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Make Sure You Know What You Are Agreeing To – The First 30 Days Matter

September 11, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Most domain investors don’t know what they are agreeing to when they create an account with a domain registrar. They just click a box agreeing to the terms of service. With some registrars you are agreeing just by logging in. Now to be fair you don’t have a choice, you can’t register a domain name […]

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How to use Google Translate for acronym domain names

September 10, 2016 by Alvin Brown 2 Comments

Google Translate may be not always reliable. But, for domain investors who do not understand the Chinese language, it may be the best tool available to find Chinese meanings for acronym domain names. In fact, this tool is quite simple to use, so let’s take a look. First, go to the home page of Google. […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

BrandBucket August Sales 6 Character Tops The Invented Category

September 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

BrandBucket released their August newsletter, they mentioned the recent news about Keith DeBoer becoming a brand ambassador, (congrats to Keith). August Sales While we experienced an expected lull at the beginning of the month, things picked up significantly, and August proved to be another strong month of sales with 45 different sellers selling names. The average […]

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

How to use Chinese keyboard for acronym domain names

September 8, 2016 by Alvin Brown Leave a Comment

Yesterday I wrote about making Chinese friends. I think this is probably the best method when you need to find Chinese meanings for your domain names. If you have one or two Chinese friends, then you can get help readily and most likely not having to pay for it. Well, maybe just a good meal […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Coreile

The Popcorn Thread of The Week

September 7, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

The popcorn thread of the week is over at Namepros and it deals with .40 domain purchases, Paypal chargebacks for revenge and an innocent member getting caught up in the melee. Namepros member iAchilles may have summed it up best: All domains and names posted who are involved in this debacle, are now officially damaged […]

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V may bring victory to Chinese domain names

September 5, 2016 by Alvin Brown 2 Comments

Many investors seem to dislike domain names containing the letter V. However, if you look at recent domain sales in China, you’ll see a different picture. Last year, VV.cn was sold for about $225k, where the two Vs may mean 微微 (tiny tiny). Early this year, VQ.cn was sold for about $45k, where VQ may […]

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BrandBucket Sales Data Charts for June through August

September 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Ruben Couto over at HDName.com put together a pretty cool set of charts related to Brandable domain sales. The chart takes a look at BrandBucket sales from June through August. Now as a disclaimer it’s important to understand the data came from DNBolt.com. This data has not been verified by BrandBucket.

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How foreign companies choose their Chinese domain names

September 3, 2016 by Alvin Brown 1 Comment

Chinese look at names very seriously. Because names have meanings, we want names that are simple, meaningful, and appropriate. This attitude is best described by Confucius who once said, “If the name is not correct, the words will not ring true (名不正则言不顺)”. Any foreign company entering China must face the task of finding a good […]

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Interview with Doron Vermaat of Efty and DnGeek

August 31, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

Today we are chatting with the man behind DNGeek.com and Efty, Doron Vermaat. 1) How did you get involved in domaining ? I co-founded an employment website for the Greater China region in 2006. That company didn’t make it and was shut down four years later. The domain, which was administered by a web development […]

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DNBolt.com Takes A look at BrandBucket Sales in July

August 28, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

DNBolt.com released their July BrandBucket sales report. Now it needs to be said that DNBolt.com gathers this info and it has not been verified by BrandBucket, there could be inaccuracies, some in the community appreciate the effort and others deplore it. You make your own conclusion as the reader. Dany.com was the top sale at […]

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