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WhatAboutWatermelon.com closes at $1,975

May 29, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Sometimes you see a name close at auction and you just say, “Wait, what?” WhatAboutWatermelon.com closed on GoDaddy auctions at $1,975, GoDaddy had a valuation of $1,294. The domain was actually developed into a website about what else? Watermelon. Solid backlink profile, data courtesy of Majestic SEO External Backlinks 11,408 Referring Domains 541 Referring IPs […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain Sales, Go Daddy

Disappointment in the current state of domaining

May 21, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Are you disappointed with the state of domaining ? There is a member on Namepros that posted the following: Hi All, I just had this thing on my mind and feel I had to rant. There are so many domainers out here who have grossly overvalued their domains. They are very highly unlikely to sell […]

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Member from the Netherlands is member 1,000,000 on Namepros

May 16, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Namepros member SofTEdge looks to be member number 1,000,000. The user from the Netherlands joined at 5:45 am Pacific time. It looks like JBLions was the winner of the contest put together by Cyberian. That’s unofficial but from a quick look it seems right. The contest picks are here

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25 away

May 15, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Currently Namepros stands at 999,975 members, closing in on the magic million member number. One million discussions was hit back in February. A few people are going to win some sweet prizes courtesy of Cyberian. Those who participated in the contest that picked May 16, should be the winners. I personally went with May 19, […]

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Mike Berkens sells Learn.Wine

May 15, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Mike Berkens sold Learn.Wine for a net gain for $10,000. Mike told me two weeks ago that he had a potential .wine sale and it’s now official. Congrats to Mike on what I think is a great price. We @mwd sold the new gTLD Learn(.)wine for a net to us of $10K through @GoDaddy brokerage […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Michael Berkens, new gtlds

Domain Tools delivers another jab to domainers

May 11, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Back when Domain Tools increased their prices in April of 2016, a friend texted me, “at least dailychanges is still free.” I texted back, “give it time” Well now it seems that June 1 you will have to have a personal membership at Domain Tools ($99 monthly, $995 yearly) to access Daily Changes. There is […]

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French tv broadcaster upgrades to France.TV

May 10, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

France Télévisions  is the French public national television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company that has used the domain FranceTV.fr. Namepros member Michal reported that the company has now upgraded to France.tv. The FranceTV.fr now redirects to their corporate site. Namepros member Ammudamus confirmed he was the seller of the name. I can confirm I […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Domain Sales, Namepros

Solar, Jumbo and Oath trending in April according to Verisign

May 9, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their top 10 trending keywords for April. Jumbo was the top keyword for .com and solar for .net. Oath was third in .com and I am sure that was brought on by a surge in oath related names due to the Verizon acquisition of Yahoo. .COM .NET jumbo solar visit model oath guitar […]

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Domaining Europe full auction list

May 5, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Domaining Europe will run May 14 to May 16 in Berlin, Germany. Agenda Sunday 14th of May Monday 15th of May Morning sessions start at 9.00 until 13.00 Monetization Parking-Development-Landing Pages Co-operation – New Developments Afternoon Session starts at 14.00 until 18.00 Aftermarket Brokers- Marketplaces- Tendencies- Auctions- Direct-Sales Promotions/Branding 20.00 – Berliner Dinner Tuesday 16th […]

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Someone really wants WorldAirways.com

May 5, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

The action has really picked up on WorldAirways.com. The 19 year old domain is expired and the auction closes today on GoDaddy. The price was at $1,525with bidder 1 in the lead, then bidder 10 came in and shook things up. The prices started jumping by the thousands, the price is now $66,000, will be […]

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