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Are There Any New gTLD Domaining Success Stories Yet?

Posted on 12 September 2014 by Andrei

Have any of you heard at least one success story about a domainer who did very well with new gTLDs yet? Yes, I know, it’s still too early to draw conclusions but I would have expected at least a few decent success stories by now.

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Did You Register Any Dot London or Dot Global Domains?

Posted on 09 September 2014 by Andrei

I have to admit that I’m looking forward to seeing some numbers tomorrow but personally, I decided not to go after any Dot London or Dot Global domains.

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The New gTLD Launch Process – What Would You Have Done Differently?

Posted on 05 September 2014 by Andrei

This much is certain: a lot of mistakes have been made as far as the new gTLD launch process is concerned. What is the number one thing you would have done differently?

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New gTLD Categories?

Posted on 29 August 2014 by Andrei

Yesterday, I wrote a post about the fact that in my opinion, geo new gTLD (especially city new gTLDs, as Christopher Hofman pointed out in a comment) are clearly outperforming niche new gTLDs (such as Dot Furniture) but wait a second… what’s a niche new gTLD?

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Consulting in Exchange for Charity Donations?

Posted on 03 August 2014 by Andrei

I decided to start an interesting experiment as of today. If you are interested in my consulting services, I’m willing to help and in return, you have to make a donation to a noble cause.

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Did You Get Any .Toys, .University, .Town or .Reisen Domains?

Posted on 30 July 2014 by Andrei

4 new gTLDs entered the General Availability phase today:

Dot Toys
Dot University
Dot Town
Dot Reisen (Reisen = “trips” in German)

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How Many New gTLD End User Offers Have You Received Thus Far?

Posted on 24 July 2014 by Andrei

In my case, there is absolutely nothing to report when it comes to end user offers but then again, my new gTLD portfolio is quite small. Therefore, I’m hoping those of you with larger portfolios can chime in and let us know how things stand up until this point.

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Did You Register Any Dot Wien, Dot Rest, Dot Bar, Dot Capital, Dot Engineering, Dot Exchange or Dot Gripe Domains This Week?

Posted on 16 July 2014 by Andrei

Pretty active week on the new gTLD front but I for one didn’t get any. Dot Wien was very tempting but the terms I found attractive were taken.

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Anyone Else Notice an Increase in Offer Volumes for Short Domains?

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Andrei

If you own short domains, you’ve probably received your share of lowball offers and it’s a known fact that such domains receive more offers than other domain categories but over the past let’s say 6 months or so, the frequency seems to have gone up quite a bit.

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A Few Thoughts About Boosting End User Sales

Posted on 26 June 2014 by Andrei

I’ve been thinking about a few very simple changes that might be worth implementing so as to boost end user sales and decided to run them by you guys.

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