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Market Recap 9-1-15 Stocks Down Across The Board – Neustar off close to 7%

September 1, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Market Recap 9-1-15 The new month got off to a rocky start, weakness in manufacturing resulted in a pullback across the board. The domain stocks were down today with Verisign (VRSN) and Neustar (NEU) down 3.4% and 6.87% respectively. Go Daddy (GDDY) was off just .16 on the day and was one of the better […]

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Does Your Domain Name Define Your Business?

September 1, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Having a website address which exactly matches your business name is important.  But too many businesses stop there, assuming their domain strategy is set… It usually isn’t.  Including a website address which perfectly describes what you do, in just one word, can be of tremendous benefit in building your online presence. A domain name can serve as more than a website […]

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Shelly.com closes at $16,000 on Namepros – Will The Sale Get Closed ?

August 31, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 6 Comments

Shelly.com closed at $16,000 on Namepros, there has been some controversy around this auction as it is a brokered auction. Many comments have been deleted to keep the auction on track. Eric Lyon did verify with the current owner that the broker had the right to sell the name. Another member Keith, pointed out that […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Namepros

BrandBucket Accepted Names Becoming a Wholesale Auction Play

August 31, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

One of the newer trends in the wholesale market is to put up brandables, mostly of the made up variety, on auction with the BrandBucket accepted seal of approval. As BrandBucket approaches 20,000 names some have taken to auctioning off their names that in most cases have been accepted but not published. If the name […]

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Pheenix Announces Update – 500% increase in Domain Registrars

August 29, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

There had been a lot of talk on Namepros about what was going on with backorder service Pheenix, many had said they were seeing a decline in successful catches etc… Pheenix sent out an email today that highlights some new changes: Dear Friend, It’s been a long time since we have last given you an […]

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Filed Under: Domaining 101, Pheenix

Shelly.com gets $5,000 Starting Bid on Namepros

August 27, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

You usually don’t see domains like a first name .com being auctioned on Namepros. Shelly.com has been listed and has a starting bid at $5,000. Listing details provided by member: After 72 Hours of the Last Bid, Auction for 24 Hours. Starting Bid. 5000 . Increment 2000 Bin 100k. A few facts about the girl’s […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Namepros

Dot Co Expired Auctions This Week Highlight The Point Theo Was Making About Bogus Sales

August 27, 2015 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

This week saw a lot of .co domains close on auction at Go Daddy, several names that are now being quoted on forums and being used for comps. Only one problem the owner renewed the names. The names below which all closed at $900 or above have all been renewed, when you have big portfolios […]

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Filed Under: .CO, Auctions, Go Daddy

Market Recap 8-25-15 Dow Gives Up Gains but Tucows and Sedo’s Parent up over 5%

August 25, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Market Recap 8-25-15 The Dow started the day up big as China cut interest rates and investors looked for bargains, the market gave up those gains in the last 20 minutes of trading and finished down. Verisign (VRSN) was up for a good part of the day trading as high as $67.92 before closing off […]

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ChineseLandrush.com takes a look at the number 4

August 25, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

ChineseLandrush.com is back with another post on their number series. Today they covered the number 4. 4: 四, Pinyin: Sì The number four in Chinese culture is widely known as being a number that carries a negative, superstitious, and relatively gloomy meaning. The number four didn’t quite have this negative cultural significance until later on […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Numerical Domains

As BrandBucket Nears 20,000 Names A look at some recent sales and other data

August 25, 2015 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

BrandBucket is approaching 20,000 names listed on the site, the company put out its first sellers newsletter 12 days ago which gave a peek into what things look like on the sales front. July Sales What started as a normal July ended as one of our better months to date. Keywords and pure brandables were […]

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