In this interview I talk to Darpan Munjal the founder and CEO of Squadhelp. 1) 2020 has certainly been a trying year, how has Squadhelp fared? There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a difficult year on many levels. However, it has also been a transformational year for the digital economy. The word that comes […]
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Verisign: “Internet Grows to 370.7 Million Domain Name Registrations”
Verisign released their Q3 2020 Domain Name Industry Brief. .Coms increased, new gtld’s were down 1.5 million vs Q2. However year over year registrations were up. From the report: The third quarter of 2020 closed with 370.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.6 million domain name registrations, or […]
Continue ReadingA.I. and voice recognition and their impact on Startup naming trends
Startup naming trends – a return to literal and proper spelling? Stephen Moore over at Marker wrote an interesting article on a return to proper spelling in the world of startups. He goes into the practice of disemvoweling and how it became a thing in the previous decade. He writes: In 2010, Flickr co-founder Caterina […]
Continue ReadingOutbound = Spamming (Really???)
It seems like some domain investors continue to see outbound marketing as spam. Whenever the topic comes up on Namepros the comments fly. A recent thread on automating outbound got replies like: Another outbound thread?Outbout=spamming.How many outbound threads do you need? Outbound marketing needs to be done properly, making sure it does not violate the […]
Continue ReadingSame name, different year – Compare *****.coms
Last week I took at a bunch of “Buy” related names that all closed at GoDaddy auctions. These were all names that expired on the same day for three years. Wednesday it was Compare related names like ComparePhones.com. comparephones.com 1,871 USD 2020-11-11 GoDaddy comparelaptops.com 1,156 USD 2020-11-11 GoDaddy comparetools.com 850 USD 2020-11-11 GoDaddy comparecomputers.com 609 […]
Continue ReadingA look at the keywords that are rising and declining in a Covid world
A couple weeks back someone had asked on Namepros if there were certain categories or keywords being devalued due to Covid-19. Are you dropping certain names in specific niches, or at a minimum lowering prices? SearchEngineJournal published an article on the topic from an online search viewpoint. The research is courtesy of BrightEdge Here are […]
Continue ReadingSame domain name, different year
I am always interested in domain auctions when it’s the same name, same environment (platform) just one year different. A bunch of Buy related domain names have now went to auction three years in a row at GoDaddy auctions. buyequipment.com 2,612 USD 2020-11-05 GoDaddy buynuts.com 1,837 USD 2020-11-05 GoDaddy buypizza.com 1,738 USD 2020-11-05 GoDaddy buyprints.com […]
Continue ReadingOctober popular keyword sales The, Shop and Online
Strong showing for keywords like The, Shop and Capital, Coin and Crypto. Labs and Data were not as strong in reported October domain name sales. Popular Keywords There are certain keywords that are the most sought after in domain wanted threads, certain keywords that are the strongest when it comes to overall registration numbers. Media […]
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to 4L.com F is the top starting letter in total dollars sold
Four letter .coms by starting letter So two weeks ago I published a little fun, data curiosity piece on which starting letters generated the most domain name sales. Again, it’s nothing to base your investing on and correlation does not equal causation. Many readers enjoyed the article from a pure trivia standpoint. So I decided […]
Continue ReadingVerisign conference call addresses .com wholesale increase and .web
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings yesterday. Stock is down close to 4% today. The company expects the renewal rate for third-quarter 2020 to be around 73.4%. I thought this was interesting the number of domain names up for renewal in Q4 is 34.8 million. Yahoo provided a transcript of the earnings call. Two questions they […]
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