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From LinkedIn to Chinese domain names

November 26, 2016 by Alvin Brown 3 Comments

I use LinkedIn almost everyday. It is the only foreign social network that I know has entered China successfully. Its growth has been explosive — being propelled by Chinese executives eager to connect with the outside world. I like this trend so much that I have started writing about domain names in Chinese to cater […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

OliverStone.com gets renewed

November 25, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Last week Elliot Silver wrote about OliverStone.com and that it had expired. The auction closed at $1,508 on NameJet. The domain has now been renewed and the legendary director has his website up and running. The interesting thing about the domain was that Mr. Stone actually paid up for his name and gave a signed […]

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Filed Under: Celebrity Domains, domaining news

No, .com is not losing its grasp

November 24, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

In a post on The Next Web titled, “8 myths about new gtlds” the author Jason Chernofsky decided to keep with one of the oldest tropes out there. .Com is losing its grasp. No, no it’s not. Jason also made the rather ignorant assumption that all .coms are owned by “squatters.” The new gtlds need […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, domaining news, new gtlds

Behind The Keyword – Spotlight on “Club”

November 19, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 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 – Club Some Club related statistics: 3,700,000,000 results for the keyword […]

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Filed Under: Behind The Keyword, Domain Sales, Domain trends

BrandBucket may successfully kill the monster they created

November 18, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

I have written a number of times about selling on BrandBucket and selling BrandBucket accepted names on Namepros. At the end of September I wrote an article on how the wholesale market was in the dumps on Namepros. This came about for a few reasons, first of which was the novelty wore off. When the […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, Domain trends, domaining news

Somehow I won the Name.com Bearglecorn contest

November 15, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

I received my prize from Name.com for their Bearglecorn video game contest. When I got the email that I won, I was like no I did not win there was an error. Prizes included a $100 Steam gift certificate, a free .games domain and a Tshirt. Turns out that everyone else with a higher score […]

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Filed Under: domaining news, Name.com

My first BrandBucket sale – A story of laziness and regret

November 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 32 Comments

So I completed my first sale on BrandBucket, still haven’t been paid yet but I will get to that. I purchased a 29 domain portfolio of BB published names back on May 24, 2016. These were listed as a bulk listing on Namepros. I did not like or care about all 29 names, I figured […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, domaining news

20 Year old JohnMadden.com is expired and at auction on GoDaddy

November 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

John Madden is 80 years old and has been a legendary football coach, broadcaster and namesake for one of the best football video games of all time. It looks like JohnMadden.com a 20 year old domain has expired and is currently closing tomorrow on GoDaddy. The current price is $116. The domain has been owned […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Celebrity Domains, domaining news, Go Daddy

Cannabis,Marijuana,Weed top Verisign’s trending keywords for October

November 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for October. In .com the list was dominated by marijuana related names. There were a few states that passed a law legalizing recreational use on election day. Here is a look at the previous month: .com .net page less driver driver history self pair charter harley cars holding driving […]

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BrandBucket September sales data saw 48 different sellers

November 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

BrandBucket sent out their newsletter and gave info on September sales. Our September sales remained strong with a slight uptick compared to August. We saw 48 different sellers make sales and, for 12 of our sellers, it was their first one!  After removing sales above $10K, the average sales price for a keyword brandable was $2790 and the average sales price […]

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