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Some recent flips at BuyDomains like SpillSafe.com for approx 20X

August 29, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

In this post we take a look at some recent flips from BuyDomains where we have both their buy and sell price. A few of these names are already up and running. SmarterDevices.com sold for $688 on Sedo back in 2011. The buyer back then used it for a couple years and let the domain […]

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Filed Under: BuyDomains, Domain Sales, Domain trends

Brandable Domain Names: Marketplaces Must Evolve Search Algorithms To Improve Discovery

August 28, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Darpan Munjal wrote a very good piece over at Squadhelp on how to show up better in results. Years ago there was a big discussion on why some members names showed up on BrandBucket under popular categories. When some saw certain names that say, were not related to tech showing up in the tech category. […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain trends, Domaining 101, squadhelp

A handful of .io names on Tuesday traded for the 2nd,3rd and 4th time

August 26, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Busy day for .io with some .io domains trading for the third or fourth time. Lawyer.io closed at Flippa for $3,500. This was the third time it traded publicly. It sold for $3,200 in 2017 at Flippa and $1,500 in 2016 at Flippa. Moving.io had it’s fourth recorded transaction. It closed at $2,000 at Flippa. […]

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Filed Under: .io, Domain Sales, Domain trends

“Why isn’t the Namepros marketplace the wholesale gold standard?”

August 25, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

So a couple days ago I wrote about DAN integrating with DNWE.com. While discussing that news on the phone with another domain investor as I liked that change. He asked me what about Namepros? He wondered if it’s only wholesale pricing why does anyone want to pay 12% commission to do a deal with someone […]

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Filed Under: DAN.com, DNWE, Domain trends, Namepros

It was keyword360.com day at GoDaddy auctions

August 25, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

There were 18 expiring auctions that closed at GoDaddy that were keyword 360.com related. Some of these names sold for a lot more the first time around back in 2011. Trader360.c0m sold for $4,000 in 2011 at Sedo. Run360.com sold for $3,000 in 2011 at Sedo. Ski360.com sold for $3,000 in 2011 at Sedo. MLS360.com […]

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Does High domain authority with backlinks guarantee high ranking on Google?

August 21, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

A lot of people are out there buying and bidding on names for the purposes of link profile and domain authority. An article at SEroundtable.com had some comments from Google’s John Mueller on whether or not high domain authority guarantees high Google rankings. Of course Google never wants to be completely transparent, so whether what […]

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How domain age affects sell through rates

August 19, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Darpan Munjal of Squadhelp tweeted out some interesting data with regards to domain age and sell through rate. Darpan cites numbers from 25,000 domain names listed on or before January 2020. Domains that are aged 15+ years see the best jump. How does the Domain Age affect STR? Interesting that STR stays relatively same from […]

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The Big Business of Buying Domains with Ryan Colby

August 16, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Chris Synder is an entrepreneur and the founder of Banks.com. Synder details how he purchased Banks.com here. Chris runs a podcast at https://www.snydershowdown.com/ A few days ago he interviewed domain broker Ryan Colby. Colby who started his domaining journey at Sedo has gone on to sell over $75 million in domain names. His website is […]

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If you can’t handle nasty replies, outbound marketing might not be for you

August 15, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

Outbound marketing is a tough job, it’s not just about sending some emails which a lot of new domainers seem to be doing. You have to take the time to research the prospects you email. You cannot violate the CAN-Spam Act. You should never be emailing other domain investors, because as this thread on Namepros […]

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Knot.io $9,950 to $1,999 in reauction – Frint.com dips

August 12, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Then and Now Domain Name Sales Looking at Tuesday’s action it seems Knot.io got reauctioned at Park.io. According to Namebio the name closed at $9,950 on 7/28. The domain closed today for $1,999. I don’t know what the policy is at Park.io if there is a non payment or other potential glitch. Frint.com was once […]

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