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BrandBucket may successfully kill the monster they created

November 18, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

I have written a number of times about selling on BrandBucket and selling BrandBucket accepted names on Namepros. At the end of September I wrote an article on how the wholesale market was in the dumps on Namepros. This came about for a few reasons, first of which was the novelty wore off. When the […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, Domain trends, domaining news

Somehow I won the Name.com Bearglecorn contest

November 15, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

I received my prize from Name.com for their Bearglecorn video game contest. When I got the email that I won, I was like no I did not win there was an error. Prizes included a $100 Steam gift certificate, a free .games domain and a Tshirt. Turns out that everyone else with a higher score […]

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Filed Under: domaining news, Name.com

My first BrandBucket sale – A story of laziness and regret

November 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 32 Comments

So I completed my first sale on BrandBucket, still haven’t been paid yet but I will get to that. I purchased a 29 domain portfolio of BB published names back on May 24, 2016. These were listed as a bulk listing on Namepros. I did not like or care about all 29 names, I figured […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, domaining news

20 Year old JohnMadden.com is expired and at auction on GoDaddy

November 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

John Madden is 80 years old and has been a legendary football coach, broadcaster and namesake for one of the best football video games of all time. It looks like JohnMadden.com a 20 year old domain has expired and is currently closing tomorrow on GoDaddy. The current price is $116. The domain has been owned […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Celebrity Domains, domaining news, Go Daddy

Cannabis,Marijuana,Weed top Verisign’s trending keywords for October

November 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for October. In .com the list was dominated by marijuana related names. There were a few states that passed a law legalizing recreational use on election day. Here is a look at the previous month: .com .net page less driver driver history self pair charter harley cars holding driving […]

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Gary Vaynerchuk thinks emoji domains are going to be huge

November 6, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

There sure has been a lot of talk about emoji domains lately. From Go Daddy creating a search engine and service to register emoji domains. QZ.com featured an article from Michael J Coren titled, “The land rush for emoji domains is coming” Coren points out the following about universal acceptance: Yet emoji URLs remain an […]

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Namepros.xyz $1, asking for an appraisal on Namepros ? Priceless

November 3, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

The important thing about being new in domaining is to read first, then start to acquire domain names. A new member of Namepros, started a thread today that they registered Namepros.xyz and asked for an appraisal on Namepros. Of course the first few replies were, “Are you kidding me ?” The member then started asking […]

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An interview with Byron Henderson on the .travel relaunch

November 2, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Dot Travel is an extension that never quite caught on when it launched years ago. There were restrictions as to who could register a .travel domain. Dot Travel has relaunched and now more people are able to register a .travel domain. We sat down with Byron Henderson and he answered questions about the .Travel extension. […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, domaining news, Interviews

Eric Lyon completes investigation into shill bidding allegations

November 1, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Last month we wrote about a situation on Namepros that had members divided. It dealt with the bidding activity and business of Rami Steiteh on Namepros. Some had accused Rami of shill bidding and others wanted Namepros to take a further look into everything going on. Eric Lyon completed his research and published a update […]

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Flippa is looking for submissions for a $1 reserve auction

October 19, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

I received an email this afternoon from Flippa about a potential upcoming auction showcase. They are looking to promote the auction heavily according to the email. You must be willing to set a $1 starting price and they would like the domain to be valued at greater than $1,000. I will be interested to see […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, domaining news, Flippa

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