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Namepros hits 1 million discussions

February 8, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

It took 14 years and now Namepros has hit 1 million discussions on the site. Other milestones coming up are 6 million posts and 1 million members. Here is a look at the current numbers: Discussions: 1,000,151 Messages: 5,985,593 Members: 997,198 Congratulations to Eric Lyon and his crew.

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, domaining news, Namepros

Podcast gives details into Sumo.com deal $1m to be paid over 5 years

February 8, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Stitcher.com has a podcast today about the Sumo.com purchase. As was reported everywhere today, SumoMe.com purchases Sumo.com for $1.5 million. In the podcast it is revealed that $500 k was paid upfront and $1 million over the next five years. Noah Kagan explains that paying over 5 years made sense to him, 16,000 a month, […]

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You might sell a domain for $100K but can you sell a Cheeto for $100K ?

February 7, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

You might be able to sell a domain name for $5,000, maybe even $100,000, but do you think you can sell a Cheeto for $100,000 ? That’s right a cheese puff just sold on Ebay for $99,900. Of course it could be a publicity stunt, let’s actually hope it is, but it just shows how […]

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Namerific recent sales and updates to their service

February 7, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

I spoke to Namerific and they gave me some updates on new developments and sales. 1. We have decreased the domain listing fee to just $4 ( at just $4 we create an attractive logo for your domain and write a nice description as well), 2. We have decreased the domain review time to just […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Namerific

GoDaddy updates 2 factor security

February 6, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Joe Styler posted an update on Namepros We finally released an update to our 2 factor security which I know many people have been asking for. You can now add a backup besides your phone to receive the codes such as an app like Google Authenticator. You can now set the 2fa up for the […]

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English domain names are viable in China

February 2, 2017 by Alvin Brown 3 Comments

I like domain names made up of English words, and this attitude is quite natural. These days you can start a business on the internet and be instantly connected to suppliers, customers, and investors all around the world. So, isn’t it common sense to choose a domain name which is easily remembered by people across […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

Someone is going on a .Ai shopping spree

January 31, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 11 Comments

So the last few weeks the Sedo country code sales have been filled with .Ai sales. The top two sales this week were .Ai sales. The week before .Ai took 12 of 27 reported cctld sales. There seems to be one company out of Beijing that is buying all these .Ai names. Beijing YW Tech […]

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Filed Under: .ai

Some quality domains wanted threads with solid budgets

January 30, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Going through the domains wanted threads at Namepros I picked out a few listings that have decent budgets and serious buyers. The members have trader ratings of 100%. Many wanted threads can be fishing expeditions or people looking to buy $1 for .20, the listings below while not guaranteed to generate a sale, at least […]

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A look at how many non .com sales made the top 100 for the last 5 years

January 29, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

It’s the three year anniversary of the launch of the first 7 new strings to be launched. .bike, .clothing, .guru, .holdings, .plumbing, .singles, and .ventures. Some believe that all the new gtlds will affect the value and sales for .com. Will .com sales eventually only become 60% of the top 100 ? (I don’t think […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Domain trends

Behind The Keyword – Spotlight on “Online”

January 28, 2017 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Welcome to Behind The Keyword, I will be taking a look at the most popular keywords that sell, get listed and get developed. Whether it be on big marketplaces like Sedo and Afternic or specialty sites like BrandBucket. Today we are looking at the keyword – Online Some Online related statistics: 10,020,000,000  results for the […]

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Filed Under: .online, Behind The Keyword

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