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First and foremost you are a salesperson

May 30, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

I remember a few years ago I was chatting with someone who I am friendly with, we were talking about the domain business and I said as a salesperson you need to think about your selling strategy. He replied back, “How dare you !” I was like wait,what ? “Don’t you ever call me a […]

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Today is the 10 Year Anniversary of 3Character.com

May 14, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Today is the 10 year anniversary of 3Character.com, the first project I ever started in the domain industry. I had been interested in LLL.com since about 2000 but kept getting distracted by work to ever focus on them, I think the first LLL.com I bought was XEF.com for $800 in the old Afternic forum. So […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, LLL.com

Selling A Domain Name You Don’t Own – Cool or Not Cool ?

April 9, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

There was a blog post by AntiCareer.com which talked about buying and selling a name that they did not own. The post titled “Turning A No Into A Yes and a $5,000 profit. Morgan Linton had touched upon this a few years earlier. Back in November of 2012, Morgan wrote, “You should only buy a […]

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Know The Surrounding Nameborhoods

March 12, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

One thing you should do for your better names is to survey the virtual real estate around you, if you own the .com check and see what other major extensions like net, org and info are registered and by who. If you own a geo centric .com that is related to another country, check out […]

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A Disorganized Portfolio Can Cost You in a Few Ways

March 6, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Things can get pretty disorganized pretty fast in the domain business. You may have names at 5 different registrars, you are listing them on 6 different aftermarket exchanges, you are transferring names for a special promotional price, etc… For those that trade in volume it can really be tricky to keep up to date with […]

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ENTREPRENEURradio Interview With Lori Anne Wardi Neustar/DotCo

February 25, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Entrepreneur Radio did a podcast with Lori Anne Wardi on her journey in business and the birth of Dot Co. Lori Anne talked about how she became immersed and read everything she could on domain names. She said she did not intend to make the business of domain names her business but rather build out […]

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Filed Under: .CO, Domaining 101

Don’t Quit Your Job To Be A Full Time Domainer then proclaim “domaining is dead”

February 11, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Many people have hand registered a domain and sold it for $xxx – $x,xxx, many who have no following or notoriety in the domain industry. It can be done but the key is can you rinse and repeat ? If you own 1000 domains and hand regged one and sold it for $2,500 that is […]

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Some Tips On How To Be A Better Seller Using DomainNameSales.com

January 18, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 26 Comments

Some DNS Tidbits You Need To Know As most of you are aware, the Domain Name Sales (DNS) platform is the brain child of Frank Schilling  and has been adopted by numerous domainers across the globe as the place to park and sell your  domains. While parking revenues are dropping and no longer the lucrative […]

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Filed Under: DNS/InternetTraffic, Domain Sales, Domaining 101

Domaining.com Sold ? How will it change and who will it affect ?

January 16, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 12 Comments

Francois has finally succeeded it seems in selling off his most prime asset, Domaining.com. In the newsletter today he has stated that he will announce the new owner Monday. The site has an Alexa ranking of 29,546 worldwide and is one of the most popular domain related resources on the Internet. From a look at […]

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How Important Are Monthly Searches ?

December 18, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 27 Comments

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 […]

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