Chinese startups today are blessed. They are riding two tidal waves which can quickly propel them to the global arena, but going global requires a careful consideration of the domain strategy. What are the two tidal waves? The first one is the “One Belt One Road” initiative started in 2013 to connect China to the […]
Continue ReadingTrending keywords in May 2019 include Mushrooms, Coupons and Apple
Verisign reported their trending keywords for May. .Com was about coupons and mushrooms. .Net dealt with abuse, apple and phone. Mushrooms have been getting a lot of press lately, as a potential replacement to antidepressants. https://futurism.com/the-byte/magic-mushrooms-replace-antidepressants .COM .NET coupons abuse coupon apple finest child biochar phone mushroom account trial boy shroom pain pods thai […]
Continue ReadingYour best bet for liquidity probably still lies with auctions
As the discussion about the Uniregistry liquidity program rages on at Namepros. Some interesting points have been brought up both in that thread and offline. Offline a friend asked me why anyone would want to allow the cherry picking type transaction? Elliot Silver shared some great info on his blog and even more in the […]
Continue ReadingA Chinese unicorn with a long numeric domain
What do you see in the number 10101111? You may think it has to do with something digital because the number consists of only 0 and 1. Well, the answer may surprise you, and it comes from a Chinese startup in the ride hailing industry. Shen Zhou Zhuan Che (神州专车) is a chauffeured car service […]
Continue ReadingSales and Trends report for May 2019
Looking back at May here we will examine sales data trends for certain naming categories. Overall Namebio recorded 10,200 Total Sales ($100 or more) for a dollar amount of $7.1m. This is down $700,000 from April. The average sales price was $703. Free.games was the high sale at $335,000. There were 2 sales that reached […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket April sales data
BrandBucket sent out their May newsletter and released sales data for April. Removing sales over $10k, the average sale amount was $2,881. In March the average sale was $2,793. A total of 59 different sellers sold a name this month, an increase of 5 over March. A new feature this month “Average Listing Time” The […]
Continue ReadingA short and succinct guide to domain investing
There are plenty of guides, ebooks and courses out there on domain investing for newcomers, I wrote a piece here that has seen a lot of traffic since it was written, to give a quick synopsis for the TL;DR crowd who does not and will not read a long lengthy course. Namepros member Dave wrote […]
Continue ReadingIs .com still the number 1 extension?
So a gentleman name Kyle Byers published a post and a Reddit thread that took a look at .com vs other tlds. The Reddit thread has 138 comments and it’s interesting because this is mostly people, (maybe entirely) outside of the domain industry. The post opens up with: How important is having a .com URL? […]
Continue ReadingTrending keywords in April center on drug addiction and treatment
Verisign released their top trending keywords for April and .com was all about drug rehab and treatment. Rehab.tv actually sold for $9,000 after being sold for $10,000 previously. COM .NET rehab freedom drug repro centers earth alcohol tell treatment names addiction buyer rated duct materials mega blues seller when goods
Continue Reading6 Domain Name Suggestion Tools to Find Your Next Domain
Naming a product, service, company, or project can be very time consuming, to say the least. In fact, sometimes selecting a name can be more challenging that actually executing the idea. Nothing kills the mood like checking the domain availability only to find out that someone else had your same thought and beat you to […]
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