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Possibly The Most Chatted about auction ever on Namepros closes at $3,600

August 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

There really has never been an auction on Namepros that has been chatted about as much as the 68 domain BrandBucket portfolio of Doron Vermaat. The auction perked up and brought attention to the rules at Namepros when Doron sold SchoolPanda.com for $2,995 on BrandBucket while the auction was running. The auction closed at $3,600 […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, domaining news, Namepros

No surprise what the top two trending keywords were for July

August 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for July and the top two spots were no surprise. The Pokemon Go craze went worldwide and Go and Pokemon were top two in both .com and .net. Panda made it in the top 10, I have been writing about School Panda for close to a week.

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Some Major Internet Brands Used Escrow.com to close the deal

August 7, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Escrow.com updated their homepage to show some of the big brands that were purchased using Escrow.com to facilitate the transaction. It really is some of the biggest brands on the Internet. Pretty cool.

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Filed Under: Domain trends, domaining news, Escrow.com

Eric Lyon Lays Out What’s Allowed And What’s Not on Namepros Auctions

August 6, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

After all the discussion that took place on Namepros this week with regards to people listing BrandBucket published names, Eric Lyon made a post to make it clear what’s allowed and what’s not. Eric laid out contingency plans if a domain sells on BrandBucket while still being in a live auction on Namepros. Eric brought […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Domain trends, Domaining 101, domaining news, Namepros

Worlds and Casino Top Verisign’s Trending Keywords for June

July 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign is out with their top trending keywords for June. With the recent news that the U.K. is leaving the European Union, Brexit made the top 10 for .com. Worlds and Casino were the top two .com keywords. Pass and Luxury were the top two trending keywords in .net.

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Mark Monitor has a new owner as Thomson Reuters Sells Unit

July 11, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Thomson Reuters announced last November that they were exploring options for their Intellectual Property & Science unit. Today they made a deal with private equity firms Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55 billion in cash. The IP & Science unit is headquartered in my hometown of Philadelphia. The division contributed about 8 […]

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Filed Under: domaining news, Publicy traded domain companies, Registrars

Top 10 Keywords Registered in May 2016 – Trump returns to the list

June 15, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Verisign released their top trending keywords for May and Net took the top spot for both com and net.  After being out of the top 10 in April, Trump has returned to the top ten in May. Research was the other keyword that showed up in both extensions. Top 10 Keywords Registered in May 2016

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WP.org Donated To WordPress Foundation

June 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

The two letter domain WP.org was donated to the WordPress Foundation thanks to Syed Balkhi the Founder of WPBeginner. In a letter on WPBeginner.com Syed wrote: Over the last year and a half, if you typed in the domain wp.org, then you were redirected to WPBeginner. This was an unexpected and unpleasant surprise for many […]

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A look at some BrandBucket type sales on Sedo this week

June 1, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

This week was a good example of why you can’t put all your brandable eggs in one basket. While the brandable boutiques specialize in selling brandable names you can be found on Sedo as well. I would say the advantages of Sedo are 10% commission if you want to use their nameservers and list as […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain Sales, domaining news, Sedo

A Hand Reg Home Run and Why You Need Patience

May 29, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 12 Comments

This week on Sedo the domain name InformationOfThings.com sold for $4,500. This domain was hand registered in October of 2015 and sold on May 18, 2016. Pretty crazy ROI on that one. This was a smart hand registration IMO, a cheap speculative play with the potential for a big payout. Playing off the hoopla around […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, domaining news, InternetOfThings

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