Image courtesy of Pixabay.com I read TechCrunch almost everyday. It's a real pleasure to enjoy, but it also gives me a glimpse into the future of domains. TechCrunch is an online tech magazine. It features leading internet startups which may one day become household brands globally. Because these startups are also the new leaders in the corporate world, they will also set the trend in domains. … [Read more...]
Asset,Organic and Marijuana make Verisign’s top keywords regged in September
Verisign released top 10 keywords in registered in .com and .net for September. Marijuana topped the .net and asset and organic were at the top for .com. Kratom was on the list probably because of this: Does Kratom Get You High? Similar to Opiates or Stimulants https://americanaddictioncenters.org/kratom/does-it-get-you-high/ Sep 18, 2018 - Kratom produces psychoactive leaves that when consumed … [Read more...]
Three letter .com data and analysis for the past 3 years
There has been a lot of talk about three letter.com domain names and their value over the last month. Rick Schwartz came out and said domain investor's were clueless when it came to valuing three letter .coms. Discussion Rick posted on 9/25 As usual domainers sell way too cheap because they are clueless to the market and what is coming and the true value of a specific domain to a business or to … [Read more...]
Exchanging a .COM for a .IO Digital Presence
From Slither.io to Clothes.io to CodePen.io to a growing list of personal and company brands, .io domains have become the darling domain of tech startups and domain investors. The Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for .io was originally assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory before tech world dubbed it “input/output” domain for the next great tech idea. There have been and are many … [Read more...]
The 4L.com chip market is getting it’s butt kicked
Taking a look at four letter Chip .coms shows a market continuing into further decline. Using data from Namebio let's dive in. Back in 2017 outside of one outlier $210 sale the lowest 4L chips (no aeiouv) were going for $770 - $840 at the low end. Namebio recorded 2129 sales. zrpb.com 201 USD 2017-11-03 Dynadot zrqr.com 770 USD 2017-07-12 NameJet jrdd.com 780 … [Read more...]
You have to see the business for what it is
You always have to see things for what they are, if you are going to delve into a business or other opportunity, you need to know the rules or lack of rules of the road. There is a lot of anger in the business, it ratcheted up over the summer from some conversations I have had with people and from things written all over the space. I get emails from some I really don't know well or sometimes even at … [Read more...]
BrandBucket sales in August up 30% vs July
BrandBucket sent out their September newsletter, and while I know some readers believe if you don't get the actual names that sold it's worthless, I respectfully disagree. I would like the names too but I do believe any data you can attain has some value attached to it and is worth the read. Takeaways: When you take out sales over $10,000 the average sale was $2,887, so all those dreaming about six … [Read more...]
The world’s biggest AI startup is from China but its domain is not .cn
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com My college days at The Chinese University of Hong Kong were about fun, friends, and sometime aimless activities. Yet, to some, it's a place to germinate great ideas. Take Xiaoou TANG and Li XU, a CUHK professor and a PhD student respectively who in 2014 had an "aha!" moment and founded the AI startup SenseTime. Acclaimed for its facial recognition algorithm, SenseTime's … [Read more...]
Verisign trending keywords for August – CryptoCurrency, Fan and Bets
Verisign released the trending keywords for August and it was mostly a random group of names. CryptoCurrency was 10th in .com, with Football coming back fan and bets made the top … [Read more...]
Branding 2.0 and domains
Image courtesy of various brands While traditional branding (Branding 1.0) focuses on "what", domains add the "where" dimension to it. Well, I must say that I'm not a branding expert, so my knowledge about branding may be limited. As I understand, Branding 1.0 is about associating a brand with "what". When you think of a brand, you automatically think of a product or a service. Conversely when you think … [Read more...]
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