Tag Archives: auctions

Wed 28th October 2009
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Moniker Live Auction during TRAFFIC Today: Our Picks - Looking through the Moniker live TRAFFIC auction list today here are what we consider to be the domains most likely to sell. First for the higher priced domains: Photo.com– Talk about a category killer, whether for stock photos like a gettyimages, or an online processor like shutterfly.com, a camera manufacture like Kodak the possibilities and endless and this domain covers all of them and a lot more. CollegeEducation.com– We all know education is just about the hottest and most sought after ... read more ...
 
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SLS.com Hits The Godaddy Expired Auction In a BIG Way - The domain name SLS.com is currently at an expired domain auction at Godaddy.com and with over 7 days to go is already at over $23,000. According to Compete.com the domain received on average over 2,000 visitors a month and it has an Alexa ranking of 1.8 Million. A nice three letter domain but looking more like a retail price. By comparison, the domain boy.com sold for $45K in the RickLatona.com TRAFFIC auction yesterday. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 26th October 2009
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Injury KO’s Monte Cahn From TRAFFIC Auction - As the TRAFFIC show sets to open tonight in New York there will be a very familiar face missing. Monte Cahn, for most the face of Moniker.com is sidelined rehabbing a very serious injury to his Achilles tendon which he has been struggling with for several months. Monte is certainly going to be missed and personally its hard for me to imagine a Moniker auction without him. Victor Pitts from Moniker will be stepping in for Monte. We of course wish Monte a fully recovery as he has a long, painful road ... read more ...
Fri 23rd October 2009
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Talk About Pissing Your Money Away, How Can 4 Typos of ToonTown.com Be Worth $4K To Anyone? - A few days ago I posted a blog on my number one rule to avoid failure in the domain industry is not to piss your money away. Today on Godaddy.com,  there are 4 typos for the site, ToonTown.com on the expired auction block with a total high bid price of almost $4K with almost 3 days to go. The domains are: TooTown.com tooontown.com tontown.com toontowm.com The total estimated traffic to the 4 domains are about 3,500 visitors a month according to Godaddy.com Of course as an added bonus,  ToonTown.com ... read more ...
 
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MCU.com Sells For $24K On SnapNames.com - Last week we told you that there were 3,  three letter .com’s, all dropping on the same day. Snapnames.com wound up getting all three, beating out NameJet.com, Pool.com and other registrars. Today the auction for one of those domain ended with MCU.com selling for a whooping $24,500. MCU is a common acronym for a Microcontroller Unit, also a Multipoint Control Unit, and sthe Municipal Credit Union located in NY City, and Miami Christian University. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 21st October 2009
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One & Two Letter .Biz Domains Added To Live Moniker TRAFFIC Auction - Moniker.com announced today that it will be auction off one and two letter .biz at the Moniker.com Live TRAFFIC Auction next week. The live auction takes place on Wednesday, October 28, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern time  at the New York Marriott Brooklyn Bridge Hotel in Brooklyn, N.Y.   Remote online  bidding is available at snapnames.com The extended online auction will be held from Thursday, October 29 through Wednesday, November 4. .BIZ names in the Moniker live auction include: •   ... read more ...
Mon 19th October 2009
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Bankruptcy.Net Sells For $56K Putting SnapNames Oct Showcase Over $100K - Last week we reported on the Snapnames Monthly Showcase for October. At the time we noted that one of the domains, Bankruptcy.net failed to sell although it had a bid of $50K. Today, according to SnapNames.com the domain Bankruptcy.net sold for $56,250. Nice sale. Snapnames.com also reports, that another domain in that online auction, valuations.com, sold for $7K. So the total for the October Monthly Showcase auction is $107,399. Submission for the November Showcase featuring “generic/keyword” ... read more ...
Fri 16th October 2009
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SnapNames.com Monthly Showcase Auction For Oct Nets $44K - The Snapnames.com monthly auction ended today with a total of just over $44K in sales. Here is a list of the domains that sold. Domain                                         Sale Price silver.net                                      $17,178.00 quote.org                                     $11,690.00 exerciseplan.com                       $7,750.00 discountloans.com                     ... read more ...
Thu 15th October 2009
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UPDATE: The Snapnames.com Oct Showcase Auction Ending Today: Domain With Bids - The Snapnames.com Monthly Showcase auction ends today at 3:15pm Many of the domains we picked yesterday have bids, however some of them have not hit reserve yet. Here are the domains which currently have bids at of 12:30pm EST. Discountloans.com is the most active domain with 8 bidders taking it from no reserve to $1,800 Those with an (r) by them have hit reserve, the others have a the bid as stated, but the reserve has not been hit. To join the auction,  just click on the link so we can grab some ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: Which Live TRAFFIC Auction Will Gross The Most? - Well the lists are out. RickLatona.com announced the list of domains that will be auctioned at the TRAFFIC show a couple of days ago. Moniker.com announced their live auction list yesterday. So the question is, having reviewed both lists, which one do you think will generate the higher total sales in their respective Live domain auction Please vote on the right side of the blog’s polling area, and leave any detailed comments below. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 14th October 2009
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Our Picks For The Snapnames.com Oct Showcase Auction Ending Thursday Oct 15 - We have gone through the 250 domain in the Snapnames.com, Monthly Showcase Auction for October which ends tomorrow,  Thursday at 3:15pm EST and picked out what we believe to be the best domains. So here are our picks. To join the auction,  just click on the link so we can grab some of Oversee’s cash. The price listed Minimum bid but not necessarily the reserve of each of the domains: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 13th October 2009
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LFA.com: NBA.Org At Aucton during Godaddy.com - Two very good three letter domain names are listed at auction at Godaddy.com LFA.com is at auction and already is over $5K with over 9 days to go. NBA.org is also at auction with just over 2 days to go the current high bid is $2K. Obviously the winner of that auction is going to have to put the domain in use to a non-basketball related site.  There are of course thousands of other organizations and companies that could legitimately use those three letters but the new owner is going to have to be ... read more ...
 
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Moniker Releases Teaser List For Live TRAFFIC NY Auction - Today Moniker.com released the list of some of the best domains it will be selling at its auction to be held at the  TRAFFIC New York show on Wednesday October 28th at 4pm EST. Remote bidding will be available on Snapnames.com. This list is not the full list of live domains, which are expected to be around 200 domains, but just a sampling of some of the domains schduled to be auctioned and is subject to change. No pricing information was released for the teasers. There are certainly some great domains ... read more ...
Thu 8th October 2009
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SnapNames .Mobi 3 Number and 3 Word Picks - Well we haven’t done a Snapnames.com pick post in a while, much less for .mobi domains but here are some pretty rare 3 numbered and word .mobi’s for you. All are in auction at Snapnames.com right now and they all have a least one bid, with the high bid around $100 for each, so if you are so inclined you can click on the link and join the auction. two.mobi won.mobi 234.mobi 250.mobi 450.mobi 470.mobi 475.mobi 480.mobi 650.mobi 727.mobi 767.mobi shy.mobi Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 7th October 2009
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Hot Off The Press: SnapNames Monthly Domain Showcase Auction For Oct Released - Snapnames.com released the full list of the domains for its Monthly Showcase Auction for October which is for “Money and Financial” domains (although there are a few other type of domains in the auction). The online auction which will be held next week, starts on Tuesday October 13th noon EST and closes on Thursday October 15th at 3:15pm EST, in accordance with SnapNames normal closing rules. There are approximately 250 domains in this list making it the largest Monthly Showcase Auction that ... read more ...
Wed 30th September 2009
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AucklandHotel.com Sells For $7,500 On Godaddy - The domain name AucklandHotel.com sold on Godaddy expired auction platform for $7,505 yesterday. HotelMelbourne.com also sold on Godaddy.com yesterday for $3,724. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 16th September 2009
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The Best Thing GoDaddy’s Expired Auction Does, Is Also The Most Frustrating Thing - As a daily participant in the Godaddy.com expired domain auctions, I run into the same situation several times a week and it brings out what makes this auction house one of the best in the industry, yet at the same time one of the most frustrating. The situation arises when you are the second highest bidder on a domain at an expired Godaddy auction. To Godaddy’s credit, if you are the second highest bidder and the winning bidder defaults, Godaddy sends you an e-mail telling you that the winning ... read more ...
Tue 8th September 2009
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BridgeLoan.com Sells For $27K & Someone Buys Up An Entire Category For Under $100K - The domain bridge loan sold for $27,101 over the weekend at NameJet.com. Its a nice domain, which would be great for an end user. Another bidder scooped up ProteinBar.com ProteinBars.com for $77K on Saturday, and then on Sunday bought NutritionBars.com and NutritionBar.com for another $11K.  So for less than $100K,  he owns a huge category. A great buy. Well done, especially if the buyer was an end user like bodybuilding.com (I don’t know who bought the domains) All indication was that the bidder ... read more ...
Sat 5th September 2009
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ProteinBars.com Sells For $57K & ProteinBar.com Sells For $20K At NameJet.com - In a battle between 2 bidders, that lasted for well over two hours, , a couple of nice domains sold over at NameJet.com today and they weren’t even a .cm ProteinBars.com, a true category killer,  sold for $56,900  and its cousin ProteinBar.com sold for $20,100. Smartly the same bidder picked up both domains. I bid up to $30K for the Plural and $5K for the singular and obviously got outbid badly on both. Another domain hit the figure fives today at NameJet.com, CarSurvey.com, which sold for $10,641,  ... read more ...
 
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Total Generated This Week From .CM Domains: $2 Million Dollars - I know many of you have no interest in .CM domains, however everyone should be impressed by the amount of money in the domain channel, now that the 1st weeks total for the .cm auctions have been tallied. According to NameJet.com,  2,000 .CM domains were auctioned by NameJet.com, at an average price of $625, for a total of $1,250,000 in auction fees. In addition, for each domain won at auction, registrants had to spend an additional $350 for a two year registration which totals another $750,000. So ... read more ...
Thu 3rd September 2009
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SnapNames.com Releases It’s Monthly Showcase Domains For September - Snapnames.com released the domains it will be auctioning off in its Monthly Showcase for September. The auction starts on Tuesday September 8th at at 12Noon EST and ends on September 10th at 3:15pm EST, subject to snapnames.com’s normal closing rules. Here are the domains, the reserve range and the category they placed the domain in (You can also download the catalog here with “stats”): Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 1st September 2009
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Your Chance To Own A Domain Worth $43K For Less Than $1K - How would you like to own a domain valued at $43K for less than $1,000? The domain Clippoo.com is at auction at GoDaddy.com. Godaddy values the domain at  $42,657. According to Godaddy, the domain is projected to receive over 70,000 visitors a month. Apart from the traffic the domain receives according to GoDaddy.com I have no idea of what makes this domain worth $43K. Of course Godaddy.com makes more in one hour of one day than I do all year, so if Godaddy thinks its worth $43K then who am I to ... read more ...
Mon 31st August 2009
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Sedo To Auction Off One Character .Biz Domains: What Will They Sell For? - Sedo.com just announced it will be holding a special online auction for one character .biz domains. The auction starts on September 23rd, 2009 at 12pm EST and closes on September 30, 2009 at 12pm EST. The question now becomes, what will these domains sell for? .Biz domains has not sold well in the domain aftermarket, however one letter and one number domains are pretty tempting. My prediction is the one letter domains will go for on average around $10K per, the one number domains $3K. Feel free to ... read more ...
Sun 30th August 2009
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CorporateLawyer.com Sells For $20K At NameJet.com - The domain corporatelawyer.com sold today on NameJet.com for $20,766. Nice domain. Here are some other notable sales from this week: CandyCompany.com was a re-auction. The domain sold for $6,800 he first time about a month ago on NameJet Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 19th August 2009
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Rick Latona “Lead Generation” Domain Auction List Released - Rick Latona released the domains it will be auctioning off in its upcoming “Themed CPA/Lead Gen/Affiliate Marketing” Auction,  which will  be held online only,  from August 21st 8am EST through August 28th, 2009, at 8pm EST. Here is the initial list of domain names which are for sale at this auction: AffiliateArbitrage.com $2,500 AffiliatesOnline.co.uk $4,000 AirlineRewardCard.com $400 AirlineRewardCards.com $400 AirlineRewardsCard.com $400 AirlineRewardsCards.com $400 AirlineRewardsCreditCard.com $400 AirlineRewardsCreditCards.com $400 AllergyPills.com $5,000 AntiStaticSprays.com $300 BackInjuryAttorneys.com $1,000 BeautyCream.com $4,500 BrooklynDiners.com $5,500 CelluliteGels.com $500 CellulitisCream.com $500 ChestRubs.com $300 ColdAndFlu.com $7,500 ColoricCalculators.com $300 Commissions.net $5,000 CouponAdvisor.com $4,250 CPAArbitrage.com $900 CrashDiets.com $9,000 DHASupplements.com $500 Diet.co.za $150,000 DietaryBlog.com $2,800 DietingForum.com $1,250 DietProgram.co.uk $3,000 FaxOnDemand.com $2,500 FertilityPill.com $6,500 FileBankruptcy.com $150,000 Financing.net $40,000 GasRewardsCards.com $400 GasRewardsCreditCard.com $400 GasRewardsCreditCards.com $400 GrantPrograms.com $7,000 Herbalist.net $3,000 HerbalOils.com $5,000 HolidayGreeting.com $7,500 HotelRewardCard.com $400 HotelRewardCards.com $400 HotelRewardCreditCard.com $400 HotelRewardCreditCards.com $400 HotelRewardsCards.com $400 HotelRewardsCreditCard.com $400 HotelRewardsCreditCards.com $400 iLiability.com $1,000 IncomeTaxConsultant.com $2,000 InsuranceRates.ca $9,500 iReported.com $500 LadiesLingerie.com $35,000 LeadGeneration.org $1,000 MajorDepression.com $7,500 ManhattanDiners.com $7,500 MegaSoy.com $1,000 NeckInjuryAttorneys.com $1,000 Nervousness.com $4,500 NutritionalSupplements.co.uk $5,000 OnlineGambling.co.za $11,000 PPLArbitrage.com $400 ReadyLeads.com $6,250 RespirationFlowMeters.om $300 RevenueShare.com $49,000 SkinnyPill.com $8,500 SkisOnline.com $3,000 SkiSports.com $3,000 SlenderSoy.com $1,000 SnoringMedicines.com $300 SprayAirFreshners.com $300 TaxTips.net $1,500 UsedSmartPhones.com $4,500 VaporPatches.com $300 VisionTest.com $1,800 VitaminJuice.com $3,500 WartRemoval.com $15,000 WartRemover.com $7,500 WheySupplements.com $500 According ... read more ...