PondPumps.com Sells For $15K On Godaddy.com - In a Godaddy auction that just ended a hour ago, the domain name PondPumps.com sold for $15,671. I was in the auction until about $7K then dropped out. Its a nice product domain, but with less than 50 visitors a month (according to Godaddy) I think the domain sold closer to a retail price, rather wholesale, which is what we hope to buy at in a domain auction. We congratulate the buyer, and and send out a “what the hell were you thinking” to the domain holder that didn’t spend $8 to renew the ... read more ...

The Big Sedo .TV Auction Ends Tomorrow & Every Domain Has A Bid - The Sedo .TV auction closes tomorrow, April 8th at noon EST and every one of the 114 domains has a bid. As of the time of publication, 81 domains have met reserve while 34 have not. In all there are just about $200K in bids. It will be interesting to see what amount this auction brings in. My guess is $800K. You can place your guess below for bragging rights. Here is the list of domains that have met reserve and will sell: business.tv     10,099 jobs.tv             10,099 japan.tv    ... read more ...

Our Picks From The “No Reserve” SnapNames Auction Ending Thursday Apr 8th - SnapNames.com Spring “No Reserve” auction ends Thursday April 8th at 3:15PM EST, in accordance with SnapNames.com normal closing rules. We have gone through the list and picked out what we believe are the best domains on the auction (except for the couple we may bid on). Just to let you know the “no reserve” title is a little misleading, as the minimum bid for any domain appears to be $300. As of the time of publication 5 domains already have bids. Here are our Picks: BookmarkThisSite.com ClaimLostMoney.com ComputerCollection.com ComputerWorkers.com CustodyHelp.com DeliciousChocolates.com DiscoDuck.com FileReturns.com LatinDanceInstruction.com LeaseEmployees.com NiceCall.com NYCArchitects.com PrintingJob.com Refinanced.net RoofSupplies.com SpamProof.com StrongGrowth.com TestingSite.com ThermalGear.com TireProducts.com VinylCleaners.com WarrantyProviders.com WeddingDayPhotographer.com WoodRefinish.com Google+Michael ... read more ...

MEC.com Sells For $99K On GreatDomains.com - MEC.com a very good three letter domain sold today on the GreatDomains.com Auction for $99,000. Another  great sale for Sedo. A quick check on Google reveled plenty of company’s that have “MEC” in their company name including MEC Chemicals, MEC Mining,  MECGlobal and Mountaint Equipment Coop which owns MEC.ca, just to name a few. Then there are thousands of other companies whose name can be shortened to MEC like, Mayville Engineering, and Manga Entertainment, any of which may have been the ... read more ...

PlayFree.com Sells For $26K On SnapNames ShowCase Auction - The SnapNames.com showcase auction for March ended yesterday with a total of 30 domains selling for a total of $41,895 The highest sale was on the domain PlayFree.com which sold for a whopping $26,300. I sure didn’t see that one coming, the domain does have an Alexa ranking of $15M and gets between 100 and 1,000 visitors a month. There were 5 bidders battling it out in that auction. Here are the rest of the domains that sold: hghsupplements.com          $2,950.00 igiftcards.com                        ... read more ...

Geraldo.com Sells On NameJet.com For $15K, What Would You Do With It? - The domain name Geraldo.com sold today on NameJet.com for $14,888. The domain according to Alexa and Compete.com has traffic Alexa ranks it between 1.5M 2M and Compete says its gets around 2K visitors a month. However a look at Alexa reveals that 48% of the people visiting the site are looking for info on Geraldo Rivera, and another 20% are looking for info about one of his shows. So the question is was this a good buy and what would you do with it if you bought it? Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

GoVideo.com Sells For $18k on NameJet.com - The domain GoVideo.com sold on Namejet.com today for $18,100. The domain has an Alexa rank of under 2M and according to Compete gets between 1K-3K visitors a month. The domain used to be owned by an electronics company that made dual  VCR/VCR DVD/VCR devices but that day pretty much came and went and today the domain name went for $18K. Here are a couple of other interesting domain that went on NameJet.com in the last few days. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

How Much For The Domain Of a .Com Bubble High Flier That Raised $23M? - Once in a while you will see them on a drop list, the domain of a company that was once an internet high flier. So is the case of NextMonet.com a site that was founded in 1998 and was a Forbes.com “Best Of The Web”,  and reportedly raised at least $23M in capital raised, with investors like CMGI and Knight Ridder. NextMonet.com was described as: “A leading publisher and direct marketer of limited edition fine art and source of original art. Founded with the goal of making fine art more accessible, ... read more ...

SnapNames Announces Domains For Its Mar Showcase Auction Including ScreenSavers.com - SnapNames.com is holding its March Showcase Auction featuring Entertainment Sports domains from March 9th-March 16th and just released the domains up for bid. We will release our top picks a couple of days before the auction closes although we couldn’t help but see ScreenSavers.com sitting there at $250k+ As usual reserve prices are stated in ranges: Domain Name Opening Bid/Range 3dConsoles.net $201 – $500 3GConnect.com $1001 – $2500 5CardStud.com $5,001 – $10,000 5rl.com No Reserve 65ft.com $201 ... read more ...

HowAreYou.com? $6,600 Says NameJet - The domain name HowAreYou.com sold this weekend on NameJet.com for $6,600.  Sounds like a low price for an immeditely recognizable domain. Here were some other notable sales from NameJet.com in the last few days: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Why Sex.com May Not Sell In The Foreclosure Auction - As Elliot’s Blog discovered yesterday, the domain Sex.com is heading to a foreclosure auction on March 18th. However,  just because the domain name is heading to auction, it doesn’t mean the domain is going to sell. For one this is not an absolute auction where the highest bidder gets the domain. Rather,  the auction notice, clearly states that the secured party, reportedly Domain Capital, has the right to place a bid equal to what it is owed on the debt including principal and interest, plus ... read more ...

Our Picks From The SnapNames Domainer Mardi Gras Auction - On Tuesday February 16th at 3:15pm EST, the domain name auction being held in conjunction with the Domainer Mardi Gras show closes on SnapNames.com in accordance with its normally closing rules. I’m not sure why they are closing the auction on Fat Tuesday while Maris Gras is still going on but that is beyond my pay grade. To see the full list of all the domains in this auction along with current bids, click here. As of the time of publication about 25 domain have bids on them, but not all have ... read more ...

How Much Will Historia.com Sell For? Its Already Over $10K - The domain Historia.com is currently in a closed auction on NameJet.com. With over 2 days to go the domain already has a high bid of $10,099. The word Historia of course is Spanish for History. It is also the name of a Cable TV channel in Canada. So the question is how much will this domain wind up selling for on NameJet.com? Place your predictions below. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Domainer’s Mardi Gras Domain Auction List Released - The auction for the Domainer’s Mardi Gras which will be held in New Orleans starting this Thursday February 11, actually starts Tomorrow Tuesday February 9, 2010 and will be conducted on SnapNames.com The auction closes on Tuesday February 16th, 2010 at 3:15pm EST in accordance with SnapNames.com normal closing rules. Here is a list of the domain names to be auctioned off and reserve prices as usual are stated in ranges (we will publish our top picks a week from today) 173.info $201 ... read more ...

DomainFest Extended Auction Nets $248K on SnapNames.com - The DomainFest extended auction closes yesterday on SnapNames.com with almost $248,000 in sales. There was a $127,000 bid on KZ.com but that bid was taken down as it was believed to be fraudulent. Some of the domains were highly contested as the auction that started with an original closing at 3:15pm went past 4:30,  including on stockreports.com and homeschoolprograms.com. Now that we have the results of both extended auctions we switched the Poll over so you can vote on what you think was the ... read more ...

47 Registry Owned .ME Domains Hit The Auction Block - Namejet.com is holding an online auction for 47 registry owned .ME domain names. The auction starts on February 19th and backorders have to be placed by date shown for each domain by 11pm EST Some of the domains already have backorders: Domain                          # of Backorders      Backorder by Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Will Klimt.com Sell Today? One Sold Yesterday for $43 Million - The extended auction for domainferst closes at 3:15 EST today on SnapNames.com One of our picks from the live auction is back up again for sale today, Klimt.com. At Sotheby’s yesterday, while the $104.3 million sale of Alberto Giacometti’s “L’homme qui marche 1 (Walking Man 1)” made news as being the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, I couldn’t help but notice the second highest sale went for a painting by Gustav Klimt’s entitled,”Kirche in Cassone” for $43 Million dollars, ... read more ...

TRAFFIC Extended Auction Nets $379,000: LongIsland.com Sells For $370K - The extended TRAFFIC auction which was held by RickLatona.com just closed with $378,900 in sales. LongIsland.com sold for $370K after the reserve was lowered just hours before the auction closed. The other sales from the auction: Imply.com $4,000 JusticeDepartment.com $1,800 CuteTops.com $1,100 Ocnn.com  $1,000 defensiveback.com $400 etaxreturn.com $300 php.mx $300 Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

UPDATE: Double Domain Auctions Closing Today during 1 & 3:15 EST - Just as a reminder both extended auctions from the domain shows close today. The extended auction from TRAFFIC will be held today on Proxibid and closes today at 1PM EST on Proxibid.com The extended auction for Domainfest closes today on SnapNames.com at 3:15pm. As of time of publication (11:30am) over at SnapNames.com there are 2 bidders on the domain KZ.com and reserve has been met at $127,650 and there are bids meeting reserve on 28 other domains. Over at RickLatona.com there are 5 bids but only ... read more ...

Our Picks From The DomainFest Extended Auction To Be Held Thursday On SnapNames.com - The extended auction for DomainFest concludes tomorrow, Thursday February 4, at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames.com in accordance with its normal closing rules. To see all the domains in the extended auction with bids click here (this will be continuously updated) There are over 2,000 domains in the auction, including all of the live auction domains that did not sell (click here to see the domains that sold) To see our picks for the Live Domainfest auction click here. We have gone through the list and think ... read more ...

Our Picks From The RickLatona.com Extended TRAFFIC Auction Closing Tomorrow (Thursday) - The RickLatona.com extended TRAFFIC auction will close tomorrow on Thursday February 4th at 1pm EST. (the domainfest extended auction ends tomorrow as well, picks for that coming later tonight) Bidding will be through Proxibid.com and you need to signup for the auction. For more details go to Latonas.com. There are almost 650 domain names in the extended auction and we went through the entire catalog and picked what we believe are the best buys. You can also see our picks from the Live TRAFFIC Auction. Any ... read more ...

Quick Poll: What Was The Best Buy From The Live TRAFFIC/Domafest Conferences? - Three live domain name auctions in less than a week netted over $1.5 Million in sales from RickLatona.com TRAFFIC auction, the no/low reserve DomainFest auction and the Premier DomainFest auction, now its time to weight in on what you thought was the best buy. I made some suggestions on the right where you can vote for your favorite or comment below. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...