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Charging Someone Upfront to make a domain inquiry – Fair or Foul?

February 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Some domain investors own a lot of domain names and get a lot of inquiries, some are desirable, some are lowball and some are just a snarky comment about why they don’t deserve to own the domain name. There are services out there such as Domain Agents which provide a secured offer service where if […]

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To Shame or not to Shame ?

February 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 14 Comments

Just about every domain investor has dealt with deals gone awry from time to time. It can be frustrating and sometimes even infuriating when the aggrieved party believes that a third party platform does nothing to assist in cutting down on the number of bad players. Some believe that name and shame is the way […]

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From China To Berkens To Dicker 2015 was one hell of a year

December 31, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

2015 was an action packed year filled with incredible sales, scandal and consolidation. Some of the biggest players in the industry showed why they are the top dogs in 2015. Rick Schwartz put up some incredible numbers staring with the sale of Porno.com for $8,888,888, the sale broke on TheDomains.com on February 2, 2015. Purchased […]

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Five Reasons Why an End User May not be buying your domain name

December 19, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Many domain investors get frustrated when they feel they have the right domain for the right buyer yet cannot close a sale. There can be many reasons why a prospect chooses not to buy what seems like a sure match. 1) Living inside the domaining bubble Those who reside outside the domain industry do not […]

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Doing Deals With Chinese Investors ? They may need your help to complete transfer

November 24, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

If you are dealing with Chinese domain buyers you are going to have to help them a bit after the sale. A lot of Chinese domain investors do not want a push at Go Daddy or other registrars, they want to transfer to Ename. So I did a transaction that went smoothly, actually four transactions […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Chinese Marketplaces, Domaining 101

A look at Regions and Nationalities in the Domainosphere

November 23, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Christopher Hofman Laursen put together this gif on regions and nationalities. Christopher does some really entertaining work with all his creatives. His site is at EuropeanDomainCentre.com via GIPHY

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There is always going to be someone holding the bag

November 9, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 17 Comments

There has been a lot of discussion and debate about the quick run up in short letter and number domains. There is a lot of back and forth on Namepros and a great discussion on TheDomains.com. There is talk of hype, bubbles, unrealistic valuation…There is talk about someone will get left holding the bag. Of […]

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The Best Christmas Gift Go Daddy Could Give Their Customers IMO

November 1, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

The best Christmas gift that Go Daddy could give customers this Holiday season is a % of auction prices. That’s right let the biggest registrar in the industry follow in the steps of Australian based Fabulous and give back to the customer who has let their domain expire. Fabulous has their expired domains go to […]

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Don’t Invest in Things Where you have little to no understanding

October 29, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Over the last 6 months I have been communicating with some people that it seems like they are investing in domain niches they don’t understand. I read about even more people following this same path. You cannot just play follow the leader, or the most popular thread on Namepros. I get emails from newer investors […]

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You need to be consistent

October 25, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

One of the things that you have to be in this business is consistent, it is even more important for those with a limited budget or no desire to pay big bucks for the bigger domains. You need to follow a routine that you repeat each day, to check for bargains wherever they may be […]

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