Twitter auctions have no consequences for bad or illegal behavior There was a secondary discussion point in a post on Namepros about auction houses. @MetBob mentioned he saw that Daryl Lopes auctioned a name off on Twitter and thought it was a good idea. He wrote: For those on Twitter, I see that right now @Darryl Lopes is auctioning a 4 letter .com domain on Twitter. As far as I know this is … [Read more...]
Why do Chinese companies like acronym domains?
China is the largest owner of liquid domains according to the quarterly market report by GGRG.com. These are very short .com domains such as LL (letter-letter), NN (number-number), and LN (letter-number) .com which can be sold at any time because of a large pool of ready buyers. In this article, I'll focus on the acronym (letters) domains. So, why do Chinese companies like acronym domains? I think there are … [Read more...]
Facebook, China, and Domains
He married a Chinese woman. He learned Chinese. And he connects with young Chinese. Mark Zuckerberg has made a lot of efforts to win friendship in China, including giving a talk completely in Mandarin at a top-notch Chinese university. Yet, Facebook is not in the Middle Kingdom. Well, it actually was in China – only for a few days. On July 18, the company name 脸书科技 (Lian Shu Ke Ji) was registered in … [Read more...]
Liquid domains did not have a good second quarter according to report
Giuseppe Graziano released his LXDO liquid domains market report for the second quarter. As GDPR takes effect, Escrow.com reports the lowest volume of sales since the start of LXDO. Giuseppe commented that the median values of disclosed transactions also recorded very large decreases in almost all categories. This calls for caution in view of the early Q3 results which are indicating sharp valuation … [Read more...]
Trending keywords for July include, Fashion, Globe and Tesla
Verisign reported their top 10 trending keywords for July. A random bunch of keywords in this report. Fashion, Globe and Tesla were in the top ten this … [Read more...]
Extension Spotlight: .Net
In this new series I am going to delve into the present and past of an extension, looking at trends, sales and other info. In this post the focus is on .net. The extension gets a lot of hate from some domain owners while others still seem to like it. Yesterday Mike Mann tweeted out he sold consumers.net for $29,888, he purchased it in 2005 for $350. Cash consumer sold https://t.co/R8f9V7t83n … [Read more...]
June trending keywords for include force,space and scooter
Verisign published their top 10 keywords in registered in .com and .net for June A real random bunch of names this month, with force leading the way in .com and space in … [Read more...]
Should domaining do away with the ridiculous?
Should the domain industry allow for the ridiculous, names being listed for sale at prices that border on the absurd? This has long been the forte of an Ebay, but what about a Sedo or Namepros? There was a thread on Namepros about whether the rules should be changed? Imadoer posted: How many times have you clicked on a domain for sale and seen that the person is asking a million dollars or more … [Read more...]
Emoji Domains: Where Are They Now? 🤔
About a year or so ago, emoji domains were not red, but white hot and well on their way as a “riches in the niches” phenomenon. But as with everything in life, it’s good to stop, assess and take inventory from time to time in an effort to understand how much progress has or has not been made. Today is no different as I’ll share with you a list of companies and personal brands, and respective emoji … [Read more...]
Domaining a collection of echo chambers
Many times I have written about how divided the domain industry is, some like to say the industry has to become united again. It never was united. I see the back and forth with the latest posts by Rick, where some are like you tell em, and others are like aren't you rich? Nothing better to do. Morgan is telling people they don't get it, he is leaving out the point that some just don't care, they need to … [Read more...]
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