In 1996, when I was launching my first online businesses, I saw the Internet as a great vehicle for offering goods and services to people who would not have easy access to them otherwise. My very first online business offered Drakes Cakes to customers across the country. Drakes Cakes (Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, Ring Dings and more) are […]
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Domain mutual funds in China
Mutual funds investing in domain names are still rare in China, but this morning I came across one which I find very interesting. First of all, the organizer says that their first fund has completed. The fund invested in a 4N .com domain name and sold it within 2.5 months for 1m CNY, yielding mid […]
Continue ReadingAre High Annualized Domain Name Renewal Fees a Recipe for Failure?
Most of us are familiar with the concept of registering a domain name for around $10.00 USD and then renewing said name for around $10.00 per year. Some of us are attuned to the concept of buying a domain name in the aftermarket for a greater sum and then renewing that domain name for around […]
Continue ReadingExplore derivatives of big money words
It works in the same way in China as well as the rest of the world: The best money gets you the best domain names. This rule also hints at something useful too: that the second best and the third best and so forth may still have value. Such domain names may give hope to […]
Continue ReadingA detailed look into BrandBucket sales data
Close to 1 year ago Doron Vermaat wrote a post on DNGeek.com that delved into BrandBucket sales. The post expanded upon a post I had written in July 2013, BrandBucket sales Inside the Numbers. Doron did a nice job of adding hundreds of sales to the data mix. I decided to go back and look […]
Continue ReadingNeed to think outside the box
Recently I read an interesting story in a May 5 news article on eName.cn. In 1997, a student was working at an Internet firm. He was responsible for registering domain names to build websites. But, he only followed the crowd and so missed out the golden opportunity in Pinyin domain names. At that time in […]
Continue ReadingWho Says You Have To Pay A Fortune For A Great Brand?
There are a great many people who believe that all of the great domain names are taken and that their owners won’t part with them for less than a small fortune. They are correct, but not entirely so. Category defining, one word dot-coms do have great intrinsic value…. as do two and three-letter acronym dot-coms. There […]
Continue ReadingHow are com/net/org doing in China?
Have you wondered how well the traditional domain extensions such as com, org, and net are doing in China? I recently found some data on these extensions based on a Chinese news article. Let’s look at the numbers. In China: Item Number % as of .com .com 10,997,941 – .net 1,415,001 13% .org 397,970 4% […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket April Sales Show Keyword Names Continuing to outsell Invented Names
BrandBucket sent out their May newsletter and included is their April sales data. Keyword brandables continue to outsell invented names. The average sales prices are almost identical. Within the keyword segment it is the one or two word names that outsell the word + suffix. So PinkScarf.com or TechGiant.com are outselling names like Cloudzo.com. April […]
Continue ReadingElements and Principles of Design – Cheat Sheet
A lot of domain investors who are thinking about adding development to some of their best domains might not have any idea where to start. Before you pay someone to build your website or do it yourself with WIX or Square Space you might want to think about some basic development ideas first. FirstsiteGuide.com put […]
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