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The hard-learned lessons of a Chinese domain investor

September 22, 2016 by Alvin Brown 7 Comments

Unlike domain forums such as Namepros in the west, I find their counterparts in China not very engaging with discussion or debate. Nevertheless, once in a while I do find one or two interesting articles posted on Chinese domain forums. For example, the other day I came across a long post on DNbbs.com. It was […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

Ethics question spurs one hell of a debate

September 20, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Namepros just closed a thread that had one of the more heated debates we have seen in a long time. The debate sparked over ethics, whether or not cutting a broker out of the deal, is unethical or smart business. The thread starter (talhahassan) decided to call out Shane Bellone and use his name in […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, domaining news, Namepros

The four conclusions about domain names in China

September 19, 2016 by Alvin Brown 3 Comments

This is actually taken from the title of an article published on several Chinese sites including 22.cn, and is the result of a study of dozens of excellent companies in China. Even though the author’s name is not clearly indicated, I find the content interesting enough to share with you. The study also included analysis […]

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When it comes to domain sales Bird is the word

September 18, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

From restaurants like Red Robin, to ice cream brand Blue Bunny to email marketing service Mail Chimp, branding that incorporates an animal or creature is very popular. So I decided to take a look at which animals rule the roost when it comes to domain sales. Up first is Bird Namebio lists 54 sales with […]

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Filed Under: Brandable Domains, Branding, Domain Sales, Domain trends

Not all those .blog names will be priced reasonably

September 17, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Many are getting excited for the upcoming launch of Dot Blog. Namepros conducted an interview with Matt Mullenweg  the creator of WordPress. One question asked in the interview was the following: NP: With reports of some new gTLDs failing to perform well during the renewal phase, how do you plan on maintaining high renewal rates? […]

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Learning from Chinese domain auction sites

September 15, 2016 by Alvin Brown 5 Comments

At college I studied consumer behavior, market research, and other subjects in marketing. Most of them have long been forgotten, but one of the few ideas I still remember is this: knowing your customers. Unfortunately, when I look at the world around me, I often see businesses not trying to understand their customers and serving […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

What domain names are Chinese retailers using?

September 14, 2016 by Alvin Brown Leave a Comment

I’m always interested in Chinese company ranking lists because they tell me the kind of domain names end users prefer. So, I was delighted to find the 2016 Top 100 Public Retailing Companies list in an eName news story today. eName did a wonderful job by adding the domain names used by these companies. Because […]

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Verisign Top Trending Keywords for August – Videos and Weed

September 13, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for August. Videos was number one in .com and number five in .net. Not one keyword from July was in the August list. .com .net videos options weed big drug foundation treatment tree options videos states drone alcohol brain drones safety weather dogs wheel bot Compare to July

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A Funny Take on Expiring Domains

September 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Eric Lyon takes a humorous look at one of the daily experiences that plays out every day in the domain industry.

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, Namepros

Brandable Bits for 9-12-16 Not Everyone likes getting contacted by BrandBucket

September 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Brandable Bits – Bite size nuggets of Brandable news and info BrandBucket reaching out to some domain owners is not welcomed BrandBucket has apparently been emailing some people to come sell their domains on BrandBucket and some do not like it. One commenter here said the following: Mike says August 28, 2016 at 10:04 pm […]

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

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