2345. Surprisingly the keyword “Drone” remained the top keyword search. January Sales 2017 started just as 2016 ended! Our January […]

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When the value proposition changes you need to reassess

February 23, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Things change in the domain business all the time, from certain naming categories that go out of favor, to the new hot extension flavor of the month. Registrars and marketplaces change both in terms of policy and in popularity. As a domain investor you have to constantly assess if you are getting what you signed […]

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Michael Bilde sells another cvcv.com at BrandBucket for close to $70K

February 16, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Back on January 7th I wrote about two four letter cvcv.coms selling at BrandBucket. Teso.com sold for $69,995 and Mino.com sold for $64,995. The one thing those names had in common was that they both moved to privacy at Safenames. DNBolt reported over at Namepros that another CVCV.com sold, Nelo.com and the price was $69,995. […]

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Michael Krell hits first homerun of 2017 with LeadTime.com

January 22, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

It looks like Michael Krell has started 2017 off with a big sale. Michael acquired the name LeadTime.com in October of 2014 for $1,275 on DropCatch. The domain now looks to have sold on BrandBucket for $23,995 to a David Cummings, the domain forwards to DataVibe.com. David Cummings is listed first on the DataVibe.com website […]

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December turns out to be top sales month for BrandBucket

January 16, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

BrandBucket released their newsletter today, Michael Krell let readers know that December was the best month for sales in 2016. 59 different sellers sold a domain in December. Keyword brandables averaged a slightly higher price than invented brandable. BrandBucket will be at NamesCon booth 38. December Sales December turned out to be our top sales […]

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BrandBucket sells two 4L.coms for north of $60K

January 7, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

DNBolt posted info on Namepros and on DNBolt.com that referenced two big 4L.com sales. Teso.com which was owned by Michael Bilde sold for $69,995. The domain was once owned by Ali Zandi and also Oliver Hoger according to a whois history search. The domain is under privacy at SafeNames. Mino.com sold for $64,995 and also […]

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BrandBucket announces Seller Growth Program

January 5, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 11 Comments

In an attempt to help sellers reduce costs, BrandBucket has released a new program that will allow sellers to submit unregistered domain names and see if they will be approved. You will pay a $1 appraisal fee with this program. Introducing the BrandBucket Seller Growth Program In our continuing efforts to improve seller experience, we […]

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Is BrandBucket.org having second thoughts ?

December 21, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Back on December 12, I wrote that a new website BrandBucket.org launched and they filed for a trademark with the USPTO. Well now when you type in brandbucket.org you get a 403 error, this could be simply a hosting problem, or it could mean that Margot and her team reached out and shut things down […]

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BrandBucket releases November sales data

December 17, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 14 Comments

The BrandBucket newsletter came out and Michael Krell gave a rundown of what was going on in November. Keyword brandables vs invented brandables were virtually the same, right around $2,780 for the average sales price. The newsletter confirmed what we told you on Friday, you can no longer move approved domain names in your account. […]

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BrandBucket no longer allowing “accepted” names to be pushed

December 16, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

So BrandBucket continues to change the game for the wholesale market. Keith DeBoer who is a brand ambassador for BrandBucket posted the following in the BrandBucket experience thread: It’s true folks, accepted names can no longer be pushed from one BB seller to another. However, there are two work-arounds: The obvious one….. pay the publishing […]

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