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Sold My First New gTLD

March 4, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 26 Comments

It is not something to shout from a mountain top or any huge deal, but I did complete my first new gtld sale. I have not gone wild with new gtld purchases, I have just registered 10 in total, and was trying to focus on topics that I actually like so if there was zero […]

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You Are Probably Not Going To Be Able To Register That .App Domain You were so keen on

March 2, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

More than a handful of people have told me they are looking forward to registering a .App name and wondered where they would be priced ? Google just won the rights to the extension for $25,000,001 as has been reported everywhere on the Internet, some sites actually reporting it today likes it is hot off […]

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Roger Kay”Why, Even After A Year, There’s Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains”

January 22, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Roger Kay in a new article on Forbes today gives his opinion on year 1 of the new gtld program. So far Mr, Kay does not see much good. He points to the facts of: consumers aren’t flocking to the new domains security issues cybersquatting confusion cost and much more. From the article: And it’s […]

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Panel At Namescon to Discuss Doing Domain Business in China sponsored by TLD Registry

December 16, 2014 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

TLD Registry (DotChinese Online and Dot Chinese Website) continues to unveil more of their plans for NamesCon. For those truly interested in the Chinese market from a new gtld standpoint this does look like they are putting in the effort to truly educate potential registrants. The new gtlds from a domain investor/trader standpoint certainly hold […]

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TLD Registry To Offer Chinese Masterclass at NamesCon

December 2, 2014 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

TLD Registry the operator of the Dot Chinese Online (.在线 ) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网 ) top level domains is going to be holding an educational program with regard to Chinese domaining at Namescon. The Chinese Masterclass program will run over all four days of Namescon. The sessions will run multiple times throughout the […]

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Chinese Landrush Releases Updated Version 3.1

November 7, 2014 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

TLD Registry has released a new Chinese Landrush 3.1 The TLD Registry has been very pro active imo in making sure those that decide to register their strings have tools to help them make better decisions, they know for non – Chinese registrants, some education is going to be needed. This version is an upgraded […]

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“Internet 2020: An Analysis of How New gTLDs Will Transform the Internet,”

November 6, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Fierce CIO posted an article by Gary McIlraith CEO of NetNames with regards to a study they undertook. “Internet 2020: An Analysis of How New gTLDs Will Transform the Internet,” The study seemed a bit too .com defeatist imo, certainly in six years it makes sense that some new gtlds will have taken hold, what that […]

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One Realtor Explains Why They Are Not Interested in Dot Realtor and Will Stick With Dot Com

October 30, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Teresa Boardman wrote a piece on Inman.com where she expressed her desire to control her own destiny, not stand with the pack, and stick with .com over the new .realtor extension. I tend to agree with Teresa that the domain names should be more about the real estate she is showcasing and not about her. […]

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With 2 Million New gTLD registrations – What Have We Learned So Far ?

August 24, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

So we have passed 2 million new gtld registrations, what have we learned so far ? 1)It is better to be a guru (69,069 regs) than it is to be an expert (20,211 regs) or a ninja (14,501) 2) All that talk about shorter is better is hogwash, Photography has (43,603 regs) vs Photos (14,161 […]

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The Meaninglessness of .COM ?

August 12, 2014 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

Mason Cole wrote a post on the Donuts blog about Semantics, Affinity and that .com is meaningless. Of course Mr.Cole has a vested interest in .com becoming meaningless. It is probably also true that .com will still have value long after many new gtlds flame out. I get being high on your product and believing […]

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