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DNForum.com down again

December 14, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

DNForum once the preeminent domain forum in the industry has once again gone down this week. Some have wondered if the forum would be better off if it changed hands and had fresh blood to infuse some life into the place. There was a time when DNForum was where serious business was done and Namepros […]

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Filed Under: DNForum, domaining news, Namepros

Trump top trending keyword for .com and net in November

December 13, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign is out with their top 10 trending keywords for November. Trump was the top keyword in .com and .net. Make and Great were also at the top.   .com .net Trump Trump make cannabis great marijuana weed weed again  America America  again Donald  Donald near president president owner pot matter Here is a look […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Verisign

BrandBucket.org launches and files for TM

December 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

A Norwegian man has filed a trademark application for brandbucket. The applicant has registered the domain name brandbucket.org. From Trademarkia: Status Update! On Saturday, December 3, 2016, status on the BRANDBUCKET trademark changed to NEW APPLICATION FILED. On Tuesday, November 29, 2016, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for BRANDBUCKET by Ruben Botn-Jørgensen, Kolbotn […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Intellectual Property

“The majority of domains targeted via UDRP are not worth the effort”

December 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Fairwinds Partners conducted research that took a look at Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide and then broke down the list to focus on the top 50 brands whose names were not based on generic terms and did not represent houses of brands. They came to a lot of interesting conclusions, a couple are as follows: […]

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GoDaddy Auctions performing maintenance tonight

December 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

This will only affect public auctions that are closing at night and into the morning. An auction like this one with 1 bid will be affected. Here is the note from GoDaddy Auctions will be performing maintenance starting on Friday, December 9, 2016, 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Maintenance is expected to complete after 6 […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Go Daddy

Enter the .Global Christmas Calendar for a chance to win free domains

December 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

If you are looking for a chance to win free .global domains, there is a contest going on. I actually found out about this on Namepros, the first day I entered, I got an email the next day that I won Conference.Global. So I won the Bearglecorn contest at Name.com which included a free .games […]

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Filed Under: domaining news, new gtlds

Differences between China and the west in domain names

December 5, 2016 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

Recently an executive in the domain industry asked me to comment on the main differences between China and the west in domain names. First of all, when people say ‘the west,’ I think they are mostly referring to the US. So the question now becomes: what are the differences between China and the US in […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

BrandBucket Podcast Episode 2

December 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Michael Krell released the second episode of the BrandBucket podcast. Michael extended this podcast by about five minutes over the first podcast. He breaks down specific names and why they were accepted or not accepted. Tenantt.com is the first example of a name not accepted. The second was weightt.com, I would say there are many […]

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Vegas Baby – A domain bet pays off at the .tv casino

November 30, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 11 Comments

So the new NHL team in Las Vegas announced their name last Tuesday. Owner Bill Foley kept people in suspense for months, putting out disinformation and talking about other names he was never planning on using. I had a good idea what the name would be before the big reveal. Why ? Because I had […]

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Filed Under: .tv

Namepros revises rules for business members

November 29, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Namepros has revised their rules for business members. One of the key features to paying $10 a month is the number of active listings allowed in the marketplace. In the seller’s guide to Namepros, I highlighted the fact that the rules were for 6 active listings but Namepros was allowing 10. Today Eric Lyon updated […]

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