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Verisign October Trending Keywords include Marijuana, Storage and China

November 10, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Verisign released their top 10 trending keywords for October. With the holiday season approaching Christmas made the top 10 in .com and .net had a Chinese feel to it. The .net extension had China, Wang, Yuan and Xiao in the top 10.

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There is always going to be someone holding the bag

November 9, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 17 Comments

There has been a lot of discussion and debate about the quick run up in short letter and number domains. There is a lot of back and forth on Namepros and a great discussion on TheDomains.com. There is talk of hype, bubbles, unrealistic valuation…There is talk about someone will get left holding the bag. Of […]

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Did JayD.com sell for over $638,000 ?

November 8, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Jayd.com is showing sold on Flippa for $638,654. The sale shows as a classified sale, the domain was registered in 2000 and the whois shows the registrant before the sale as, Domain Consignment is an eNom Technology Partner. *UPDATE* Kevin Fink left a comment saying it has not sold and the sale was reversed. Hopefully […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Flippa

Business Insider “China is Buying Up The Internet”

November 8, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

Business Insider published an article on Saturday that takes a look at what most in our business have been discussing for months. Buyouts here, buyouts there, no more 6N.com or 4L.net. The article delves into why domain names are the perfect Chinese investment vehicle. No customs declaration. No property taxes. No annual fees (outside of […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends

Mike Berkens Finds Some More Money with FindMyMoney.com

November 4, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Mike Berkens is back at it again with a couple nice phrase domain sales. Mike continues to do better with phrase domains/call to action, than just about anyone else I have ever seen. Someone may sell one for a great price but Mike continues to sell these domains for prices higher than most would even […]

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A Familiar Name Sells for $10,000 and CSC may be on a buying spree for .TV

November 3, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

You never know in this business, things you register and believe in never take hold, you get tired and sell for pennies or you may even just drop a domain altogether. When I saw a domain on the Sedo sales report this week it took me back close to a decade. Devils.tv sold for $10,000 […]

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Filed Under: .tv, Domain Sales

Notable LLLL Domain Name Sales in October 2015

November 2, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

This Fall may be the busiest one for LLLL domain name sales that anyone has ever seen. Prices have continued to rise and a number of people are taking notice. Bloggers are covering the topic often and this month “LLLL” appeared in the headlines many times. As Ray Hackney wrote on TheDomains.com on October 15, […]

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Filed Under: 4 letter domains, Domain Sales

The Best Christmas Gift Go Daddy Could Give Their Customers IMO

November 1, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

The best Christmas gift that Go Daddy could give customers this Holiday season is a % of auction prices. That’s right let the biggest registrar in the industry follow in the steps of Australian based Fabulous and give back to the customer who has let their domain expire. Fabulous has their expired domains go to […]

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Utilizing Advertising Assets Can Make You Less Reliant On Advertising Expenditures

October 30, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

In running a business, large or small, one quickly becomes very aware of the benefits of advertising as well as its high cost. There are many advertising mediums to choose from, including television, print, radio, outdoor advertising, pay-per-click and more. National TV advertising requires very deep pockets. The cost of creating and producing each commercial […]

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Don’t Invest in Things Where you have little to no understanding

October 29, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Over the last 6 months I have been communicating with some people that it seems like they are investing in domain niches they don’t understand. I read about even more people following this same path. You cannot just play follow the leader, or the most popular thread on Namepros. I get emails from newer investors […]

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