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Domain Name Wire
Which Self-Driving Car Domains will Win?
Is there gold in self-driving car domain names? I’m optimistic about the future and the innovations it will bring. Last week I published a post on UpMoney about trends and technologies that are changing our world. One of these technologies is s...
Discussion
Which Self-Driving Car Domains will Win?
Is there gold in self-driving car domain names? I’m optimistic about the future and the innovations it will bring. Last week I published a post on UpMoney about trends and technologies that are changing our world. One of these technologies is s...
Discussion
February 1, 2016, 6:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buying “Distressed” Domain Names – DNW Podcast #69
How to buy a domain from a company that hit hard times. Companies own a lot of great domain names, but prying them from their hands can be difficult. When companies go through bankruptcy or reorganization, however, there’s a buying opportunity ...
Discussion
Buying “Distressed” Domain Names – DNW Podcast #69
How to buy a domain from a company that hit hard times. Companies own a lot of great domain names, but prying them from their hands can be difficult. When companies go through bankruptcy or reorganization, however, there’s a buying opportunity ...
Discussion
February 1, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Parking page ads lead to a UDRP loss
What ads show up on a parked page make a big difference. Anyone can own the domain name MyEnterprise.com. Enterprise is a dictionary word, often referring to businesses and large organizations. But the owner of MyEnterprise.com just lost the domain n...
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Parking page ads lead to a UDRP loss
What ads show up on a parked page make a big difference. Anyone can own the domain name MyEnterprise.com. Enterprise is a dictionary word, often referring to businesses and large organizations. But the owner of MyEnterprise.com just lost the domain n...
Discussion
February 1, 2016, 3:42 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Monday, Feb 1st
People say that 4s and zeros are the bottom boats but the Chinese don’t seem to be liking the bottom 6N boats because they are getting sold in bulk lately in China. The price seems to be at $25 in numbers according to Travis’ Chine...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Monday, Feb 1st
People say that 4s and zeros are the bottom boats but the Chinese don’t seem to be liking the bottom 6N boats because they are getting sold in bulk lately in China. The price seems to be at $25 in numbers according to Travis’ Chine...
Discussion
February 1, 2016, 11:49 am
The Domains
Former Industry Blog WannaDevelop.com closes today on Go Daddy Auctions
WannaDevelop.com was a blog that was run by Mike Cohen, while talking about things like mini and mega site development, the blog also posted about the domain industry. MorganLinton.com posted an article back in 2010 that created quite a stir and that...
Discussion
Former Industry Blog WannaDevelop.com closes today on Go Daddy Auctions
WannaDevelop.com was a blog that was run by Mike Cohen, while talking about things like mini and mega site development, the blog also posted about the domain industry. MorganLinton.com posted an article back in 2010 that created quite a stir and that...
Discussion
February 1, 2016, 10:20 am
DomainSherpa
[Tutorial] Find and Contact the Right Decision Maker for Domain Name Sales – With David Kelly
This tutorial walks you through a six-step domain name sales process to find, organize and contact the right decision maker at prospective companies.Does it work?Interviewee David Kelly used it on AccessiblityTesting.com and in less than a year had t...
Discussion
[Tutorial] Find and Contact the Right Decision Maker for Domain Name Sales – With David Kelly
This tutorial walks you through a six-step domain name sales process to find, organize and contact the right decision maker at prospective companies.Does it work?Interviewee David Kelly used it on AccessiblityTesting.com and in less than a year had t...
Discussion
February 1, 2016, 8:02 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 31st of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 31st of January Auction Quick Recap I got carried away writing the results for this name, so I decided to move it to the top. If you don’t want to read the whole thing skip to the rest of the ...
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Auction Recap, 31st of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 31st of January Auction Quick Recap I got carried away writing the results for this name, so I decided to move it to the top. If you don’t want to read the whole thing skip to the rest of the ...
Discussion
February 1, 2016, 6:18 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (REYI.com, DRT.net, 39Q.com) and Flops (Clothing.net, BDSD.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips ToplessNews.com sold for 2,195 USD recently at Sedo, vs 107 USD on 2015-05-04 at GoDaddy. Nice 20x return in less than a year, before commission. &ldqu...
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Domain Flips (REYI.com, DRT.net, 39Q.com) and Flops (Clothing.net, BDSD.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips ToplessNews.com sold for 2,195 USD recently at Sedo, vs 107 USD on 2015-05-04 at GoDaddy. Nice 20x return in less than a year, before commission. &ldqu...
Discussion
January 31, 2016, 9:04 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR JANUARY 31, 2016
More massive unloading of 6N names with a zero/four — almost 700 .com and 1,445 .cc. The average price for the .com names is a meager $25. Patterns (and 8’s) are what counts in this space. 939343.com and 439393.com both ...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR JANUARY 31, 2016
More massive unloading of 6N names with a zero/four — almost 700 .com and 1,445 .cc. The average price for the .com names is a meager $25. Patterns (and 8’s) are what counts in this space. 939343.com and 439393.com both ...
Discussion
January 31, 2016, 9:04 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Sunday, January 31st
Happy Sunday. There are a lot of good names on the board today. Namejet has the most LLL.coms they’ve in one day in a long time. Plenty of cheap good word dot coms and of course, lots and lots of numbers and shorties. N...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Sunday, January 31st
Happy Sunday. There are a lot of good names on the board today. Namejet has the most LLL.coms they’ve in one day in a long time. Plenty of cheap good word dot coms and of course, lots and lots of numbers and shorties. N...
Discussion
January 31, 2016, 11:12 am