Looking back at 2016 there were some interesting stories, I did not think 2016 was as action packed as 2015. In 2015 we saw Mike Berkens sell his 70,000 domain portfolio to GoDaddy, the Chips started their move up and made a lot of money for some of the smaller players in the biz. Back […]
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Forget domains, some countries tell parents what names they can pick for their child
Over the last 24 hours there has been a lot of discussion about what domains should or should not be allowed at Namescon. Conversations on both Namepros and TheDomains have led to some interesting debate, I think it has been respectful debate for the most part, which in 2016 has been rare if you followed […]
Continue ReadingFormer Mike Berkens “phrase” sales that are now developed
Mike Berkens has sold a lot of “longer” domains for a lot more money than most expected. Over the years I have had people ask me, “How does he do it ?” I would say being a skilled negotiator and rich enough to always say no, top the list. I decided to take a look […]
Continue ReadingThe thing about advice you should always consider
The one thing about advice in the domain industry is that often it’s not universally applicable. As much as you want to be like Rick Schwartz, without a time machine you can’t. You can be successful but you will not be picking up NNN.com names for $100. You can read about Mike Berkens turning down […]
Continue ReadingAfter selling for $125,000 a year ago USA.tv is back to a parked page
It was one year and two days ago when Namepros member Donnied79 announced the blockbuster sale of USA.tv for $125,000. After the sale was announced the domain pointed to the Twitter account of Simon Cowell from American Idol and X-Factor fame. The domain was acquired in 2010. At one time the domain had a big […]
Continue ReadingIs there a “boys club” in domaining ? There are many clubs
There have been a couple discussions this week about whether or not there is a “good old boys club” in domaining. Shane Cultra discussed his personal experience in the preamble to his daily picks post on Wednesday, I think Shane did a good job of articulating his feelings and early experiences in the business. There […]
Continue ReadingIs BrandBucket.org having second thoughts ?
Back on December 12, I wrote that a new website BrandBucket.org launched and they filed for a trademark with the USPTO. Well now when you type in brandbucket.org you get a 403 error, this could be simply a hosting problem, or it could mean that Margot and her team reached out and shut things down […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket releases November sales data
The BrandBucket newsletter came out and Michael Krell gave a rundown of what was going on in November. Keyword brandables vs invented brandables were virtually the same, right around $2,780 for the average sales price. The newsletter confirmed what we told you on Friday, you can no longer move approved domain names in your account. […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket no longer allowing “accepted” names to be pushed
So BrandBucket continues to change the game for the wholesale market. Keith DeBoer who is a brand ambassador for BrandBucket posted the following in the BrandBucket experience thread: It’s true folks, accepted names can no longer be pushed from one BB seller to another. However, there are two work-arounds: The obvious one….. pay the publishing […]
Continue ReadingWould GoDaddy offering payment plans be a good idea ?
Namepros member Hookbox posed an interesting idea, GoDaddy offering payment plans for prospective buyers, not just big ticket domains, but names priced at say $2,500 for example. He wrote: If Godaddy were to implement a payment plan on domains I believe our sales would go through the roof. Not everyone has a few thousand dollars […]
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