Late Moniker.com Affiliate Auction Changes!!!!!!!!! - Just got word from Moniker.com that some of the domains scheduled to be auctioned today, at the Affiliate Show auction have been scratched, and some new names have been added. Here are the domains that will NOT  be auctioned are: Lot 10        FlatPanelLCDMonitors.com Lot 800     OffshoreMerchantAccount.com Lot 820     LM.com Lot 1250   Autostop.com Lot 1530   Frogblog.com Lot 1670   InternetBlogging.com Lot 1680   KarateBlog.com These are the new added names clientdiscount.com FastMortgageOnline.net parkingtickets.info Pay.com instantmortgageapprovals.com clientservicesonline.com ukfares.com Th ... read more ...

Affiliate Summit Live Auction - Moniker.com is holding the Affiliate Summit auction Monday Feb 25, 2008 at 3:00pm PST Bidding is done via SnapNames using the live auction software available at: https://www.snapnames.com/liveAuctions.do Here is the list of domains to be auctioned, with reserve price ranges: FlatPanelLCDMonitors.com No Reserve PortableInkJetPrinters.com No Reserve NoAnnualFee.net $5,001 – $10,000 DatingInformation.com $5,001 – $10,000 LowInterestRateCreditCards.net $1 – $5,000 AnnuityPolicy.com $1 – $5,000 HomeLoanServices.com $1 ... read more ...

NameJet Auction Updates - With the domain world concentrated on the TRAFFIC show and auction,  there were some high dollar sales at NameJet.com over the past few days: centralreservations.com  $21,205 intheaters.com   $17,800 carina.com    $9,088 copierstore.com    $7,900 zcp.com   $6,700 videobroadcast.com    $5,105 Orderbox.com    $3,399 Rawo.com   $1,900 luxuryyachts.net  $1,180 Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

TRAFFIC AUCTION: OUR TAKE - As we reported earlier today the TRAFFIC Live auction did 4.3 million in sales. Some are sounding the alarm that this is a bad sign for the domain industry, since the auction did quite a bit less than the Miami TRAFFIC auction held in October. However, you need to look at the big picture: Most importantly, DomainFest.com which held an auction just three weeks ago did over 3.1 million dollars in their live auction and another 1 million dollars in the silent auction. In the past, many of the domains ... read more ...

TRAFFIC LIVE AUCTION NETS 4.3 MILLION - $4,000 Condoms.info $5,000 ComedyClubs.net $6,000 heartworms.com $6,000 YouPhone.com and Uphone.com $7,000 DUI.MOBI $7,000 Score.mobi $7,000 FlatscreenTelevisions.com $7,000 bail.org $8,000 rvj.com $8,000 FlatFeet.com $8,500 odds.net $9,750 Lottery.mobi $10,000 dillpickles.com $10,000 Doctor.mobi $10,500 Naked.mobi $11,000 GovernmentServices.com $11,000 ConsultingFirms.com $12,000 ... read more ...

TRAFFIC LIVE AUCTION: OUR PICKS - It’s that time for us to take a shot and try to pick out the domains most lightly to sell and most lightly not to sell at tomorrow TRAFFIC auction (or at the silent auction which ends next week). As always let me hear your thoughts. We believe these are the domains that have the best chance of selling in no particular order. Next week we will publish out picks for the silent auction. toolbars.com currencyconverter.com meds.com sanjuan.com freehoroscope.com freehoroscopes.com searchengines.com technicalsupport.com cd.com dvds.com shreveport.com offer.com digitalphotos.com communication.com markets.com PenisSize.com ... read more ...

Live TRAFFIC Auction Tomorrow with Remote Live Bidding - I Just wanted to make sure everyone who wants to bid on any of the domains at the Live TRAFFIC show tomorrow, and can’t be at the show, knows that for the first time you will be able to bid on the domains, live, remotely along with the crowd. You do need to have a snapnames.com account, which will be using their system for the remote live bidding. You will also have to download their bidding software. Please note that the software is NOT compatible with Firefox so you will have to use Internet ... read more ...

Moniker.com Silent No/Low Reserve Auction Nets $190K - Moniker.com held is very first No/Low Reserve auction last night at the TRAFFIC show in Las Vegas and walked away with a little over $190K in sales Over 85% of all the domains selected sold. The event was well attended and there was some spirited bidding. Here are the results (these are what we heard and are not official but very close if not dead on) $700 WhateverHappensinVegasStaysinVegas.com $3,900 funnymovies.net $550 realestateoffices.com $600 christmaswrap.com $500 RESEARCHPARKS.COM $600 ... read more ...

TRAFFIC No/Low Reserve Auction: OUR PICKS - On Monday night at 8pm PST, at the TRAFFIC show, Moniker.com is holding it’s first small live auction of around 80 No reserve/Low Reserve Domains. Unlike the Live Premium Domain Auction to be held on Wednesday, the Tuesday auction will NOT have live remote bidding, so you will have to be in the room to bid (or place phone or proxy bids ahead of time) There are some interesting names, and all No reserve names should certainly sell. Here are our picks as the most interesting names at that auction: realestateoffices.com RESEARCHPARKS.COM eyeointments.com videoGames.info children.mobi ELECTION2008.COM digitalcamerarepair.com eggcream.com v.nu zeropercentfinancing.com valentinesday.mobi freegroundshipping.com lawyers.biz washington.biz SurroundSoundSpeakers.com stereotypes.com MichiganHouses.com Cards.mobi CreditReferences.com SNOWMOBILES.NET grandcayman.net centralamerica.net firstclassupgrades.com rvbatteries.com What ... read more ...

Quickly.com Sell for $45,100 during NameJet.com - The domain name quickly.com sold yesterday at NameJet.com for $45,100, in another drop sale that seems high to us, as do many on this list. A few other notable sales at NameJet.com: Euclid.com $12,100 irradiation.com $6,012 BridgeCapital.com $5,566 Extenders.com $5,166 Seri.com $5,101 Storybox.com $3,900 CleaningKits.com $3700 Creampied.com $1,700 SexyHomeVideos.com $1,510 ZeroPollution.com ... read more ...

MONIKER.COM RELEASES LIVE TRAFFIC AUCTION NAMES - Moniker.com Released its list of domains to be auctioned at the TRAFFIC show Next week on January 20. We will release our picks as most lightly and least lightly to sell in a few days after we have had a change to analyze the list. We believe this is the order in which the domains will be auctioned rvj.com $1 – $5,000 ClassReunions.net           $5,001 – $10,000 heartworms.com             $1 – $5,000 lunatic.com         $5,001 – $10,000 kosherrestaurants.com ... read more ...

MONIKER RELEASES THE LIVE NO/LOW RESERVE AUCTION LIST for TRAFFIC - Moniker.com released the list of the Low/No reserve auction to be held on Tuesday in Las Vegas as part of the TRAFFIC show.  We believe this is the order in which the names will be auctioned: 1 WhateverHappensinVegasStaysinVegas.com $1 – $5,000 2 funnymovies.net $1 – $5,000 3 realestateoffices.com $1 – $5,000 4 christmaswrap.com $1 – $5,000 5 RESEARCHPARKS.COM $1 – $5,000 6 ... read more ...

Namejet.com Sales Update - Here are some notable sales from NameJet.com over the last few days. flagday.com $15,200 xxvideos.com $11,100 (re-auction) skinrashes.com $9,769 luxurymart.com $4,200 duckpond.com $4,100 airportrides.com $3,500 airportvans.com $2,988 orlandomap.com $2,900 totalfashion.com $1,770 freetrademarksearch.com $1,600 internalcontrol.com $1,560 scooping.com $1,110 prisonreform.com $1,100 Our bargain of the week award goes to childbirthclass.com $630 Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Dating and Social Networking Silent Auction Results - Looks like only 5 domains were sold at the silent auction of the Idate conference for a total of less than $22K. Here is the list of domains that sold: onlinebooty.com $18,830 BIGDAWG.COM $2,077 OnlinePersonal.com $1,180 GAYSENIORLIFE.COM $360 TOTALLYFREEINTERNETDATING.COM $360 Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Dating and Social Networking online auction closes Tommorow - Moniker.com silent auction from the Dating and Social Networking Show closes tomorrow. Domains will begin to close on Thursday February 7th at 2pm EST/11am PST. According to moniker here are the top names. We have not reviewed the list: “””More than 1,500 of the dating and social networking industries’ best search, traffic and brand oriented domains are currently available in Moniker’s Online Domain Auction from the iDate 2008 and Social Networking Conferences. A wide variety of inventory ... read more ...

Shoppers.com Sells for $166K during Pool.com - The domain shoppers.com sold today at pool.com for $166K. The domain which was a network solutions registered name looked like it was going to be a pre-release domain at namejet.com and actually had bids up to $10,000 on the NameJet.com  prelease  auction. The question is why did the domain get dropped in the regular cue is rather through NameJet.com and what would hthe domain had sold for if the domain was auctioned at namejet.com instead.  My guess is it would have certainly went over 200K. Google+Michael ... read more ...

Montana.com Get’s a bid of $310K, though haven is Higher - Just as a follow up to the post of last week, the domain name, Montana.com which was up for auction at ebay.com, closed today without reaching the reserve price. The high bid was $310,000. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

NameJet Auction Updates - Some updates from auctions closing in the past few days over at NameJet.com: rockcity.com $12,000 getcertified.com $7,700 bingcherries.com $5,300 Highenergy.com $5,200 smsshortcodes.com $5,100 Gina.org $1,709 xratedpics.com $1,300 gastricbypass.org $1,010 Interesting  to note that rockcity.com has already been subject to at least one URDP Proceeding http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/94906.htm Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

idate Live Auction nets $160,000 - Moniker.com held its live auction at idate show yesterday, and it looks like from the live audio feed, Here are the domains that sold: eromance.com  $100,000 FreeDatingService.com $20,000 FreeSingles.com $21,000 FemaleDormitory.com $9,500 DateMyWife.com $5,000 FreeSocialNetworkingSoftware.com $300 SocialNetworkingBlogs.com $400 SoftKiss.com $3,500 SocialNetworkingCanada.com $250 LatinSocialNetworking.com $200 FreeSocialNetworkingSites.com $200 SeniorDate.net $650 ChristianSocialNetworkingSites.com ... read more ...

Own a state: Montana.com on sale during Ebay - We have written to the owner and can confirm that the domain montana.com is currently on sale on ebay. The current price is $140,000 with over a day to go and the reserve price has NOT been met. If you have interest in bidding on, or following the auction here is the link: Montana.com  http://cgi.ebay.com/Montana-com-Domain-One-Word-State-Name-Domain_W0QQitemZ120216301687QQihZ002QQcategoryZ11153QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Idate Live Auction today - Moniker.com is holding the Idate convention auction today at 5:30PM EST Here is the list of domains to be aucitoned, with reserve price ranges: lovestories.com $100,001 – $250,000 freesocialnetworkingsoftware.com No Reserve socialnetworkingblogs.com No Reserve orlandosingles.com $10,001 – $25,000 celebrityshow.com $1 – $5,000 softkiss.com $1 – $5,000 militarydates.com $5,001 – $10,000 socialnetworkingcanada.com No Reserve latinsocialnetworking.com ... read more ...

New York Times Covers a Industry - The New York Times published an article today  covering the domain industry and the DomainFest show and auction last week. Overall a very positive article, highlighting the maturing of the industry, the influx of venture capital money and investment potential of domains. The only negative brought up in the story was basically domain tasting a practice that has already, as we have written about, is about to be eliminated by the imposition of the ICANN fee on all domain registrations. Google+Michael ... read more ...

SnapNames Silent Auction: Our pickups - Well as promissed now that the snapnames.com silent auction is completed we can now tell you what domains we bidded on. These are the domains we acquired: testtubes.com organicchocolate.com autographcollectors.com shocktherapy.com endurancetests.com dailybackups.com These are the names we bid on but were outbid: exhibited.com bodilyinjury.com collectiblestamps.com organiccosmetics.com lasikeyedoctors.com happybirthday.org Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

SnapNames.com silent, Under an Hour to GO - The silent auction part of the snapnames.com, DomainFest show, auction is underway and closes within the hour. There is bidding going on. We told you that we had interest in 12 names, 7 of them are getting mulitple bids. We will keep you updated. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

DomainFest Silent Auciton: Our Take - As promissed we have analyzed the domainfest, snapnames.com silent auction names and here is what we find to be most interesting, not including the live domains that are left in the silent. The one’s we like for the live, we still like for the silent auction. We have held back the 12 names we are going to bid on but will release those once the auction is over. We also expect many of the 4 letter domains all priced at $500 each to sell, although we are not a buyer of these. This is the best of ... read more ...