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Frank Schilling clarifies his thoughts on latest .xyz promotion

May 31, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

After Konstantinos wrote a very good post on the latest .xyz promotional email from Uniregistry, it seems Frank Schilling took the time to send a follow up email. I think this was a smart move on Frank’s part as some might have read the first email as a solicitation. I wonder if it’s wise to […]

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Disappointment in the current state of domaining

May 21, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Are you disappointed with the state of domaining ? There is a member on Namepros that posted the following: Hi All, I just had this thing on my mind and feel I had to rant. There are so many domainers out here who have grossly overvalued their domains. They are very highly unlikely to sell […]

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Solar, Jumbo and Oath trending in April according to Verisign

May 9, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their top 10 trending keywords for April. Jumbo was the top keyword for .com and solar for .net. Oath was third in .com and I am sure that was brought on by a surge in oath related names due to the Verizon acquisition of Yahoo. .COM .NET jumbo solar visit model oath guitar […]

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BrandBucket adds some premium domains

April 27, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

BrandBucket has added some premium names according to an email out today. I would think these owners are getting a better commission rate as it would be insane to pay 30%. Timeless.com A name that’s a diamond in the rough, it’s truly ‘timeless’. Tin.com Tin: An short, strong word that can refer to metal or be […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, Domain trends

Verisign top trending keywords for March, President and Fun

April 11, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for March and somehow President and Fun topped the lists in .com and .net. Chinese and Bots made the top 5 in .com. Max,value and ultra were in the top 5 for .net. .COM .NET president fun degree max chinese value bots ultra gambia jury jumbo funds tshirt metal […]

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Brandable Bits – Recent BB additions, DNBolt retiring ?

April 2, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

In this edition of Brandable Bits we will look at a big brandable sale, recent additions to BrandBucket, and the possible retirement of BrandBucket’s worst nightmare. Snappa.com sells for $40,000 At the start of last week Chris Gimmer the co-founder of Snappa, published an article on how his company acquired the .com for his company. […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Bits, Brandable Domains, Domain trends, Namepros

Now there’s a waste of money

March 20, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

While checking out expiring names on Name.com I came across 44 names in a row that show why it’s good to be the registry. 7 payments for 44 domains that will never sell. Leet speak may have it’s place on the Internet but you are never going to make money on a consistent basis. So […]

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Verisign top trending keywords for February Year,Drone and Fresh

March 16, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign published their trending keywords for February and year was number one for .com and drone took the top spot in .net. This was a pretty random group of names, block and chain were on the .com list while surveyors and research made the .net list.   .COM .NET year drone near fresh block surveyors […]

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Top trending keywords for all of 2016

March 9, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their Top trending keywords for all of 2016. After releasing a monthly list they have compiled the data for all of 2016. Trump topped the list for .com, research, bot and pokemon all made the list. Verisign included the following: Keywords and Changing Politics This year’s U.S. presidential election was one of the […]

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Uncertainty is a killer for domain sales

March 8, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Unless you took the day off yesterday you are probably aware of the news out of Uniregistry. Domain Incite detailed comments from Frank Schilling on the upcoming price increases for several Uniregistry extensions. People as well as markets hate uncertainty, not knowing what your registrations are going to cost you year in and year out […]

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