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Smokebreak.com sold for $20,000 by Mike Berkens in 2010 caught by DropCatch

February 27, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

The domain name Smokebreak.com was sold by Mike Berkens in 2010 for $20,000. Ron Jackson wrote: Only one other venue made an appearance among the top 20 sellers this week – that was MostWantedDomains.com who sold #12 SmokeBreak.com for an even $20,000. As most of  your know, MostWantedDomains is run by domain industry veteran and […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, domaining news, DropCatch

BrandBucket January Sales Show Invented Names Selling for a higher average than Keyword related

February 25, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

BrandBucket doubled their sales in January 2016 vs January 2015. The selling price of what they call invented, or what I call made up pronounceables, outshined those of keyword related names. Invented names had an average sales price of $4,944 where keyword related names averaged $3,325. Keyword brandables made up 58% off all sales vs […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Domains

7 Email Tactics To Avoid when marketing to end users

February 23, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Tamar Weinberg wrote an article on Marketing Land that deals with bad practices when it comes to email marketing. A lot of domain owners are trying to find ways to reach out to potential prospects and email is usually the top method. The article that Tamar wrote is a good reminder of what to stay […]

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2.tv Acquired for $4,600 by Mike Berkens in 2010 Sells for high six figure CNY

February 20, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

In April of 2010, Sedo held what was the biggest .tv auction of all time. Over $800,000 in sales took place. The auction came about with a new pricing structure in .tv, and the registry put up a bunch of names for Sedo to sell. 2.TV was one of the names listed and it went […]

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Filed Under: .tv, 2 letter domains

With DNForum down close to a week members are losing deals

February 18, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

With DNForum.com now down for close to a week some members are expressing their frustration on losing deals. A few have commented here and others have emailed or texted me if I know who a “member name” is in real life ? I know for a fact that some people on Namepros who I have […]

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Filed Under: DNForum, domaining news

DNForum.com Down Since Last Night

February 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 12 Comments

DNForum.com the domain community owned by Adam Dicker is down and has been down since last night. No word on if the forum was sold. Namepros member NameYourself was the first to mention the website was not loading.

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Charging Someone Upfront to make a domain inquiry – Fair or Foul?

February 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Some domain investors own a lot of domain names and get a lot of inquiries, some are desirable, some are lowball and some are just a snarky comment about why they don’t deserve to own the domain name. There are services out there such as Domain Agents which provide a secured offer service where if […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101

Verisign’s Top Trending Keywords for January were dominated by China

February 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for January. Chinese terms dominated the .com list while .net was led by inter, heart and beach. Jin, Fang,Yun,Bao and Rong were the top 5 keywords in .com. The keyword Smith was actually in both com and net.

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Benin and St Helena Need to Think About Getting in the China Game

February 8, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 10 Comments

There are a few countries that should change how they do things and get in the game of repurposing their cctld. I am talking about Benin and the island of  St Helena. These two countries are fortunate enough to possess the .BJ and .SH country codes. With .Ws looking to refresh their brand and focus […]

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Filed Under: CCtld, Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, Numerical Domains

To Shame or not to Shame ?

February 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 14 Comments

Just about every domain investor has dealt with deals gone awry from time to time. It can be frustrating and sometimes even infuriating when the aggrieved party believes that a third party platform does nothing to assist in cutting down on the number of bad players. Some believe that name and shame is the way […]

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