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A debate about Hyphenated domain names

September 20, 2019 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

Are you adding hyphenated .coms to your domain portfolio? Rob Monster started a thread where he expressed his optimism for an uptick in hyphenated .com domain names. Rob’s company just sold Sushi-man.com for $4,200. Just sold sushi-man.com from an Epik SSL lander for $4200. This is one of Epik’s O&O domains. I don’t normally report […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, Hyphenated Domain Names

Taylor Swift, Jumbo and Repair Verisign’s top trending keywords for August

September 19, 2019 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their top 10 keywords in registered in .com and .net  for August. Jumbo was tops for .com and Repair for .net. TaylorSwift was popular in .net. .COM .NET jumbo repair diabetes taylorswift dorian loan claims piedmont airbnb dorian hurricane empower halloween small volume outlet bullet finder tahoe hills

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Verisign

How to Discover Proxy Bid “Sweet Spot” and Win More GoDaddy Auctions

September 18, 2019 by Alvin Brown Leave a Comment

I share and discuss how to use GoDaddy Aftermarket data to determine a proxy bid amount likely to win more GoDaddy expired domain auctions. Over the last 18 months and counting, I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of bidders participating in GoDaddy expired auctions. Between auction bots and increased bidder count, closing auction prices […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Go Daddy, KickstartCommerce

It’s time for GoDaddy to start releasing sales data again

September 17, 2019 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

It’s time for GoDaddy to start releasing weekly sales data again. We have Sedo, Web.com with their NameJet/Snapnames monthly report and now Uniregistry is releasing weekly top 20 sales. So it would be nice for GoDaddy/Afternic to start releasing a sales report, they stopped when they were going public and yes there are some rules […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Domain trends, Go Daddy

A constant pain, a Chinese startup, and a category domain

September 16, 2019 by Alvin Brown 3 Comments

How do you feel if you have to enter a password in order to use the free WiFi service of a store? How much pain is it when you are shopping at various stores? There is a simple solution, and, surprisingly, it comes from China. This story also reveals the ownership of a category domain. […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, Start ups

How much do you care about masked whois and has it affected your sales?

September 12, 2019 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

So Rob Monster started a thread about who should control a registrant’s whois? The thread also delves into how GDPR and how masked whois affects domain sales. Rob posted: Do professional domain investors accept these extra steps and tolerate the idea that their WHOIS data is masked or otherwise obscured, effectively forcing people to contact […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, Epik, Namepros, Whois

From $10 domain to global player

September 6, 2019 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

Techcrunch is my guide to domain investment. As it seeks out and reports on upcoming unicorn startups around the world, I ride on it by studying the corporate domains of these companies to see direction in domain usage. One startup that caught my attention last week is The CareVoice. This Shanghai-based health insurance platform competes […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, Grandseeds.com

The second quarter of 2019 closed with 354.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains

August 29, 2019 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign (VRSN NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q2 2019.  Verisign’s industry brief for the second quarter of 2019 closed with 354.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.9 million domain name registrations, or 0.8 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2019.   .COM AND .NET […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Verisign

The beauty of short domains in sub-branding

August 24, 2019 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

Epik’s Rob Monster has become a popular CEO among domain investors lately. On the Namepros domain forum, you can find him even during wee hours answering questions, offering great deals, and also soliciting ideas. He knows the power of crowd sourcing, and one of his latest projects is to find a brand name for a […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Grandseeds.com

Sedo unveils new sales landers but is it a little too late?

August 20, 2019 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

So with so much talk and innovation coming out of the likes of DAN, Epik and Efty when it comes to sales landers, Sedo has finally added something new to their offerings. Today they announced new sales landers, Sedo said the following: Overall, we’ve worked to create a minimalistic design making the sole focus of […]

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Filed Under: DAN.com, Domain trends, Domaining 101, Efty, Epik, Sedo

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