RickLatona.com TRAFFIC Auction Grosses $450K With a .ZA Leading The Way At $65K

2010 January 23
by MHB

The RickLatona.com auction just ended at the TRAFFIC show in Vegas with Just over $456K in sales.

The auction resumed today after it stopped for techincial reasons yesterday with $90K sold.

The $456K includes yesterdays sales.

Here is the unofficial list of domains sold from the auction:

$65,000 Fly.co.za
$50,000 GoFish.com
$49,000 Dietfood.com
$41,000 CatFood.com
$35,000 MotorcycleHelmets.com
$30,000 MensSuits.com
$25,000 Gels.com
$20,000 SEU.com
$19,000 Smelly.com
$10,500 Antihistamine.com and Antihistimine.com
$10,000 Stutter.com
$8,500 Portland.org
$8,500 CreditCardBilling.com
$8,000 Parables.com
$7,000 GolfClothing.com
$6,000 Suffocate.com
$5,000 YGA.com
$5,000 PostalCodes.com
$4,100 TanningEquipment.com
$4,000 dogfood.net
$3,000 Motivating.com
$3,000 USBMemoryStick.com
$2,800 Sisco.com
$2,600 500.fr
$2,300 EngineeringDegrees.com
$2,300 LosAngelesPersonals.com
$2,200 PrisonJobs.com
$2,100 winerooms.com
$2,002 Sunburns.com
$2,000 TrainingBra.com
$2,000 ConcreteBlocks.com
$1,800 LasVegasInsurance.com
$1,400 RunningBack.com
$1,400 Rent.mx
$1,100 QuitGambling.org
$1,100 eWagers.com
$1,100 DogFigurines.com
$1,000 iSupplies.com and iSupplies.net
$1,000 MarineCorps.org
$1,000 W9.ca
$1,000 PayOffBills.com
$1,000 Cognac.cm
$900 Divorce.mx
$900 RVP.net
$800 TaxFilingOnline.com
$800 DrumStools.com
$800 CEORecruiters.com
$600 LeadershipSeminar.com
$600 CardExpert.com
$600 MovieTheaterFurniture.com
$300 BookBetting.com
$300 LasVegasBlackjackTournaments.com
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25 Responses leave one →
  1. 2010 January 23

    The extended auction should put up real numbers. I have a lot of leads. We had no big sales today but there are quite a few deals in the pipe. It’s going to be a long week of negotiating.

  2. 2010 January 23
    Sunny permalink

    Where do you see the inventory of extended auction? I tried on Latonas.com and couldn’t figure it out.

  3. 2010 January 23

    Shame about the technical problems … I guess that’s why Murphy’s Law exists. Good luck in the Extended Auction.

  4. 2010 January 23

    Sunny, it’ll be published and announced soon.

  5. 2010 January 23

    Well, things are looking up except for the technical snafu-but s*hit happens.

    Anyway, everyone has fun and that the bottom line!!! so please stop bitchin about the weather, the food, and the downtime. Think of all the people in Haiti that would love to be in your place right now.

  6. 2010 January 23
    Puckett Myers permalink

    I can’t think of a better person to run these auctions than Latona, so just imagine someone else with the same tech problems but poor at organizing everything and totally botching every aspect of the auction.

    I’d say this was just a small, unwelcomed glitch in the grand scheme of things. Life moves on. :)

  7. 2010 January 23

    well done rick. you’re acutions are always the most exciting, fun, and professional. cheers

  8. 2010 January 23

    Major domain sellers still won’t lower their out of sync reserve prices to the reality of the current market so we see these kinds of auction results again. Buyers want deals right now and most sellers refuse to give them, which is why so many great domains go unsold.

  9. 2010 January 23

    There are lots of internal connections and politics in accepting domains to the auctions.

    I have sent a list of domains and non of them were accepted and while i was watching i had to track silly and non killer domains going to the live auction and i am not surprised with the results at all.

    They have to make low reserve prices and match it with good domains. Not junky ones as most of the inventory that we have seen it with this auction.

    MediaWebPlus.com
    Nidal Elkadri

  10. 2010 January 23
    Yinan Wang permalink

    Rick, please check this thread regarding a domain I won. I’m awaiting for further replies from David. Thanks

    http://www.dnforum.com/f26/im-high-bidder-latonas-auction-reserve-met-but-domain-sold-room-thread-405424.html

  11. 2010 January 23
    Walter permalink

    General Latona is the best man to overcome these tough times.

    I’m not surprised to see these low domain sale prices.

    just read the newspaper…

    This week stocks suffer their worst week in 10 months

    in 20 seconds on 1/12 over 200,000 people were killed in Haiti, people now contributing their money & time to charities

    Oil Prices $75-$80 a barrel, record cold temps this month translating into record heating bills

    Political unease/insecurity

    Britain raised her terror alert to the highest in years

    Ponzi scemes causing wealth destruction

    Housing prices countinue to drop while foreclosures increase

    Anxiety

    Unemployment 9-15% the real unemployment rate is 12-20%

    The Fed – Bernanke explicitly denies any Fed culpability for inflating the housing bubble

  12. 2010 January 23
    yaron permalink

    Rick,
    With a lot of respect- Why it will be published and announced soon?
    Why not a few weeks ago?

  13. 2010 January 23

    Nice to see ccTLD as a top sale at the auction.. :)

  14. 2010 January 24

    While I wasn’t at the auction in person, I watched it online, which is always a treat. I think the domainer conference auction format has grown a bit stale over the years. Which is no knock on anyone. It is what it is.

    Domain brokerage, cold calls, solicitations of interest to potential end users is the best avenue, though obviously a challenge. Rick alluded to having ongoing negotiations with variety of interested parties. I believe this approach tends to yield bigger payday for the upper echelon domains.

  15. 2010 January 24

    Nice results.

    $65,000 Fly.co.za – Great $$ – okey domain name

  16. 2010 January 24
    Trik permalink

    Hey Nidal Elkadr,
    You should share your domain list that you submitted to the auction.
    I’m sure everybody would be interested in seeing it!

  17. 2010 January 24
    steve dowripple permalink

    Great outcome for Rick! When will he be having his next auction and how can I get submit some of my domains?

  18. 2010 January 24
    Trik permalink

    Just go to Latonas.com or send them a email at auction@latonas.com

  19. 2010 January 25

    To Nidal:

    I’m with Trik on this, had to scroll through other comments before I was going to ask the same thing Trik did:

    Let’s see a sample of your ten best domains you submitted to RLA that were rejected. If I think they’re good, I’ll promote them on my blog at http://www.successclick.com. If they’re weak (not worth over $500 each), I’ll pass, and that’s where your chances for fame or shame will stand on submitting your ten best here.

    Of course, this is with all due respect to Em-B’s allowance to print such domains here.

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