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New domain name forum launched at DN.CA

November 11, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Frank from MapleDots has opened a new Canadian domain name forum at DN.CA. The site launched on November 1st. There will be a grand opening on January 1, 2021. Frank told me: The site is purpose built to have minimal to no graphics so when the marketplace goes up it loads super fast on mobile.It […]

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Filed Under: .ca, domaining news

Make sure you have confirmation before you call something a scam or say a sale is not legit

October 28, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

This is nothing new in the domain industry but there were a couple recent examples of yelling fire in a crowded theater where there was not even any smoke. Mike Mann announced the sale of LightRock.com for $94,888. I posted the info on Namepros and the not legit sale postings started pouring in. Sometimes I’m […]

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$151,000 buyer of Fanbase.com revealed

October 26, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Back in mid August the domain name Fanbase.com closed at auction on GoDaddy at $151,000. A website went live today and it looks like the site is going to be a service to provide another avenue for content creators and publishers to get paid. Just create content, publish it and interact with your fanbase. The […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain Sales, domaining news

Brother.org expires goes for $10,001 – ChrisChristie.com closes at $8,000

October 25, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

A few interesting names on Saturday including the domain name of the 55th Governor of the state of New Jersey, Chris Christie. Brother.org expired and closed at $10,001 on GoDaddy auctions. The domain name never had any content on it over the last 15+ years, according to Archive.org. ChrisChristie.com closed at $8,000 on NameJet. The […]

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NR1.com closes $5,650 once sold for $25K – DropCatch scores on Recircled.com after GoDaddy no payment

October 24, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Some interesting domain name transactions on Friday. NR1.com sold for $25,000 back in 2008, it looks like a gentleman who I know from .TV out of Italy purchased the name. In 2015 the name went for just $3,000 on NameJet. The buyer back then owns some interesting names like SquattersRights.com where he discusses why typo […]

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Verisign conference call addresses .com wholesale increase and .web

October 23, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings yesterday. Stock is down close to 4% today. The company expects the renewal rate for third-quarter 2020 to be around 73.4%. I thought this was interesting the number of domain names up for renewal in Q4 is 34.8 million. Yahoo provided a transcript of the earnings call. Two questions they […]

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Mesh.xyz sold for $9,888 is now developed

October 2, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Back in July I interviewed Swetha from DNGear.com about her approach and success with .xyz. One of her top sales got developed recently, Frontier.xyz. Another one is now up and running, Mesh.xyz also sold for $9,888. It was acquired by ConsenSys. The company has been an incubator, investor, software provider, educator, and most importantly, an […]

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Namebio reaches $2 Billion milestone

October 1, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

Namebio crosses the $2 billion mark in reported sales. Search Domain Name Sales 2.2 million sales totaling $2 billion. Now if you do not have a paid membership to Namebio you only see the stats at the bottom of the free searches allowed. These total 848.9k Total Sales $1.9b Dollar Volume $2,258 Average Price $55.3k […]

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Niq.com Buyer revealed

October 1, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Early August Shane Cultra tweeted out he and Travis sold Niq.com for somewhere close to their $250,000 asking price on BrandBucket. Niq.com has been owned by a few well known players in the domain industry. It originally sold on Namepros for $8,750 when Michael Sumner of Namebio sold it. Shane and Travis smartly acquired the […]

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Detour.com buyer revealed

September 29, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Detour.com was registered in 1994 and sold for $15,000 on Moniker in 2009. The domain name was then developed into a GPS based walking tours website. The company was self funded by Groupon founder and former CEO Andrew Mason. The company was acquired by Bose. The domain name expired last month and closed at $65,006. […]

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