Well last week's post was very successful, a number of sales took place and it brought about members engaging with one another to get some deals done below the stated price as well. I started tweeting out some names which led to a couple more sales. We are trying to get you some extra exposure through Twitter and it has worked to a certain degree. With this post tell everyone what you … [Read more...]
Hum: 50K Domains Registered on The New gTLD .Realty at Uniregistry in 2 days; Almost All Under Privacy
The new gTLD .Realty which went into general availability on April 24th has 53,705 registered domain names. On the face, it seems like .Realty is off to a great start however of those 53,705 registered domains, 99.43% of them are registered at Uniregistry. The registrar with the 2nd most .Realty registrations is 101domain.com which has only 69 domain registrations. Of the 53,705 … [Read more...]
A chat with Heidi Powell
We have written a few times about Heidi Powell the "Grandmom" and her battle with Heidi Powell the "fitness trainer." The domain at the subject of the dispute is HeidiPowell.com. Angela St. Julien from DNHouston and Brand.Bar had a chat with Grandma Powell and posted it on You Tube. … [Read more...]
You have to strike while the iron is hot
Back in July of 2016 a gentleman named Shane Burchett got a lot of press as he had registered TrumpPence2016.com. TheAtlantic covered Burchett with an article titled, "The Investor Who Bought TrumpPence2016.com in April for $10." Burchett is a Dallas investor who guessed right and hoped to cash in for a six figure sum. My how time flies, the domain was due to expire a couple days ago, as it's … [Read more...]
Walden Savings moves from .com to .bank
Walden Savings Bank is moving from a .com to a .bank. An article published in RecordOnline.com gave some background and stats on the usage of .bank. Many have not used their .bank domain due to the costs of such things as computer/email systems, marketing materials, etc... From the article: So far, 2,723 banks have registered 5,591 iterations of the .bank web address, though banking experts … [Read more...]
What do you got for $1,000 ?
We do these posts from time to time and they have been well received. A few weeks back we ran a post that allowed readers to post their best name and what they had for sale for $500 or less. A couple names sold from the post and after several names were listed I started tweeting out some names which led to a couple more sales. So we are trying to get you some extra exposure. With this … [Read more...]
Ali Zandi regged 4600 domains in a .com promotion
Ali Zandi took some time to explain his recent strategy for hand registrations. In the very popular available domains thread, Ali lists which names he picked up from Bill Eisenmann's lists. Ali went of topic a tad to detail how he picked up 4600 .com names during a Fasthosts promotion for cheap .coms. I reg'd around 4,600 names ~60 days ago and added them all to Afternic. Made 50% my … [Read more...]