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Adam Doppelt and his million dollar domain hobby

December 6, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Very interesting detailed article on Medium by a gentleman named Adam Doppelt. Adam details his million dollar domain hobby and his journey from the start. Adam is also one of the founders of Fresh Chalk. At Fresh Chalk, we believe the best recommendations come from friends. Our mission is to help you find the best […]

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Filed Under: .ai, .io, domaining news

FinancialAdvisor.io once sold for $5,000 fetches just $432

October 21, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

FinancialAdvisor.io was sold for $5,000 back in 2016 over at NamePull.com. The domain name was then developed by the buyer Contrast Investing. In 2018 it started redirecting to SmartSavings.io. Archive.org from 2016 They let it expire a couple years later and I guess it was hand registered in 2019 and now it closed at auction […]

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Filed Under: .io, Auctions, Domain Sales

$28,888 buyer of Tiger.io revealed

September 24, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Earlier this month Tiger.io sold for $28,888 at Park.io. The buyer is now revealed to be Tiger Communications PLC out of Hampshire, England. What’s interesting is the company operates a website at TigerComms.com and looks like Tiger.io will be used for what I guess will be one division or specialized services. Tiger Communications provides Unified […]

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Filed Under: .io, Domain Sales

Moving to a .net from .io due to security concerns?

August 30, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

For a lot of domain investors a short, generic, one word .io is something they are looking to buy. On top of that we have seen companies move from .com to .io. Back at the end of February Draw.io announced that at some point in 2020 they would be moving to diagrams.net. Well they are […]

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Filed Under: .io

A handful of .io names on Tuesday traded for the 2nd,3rd and 4th time

August 26, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Busy day for .io with some .io domains trading for the third or fourth time. Lawyer.io closed at Flippa for $3,500. This was the third time it traded publicly. It sold for $3,200 in 2017 at Flippa and $1,500 in 2016 at Flippa. Moving.io had it’s fourth recorded transaction. It closed at $2,000 at Flippa. […]

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Filed Under: .io, Domain Sales, Domain trends

The Chagossians want .io back and they are fixated on cryptos using .io

July 9, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Back in 2014 GigaOM published a story on the .io extension, the country code for theĀ  British Indian Ocean Territory. With the ominous title, The dark side of .io: How the U.K. is making web domain profits from a shady Cold War land deal. Things came to the surface about who runs the .io extension, […]

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Filed Under: .io

Countries consider their country code a natural resource

February 10, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Wired published an article titled, “The Digital Colonialism Behind .tv and .ly” The story deals with country codes starting with .nu. It seems the news driving the story is the lawsuit regarding .nu the country code for the South Pacific island of Niue. I did not know all the history behind .nu, I knew it […]

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Filed Under: .io, .tv, CCtld, domaining news

Agentology drops the .com and moves to Verse.io

November 29, 2019 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

From .com to .io another company rebrands to a shorter .io but was it the smart move? Finding the right brand can be tricky. Lately we have seen some moves to short .co and .io. Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like polls is […]

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Filed Under: .io, Domain trends

With The Spotlight on .io, time to buy or sell ?

March 8, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 17 Comments

While much of the talk has been about new gtlds, a once obscure country code domain has really caught fire over the last year. The .io extension has become a hot topic of debate and speculation lately. Even Google keyword searches have seen a spike up for .io extension. First things first, the .io is […]

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Filed Under: .io, CCtld

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