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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

It’s also location, location, location in domain investment

August 18, 2019 by Alvin Brown Leave a Comment

The other day I read in the news that Russell Street in Hong Kong has become the most expensive retail location in the world. This sought-after location reminds me of the golden rule in property investment: location, location, location. Buy at addresses where there is a lot of demand for properties. This happens in the […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, Grandseeds.com

Is price the #1 factor when choosing a domain registrar?

August 15, 2019 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

In a poll I ran on Namepros on  choosing a domain registrar, it looks like price is the most important factor when choosing a registrar is price. What is the number 1 deciding factor for you when choosing a registrar? * Price 111 vote(s) 57.5% Customer Service 28 vote(s) 14.5% User Interface/Tools that help with […]

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Filed Under: Domain registration deals, Domain trends, Domaining 101, Namepros Tagged With: Domain Registrar

Top trending keywords for July – Text,Insurance, Canna

August 13, 2019 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their Top Ten trending keywords for July and Text, Glasses and Remote led the way in .com.   .COM .NET text insurance glasses wedding remote canna index virtual year rage term mass fee falls papers guru jumbo hard braces lawyer

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Verisign

The best is yet to come to the Chinese domain market

August 12, 2019 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

Steve Jobs used to talk about dots and connecting them to see a bigger picture. I like to collect bits of data to construct my own world of domains. In this article I’ll share with you some of the dots I have accumulated over the years to help me paint a better picture of the […]

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

The OFO domain acquisition reminds us of the importance of brand-matching .com

August 8, 2019 by Alvin Brown 3 Comments

I have always thought that brand-matching .com domain names are very important, and a recent news story confirms my belief once again. Chinese bicycle sharing startup OFO recently acquired its brand-matching OFO.com for a reported price of more than US$ 1 million. Bicycle sharing services have exploded since last year, led by companies such as […]

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

A sound company with a sound domain strategy

August 6, 2019 by Alvin Brown Leave a Comment

Yes, the pun is intended. This post is about a Chinese audio manufacturer and the domains it owns, hopefully giving us some hints about selling domains to corporate China. FiiO Electronics Technology is a Chinese audio manufacturer founded in 2007. It makes music players, earphones, and various audio accessories which are sold in China and […]

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

A tale of two Chinese unicorns and their domain strategies

August 2, 2019 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

One night in the cold winter of 2015, several engineers went to the streets of Shanghai to test a crazy idea: Would someone rent a bike left on the street without operator assistance? They placed some 50 bikes on the sidewalks and went home. When they opened their computers the next day, they were excited […]

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

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