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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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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, Domain Sales

Do end users lie ?

November 7, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

People lie in negotiations, it happens on both sides in the domain industry. Domain owners who have never developed anything will reply to a prospective buyer, “I am planning on developing this domain name but for the right price, I might be open to selling.” Buyers lie all the time, company executives or underlings use […]

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Gary Vaynerchuk thinks emoji domains are going to be huge

November 6, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

There sure has been a lot of talk about emoji domains lately. From Go Daddy creating a search engine and service to register emoji domains. QZ.com featured an article from Michael J Coren titled, “The land rush for emoji domains is coming” Coren points out the following about universal acceptance: Yet emoji URLs remain an […]

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Some creative uses of LLNN .com domain names in China

November 4, 2016 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

The beauty of LLNN .com domain names is that they are very cheap, and some are even available for registration at about $10. For some startups in China wanting to enjoy the prestige of .com but without much budget, LLNN .com names become attractive. Here are five Chinese companies I have found which use LLNN […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

Namepros.xyz $1, asking for an appraisal on Namepros ? Priceless

November 3, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

The important thing about being new in domaining is to read first, then start to acquire domain names. A new member of Namepros, started a thread today that they registered Namepros.xyz and asked for an appraisal on Namepros. Of course the first few replies were, “Are you kidding me ?” The member then started asking […]

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Is China the largest domain market?

November 3, 2016 by Alvin Brown 2 Comments

Recently I read several articles that got me thinking about domain investment in China. Has China become the largest domain market in the world? If not, is it possible that China will become one soon? If China becomes the place with the most domain activities, what does it mean to the domain industry in general […]

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