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Will Cannon on the 13 Best Internet Business Models In 2021

October 8, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

Every week or two I get emails from readers on development ideas, where is the best market to delve into? Will Cannon the founder of UpLead and Signaturely wrote a very thorough post over at Flippa that is worth reading. Will breaks down 13 different business models and highlights the pros and cons. For those […]

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Filed Under: Start ups, Web Development, Website flipping

4 Common Brand Naming Myths

March 5, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

Squadhelp published an article “4 More Common Brand Naming Myths” Justin Cabrera delved into 4 areas of domain names and branding that is worth a read. The one the might be the most interesting for domain investors revolves around short names. Many believe shorter the better. Most times that advice is usually right. Cabrera goes […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain trends, squadhelp, Start ups

Startup founders, is your domain matching your brand?

December 22, 2019 by Kassey Lee

A domain marks your presence in the digital world – a global one indeed. Yet, in my daily news reading, I come across startup after startup with the domain-matching-brand issue. So, it’s time to check your domain and see if it is correctly named. Your domain is the address of your store in the digital […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, Grandseeds.com, Start ups

A constant pain, a Chinese startup, and a category domain

September 16, 2019 by Kassey Lee

How do you feel if you have to enter a password in order to use the free WiFi service of a store? How much pain is it when you are shopping at various stores? There is a simple solution, and, surprisingly, it comes from China. This story also reveals the ownership of a category domain. […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, Start ups

Founder of Squadhelp interviewed at Inc

August 29, 2019 by Raymond Hackney

Darpan Munjal is the founder of Squadhelp, a company that helps people name their business. The naming platform has become very popular over the last year at Namepros with many members submitting names there. For the 2nd Time, Squadhelp.com has made the Inc. 500, Ranking No. 274 Mr. Munjal was interviewed for the upcoming issue […]

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Filed Under: Branding, domaining news, Intellectual Property, Start ups

Why this startup structured their 3L.com acquisition as a lease to own

July 23, 2019 by Raymond Hackney

Startup acquires perfect domain name for their business. Mux builds powerful APIs for video encoding, hosting, streaming and data. Last year an employee there wrote a very interesting and in depth post on how they acquired Mux.com. They started out on Mux.co which they paid $1,200 for, they then stalked someone on Reddit to get […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, Start ups

Before Mark Cuban Was Interested in Ocho A Domain Investor Was

November 15, 2014 by Raymond Hackney

There is a new app that has been getting a lot of press this past week, it is a social video sharing app along the lines of Vine. The name of the app is Ocho which has caught the attention of entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Like Vine, Ocho also operates on a […]

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Filed Under: .CO, social media, Start ups

A few articles looking at domains from outside the industry

January 1, 2014 by Raymond Hackney

Over the last couple weeks there were some interesting articles regarding domain names from publications outside the industry. Larry Levenson wrote a piece on HubSpot entitled, “Why Marketers Should Care About The 1,300 New Top-Level Domains” Levenson talks about things from using the new gtlds for brand protection to potential SEO benefits to innovation. He […]

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Filed Under: Branding, Domain trends, Domaining 101, new gtlds, Start ups

Are Short Brandable.coms the best option for Start ups ?

June 11, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: Raymond Hackney Brandables domains are getting talked up a lot lately on Namepros with a lot of talk centering around Brand Bucket. Name Perfection is another company in the space and they put out this infographic. These boutique firms are focused on start ups and helping them to get their perfect domain. I don't […]

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Filed Under: Infographics, Start ups

An Interactive Look At SXSW

March 9, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: RH BestCofounder.com put together this look at SXSW, looking at things from the economic benefit to the city of Austin, to the start-ups that launched there or were propelled to new heights after presenting at SXSW. Not to mention Austin and SXSW will never be the same with Jared Ewy from Name.com running around […]

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Filed Under: Infographics, Start ups

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