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TRAFFIC live Auction Poll Results

May 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Ok you have spoken and israel.com seems to be the domainer’s choice as the best buy of the live TRAFFIC auction on Friday.

Here the the total results:

  • Israel.com $5MM and up (19%, 11 Votes)
  • BabyFood.com $100,001 - $250,000 (17%, 10 Votes)
  • DiscountTravel.com $250,001 - $500,000 (17%, 10 Votes)
  • Grass.com $50,001 - $100,000 (16%, 9 Votes)
  • Vote.info $10,000-$25,00 (10%, 6 Votes)
  • idol.com $100,001 - $250,000 (9%, 5 Votes)
  • oh.com $250,001 - $500,000 (7%, 4 Votes)
  • Asia.net $50,001 - $100,000 (7%, 4 Votes)
  • travelconditions.com $25,001 - $50,000 (5%, 3 Votes)
  • BassGuitars.com $25,001 - $50,000 (5%, 3 Votes)
  • nannycams.com $5,001 - $10,000 (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Susan.com $50,001 - $100,000 (3%, 2 Votes)
  • PinballWizard.com $10,001 - $25,000 (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Pagers.com $50,001 - $100,000 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • honorroll.com $1 - $5,000 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • hoodia.com $250,001 - $500,000 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • carwax.com $100,001 - $250,000 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • computers.mobi $5,001 - $10,000 (2%, 1 Votes)
  • men.mobi $1 - $5,000 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • how.info $10,001 - $25,000 (0%, 0 Votes)

We will see how your votes match up against the actual sales on Friday.

Starting today you can predict the total gross of the auction.

Tags: Domain Auctions · Domain Shows

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Nathan // May 20, 2008 at 9:19 am

    Israel.com is getting good publicity in the mainstream media. I was hoping to get my IsraelLuxury.com into the auction last minute but no dice.

    I might submit to the Geo Domain Expo in Chicago on July 11 - 12. Bulk submission deadline is May 27 for anyone else looking to get names in.

  • 2 Greg Nelson // May 20, 2008 at 9:37 am

    Nathan,
    Curious what you think the value of IsraelLuxury.com is or what was your reserve? Making discussion - not interested in buying.

  • 3 Nathan // May 20, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Greg,
    I haven’t looked closely at past sales data for similar types of names, but gut is telling me to put a reserve somewhere between 12k - 20k. That might be low - I’m not sure yet.. I judge a domains value as if I am the person who will be developing the name. To me a good two word Geo dot-com is much better than a one-word with an obscure country-code.

    Imho I think that IsraelLuxury.com would be in the top 4-5 Israel Geo’s to develop; probably only IsraelHotels, IsraelVacations, IsraelRealEstate, and IsraelLuxury.com could stand on their own and carve out their niche against Israel.com if it is developed properly.

    The reason I like Geo-luxury.com’s is because if you look at any successful luxury line, one of the key factors is exclusivity, and distinct brand identity. I can’t think of any examples where luxury items are successfully promoted along side mass-market goods and services.

    I would be curious to see what you or others think..

  • 4 admin // May 20, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    You guys should check out luxuryshopping.com in the live auction, and luxurygifts.com

  • 5 David J Castello // May 20, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    You have to be careful with multi-word Geos. The best ones are popular phrases. For Israel, these would include:

    IsraelHotels.com
    IsraelRealEstate.com
    IsraelGolf.com (we own this one)
    IsraelVacationPackages.com

    While IsraelLuxury.com is a catchy name, I’m not sure how high it would register on the direct navigation scale.

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