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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Porn tops the .net charts for Verisign’s December Trends
Verisign is out with their Top 10 keywords for December of 2015 and porn was the top trending keyword for .net. Not sure when we have seen that one at the top before. In .com clinic was the top trending keyword. .Com was made up mostly of Chinese keywords. Top 10 Keywords Registered in December […]
Continue ReadingFrom China To Berkens To Dicker 2015 was one hell of a year
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 […]
Continue ReadingWill Four Letter Chips Go The Way of Bitcoin ?
DomainVP.com brought up some interesting points in the Namepros Chinese bubble thread, and compared 4L.com specifically Chips, to go the way of Bitcoin and eventually see there way to a pretty steep fall. His post read as follows: The miracle is the current price of these $20 digital rocks people were throwing away a year […]
Continue ReadingS.CC sold for $361,977 and some other big sales made in China
There have been some big sales taking place in China that have not been reported on industry websites such as DN Journal or Namebio, these investors would probably never report their sales outside China. S.CC apparently has sold for 2.31 million yuan or $361,977, the source of the sale is located here. WZJB.com sold for […]
Continue ReadingSomeone Wants to buy up the 7N.com namespace
Someone is looking to buy up the 7N.com space and laid out there plans in public. A member on Namepros is asking people for help, not money, but help on buying up the 7N.com namespace. Here is part of the post from DomainEmpire on Namepros: Why am I sharing this story with you ? We’ve […]
Continue ReadingAn Interesting Negotiating Ploy – Register the Seller’s Full Name
I have seen some crazy stuff in the middle of domain negotiations but I had not come across what one Namepros member experienced this week. Apparently as negotiations were getting nowhere, the potential buyer registered the firstlastname.com of the seller. The seller posted on Namepros about whether or not he should retaliate. In the post […]
Continue ReadingEZ.com at $430,000 will it meet reserve ?
Sedo’s Great Domains auction ends Thursday and ez.com has not met reserve yet with the high bid of $430,000. The reserve is $500,000 – $999,999. I think that is too wide of a range, make it $500,000 to $699,999 then $700,000 to $899,999, etc… When the range is a full $500,00 there is too much […]
Continue ReadingWith latest industry scandal domaining needs to look inward to protect newcomers
Many years ago a gentleman said to me, “Raymond I have never seen an industry with so much hero worship, an industry actually devoid of any real heroes” In the wake of the Adam Dicker scandal I think it is important for the industry going forward to focus more on facts, figures and transparency than […]
Continue ReadingXYZ Makes the Top Ten Trending Keywords for September According to Verisign
Verisign released the top ton trending keywords for September, and mall was the top keyword in .com while simple was the top keyword for .net. XYZ came in at number 6 in .com. No keyword showed up in the top 10 for both .com and .net. Top 10 Keyword Registration Trends for .Com and .Net […]
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