Bill Hartzer and Rob Monster’s domain protection product to be called DNProtect.com
Bill Hartzer and Rob Monster are working on a rather ambitious project to provide a name protection/insurance type product. It started with a post on Namepros and then Rob posted a domains wanted thread to come up with the name, I submitted DNProtect.com and I can confirm my name was chosen and sold it to […]
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Should religious and charitable organizations invest in domain names?
It’s no secret that companies of all sizes have been known to invest in domain names in addition to their core business. Some of these companies started because of a domain upgrade for their brand and digital presence. Others invested in domains for brand protection and to stave off the competition from owning prime digital […]
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If you can’t beat .com, join .us!
Reading Time | 8 Minutes With almost 400 million domains registered worldwide, there is no shortage of decent domain name registrations, especially with 1400+ new domain extensions to choose from and a speculation of more to hit the market beyond 2020. There are approximately 145 million .com domains (~35%) registered worldwide. Most people will likely […]
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The best Pinyin domains
What is the Chinese name of the USA? What is common between Beijing and Shenzhen? What does Peking University and Tsinghua University share? Why is Alibaba also called Ali? Answers to these questions will reveal a secret about Chinese preference for domains. The USA is called Mei Guo (美国) in Chinese. Similarly, UK is Ying […]
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A look at how Know It Owl became Policy Genius
I read an article last night that gave an inside look at how the online insurance company Policy Genius got their name. The company founder started out with Know It Owl, explaining, “We thought it was a clever play on the term know-it-all.” The article went on to explain that when they started talking to […]
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Domains based on simple English words have potential in China
The unexpected can happen in China When you enter the China market, you need to translate your brand into Chinese and hopefully acquire its matching domain. Right? This is common knowledge after all, and the local should know better. However, just like many things in life, there are exceptions. Look at the global brands in […]
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A debate about Hyphenated domain names
Are you adding hyphenated .coms to your domain portfolio? Rob Monster started a thread where he expressed his optimism for an uptick in hyphenated .com domain names. Rob’s company just sold Sushi-man.com for $4,200. Just sold sushi-man.com from an Epik SSL lander for $4200. This is one of Epik’s O&O domains. I don’t normally report […]
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How to Discover Proxy Bid “Sweet Spot” and Win More GoDaddy Auctions
I share and discuss how to use GoDaddy Aftermarket data to determine a proxy bid amount likely to win more GoDaddy expired domain auctions. Over the last 18 months and counting, I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of bidders participating in GoDaddy expired auctions. Between auction bots and increased bidder count, closing auction prices […]
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