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Story behind Zoho.com domain name

Story behind Zoho.com domain name

Zoho is not a normal start-up unicorn. Its founder Sridhar Vembu achieved unicorn status without taking venture capital money. Zoho is competing with top companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon without recruiting talent from top educational institutions. Most of Zoho recruitment is done from colleges in small towns.

  Still, it achieved $500 million in revenue with 0.1 million paying…

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$1500 offer on 3seas.com is rejected

$1500 offer on 3seas.com is rejected

I received $1500 offer to buy 3seas.com from an American company through DomainNameSales.com.

  Offer is rejected. I am surprised to see such an offer from a NASDAQ listed company.

    These people spend millions on marketing but hesitate to spend even 5 lakh on a domain name. There are several businesses related to that name.

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Purchased FiraHotels.com

I bought FiraHotels.com through Snapnames.com. “Fira Hotels” has 74,000 average monthly searches but it has 1,80,000 average monthly searches for last 3 months. Average ad cost is around $4.

  Google is reporting gradual increase in number of searches for “Fira Hotels”. There are 150 hotels in Fira city.

  Image courtesy: starstay

  According to Wikipedia, Fira is a city of white-washed houses…

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2015 DomainX conference in Bengaluru in August

2015 DomainX conference in Bengaluru in August

Domain Name Owners Association of India (DNOI) is conducting second edition of DomainX conference in Bengaluru. This bi-annual event will be held from August 7th to 8th at Taj West End hotel in Bengaluru.

  Timings: Friday, August 7, 2015 at 10:00 AM – Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM

  Location: The Taj West End, 25 Race Course Road, Bengaluru.

  Ticket Types:

   Early Bird Conference…

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iStemCell.com - good domain for stem cell businesses

iStemCell.com – good domain for stem cell businesses

Stem cell therapy is now revolutionizing the medical treatment. It is the next big thing in health sector. Billions of money is pouring into this booming sector.

  A member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Gordie Howe is “comfortable and happy” after he received a second stem-cell treatment at a clinic in Mexico on Monday, The Hockey News reported. Howe, 87, had a series of strokes in 2014, including…

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Brandable domain "Joory.com"

Brandable domain “Joory.com”

Brandable domain “Joory.com” is getting lot of attention in recent times. It received 2 inquiries over last 2 days.

  One inquiry came from USA on Sunday and another inquiry has come from Kuwait today. There are some other businesses in Middle-East with Joory name.

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Received inquiries on BhopalOnline.com and Pothigai.com

Received inquiries on BhopalOnline.com and Pothigai.com

I received an inquiry on BhopalOnline.com through an internet marketer on behalf of his client. I also received an inquiry on Pothigai.com from an NRI residing in Kuwait.

  Image courtesy: Travelokam

  Bhopal is the capital city of Madhya Pradesh state in India. Pothigai are famous hills in Tamil Nadu. Several Tamilians use Pothigai name for their businesses. Even Doordarshan used Pothigai name…

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Inquiry on FitPoints.com

I received an inquiry on Fitpoints.com from a Chicago gym owner through DomainNameSales.com. He first called me a cyber squatter. I explained him the difference between domain investment and domain squatting as no one holds trademark on “Fit Points.”

    People spend thousands of dollars on marketing and site designing but behave like misers when it comes to buying domain names.

  He quoted $…

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My domain musings and statistics

My domain musings and statistics

I started domaining in 2011 after accidentally reading Domain King’s blog. At that time, I felt bad for not finding this opportunity earlier. I found several similarities between stock market and domain investments especially long term investment. Just like many others, I also made several mistakes in the initial days. But, I also saved several lakhs thanks to Rick’s blog.

    I have been…

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Brandable domains: Zoper.com and jopper.com

Brandable domains: Zoper.com and jopper.com

According to media reports, Indian price comparison website Zopper.com is planning to raise $100 million. Company originally started with “reviews42.com”. They realised their mistake and upgraded to “Zopper.com”.

  Zopper.com is now running in application mode only… new madness of Indian startups (Myntra madness).

  I own Zoper.com and Jopper.com. Zoper.com is a beautiful brandable domain name. I…

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What is going on at Snapnames?

What is going on at Snapnames?

I backordered “Gurjari.com” on Snap Names on May 31. SnapNames sent me the following message on June 1.

  Snap[NAMES] Jun 01, 2015 We attempted to secure the following domain names:

gurjari.com

…as they were released by the registry, but the attempts were unsuccessful. We’re sorry that we were unable to acquire these domain names.

  On June 3, Snapnames sent following message.…

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Flippa announced anniversary offer

Flippa announced anniversary offer

Flippa announced wonderful offer on the occasion of sixth anniversary. Money spent by you on listing or upgrading at Flippa will double over next 48 hours.

    Ex. If you spend $9 on 1 listing, you get another free listing.

  If you spend $250 on 1 premium listing, you get another free premium listing

  Get another free upgrade when you spend $90 on one upgrade.

    Flipps’s buy 0ne – get oe…

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Purchased DecorativeAccessories.com

Purchased DecorativeAccessories.com on Snap Names. “Decorative Accessories” has 1,65,000 average monthly searches with an ad cost of $ 0.8.

  Domain Index valuation: $ 34,200.     Estibot valuation: $ 5,200.

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Domain inquiry on ImplementIT.com

Domain inquiry on ImplementIT.com

Received an inquiry on ImplementIT.com domain name from Denver, USA through DomainNameSales.com.

Buyer is a IT project manager. I am observing significant improvement in the number of inquiries in recent days.

New gTLD mania is gradually subsiding. People seem to be realising the value of .com domain names in spite of best efforts by some crooks to misguide the people.

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Offer received for HOSZ.com

Offer received for HOSZ.com

Low ball offer received on “HOSZ.com” through Flippa. Time to raise minimum offer to $ 1000 to escape from low-ballers.

Flippa is fast improving by adding new features, new domain sales pages and lot of customization. But, Flippa still needs lot of improvement.

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Inquiry received for SexyActress.com

Inquiry received for SexyActress.com

A new domain inquiry received on SexyActress.com through DomainNameSales.com. Offer rejected.

Estibot value: $ 4,800. Domain index valuation: $ 2,770.

Google searches for “Sexy Actress”: 18,000 per month.

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Domain registrations are surging in India

Domain registrations are surging in India

According to Bigrock.com report, domain registrations are rising in India. India’s share of worldwide domain registrations rose to 4% from 2% in just 1 year. China is leading the market with 20-25% share.

According to my estimates, India’s share in worldwide domain registrations will cross 10-12% in 3 years. By 2018, India and China combined share in domain registrations may cross 35-40%. They…