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Delete.com closes at $494,352

February 12, 2026 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Delete.com had an epic battle between bidder 27 and bidder 32. Literally back and forth for hours. The domain auction closed at $494,352. The name is approaching it’s 30th birthday. GoDaddy only had this name appraised at $24,069. GoDaddy originally went to auction this domain name months ago. They did make sure they have the […]

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77Bet.com closes at $220K

February 12, 2026 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

77Bet.com transacted for the third time today. Closing at GoDaddy auctions at $220,080. Back in 2023 it sold at GoDaddy for $62,009 and for a lowly $5,655 in 2018 at GoDaddy. These NNBet.coms have done well the past few years. 69bet.com 140,000 USD 2024-07-04 Sedo 7bet.com 86,625 USD 2022-07-17 Andy.co.uk 27bet.com 80,000 USD 2024-07-04 Sedo […]

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Discover the .ART Advantage: Earn Real Money with Domain Academy

February 3, 2026 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Two of our sponsors here .Art and Godaddy have been collaborating on .Art’s Name.Art system. I think this is something that will interest a certain subset of those who are interested in new gtlds and Web3. Traditional .com investors will probably skip over this but I thought the video below is worth a watch for […]

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Now that’s tasty, Umami.com closes at $100K on GoDaddy Auctions

December 4, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Umami.com closed at GoDaddy auctions for $100,000. Registered in 1998 there are many restaurants named Umami. Umami is the fifth basic taste, described as savory or meaty, and is found in foods like aged cheeses, cured meats, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Umami is a Japanese word that translates to “pleasant savory taste” and was formally identified […]

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Paul Nicks is retiring from GoDaddy

November 20, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Paul Nicks just announced on X that he is taking an early retirement from GoDaddy. He will also step down as a board member at ICA. Paul will be missed, one of my favorite people in the business and the best at GoDaddy for my money along with Joe Styler and James Iles. Paul was […]

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Interview with James Iles of GoDaddy

September 4, 2025 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

In a few months it will be James Iles three year anniversary at GoDaddy. Previous to working at GoDaddy James was an active blogger at JamesNames.com. James has always been one of the most helpful people at GoDaddy in my opinion, whenever I have a question he finds the answer. I wanted to see what […]

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Popular Chinese surname Zhang.com closes at $63,555 at GoDaddy

August 5, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Zhang.com was left to expire and closed at GoDaddy auctions for $63,555. The domain name Zhang.com was registered in 1997. Registered at ENOM the registrant might have time to renew. A very popular surname in China. It’s actually the third most common according to according to Asian Language School. Zhang (张/張) is extremely popular in […]

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WDA.com expires closes at $32,150

June 14, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

WDA.com was left to expire, and closed at $32,150 at GoDaddy auctions. The domain name was registered back in 1995. It looks like it was registered to Wireless Developer Inc. They owned wirelessdeveloper.com and a couple other related names like WDA.me. Shame to just let a valuable domain name expire and get nothing for it. […]

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Sonora.com closes at $92,000 at GoDaddy auctions

April 9, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Sonora.com closed at $92,000 at GoDaddy auctions. Now this domain is not at GoDaddy (Squarespace) so the previous registrant might have time to renew. The domain name was registered in 1994. Andy Booth posted on X that he was the winning bidder. Sonora has a lot of potential end users using Sonora in their domain […]

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GoDaddy’s How many people tool (video)

March 4, 2025 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

GoDaddy Domain Academy released a video highlighting their “How many people” tool. When you are looking for info on first name domain names you might want to acquire the data is always helpful. I have used sites like Nameberry.com, BabyCenter.com, BehindTheName.com to do research. The GoDaddy tool looks to be using US Census Data. Here […]

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