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A Decade of Dot TV

November 12, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

2005 was an eventful year for me in domaining, early in 2005 I founded 3Character.com and in November the Dot TV sub forum on Namepros. Now some may say sub forum ? So what? Today there are a million niches and Eric Lyon does a good job with some input from me and members of […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Namepros

An Interesting Negotiating Ploy – Register the Seller’s Full Name

November 11, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

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 […]

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Namepros Makes It Easier to focus on Numeric Domains

September 28, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Namepros has added two new sections for Numeric domain investors. A member had contacted Eric about wanting a numbers only sales forum and when asked I said I thought it was a good idea. I suggested a numbers only discussion section as well. Eric and Paul move fast and the sections have been created. Things […]

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Filed Under: Namepros, Numerical Domains

Namepros Sets Chatroom Record and brings in over $10,000 for Rami Steitieh

September 22, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Yesterday concluded the third live auction for Rami Steitieh and his goal of raising money for his wife’s medical treatments. The third and final auction netted over $10,000 and was solely 4L.com and .net. I want to thank Eric Lyon for backing the idea and setting up pre-bidding. Rami has asked for help and I […]

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Filed Under: Namepros

Kevin Fink discusses the history and a look forward after Flippa Firestorm on Namepros

September 19, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 13 Comments

Kevin Fink made several updates to what is going on at Flippa in what is certainly the thread of the week if not the year on Namepros. At the end of his comments he started a new topic which is a look forward. Shane Bellone posted.“So you THOUGHT Flippa was shady?” on Wednesday and the […]

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Filed Under: Flippa, Namepros

Namepros Live Auction open for pre-bidding – Live Auction Friday at Noon

September 17, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Pre-Bidding is open for Namepros Live Auction #2 The second auction to help Rami Steitieh liquidate his portfolio will take place tomorrow in Live Chat, the time will be 12 Noon, Eastern Time. Here is a link to the pre-bidding form Here are the names: Lot Number Domain Name Lot#1 Article-Directory.com Lot#2 BathroomShowerCurtain.com Lot#3 RemodelingConstruction.com […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Namepros

Eric Lyon Gets The Full Scoop on Shelly.com – Fantasize.com Auctions

September 4, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

There have recently been a couple higher profile auctions that resulted in closes in the x,xxx and xx,xxx range on Namepros. Names like Fantasize.com and Shelly.com which closed at $16,000, were being auctioned off by a broker. Several members pointed out potential red flags. Eric Lyon finally got to the bottom of what was going […]

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Shelly.com closes at $16,000 on Namepros – Will The Sale Get Closed ?

August 31, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Shelly.com closed at $16,000 on Namepros, there has been some controversy around this auction as it is a brokered auction. Many comments have been deleted to keep the auction on track. Eric Lyon did verify with the current owner that the broker had the right to sell the name. Another member Keith, pointed out that […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Namepros

Shelly.com gets $5,000 Starting Bid on Namepros

August 27, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

You usually don’t see domains like a first name .com being auctioned on Namepros. Shelly.com has been listed and has a starting bid at $5,000. Listing details provided by member: After 72 Hours of the Last Bid, Auction for 24 Hours. Starting Bid. 5000 . Increment 2000 Bin 100k. A few facts about the girl’s […]

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Afternic Fixes The Glitch and bans the member who posted sales figures

August 19, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

So yesterday we reported that a member on Namepros found a way without hacking any security or anything like that, to find sales data from Afternic. It now looks like Afternic fixed the glitch and banned the member. On Namepros the member explained how he came upon the data and that it was all sitting […]

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Filed Under: Afternic, Namepros

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