After the sale of VVVV.com on NameJet for $22,100 I was having a conversation with someone that thought that was a high price since there probably not many uses for the domain. He asked me how many acronyms would there be for the same repeating letter ? I said I thought the name was valuable […]
Continue ReadingHow Important Are Monthly Searches ?
How Important Are Monthly Searches ? I was playing chess with my good friends Michael Castello and Toronto Domainer the other night, at a smokey cigar club in Ventura County. Michael is the most astute chess player I have ever met. Somehow, it seems that he is able to see five moves ahead. Michael clearly […]
Continue Reading4 Tips For Naming Your Business in an increasingly mobile world
Peter Gasca wrote a good article on INC.com about naming your business, of course there are several articles on the topic that have been written. I like to read them all and compare and contrast, I also look to look for common themes where there seems to be universal agreement. How you name your company […]
Continue ReadingOne Realtor Explains Why They Are Not Interested in Dot Realtor and Will Stick With Dot Com
Teresa Boardman wrote a piece on Inman.com where she expressed her desire to control her own destiny, not stand with the pack, and stick with .com over the new .realtor extension. I tend to agree with Teresa that the domain names should be more about the real estate she is showcasing and not about her. […]
Continue ReadingThe Media Outrage over Ebola.com Sparks an almost 10 fold increase in Ebola related registrations
Back on October 9, 2014 CNBC was the first media outlet that covered the Ebola.com domain being for sale. On October 14, the media frenzy started and their were posts all over the mainstream media, from The Daily Mail to The Washington Post. Yesterday Elliot Silver posted about the sale of Ebola.com to Cannabis Sativa, […]
Continue ReadingWhat is The right answer when it comes to certain kinds of Domain Investing ?
Domain investing is in the spotlight today with all the news surrounding Ebola.com, I am not going to really touch on the coverage as Online Domain and Domain Gang did a good job of reporting on all the stories out there. It takes me to a place where I am conflicted as a domain investor […]
Continue ReadingEvery 3Character.com Reported in 2014
After doing the 3letter.com sales thread, a few people in the comments and through emails asked if I would do a 3 character post. So I have compiled all the reported sales to DN Journal in 2014 up til August 24,2014. There are a lot of 3 Character.com sales that take place on 4.cn which […]
Continue ReadingMichael Rader of Brand Root calls for the Death of the Exact Match Domain
Michael Rader from Brand Root crafted a very long and thought out post on the Death of the Exact Match Domain. Of course Michael is running a brandable boutique so this may read to some like the Chik-Fil-A commercial with the cows saying, Michael talks about bland names vs brand names From the article: Brand […]
Continue ReadingWhy Archeo Likes Two Word Dot-Coms
Archeo a division of Marchex releases their first newsletter Archeo covered a few topics in their first newsletter with the most interesting being their take on Two Word Dot Coms. From the newsletter, which I recommend you sign up for, Can a domain be too Generic? Why we think 2-word dot-coms are the real winners. […]
Continue ReadingA Look at the first 7 keyword strings to go live in com/net registrations
By: Raymond Hackney The first 7 extensions that went into general availability took place on January 29, 2014. .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES I took a look at the number of registrations in .com and .net with those same keywords for the period of 1/29/14 to 2/17/14. Bike 1502 regs Clothing 1348 regs […]
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