Here are the domain that sold today at the Domain Round Table show.
Looks like there were some good buys.
What you think??
330.com $23,000
AllergyProblems.com $5,000
Ammunition.cc $200
AmsterdamVacations.com $4,600
AutoDirectory.com $8,200
AutoRespond.com $2,900
BasicInstall.com $400
BigStore.com $6,000
BoundModels.com $250
BusinessRefinance.com $3,100
BuyMedication.com $1,250
Chopstick.com $10,000
CleverLyrics.com $300
CollegePlacement.com $2,000
Complacence.com $1,000
Conf.com $4,200
Cosmetics.net $18,000
CreditScoreTracker.com $2,500
Crier.com $1,750
CuteDoggy.com $400
Dangers.com $7,600
DataBeam.com $1,000
Debug.com $25,000
DigitalRights.com $4,000
DomainNameTransfer.com $3,000
DrugAbuseTreatment.com $2,900
EuropeanExcursions.com $500
FaMo.com $4,200
Fatherless.org $300
fitnessnet.com $6,700
FloorRemodeling.com $900
FoodExports.com $1,000
FreeGuide.com $4,700
FreeNameservers.com $1,001
FrenchCooking.com $4,900
GameBugs.com $5,100
GreatHaircut.com $300
HospitalClothing.com $3,500
HospitalClothing.com $3,500
HuntingtonCalifornia.com $1,850
Hyperlinks.com $17,000
InkRefiller.com $500
Insulators.com $11,000
KitchenAndBathroom.com $3,000
LakeMichiganWaterfront.com $1,200
LakeMohave.com $3,000
MentorOhio.com $200
ModelingJobs.com $16,000
Moral.com $11,000
MortgageProposal.com $410
MyQuote.com $10,000
NameParking.com $15,000
NewClosets.com $2,000
Pallets.net $2,100
PreAnnounce.com $400
RacingSuspensions.com $1,500
RefinanceDebt.org $1,000
Retire.net $23,500
RetirementInvestments.com $2,900
Robbin.com $4,350
RomanticRestaurant.com $10,000
SecretCodes.com $4,500
SecretIngredients.com $2,000
SendBulkEmail.com $900
service.org $12,000
Shaft.com $17,000
SiteInspector.com $2,500
Skids.net $500
SkyInternet.com $4,000
Stubborn.com $12,000
SwingerSpace.com $5,000
Taliban.com $7,000
Tempe.mobi $1,000
TheTemple.com $1,300
ToyMarket.com $4,500
TradeStocks.cc $100
TransportShips.com $101
TvMarket.com $7,000
VideoArt.com $6,700
WirelessMouse.com $11,000
WorldExchange.com $4,700
XmasToys.com $3,800
$total?
Hmm…
Is it over? Or is there a silent auction still going on?
I like Debug.com – I think it’s a great domain for exterminators or computer problems, or both. Like computer virus removal…
Kelly
Think its over, no silent auction on this one
I like the following domains:
330.com
Dangers.com
Cosmetics.net
Domains are great as everyone has different favorites…for development (and at the sale prices) my favs are FreeGuide.com and AutoDirectory.com. I think the steal though was PreAnnounce.com – I love this name for the price and would be a great site to “preannounce” stuff to the world, family, friends, etc. Do not usually feel like I missed an amazing potential value – but preannounce.com has that feel.
Agree, some very good buys & that does not bode well
I never bided in fitnessnet.com as my account outline this morning.
It’s after having largely complaint about this glitch in the cahtroom they stopped the auction to try to fix it, on my hand I went sleep after that.
But it look likes this morning they did not fix anything and this sale is still affected to me.
That’s simple I will not pay debug.com, hyperlinks.com, videoart.com if they want to change me for that ugly name.
The top 3 value for $ I would pick are:
XmasToys.com $3,800 wow, great buy!
SiteInspector.com $2,500
TransportShips.com $101
Francois – I’ll take debug off your hands if you don’t want it. Amazing name and a steal!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_Assurance
Why did not you bid yesterday to get debug.com?
I am just complaining because the DomainTols.com say I bidded and won FitnessNet.com when it’s FALSE. It’s simply a glitch of their bidding tool. They even had to stop the auction a long time after this problem. Fortunately I was in the chatroom with peers comenting all this in realtime. And they could confirm.
Regarding debug.com if you insist you are welcome, make me an offer I cannot refuse and the domain is your 🙂
By the way what is the meaning of this wiki link, not sure to see any relationship?
Fitnessnet
Thought is was very strange that someone would buy such a name.
Also i had a glitch as well, I had a proxy bid of $1,400 on thetemple.com and it said so on my screen. When the bidding was active I was high bidder at $1,400 then somehow the auction ended at $1,300 with someone in the room winning.
My screen still shows today the stats being my proxy of $1,400 and me losing to a high bid of $1,300
We bought Cosmetics.net.
Though a lot of junk names this time around, some excellent values for buyers (including CollegePlacement, Cosmetics [certified steal], Crier, Dangers, Service [works well in .org], Stubborn, XmasToys [certified steal]).
Unless the sales volume picks up in the future, though; wonder if it’s worth Jay’s time and $$$ to put on an auction … with all the other worthwhile benefits they offer, don’t know that it’s necessary for a successful conference, anyway.
This domaintools auction lends to more of what I would consider a reseller audience, at least in my view anyway. it’s all good, plenty of margin for resellers and easy ROI for those direct navigation friendly domains that have strong content websites
Is it just me but the last 2-3 auctions have reduced in revenue but the quality of the names have also reduced . And isn’t this the natural order as more names are developed and therefore less becomes available (especially the high end category killer names). The dropping market seems to be holding up, when the slightest quality becomes available – re steelfurniture.com which sold for $11,000 last week
This “down economy” affects resellers/speculators. It does not affect developers/endusers.
Because of this, you’ll start seeing less and less resellers/speculators writing large cheques at these auctions.
For large acquisitions, developers/endusers tend to go straight to the owner. When they target a name, they want it negotiated quietly and the last thing they want is the sale going public at an auction. My brother and I have done some six figure purchases, but all were negotiated directly with the owners. I can tell you that all of the large Geodomains that failed to sell at recent auctions had already been passed over in private solicitations by the major Geodomain developers. And resellers/speculators won’t throw down big money for those mega-Geodmains because they don’t know what to do with them besides reselling or parking them.
Yesterday we sold JupiterIslandRealEstate.com for 17.5K to a realtor who contacted us last week from South Florida. Simply put, he needed the name and searched us out. There’s no way that name would have pulled that number by simply seeing who wanted it at an auction.
I don’t know how to hyperlink and this is off topic – but definitely domain related-, but here is a great post on TechCrunch about “The Importance of a Good Name: Ditching SimulScribe for PhoneTag” and the $30,000 price tag for phonetag.com. 80% of votes at the time I checked thought it was a great buy. Good post.
I like cosmetics.net, I am sure women buy more cosmetics than just about anything, including pizza. What a bargin. Best deal of the bunch by far.
If the avg women buys 50.00 a month in cosmetics and you get 1,000 coming back to your site each month even on an affiliate program that is alot of money. Also the name itself has a trust factor to it. Will increase its value for years to come. Owner could of got much more by just going straight to a cosemetics company.
Myquote.com simple to remember. If your in the loan or insurance business that would be a good name to go with. Also can attach a 1800 or 1888 to it only has seven letters. Good for radio and memorability.
For names under 1,000
inkrefiller.com for 500 bucks. That is deal if your starting a new biz in that area. What is that about 40 refills and you make your money back.
David
Very interesting post
Your comment:
“down economy” affects resellers/speculators. It does not affect developers/endusers.
Agree with you.
Our retail site is still generating 8-10 offers a day with a $2,500 min.
Your statement:
“Because of this, you’ll start seeing less and less resellers/speculators writing large cheques at these auctions. ”
I say yes and no.
Yes resellers/speculators will be more cautious, but if there is a very good domain at an auction, for a very good price, there will be buyers.
If there is a category killer available at an auction, there will be buyers.
The problem is with:
1. Domains that are not special, those types of domains we see every day at drop auctions, those will not sell for big money at these auctions, they will not create any excitement. There is no reason to put these type of domains into a live auction.
Seattlebasketball.com, the team is moving, there is no basketball there.
2. Domains that are overpriced. SO many of these domains are fine at 10K or 20K but are horrible at 150K.
Illusionist.com $280K??
Adjectives.com $100K???
Come on now
3. Domain which are repeatedly selected for live domain auctions, or already marketed in other ways to domainers –saw several of these before, lovestories.com, goodgirls.com, spreadsheets.com
No one bought them the first 3 times.
enough already