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Amazon to acquire Ring

February 27, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

From not getting a deal on Shark Tank as Doorbot to rebranding as Ring and getting the premium name Ring.com to being acquired for more than $1billion. Jamie Siminoff the founder of the company was interviewed by James Iles of Namepros awhile back. Venture Beat covered the acquisition: Amazon has acquired Ring, maker of smart […]

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The Essentials of Buying and Selling Domain Names

February 24, 2018 by Alvin Brown Leave a Comment

We’re back on the saddle for another round up adventure. Today’s round up will help those of you in search of good content centered around the essentials of buying and selling domain names. From novice to expert, I believe you’ll find a good bit of content spread far and wide throughout the internet. From DomainSherpa.com […]

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The most valuable brands by country

February 21, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

A lot of domain owners focus on brandable domains and brandable marketplaces have been in vogue for awhile now. An interesting look at the value of brands from a country perspective. HowMuch.net put this together, from their website: We got our numbers from the good folks at Brand Finance, who gave us a sneak peak […]

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Buckley Media Group sells Inspection.com for $335,000

February 21, 2018 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Kate Buckley tweeted out that she closed the sale of Inspection.com for $335,000. Congratulations to Kate who had some of the top sales in 2017. Thrilled to announce I’ve just closed the sale of https://t.co/rFOIuIVSBH for $335,000. Congratulations to both buyer and seller! #domains #brands #marketing #scaleup #BuckleyMediaGroup — Kate Buckley (@katebuckley1) February 21, 2018

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Premium domain name: Their value and why they cost so much

February 19, 2018 by Alvin Brown 4 Comments

Why do premium domain names cost so much?  What is the difference in a premium domain name versus a domain name? Domain names are quite powerful entities in the world of the internet, and can make or break a business when an owner allows the domain name to expire. If the owners fail to pay […]

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Country code registrations up 2.4% year over year

February 16, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their Domain Name Industry Brief Q4 2017 Top 5 extensions: .com .cn .tk .de .net When it comes to new gtld’s As of Dec. 31, 2017, total new gTLD (ngTLD) domain name registrations were approximately 20.6 million or 6.2 percent of total domain name registrations across all TLDs. This is a decrease of […]

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Verisign top trending keywords for January sees a focus on marijuana and no crypto

February 13, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for January and crypto was no longer in the mix. Nano and Stemcells along with Marijuana are now in the mix. .COM .NET near association cell  therapy  dispensary career  stem plans  claim  marijuana centers  account  hole away residential bang  nano  being  cane  hop

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2017 really was a terrible year for non coms

February 12, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Taking a look at the final stats for 2017, it really was a terrible year for non coms. Only 11 non coms were in the top 100 sales reported by DN Journal. Only 2 of those names were new gtlds and domain investors reaped no benefit as the registries sold Casino.Online (Radix) and Video.Games (Rightside). […]

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NameJet January sales led by PY.net

February 6, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

NameJet released their January sales and PY.net was the top sale at $27,000. NamesCon results are not included in the list. ZSV.com was the first 3L.com sold and it went for only $11,100. The first non .com sale after Py.net was onyx.io for $6,100. Overall January looked slow to me, hopefully with NamesCon over things […]

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Should you auction your new gtld at a live auction?

January 30, 2018 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

There were 135 lots in the NamesCon live auction. Of those 135 lots, 20 were new gtlds. 15 out of the 20 sold. The top sale was Business.Loans at $10,000. Tax.help sold for $6,000 and Porn.Club sold for $5,000. A lot of $300 and $500 sales that with a healthy commission probably add up to […]

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