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Follow the adventures of Eric Lyon and family

October 15, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Most people know Eric Lyon as the guy that makes Namepros hum, but he has had a pretty interesting life outside of domaining. From driving around the country several times, to his sick logo and comic skills. Eric has a relatively new blog up on his ScorpionAgency.com website. If you like BBQ, cars and where […]

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Wholesale speaking, the bloom is off the BrandBucket rose

September 29, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

Back in 2015, without discussing it in the BrandBucket experience thread on Namepros, a couple of members Brand Pluck and Crocodile Dundee started a new kind of auction. They were auctioning off brandable domain names that had been accepted by BrandBucket. After this a few others took notice, and some others were reporting these threads […]

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Ethics question spurs one hell of a debate

September 20, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Namepros just closed a thread that had one of the more heated debates we have seen in a long time. The debate sparked over ethics, whether or not cutting a broker out of the deal, is unethical or smart business. The thread starter (talhahassan) decided to call out Shane Bellone and use his name in […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, domaining news, Namepros

A Funny Take on Expiring Domains

September 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Eric Lyon takes a humorous look at one of the daily experiences that plays out every day in the domain industry.

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The Popcorn Thread of The Week

September 7, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

The popcorn thread of the week is over at Namepros and it deals with .40 domain purchases, Paypal chargebacks for revenge and an innocent member getting caught up in the melee. Namepros member iAchilles may have summed it up best: All domains and names posted who are involved in this debacle, are now officially damaged […]

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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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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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In the midst of SchoolPanda Gate, BrandBucket should open their own forum

August 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

There has been a lot of talk here and on Namepros with regards to the Doron Vermaat portfolio sale on Namepros. These 68 names are all published on BrandBucket, one name SchoolPanda.com was sold for $2,995. You can read all the discussion if you have some time here and here. Some feel these auctions should […]

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Doron Vermaat is a stand up guy – BrandBucket Name Sells while in Auction at Namepros

August 3, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 45 Comments

A hypothetical scenario that I wrote about last week on Namepros has become a real scenario for one high profile domainer. Namepros has become the wholesale platform for BrandBucket published and approved names. The one caveat, the name is live on BrandBucket. The worst scenario you want to have happen is for your auction to […]

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How Namepros Became The Wholesale Platform for BrandBucket

July 30, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

About a year ago a new sales trend started on Namepros. The largest forum in the industry became the wholesale trading platform for BrandBucket. Without discussing it in the BrandBucket experience thread on Namepros, a couple of members Brand Pluck and Crocodile Dundee started a new kind of auction. They were auctioning off brandable domain […]

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