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Forbes “What 5,000 Startup Domains Reveal About Naming In 2025”

May 1, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Darpan Munjal published an article on Forbes that dealt with startups and domain names. Darpan writes that they took a close look at 5,000 of the most recent domains that sold on Atom, these werenames that real startups actually bought to build real businesses. The articles delves into 5 facets of naming and what to […]

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Afternic’s top keywords for February 2025 led by AI

April 19, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Once again AI is a top the Afternic keyword chart. AI was first with My second and Bet third. This is the exact same as January 2025. Other familiar keywords like Group, Tech and Home are also in the top 10. A look back at January 2025 We released February’s keyword chart yesterday, take a […]

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Sedo most searched keyword for February 2025 – Ai

March 5, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Sedo released their most searched keywords for February 2025 and Ai was once again at the top of the list. Crypto was second and Agent was third. Here is a look at January 2025 at Sedo. Sedo's most searched #keywords February 2025 🔎 No surprise, AI is still leading the pack! But what's new? "China" […]

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Outbounding domains to other domainers is usually a waste of time

February 12, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Brad Mugford made a post on X about a person who repeatedly emailed him about acquiring a domain name. The replies to the post are varied. For me it underlies the problem of cold emailing another domain investor about a domain name. You cannot follow the same principles that email marketers use when doing outbound […]

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Afternic’s Top Keywords for December 2024 “My” takes the top spot

February 6, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

December 2024 stats are out from Afternic. The top keywords for December 2024 are My, AI and Home. Here is a look back at November 2024 keyword data. 🗓️ Afternic's top keywords for December 2024 are here! We wrapped up 2024 with some familiar favorites leading the list. 🥇 "My" edges out "AI" to reclaim […]

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Sedo’s most searched keywords for January 2025 led by AI

February 4, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Sedo released their most searched keywords for January 2025. AI topped the list followed by Crypto and Mail. Sedo's most searched keywords 📈#Deepseek made it into the top 10 search – it's a direct competitor to #ChatGPT and has been the talk of the town for a few days now. Important for buyers: Before deciding […]

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INC on the three main approaches you can take to naming a business

December 31, 2024 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

INC took a look at naming and brokedown what they see as the three approaches to naming a business or a product. A benefits name, the unique name or the straightforward name. I highlight below their take on option 2, the unique name, the kinds of names people submit to BrandBucket or Atom. The key […]

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Namecheap Domain Insights& Trends Report

December 12, 2024 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Namecheap released an in depth look back at 2024. This report covers domain registration data from 2023 and 2024, and specific time periods are indicated with each data point. You all know who was going to be the top tld of 2024 in registrations. I don’t think most would guess 2 and 3. Of course […]

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Sedo November 2024 most searched keywords led by AI

December 4, 2024 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Sedo Novermber 2024 most searched keywords are out and AI, Tech and Crypto take the top three spots. AI was number on in October as well. Bet came in number 10 this month it fell out of the top 10 in October. A look back at October 🔍 November #Trend Alert! As the year wraps […]

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Afternic’s top keywords for September 2024 – My is back on top

November 27, 2024 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Afternic released their top keywords for September 2024. The same top three keywords as August 2024 but in a different order. In August Bet was first, followed by AI and then My. James Iles did a great recap of all the reports last week. 🗓️ Afternic's top keywords for September 2024 are here! This series […]

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