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Fri 29th January 2010
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Live DomainFest Auction Nets $930K - The live domain auction from Domainfest just closed with a total of $931,300 in sales by my count. LoanCalculator.com lead the way with $215K. Here are the unofficial results: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Thu 28th January 2010
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Our Picks From The DomainFest Live Auction - The live auction at Domainfest will be held Thursday January 28th starting at 2pm PST. There are over 250 live domains selected for the auction. Remote bidding is available on SnapNames.com but you have to have an account and download the software in advance. (the software does not work on a Mac operating system, unless you have the PC software installed on the Mac). There are so many good domains in this auction, at all price levels, it would almost be easier to pick the domains I don’t like, ... read more ...
Wed 27th January 2010
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No/Low Reserve DomainFest Auction Nets $153K - The No/Reserve live auction from Domainfest just concluded with a total of $152,750 in sales. Love.info lead the way tied with FamilyCounselor.com at $12K each. Here is the full list of domains that sold: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 26th January 2010
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Our Picks For The No/Low Reserve Domainfest Auction For Tuesday - The Domainfest low/no reserve auction will be held on Tuesday at 5pm PST. Remote bidding will be available on snapnames.com. We have gone through the list and this is what we believe are the best buys from the auction The domains reserves as usual are stated in ranges. It’s hard to see how you could go wrong with any of these domain names. Good luck to all Sellers and bidders: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 25th January 2010
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Quick Poll: How Much WIll The Live Premier Domainfest Auction Gross? - Its Time for your predictions on how much the The Live Premier Auction at Domainfest, which will be held on Thursday January 28th at 2pm PST, will generate. You can check out the Live auction list here. Please vote on the right and feel free to make more specific predictions below. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Sat 23rd January 2010
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RickLatona.com TRAFFIC Auction Grosses $450K With a .ZA Leading The Way At $65K - The RickLatona.com auction just ended at the TRAFFIC show in Vegas with Just over $456K in sales. The auction resumed today after it stopped for techincial reasons yesterday with $90K sold. The $456K includes yesterdays sales. Here is the unofficial list of domains sold from the auction: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Which Domain Is Worth More Macaroni.com or Ravioli.com? We Are About To FInd Out, Both Are In Auction - The domains Macaroni.com and Ravioli.com dropped yesterday. One was picked up by NameJet.com the other by SnapNames.com. One currently has a high bid of $5,555 the other has a high bid of $2,666. So which one will sell for more, Macaroni.com or Ravioli.com? Which one do you think is worth more? Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Stop The Presses: Rick Latona Auction Stopped After 33 Domains Due To Online Bidding Problems - The RickLatona.com action was stopped 33 domains into the auction after the online auction software crashed. The online system seem to crash just a couple of domain into the auction and never got working properly. Rick Latona bravely took the stage after the auction for Concreteblocks.com sold for $2,000 and announced that he was stopping the auction out of fairness to his sellers and would resume the auction at 10am PST tomorrow. IMHO It took a lot of guts for Rick to stand up and admit his system ... read more ...
Fri 22nd January 2010
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Moniker Releases It No/Low Reserve Live Auction List For Next Week - Moniker.com will be holding a no reserve/low reserve auction next week on Tuesday January 27, 2010, at DomainFest at 5pm PST and remote bidding will be available on SnapNames.com. Here is the preliminary list for the auction and is subject to change This auction is separate and in addition to the premier auction which will be held on January 28th. We will be posting with our selected picks from the auction next week: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Here You Go: Live Auction List For DomainFest - Moniker.com will be holding a Live Domain Premier Auction as part of DomainFest.com next week in Santa Monica on Thursday January 28th at 2pm PST. Remote bidding will be available on SnapNames.com. Here is a preliminary list of the domains in the Premier Live Auction with reserve ranges. Here are the disclaimers: The list is subject to change and not in the order the auction will be held. We will be publishing our picks for the auction next week. AcnePills.com $5,001 – $10,000 Adjustable.com $10,001 ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: How Much Will RickLatona.com Auction Do? - Well the RickLatona.com auction is tomorrow so you don’t have much time to get your votes in. The auction catalog is out and now its your time to predict how much the live auction will do. Their auction at TRAFFIC NT did $1.4 Million in October The poll is on the right and you can place your predictions below if you want to identify yourself and get bragging rights. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Thu 21st January 2010
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Our Picks From The RickLatona.com TRAFFIC Auction - Well its that time again. We went through the 250+ domain in the Live RickLatona.com TRAFFIC auction and selected what we think are the most interesting and potentially best buys from the auction. We notice there are quite a few ccTLD’s in this auction, which as my readers know is not my thing, so I haven’t selected any of these.  Having said that XXX.us is certainly an interesting domain. There are several .ca domains and investors should be aware that Canada still has a presence requirement ... read more ...
Wed 20th January 2010
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Final Live Auction List For TRAFFIC With Reserves and In Order Is Posted - RickLatona.com just released the final list for its Live domain auction to be held at TRAFFIC Vegas on Friday January 22, 2010.  Here is the complete list in order with reserve ranges.  For more info and to bid online go to Latonas.com. We will be publishing a post with our picks tomorrow . EG.ca 5,000 USD to 10,000 USD HN.ca 5,000 USD to 10,000 USD W9.ca 1,000 USD to 2,000 USD NaturalMeat.com 1,000 USD to 2,000 USD LosAngelesPersonals.com 1,000 USD to 2,000 USD LasVegasInsurance.com 1,000 USD ... read more ...
 
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How is Beccary.com Worth Over $10K? At Auction @ Godaddy.com - We couldn’t help but notice the auction for the domain name Beccary.com, at Godaddy.com, which has a high bid of over $10K with almost 2 days to go. The domain has a valuation by Godaddy.com of less than $1K and although it get some traffic its not the enormous amount of traffic that would support such a high price. The domain did seem to be a popular site last year, but still its seems like a lot of cash to me. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 19th January 2010
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SnapNames Auction Showcase Closes In 2 Hours (3:15) Over 100 Domains With Bids - The Snapnames.com monthly showcase for January is closing is just over 2 hours at 3:15pm EST and there are already over 100 domains with bids that have met reserve and several more that have bids but have not hit reserve. Here are the domains that have met reserve and the high bid as of 1:20 PM. Here are the domain that have at least one bid but have not hit reserve: dss.com 1 $100,000 $100,001 – $250,000 cfj.com 1 $10,000 $10,001 – $25,000 fjk.com 1 $10,000 $10,001 – $25,000 war.net 1 $8,000 $5,001 ... read more ...
Sun 17th January 2010
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Touch.Net Sells For Just Over $5K on NameJet.com - A pretty nice .net sold on NameJet.com today when Touch.net sold for only $5,600. Over at Snapnames a couple of good gambling domains sold with slottournaments.com going for $5,300 and slottournament.com also selling in the 4 figures although for some reason this domain is not showing in my account so I don’t know the final price. Here are someother notiable domain name sales from the past few days on NameJet.com Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Fri 15th January 2010
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Kat.com Is Pulled Out Of SnapNames.com Monthly Auction WIth A High Bid Of Almost $20K - I got a notice yesterday from SnapNames.com that a domain I was bidding on Kat.com had been removed from the auction: “”Dear SnapNames customer, Due to circumstances beyond our control the auction for KAT.com has been cancelled.  Sorry for the inconvenience.”” Too bad for Snap. The bidding on this domain was already at almost $20K last time I looked and the auction wouldn’t have closed until next Tuesday. This domain was the highest priced domain in the auction at the time it was pulled. Personally ... read more ...
Wed 13th January 2010
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MotorWorld.com At Godaddy Auctions By The Numbers: 14 years Old, 3K Visitors a Month, $4K High Bid; 1 Trademark - A pretty good domain is up for auction over at Godaddy.com, MotorWorld.com. The domain currently has a high bid of $4K with a few days to go. The domain is 14 years old, get around 3,000 visitors a month according to Godaddy.com has a Compete and Alexa ranking which seems to match Godaddy’s traffic estimate. The only problem is that the term has a trademark since May 2006 by Motorworld Automotive Group, Inc. which is for a “Retail store services featuring new and used automobiles, trucks, automobile ... read more ...
Tue 12th January 2010
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SnapNames Monthly Showcase Auction For Jan Just Opened & Its On Fire With 3 Letter .Com’s & .Net’s - Snapnames.com Monthly Showcase Auction for January just opened up for bidding a couple of hours ago and there are plenty of bids on lots of domain names. The January auction is showcasing “1-4 Character 1 word ccTLDs” Already 33 domains have bids meeting reserve. As you might expect 3 letter .com’s are leading the way with several hitting in the four figures already. COA.com is leading the pack with a high bid of $8,816 KAT.com already is at $5,750 GLU.com is at $2,810 FXS.com is at $2,610. There ... read more ...
Mon 11th January 2010
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Our Picks From The DomainingTips.com Snapnames Auction Closing Tuesday - The Domainingtips.com auction on SnapNames.com closes on Tuesday at 3:15pm EST. The auction already has over $45,000 in bids so it looks like this might be the most successful of the highlighted SnapNames auctions in quite a while. Here are the domains currently with bids (reserves have been met) necklace.net $9,645 dullard.com $7,550 armchair.net $7,240 apartamentos.mx $4,940 management.mx  $4,940 tuning.mx  $4,940 casserole.net $3,595 petferrets.com $1,680 personalorganisers.com $980 There are ... read more ...
Thu 24th December 2009
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CircleID: “End All Domain Auction Sites” So The “Speculators” Don’t Get Them (That’s You) - Alex Tajirian,a contributing writer to CircleId has written a post calling for the end of all domain auction sites and replacing them with a centralized clearing house for all expired or dropping domains. The reason? Simply Mr. Tajirian thinks the “Speculators” (that is you he is talking about) are getting too many of the good dropping domain names and businesses, SEO guys and end users can’t get them. Who is Alex Tajirian you ask? According to his Bio, he “launched the first domain-name ... read more ...
Wed 23rd December 2009
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ShoePavilion.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com - The domain name ShoePavilion.com sold on NameJet.com today for $15,600. The domain which still gets over 3K monthly visitors according to Compete.com had as many as 25K monthly visitors a year ago. speakerphone.com on a re-auction went for $9,900 slightly higher than it sold for a month ago on NameJet.com Nutriscience.com sold for $5,200 despite a trademark being registered on the term. Finally a few days ago a domain with quite a bit of traffic, FirstNationalBank.com, sold for $69K, Google+Michael ... read more ...
Sat 19th December 2009
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Peruvian.com Sells For $8K On NameJet.com - The domain Peruvian.com sold for $8,103 on NameJet.com today. Here are some other notable sales from NameJet.com this week: quickcashadvanceloan.com $4,500 sqp.com $4,401 santacostume.com $4,350 activate.net $3,000 hablaespanol.com $2,600 mortgagedallas.com $2,550 icaan.org $2,200  (typo for ICANN.org, not the smartest purchase of 2009) pizzaspecials.com $2,200 laurelhill.com $1,600 nafc-aboriginal.com $1,210 orbiting.com $1,111 couloirmag.com $1,100 Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 15th December 2009
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Our Picks From The SnapNames Monthly Showcase Auction Which Closes Today At 3:15 EST - The SnapNames.com monthly showcase auction for December closes today, December 15th,  at 3:15pm EST in accordance with its normal closing rules. We have went through the list and selected what we believe to be the best domains for the money, in the auction. (Disclaimer:   We do not have any domains in this auction nor are we making any commission by posting these selections) The prices represent either the reserve price, or in the case where a domain already has a bid, the minimum next price, ... read more ...
 
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Do Some Good, Hang Out With Some Playboy Bunnies & Take A Private Tour Of The Mansion For FREE - Ok so here is a very unique chance, that you may only get once in your life. Do some good. Help raise money for the Autism Foundation. And as an extra added benefit (as if you needed one) you get to hang out with some Playboy Bunnies. Yes its one of those rare win-win situations. The Moniker Premium Live Auction at DOMAINfest Global 2010 will include two donated domain which will be auctioned off for the benefit of the Jenny McCarthy’s Generation Rescue Autism Foundation. Jenny’s foundation will ... read more ...