Tag Archives: auctions

Mon 2nd March 2009
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Our SnapNames Top Picks Mar 1 Edition - Here are out top picks for domains currently at auction or available for backorder art SnapNames.com. As always you can simply click on the link to backorder or join the auction: 9g.com qms.com uneven.com 379.com qzc.com ccp.org beauticiancollege.com v7.net motivation.net geotracker.com vbz.com kjf.com uyz.com markettrends.com illustrating.com 4scores.com babysitting.org tooled.com mapped.com icondos.com newsreading.com preassembled.com celebrityposters.com socialsharing.com cleantube.com Google+Michael ... read more ...
Sat 28th February 2009
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Toys.com Sells For $5.1M, After Selling For $1.25M: What Does This Mean For Domain Valuation & Auctions - So as we all know by now Toys.com, which sold literally just days ago, for $1,250,000 as part of a bankruptcy court proceeding, sold today for $5,100,000 after a re-auction was ordered by the bankruptcy court. What does that say about the value of domains or domain auctions? How does a domain at auction sell one week for $1.25 million and the next week for over $5 Million. Simple. The first auction only a few people knew about or participated in, causing the end price to be below market value. The ... read more ...
Fri 20th February 2009
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LeatherSofa.com Tops Another 100k+ In Sales At NameJet.com - Well its another $100K+ performance over at NameJet.com this week. Over the last 4 days, just on the domains I follow, I counted 33 domains selling for over $1,000 each, for a total of $128K.  This works out to an average of just under $4K per domain, not bad in a week that has seen the stock market fall to a six year low. The top selling domain on my list, LeatherSofa.com which sold for a comfy $17,100. Here is a list of just the domains I followed, also please note that none of these are re-auctioned ... read more ...
Thu 19th February 2009
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AfterMarket.com Auction: Our Picks & Analysis - Aftermarket.com will hold a live domain auction from the  Domainer Mardi Gras show, in New Orleans on Saturday February 21st at 3:45pm EST, 12:45 PST. Remote bidding will be available for those not in attendance. According to my records, storagefacility.com sold for $18,000 at TRAFFIC West in 2008.  I don’t know if the domain sale closed and if its the new owner or original owner selling it, but in either event, its a domain which is priced 20% of what is sold for less than a year ago, making ... read more ...
 
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Bido.com Back In Action Today: Here’s What You Need To Know - Bido.com the unique 1 domain a day auction platform, returns to service today. As we all know the site was taken down for technical difficulties last year. Bido.com’s model of 1 domain a day all starting at $1, ensures a sale a day for the service and the domain holder.  The service saw a good deal of activity and had some nice sales last year in the four and five figures, and we expect it to return, better than ever. Some of the sale from last year included: You can list your domain for sale ... read more ...
Fri 13th February 2009
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StopSigns.com Tops Another $100K In Sales In 2 Days during NameJet.com - For the second time this week, just the domains we followed, accounted for almost $100K in domain sales at NameJet.com. Here is a list of domains sold today and yesterday: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Sat 7th February 2009
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IREIT/NameJet Proves Domains Are Liquid Assets - The sell of of IREIT domains continues over at NameJet.com this week. What’s lost in the story is the fact that this strategy by IREIT to sell their domains in this fashion, all starting at a $69 reserve is that domain names are in fact a Liquid investment. The debate has raged for quite a while are domains liquid assets, that is can they be sold and turned into cash quickly if they need to be. After watching IREIT domains selling on NameJet for decent prices the answer is YES. A good domain will ... read more ...
Fri 6th February 2009
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DomainFest Silent Auction Nets $481,000 - The silent/extended auction from DomainFest, which was held by Moniker.com today through SnapNames.com closed today with almost $481,000 in sales. In all, 222 domains sold with blooms.com and resorthotels.com tied for the top spot at $58,830 each. Here is the full list of all the domains that sold through the auction: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 4th February 2009
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Current DomainFest Silent Auction List With Bids - This is the current list of all bids at the DomainFest Silent auction currently running at SnapNames.com as of 3pm EST today. The silent auction closes tomorrow at 3:15pm EST. Right now the total bidding is over $100,000 You can see our top picks by clicking here. I confirmed with Moniker.com, that the previous bid for introduction.com was pulled for now since they could not confirm the bid. Here is the list including number of bids: Domain                       Bids    Current ... read more ...
Sat 31st January 2009
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Wow We Actually Bought Domains At DomainFest: Our Take, Our Suggestions & How About That “Other” Auction - Having had a good nights sleep, after much drinking and partying at the Mansion, enjoying a wonderful lunch at the Ivy restaurant on an absolutely beautiful day here in LA,  after reading your comments to my post on the Live auction results, and many other blogs, I’m ready to share my thoughts on yesterday auction. I was pretty active in the auctions,  selling 1 name in the live, 1 in the silent and buying 2 names in the silent and 5 in the live, so my perspective is both as an observer and as ... read more ...
Fri 30th January 2009
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DomainFest Live Auction Nets Only $665K - The Moniker.com live auction from the DomainFest show just concluded, with just 62 domains out of 200 domains selling for a total of $665,000. We will have further thoughts and analysis tomorrow, however first impressions was a surprising lack of interest in .me domains compared to just the New York Traffic show just a few months ago. .travel domains as expected garnered little interest. This auction was in stark contrast of the low/no reserve auction of just a few days ago, where almost 60% of the ... read more ...
Wed 28th January 2009
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DomainFest Low/No Reserve Auction Nets $128K - The no/low reserve auction at Domainfest grossed $128,650 in sales. Here are the offical results from Moniker.com: eat.net                                        $15,000 spearguns.com                           $14,000 sanfranciscorestaurant.              $7,500 bikes.net                                    $7,000 consultations.com                     $7,000 autoinsurancepolicy.com           ... read more ...
Fri 23rd January 2009
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Adult Extended Auction Nets $125K - The extended online adult auction from the Internext show in Las Vegas, closed yesterday at SnapNames.com with a total of $125,000 in sales. Here is a complete list of all the domains that sold. WARNING THE FOLLOWING DOMAINS CONTAIN ADULT TERMS Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Thu 22nd January 2009
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Live DomainFest Auction for Premier Event Released - Moniker.com has released the domains that will be auctioned off at the premier live domain auction at DomainFest next week. The auction will be held at Thursday Janaury 29, 2009, at the DomainFest show in Hollywood, CA at 1:30-5:30pm PST. Live and online remote live bidding through snapnames.com will be available for this auction. There are some great domains here. There are 5 more .me domains being offered by the registry following the successful auction of 10 .me in New York at TRAFFIC as well ... read more ...
Wed 21st January 2009
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DomainFest Low/No Reserve Live Auction List Released - Moniker.com released the list of domains for its “Live Low Reserve/No Reserve Auction”,  which will be held on Tuesday January 27th at 7pm PST at the DomainFest Show in Hollywood, CA. Both Live and online bidding will be available for this event. As always reserve prices are provided in ranges and the list is subject to change: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 14th January 2009
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Adult Auction Nets $160K - The Adult auction held at the Internext show in Las Vegas yesterday resulted in $160,200 in sales. In all 32 domains sold. Here is the complete list: peeing.com                        $31,000.00 footsex.com                       $16,000.00 licking.com                        $16,000.00 xxxcartoons.com               $11,000.00 littletits.com                      $10,000.00 fetishcams.com                 ... read more ...
Fri 9th January 2009
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Live Domain Auction For Adult Internet Show Is Released - The live domain auction for the adult Internext show in Las Vegas was released today. This is a preliminary list and is subject to change. The auction will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 3:00 p.m. PST, 6pm EST and remote bidding will be available through the SnapNames.com interface. The reserve prices are stated in ranges. Warning (especially in China)  the following domains contain sexually explicit words. 69.net $50,001 – $100,000 adult.net $100,001 – $250,000 adultanime.com $50,001 – $100,000 adultservices.com $10,001 ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2008
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More Top .ME On The Auction Block At DomainFest - The .ME Registry announced today five top .ME domains will go up for LIVE auction at DOMAINfest Global ’09 in Hollywood, Calif. DOMAINfest Global ’09 is set to take place Jan. 27-30, 2009, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. The five .ME domains available are: Contact.Me, Read.Me, Feed.Me, Alert.Me, Save.Me These .ME domains will be available in the LIVE auction, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday, Jan. 29, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST (4:30-8:00 ... read more ...
Tue 16th December 2008
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They Listen: GoDaddy Changes Pricing Policy On TDNAM Auctions - As DomainNameWire.com reported today, Godaddy has changed their minimum bidding policies on TDNAM expired domain auctions after a few posts ran criticizing Godaddy.com for the practice both on Andrew’s site and on this blog. Godaddy now has reduced all minimum prices on TDNAM auctions to $10. Last week DomainNameWire.com pointed out that the practice of having variable starting pricing for TDNAM domains with traffic and PPC earnings were placing Godaddy in a position where it was basically bidding ... read more ...
Wed 5th November 2008
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Lets.com Back Up For Auction on NameJet.com - Lets.com which “sold” on NameJet.com on October 21st, is back on the auction block due to a non-paying bidder at NameJet.com The high current bid is $25,700 with 1 days and 21 hours to go. The auction is now a public auction, so its is NOT limited to just those 151 bidders who backordered it. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Fri 3rd October 2008
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Moniker.com Silent TRAFFIC Auction Scores Big: $960K - The silent auction from the TRAFFIC show held last week in New York just completed and the results are a whopper. In a week where the stock market has tanked, commodities sank and the everyone in the world is worried about their money, domains, once again proved to be a shinning light. The preliminary total is $960,000 highlighted by the sale of loto.com for $91,000 and wholesale.net at 88K. Results are subject to final verification. Interesting to note that this silent auction did more than the ... read more ...
Sat 27th September 2008
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Final Thoughts From TRAFFIC: Don’t Believe a Hype - When Rick Schwartz announced that there would be a multiple auction format for the first time at TRAFFIC and that Rick Latona and Aftermarket would be holding competing auctions, a funny thing happened in the domain community. Well actually not funny. Actually really sad. I read on numerous board and blogs that Moniker was going to get their “ass kicked”. I read how the auction game had changed and someone new, was going to show Moniker how an auction should be run. That the king was dead and ... read more ...
Wed 24th September 2008
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Rick Latona Auction Nets $750K - The auction held by Rick Latona at the New York TRAFFIC show grossed $750K. The highest selling domains were: MCC.com $195,000 Countryclubs.com $85,000 DayTraders.com $80,000 EFS.com $55,000 NAP.com $45,000 Lisbon.net $32,000 Spreadsheets.com $25,000 Per.com $20,000 Lotterynumbers.com $20,000 Many of the domains sold under the advertised reserve and was only possible because the auction house was the owner of the domains. More to come later Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Sun 21st September 2008
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Aftermarket Releases It’s Final Domain Auction List - Aftermarket.com released it’s final list of domains to be auctioned off on Wednesday as part of the TRAFFIC show in New York on the Domain Tools Blog. The final list bears little resemblance to the preliminary list release several days ago and all conflicting domains with Moniker.com auction have been removed. According to the blog the domain’s chosen were done on the basis of finding Potential “value for our clients”. “”Potential ‘value’ is defined and categorized as Short-Term (traffic/revenue), ... read more ...
Mon 15th September 2008
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Next Hot Domain Auction: LightSpeed.com - Currently at auction over at TDNAM is LightSpeed.com currently at $10,000 with over 3 days to go. The site currently is owned by lightspeed logic a  “”pioneer of mask reconfigurable intellectual property to the semiconductor market””, according to their site. The site has a compete ranking of 70,000 with over 23,000 visitors a month. It has an alexa ranking of 899,000. There are many trademarks on this generic term by several registrants. What do you think the auction will close at?? Google+Michael ... read more ...