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Flippa successfully brokers 0123.com for a record price

October 5, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

I received confirmation tonight from Kevin Fink that Flippa’s Devoir Funches has successfully brokered 0123.com for $252,500. The domain is 20 years old, one of the earlier 4N.com registrations. This is the highest reported sale of a 4N.com. Namebio lists only 7 four number.com sales for $100,000 or more. 8181.com 225,000 USD 2015-11-15 Pvt Sale […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Flippa, Numerical Domains

Why does the Chinese government use an English domain name?

October 5, 2016 by Alvin Brown Leave a Comment

I read Chinese domain news almost every day and often I find interesting things hidden in the news. Recently, I came across the news that a Chinese government agency is using an English domain name. This is quite unusual for a country with rich culture and history because national pride always takes priority. Guo Wu […]

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Being lazy can cost you money

October 3, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 10 Comments

There are many things essential to being successful in domaining, after we get past having the financial ability to purchase domains, one of the  most important is consistency. Domaining is a 365 days a year business, there are auctions on weekends and holidays. There are things going on in every timezone. Consistency is important because […]

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Interview with domain investor Ping Jing

October 2, 2016 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

Today’s post is based on a recent interview with domain investor Ping Jing (平静 = tranquility, a nickname) published on eName. Ping Jing works in the internet advertising space and domain investment is only his hobby. He started domain investment in 2007 when he was working as a webmaster, so his exposure to domain names […]

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Brandable Bits – BrandBucket approaches 40,000 names – CheapDomains new player on the scene

October 1, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

Welcome to another edition of Brandable Bits, we take a look at what’s going on with the people and companies in the brandable domain space. BrandBucket approaches 40,000 names BrandBucket is approaching 40,000 names listed. Last July the company was at 15,000 and in a little over 14 months the company will be + 25,000 […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Bits, Brandable Domains, Branding

Domain names and branding the Chinese way

September 30, 2016 by Alvin Brown 2 Comments

Lately I’ve been thinking about the idea of branding the Chinese way. As I understand it, branding is about associating products or services with a name. Global brands such as Nike spend million dollars every year in advertising and promotion so that when I think running shoes I think Nike or vice versa. Domain names […]

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Wholesale speaking, the bloom is off the BrandBucket rose

September 29, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

Back in 2015, without discussing it in the BrandBucket experience thread on Namepros, a couple of members Brand Pluck and Crocodile Dundee started a new kind of auction. They were auctioning off brandable domain names that had been accepted by BrandBucket. After this a few others took notice, and some others were reporting these threads […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains, Branding, Namepros

“Would you accept sex ?”

September 27, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

So this might be the oddest email I have received by someone looking to buy a domain name. Them: Hello Sir, I wanted to know if TabletLabs.com was for sale ? Me: Yes, it is for sale Them: Would you accept sex ? Now I am thinking maybe they made a typo and meant six, […]

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Behind The Keyword – Spotlight on “Media”

September 27, 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 – Media Some Media related statistics: 7,740,000,000  results for the […]

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Filed Under: Behind The Keyword, Brandable Domains, Branding

A personal experience related to Chinese domain names

September 24, 2016 by Alvin Brown 3 Comments

I just experienced an issue that can be said about Chinese consumers when they try to remember domain names. Recently our car finally rested in peace and a friend was generous enough to lend a car to us for a while. After the car was delivered to us today, it presents a new challenge for […]

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