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IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: ADVICE TO DOMAIN INVESTORS Start slowly. Resist urges to go out and quickly hand register or drop catch or bid on a bunch of domains. I know it is natural to be excited about gems you have found, but a slow start is something almost all experienced domain investors recommend to newcomers. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: 2019 Dofo Dofo is relatively new but has quickly become a key resource for me. In one place you can do sophisticated searches around domains for sale across multiple marketplaces. Key people in Dofo are active on NamePros and I am regularly finding new things it can do from theirposts.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: EIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING Whether you are starting a new business or organization, an early choice that you must make is what name to use. Here are eight questions to ask yourself as you consider a name for your business, club or organization. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: SCALING DOMAIN SALES DATA I wanted recent data, in case there are any temporal changes, so I decided to base my analysis on domain sales so far in 2018. On the day I performed the analysis (July 30, 2018) the NameBio database showed a total of 48,010 domain sales so far in 2018. It is easy with NameBio to control which extension, date range, venue, etc. for any search. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: END USER FOR RECENT MAJOR .ONLINE SALES As I pointed out recently, there has been momentum in .online extension domain name sales this year.In today's post I look at who made two of the recent major purchases in the extension and why the acquisitions are a good fit for the company. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT A NEW You can get a memorable, descriptive name for great value in new domain extensions. You feel that the dot com bubble burst in 2000 except for the domain name business. You find this is the era to have something new, something like The.club, and are willing to pay $300,000 for that as was done in January of this year. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: RENEWAL COSTS AND NEW EXTENSIONS A discussion in a NamePros thread with respect to new domain name extensions (ngTLD) has touched on the topic of renewal costs. It is often stated by ngTLD critics that renewal costs are prohibitive as one of their arguments against new domain extensions. I decided to take an objective look at whether this claim is actually supported bydata.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME Please see us at NamesThat.win for domains at great prices, domain name phrases for marketing campaigns and other services. While offering a broad array of domain names, our specialties are biotechnology, education, family life, investment, nanotechnology, science, space, sports and travel (especially Canadian). IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: DOMAIN DESCRIPTIONS: PRO AND CON First, let's make an argument in favour of including descriptive information. You have obviously thought and researched the domain name, and it is good to share some of this background to help inform and persuade the prospective buyer. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: THE LONG TERM VIEW I think it is accurate to say that many domain investors generally only register domains one year at a time. Naturally, being optimistic, most hope to sell their names quickly, and registering a domain name for multiple years could be seen as either negative thinking (It won't sell in year one) or wasteful (I sold it so those extra years were ofno value for me).
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: ADVICE TO DOMAIN INVESTORS Start slowly. Resist urges to go out and quickly hand register or drop catch or bid on a bunch of domains. I know it is natural to be excited about gems you have found, but a slow start is something almost all experienced domain investors recommend to newcomers. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: 2019 Dofo Dofo is relatively new but has quickly become a key resource for me. In one place you can do sophisticated searches around domains for sale across multiple marketplaces. Key people in Dofo are active on NamePros and I am regularly finding new things it can do from theirposts.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: EIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING Whether you are starting a new business or organization, an early choice that you must make is what name to use. Here are eight questions to ask yourself as you consider a name for your business, club or organization. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: SCALING DOMAIN SALES DATA I wanted recent data, in case there are any temporal changes, so I decided to base my analysis on domain sales so far in 2018. On the day I performed the analysis (July 30, 2018) the NameBio database showed a total of 48,010 domain sales so far in 2018. It is easy with NameBio to control which extension, date range, venue, etc. for any search. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: END USER FOR RECENT MAJOR .ONLINE SALES As I pointed out recently, there has been momentum in .online extension domain name sales this year.In today's post I look at who made two of the recent major purchases in the extension and why the acquisitions are a good fit for the company. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT A NEW You can get a memorable, descriptive name for great value in new domain extensions. You feel that the dot com bubble burst in 2000 except for the domain name business. You find this is the era to have something new, something like The.club, and are willing to pay $300,000 for that as was done in January of this year. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: RENEWAL COSTS AND NEW EXTENSIONS A discussion in a NamePros thread with respect to new domain name extensions (ngTLD) has touched on the topic of renewal costs. It is often stated by ngTLD critics that renewal costs are prohibitive as one of their arguments against new domain extensions. I decided to take an objective look at whether this claim is actually supported bydata.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: SHOULD AUTOMATED DOMAIN WORTH TOOLS As those who follow my posts on NamePros and elsewhere will know, unlike some domain investors, I do see value, despite their limitations, in automated domain name appraisal tools such as Estibot and GoDaddy GoValue.Even though these should never be the only or even primary estimates of worth, I think that domain investors and potential purchasers should know the values for domain IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: THOUGHTS ON DOMAIN MARKET CHOICES I recently wrote a long post on the Namepros site with my thoughts regarding options for listing and display of domain names. In particular I look at Afternic, Efty, Namecheap Marketplace and Undeveloped as options, as well as your own web site. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: WHICH EXTENSIONS ARE GROWING IN The extensions .net and.info are also struggling in web use. The .info extension actually peaked in web use in 2011 at about 2.0%. It is currently at 0.9% use. For .net it was highest in the first year shown in the W3Techs data table, 2010, when it had 6.8% use. Now it is downto just 3.9% use.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: WHAT ARE THE BIG PRICE DOMAINS DOING Others have commented that the huge sale prices were predominantly in the decade from 2000 to 2010. While I did not do a rigorous analysis for more recent periods, such as the top sales 2018 YTD, the sales are still .com dominated although two new extensions makes the top 20 positions on that list.The type of domain seems even more single word dominated in recent top sales, and the IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: SAME DOMAIN SALES ANALYSIS It is of course easy to use NameBio to look at the average price of all domain sales in a year, or the price of for example sales in a single extension like com or net. If you look at all extensions combined, here is the average selling price (data as of July 23,2018).
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: EIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING You should be involved, so never farm out the entire name selection process to outside firms. That being said, those with experience and expertise can provide invaluable expertise. Even if you decide not to hire a name consultant, you should at the very least bounce your proposed names off colleagues and friends. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: 2018 Here is a summary of NameBio announced ngTLD domain name sales for the period Oct 23 - Nov 22, 2018. 88 NameBio recorded ngTLD sales in the 31 day period, with about $257,000 total sale volume. The average sales price was $2920. The median price was $1404. In terms of major sales, 11 were > $5000 and 57 > $1000. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: DOMAIN NAMES AS REAL ESTATE People sometimes ask me to explain the whole domain name - web hosting business, and I find the following analogy helpful. While I know that the comparison of domain names with real estate is widely used, I think the following account has some unique characteristics. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: MAY 2017 In most jurisdictions you do not need to register a business name if the name you use is your own unaltered name – e.g. if I called a photography business Victoria Fine Photography that would need to be registered as a business name, but if my names was Jane Doe and I called it Jane Doe Photography I would not need to go through the business name registration process. IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: MAY 2019 Dofo Dofo is relatively new but has quickly become a key resource for me. In one place you can do sophisticated searches around domains for sale across multiple marketplaces. Key people in Dofo are active on NamePros and I am regularly finding new things it can do from theirposts.
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME Reflections on identity, names , domain names, and more! SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2019 I'M GIVING AWAY KINDNESSThe
world is full of kind people and organizations doing amazing things. They make a real difference in lives. In your own town or city, undoubtedly, as you read this, someone is doing something amazinglykind.
In a tiny way I want to help one of the organizations or individuals who perform or encourage acts of kindness by giving them a domain name to help them spread their influence. Free. No strings. The name?Kindness.
_UPDATE: I HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO SEPT 30, 2019. THIS WILL BE THE LAST EXTENSION, SO IF THERE ARE NOT APPLICATIONS BY THEN I WILL DECIDE ON OTHER USES FOR THE DOMAIN NAME. PLEASE APPLY!_KINDNESS.ICU
So the domain name is KINDNESS.ICU. The .icu domain extension is an abbreviation for I See You. Although only about a year old, it is in the top 10 most registered of the new domain extensions already. You can read more about .icu as a domain extension here.
From the very instant I saw this domain name, I loved how kindness and I See You fit together. It is descriptive and memorable and positive. I love this domain name, but I would love someone to use it for a good purpose more than me keeping it. Domain names are meant to be used. Especially this one. You could also imagine ICU as standing for Intensive Care Unit. So if your organization helps people who are desperately needing a bit of kindness right now, it describes you.HOW TO ENTER
Either send me a direct Twitter message, respond in comments to this blog post, or email me (you can see my full contact details here ). Simply tell me very briefly who you are and how the domain name would help you. How simpleis that?
I will accept entries until Sept 30, 2019 and will announce the winner not long after that. Should I feel that none of the entries are a good fit for the domain name, I will announce here an extension of thecontest period.
I will select one group/individual to obtain the domain name free, and announce the winner here. By applying you agree to your group's name being listed as the winner. See next section for more details about who is eligible to enter.WHO CAN ENTER
While I am not insisting that you be a _registered_ nonprofit, I am only considering applications from those without commercial interests. There are no geographical restrictions. So here are the requirements. * Noncommercial individual or organization and you plan to use it in a noncommercial way (raising funds to cover your costs or kindness related activities is fine). * You commit to actually using the domain name at least within the next year by having an operational website. * You agree to me announcing that you are the winner and after your site is operational linking to it.EXAMPLES
Here are some ways that I might see the domain name used. This is of course not an exclusive list. * You want to set up a site to encourage acts of kindness. * You want to acknowledge people in your community, country or beyond who are making a difference through kindness. * You are involved in programs for youth to encourage kindness andrespect.
* You want to set up a reference site to provide news about kindnessin the world.
* You operate a program in your community (social support, food support, learning materials) and would like a website with kindnessfront and centre.
* You help support individuals at risk - a true intensive care unitfor kindness.
* You have a nonprofit art exhibit, essay competition, etc. related to kindness theme. * You are an academic who does research and writes about kindness. * Your organization provides practical help (in a nonprofit way) to assist people living lives with more kindness and happiness. * You are a high school group that wants to promote kindness in yourschool or beyond.
* Your idea goes here!HOW WILL YOU JUDGE?
I admit, judging may be difficult since there are so many very different ways to promote kindness. I may get help from some friends and family members. I don't have specific criteria in mind other than what you propose is a good fit with the word kindness and the name could help you. This is very open to big and small organizations (one person is an organization in my view!), young and old, local and those with global ambitions or reach. WHAT DO WE GET FREE? I am giving away the domain name. You would need to renew the domain annually, which costs about $9 USD per year (costs vary with registrar). I have paid to renew the domain name until early June 2020, so you will get much of the first year free of even renewalcost.
Note that if you are not on the web currently, you would also need a hosting package from some provider to get your website active. Should a hosting company want to donate one year or more of free hosting to go to the winner to add to the prize of the domain name, that would be wonderful. Just let me know the details and I willlist you here.
I would like to help you promote your site once it is up and operational on kindness.icu. I would do that through a blog post and mention on my Twitter account. I also have friends in the domain name and branding communities who might help with this. These links can help your site be noticed. HOW DOES DOMAIN TRANSFER WORK We can cover details when the winner is determined, but essentially the process would be you would set up a free account at the registrar you wish to use (it is currently at Namecheap ). If you decide to keep it at Namecheap I simply would 'push' it to your account and you then own and controlit.
If you wanted to use another registrar, say GoDaddy, NameSilo or
Dynadot , you would set up your free account there and then start a transfer process using an authorization code for the domain that I would provide to you. You can read here a piece I wrote on domain transfer.
It is easier and faster than most people realize - I recently completed one between registrars in 21 minutes. Note that if you choose to have it at a different registrar that company will charge you for one additional year registration, which will be added to the time I have renewed it for but will be a charge to you from them. A push at Namecheap does not involve that charge. I would, of course, help guide you through the process of the transfer and getting the domain name in use if you need it.FINAL THOUGHTS
I like the idea you say, but kindness is not the precise fit for our organization. Well keep following me on Twitter, who knows, I might have another nonprofit domain give away down the road. Or, if you really want to find and buy a domain name, and need some help finding one, just reach out and I would be happy to help you locate one. Thehelp is free.
Why am I doing this? Now late in life, I think back over all of the people who made a difference in my life through kindness. My late parents, each in their own way, were kind beyond measure both with my sister and me, but also with neighbours, community members, extended family members and more. I was blessed with fantastic teachers, right from elementary school through graduate school, who taught me many things, but perhaps the most important was to be kind. My own past students taught me more than I could teach them, their positive and kind way of interacting with each other and with me, touched me. My daughters inspire me with the kindness they show each day. It is too bad that so often we are too reserved to thank acts of kindness as often as we should. So part of answer to 'Why am I doing this?' is to acknowledge all of those who were kind in my own life. I just made another domain sale that is about to close - a very modest sale to most domain investors, but significant for me. You can see my entire portfolio of domain names here if interested. I decided that once that sale closes I will use a bit of the profit to renew this kindness domain name, and then give it away to a worthy nonprofit. Maybe it will be the first of a sequence of sell one, give one away approach to my portfolio.at May 25, 2019
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