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Chatlines.com purchased for $33,000 in 2017 left to expire

March 16, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Chatlines.com closed at GoDaddy for $22,250. The domain was left to expire after being purchased in 2017 for $33,000. InnovationHQ.com looked to be the seller back in 2017, the name sold at Uniregistry. Here is how the site looked after it was purchased in 2017: GoDaddy gets another windfall they did nothing to earn.

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Benefits of monitoring newly registered domains

March 14, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Security Trails published an article that is also a sales pitch, but is still worth a read. The topic surrounds new domain registrations and how it can help in the area of cybersecurity. From the article: Benefits of monitoring newly registered domains Lists of recently registered domains can be used for multiple purposes, such as […]

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BuyDomains sells HomeQuarantine.com

March 12, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

With everything going on with the Covdi-19 virus and quarantines. BuyDomains.com sold HOMEQUARANTINE.COM for $2,000 The domain name was originally registered in 2007 so it took 13 years for a sale. Looks like the net and org and other major extensions are available to register. I have a couple people like my sister who text […]

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Will Booking.com case potentially change the web as we know it?

March 11, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

I wrote a couple weeks back about the ICA and Booking.com. Today Quartz came out with a very sensationalist headline, “A .com trademark case at the US Supreme Court could change the web as we know it.” Ephrat Livni wrote a very detailed piece on the upcoming case going before the Supereme Court. From the […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, Intellectual Property

Kate Buckley on “What Smart Companies Know about Domain Names”

March 11, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Kate Buckley published an article on LinkedIn that you might have missed. It’s certainly well worth a read as Kate dives into all the benefits of owning premium domains. The checklist of benefits that I have included below as an excerpt from the article is worth writing down. You can use this in negotiations when […]

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Trio of big cctld sales on Monday including the largest reported .Be sale of all time

March 10, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Monday saw three big country code sales with Perfectos.be leading the way at $51,270. This is the biggest reported sale for the Belgian cctld. Namebio has 803 recorded sales totaling $2.1 million. Think.ai sold for $27,525 at Whois.ai. This is the fourth highest reported .ai sale of all time. 3377.cc expired and closed at $22,472 […]

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My latest new gtld sale – Sponsored.link

March 9, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 10 Comments

Over the past year I have had an increasing number of inquiries about whether I am going to renew a name or not. Last April I got one on Sponsored.Link, Doing some research, I notice that you are letting the domain Sponsored.link drop. Before it is released from your account, would you mind transferring the […]

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Monsters, Trolls, Spam police, new forum seekers – Just another week in domaining

March 8, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 20 Comments

Another wild week in the online drama that is Namepros. The constant pro Epik members battling anti Epik members continues to drag on. From the poll I have run the last 3 years on best or favorite registrar, with some saying employees should not be allowed to vote. That gets complicated because Epik has several […]

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Domainer or Domain Investor or Basement Dweller?

March 6, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

There is a thread on Namepros where a member wanted opinions on Domainer vs Domain Investor. Was their a difference? Should there be a difference. Brad Mugford gave a good answer in my opinion. I think most people tend to use the terms interchangeably, but I would consider a “domain investor” to be a slightly […]

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4 Common Brand Naming Myths

March 5, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

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

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