Moniker seeks to add to record $10M+ domain name auction.
The silent auction portion of Moniker’s TRAFFIC auction concludes today. Some auctions may roll over until tomorrow if there is fierce bidding — any bids received in the final 15 minutes of an auction will extend that auction by 15 minutes.
The live auction, held last week at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, sold over $10M in domains (complete results) including two domains for over $1M. The silent auction includes about 3,000 domain names including those that didn’t sell at the live auction.
Most bidders stood on the sidelines until today. About 3%-5% of the domain have received bids, but most people will wait until the last minute to make their purchases. A couple of my domains have attracted bids, including NYCVacations.com at $3,530 and AlmondCoffee.com at $430.
Some of the more notable auctions include:
Kwy.com $5,225 with 5 bids
AntiqueMotorcycles.com $14,120 with 1 bid
GroupRate.com $9,420 with 1 bid
Reloading.com $5,890 with 1 bid
Ninas.com $17,650 with 1 bid
Bolsos.com $9,300 with 1 bid
Illustrate.com $15,000 with 1 bid
BabyHighChairs.com $5,890 with 1 bid
GuidetoCreditRepair.com $4,950 with 9 bids
TheCreditReport.com $4,120 with 1 bid
OrganicRestaurant.com $5,890 with 1 bid
BeachToys.com $5,623 with 3 bids
Heirlooms.com $29,420 with 1 bid
BathShops.com $5,335 with 16 bids
RareCars.com $17,650 with 1 bid
Kimonos.com $11,770 with 1 bid
FriendshipRings.com $4,895 with 18 bids
LastMinuteAirFares.com $11,770 with 2 bids
LastMinuteAirFare.com $8,830 with 2 bids
VacationGetaway.com $5,111 with 4 bids
CruiseTravelPackages.com $4,675 with 8 bids
The most active category so far is Travel.
I’ll follow up soon with an article about how Moniker can improve upon its already successful auctions.
The login page for the silent auction is silentauction.moniker.com. Bidders must have registered for the TRAFFIC conference or paid the absentee fee to bid.
Rob Chandler says
Thanks for the detailed update! I’m looking forward to their next DN auction in Florida… hopefully I’ll get some of my DNs listed such as Kalua.com and Tortillas.com
FundsOption.com says
Perfect update. I thought the bidding would be a little hire in the silent auction but the live one was incredible by itself.
Editor says
A number of domains ended up selling for $15k-$50k by the time it ended
Greg says
Interesting that no large or tourist city domain names have been up for sale, yet travel domains are hot right now.
Greg says
Just read the complete list and note that I stand corrected! 😉 Scotland.com (3,000,000 no sale) and PuertoRico.com (3.5M no sale) but didn’t sale with these offers… make one wonder, is a city domain name worth more then subject, it appears to be!
Andrew says
Greg, also some good .info/.us city name sales, such as Nasville.us. I picked up Albuquerque.us in the silent auction.