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4 Tips For Naming Your Business in an increasingly mobile world

November 9, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Branding, Domain trends

One Realtor Explains Why They Are Not Interested in Dot Realtor and Will Stick With Dot Com

October 30, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

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. […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, new gtlds

The Media Outrage over Ebola.com Sparks an almost 10 fold increase in Ebola related registrations

October 24, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

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, […]

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What is The right answer when it comes to certain kinds of Domain Investing ?

October 14, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 22 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Opinion

Every 3Character.com Reported in 2014

August 28, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

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 […]

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Michael Rader of Brand Root calls for the Death of the Exact Match Domain

July 15, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Domain trends, EMD

Why Archeo Likes Two Word Dot-Coms

May 7, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

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. […]

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A Look at the first 7 keyword strings to go live in com/net registrations

February 18, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

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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Going Inside the Future Trends: Look out 3D Printing here comes 4D Printing – How does $8,000 on a July Handreg sound ?

February 3, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

By: Raymond Hackney I always say there is so much to know and learn and this business sometimes speeds that learning process up. I have been getting up to speed with 3D printing and knew nothing of 4D printing. Today on Sedo Buy3Dprinter.com sold for $12,000. Now what caught my eye later in the evening […]

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Has There Become A Need for a Dot Com Only Blog ?

January 13, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 10 Comments

By: Raymond Hackney With dot com as the dominant extension in terms of value and exposure, it made sense over the years for blogs or forums to be established that focused on another niche like cctlds, or new gtlds. They did not get as much attention and these places look to provide more exposure. Now […]

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