Moniker Finally Starts Accepting Pre-bidding For Its Live Domain Auctions As Bidding Opened For DomainFest Ft. Lauderdale

2010 April 16
by Michael H. Berkens

Well its taken many years but finally Moniker.com looks like they are going to start open their live domain auctions up for pre-bidding, starting with the Ft. Lauderdale DomainFest one day event and auction on May 13th.

This is how it will work according to the press release:

“”Pre-bids can be submitted on any domain listed in the auction until May 13 at noon US Eastern time.”

“”The highest bid for each domain will then become the starting bid in the live auction.

“”All live auction pre-bidders will be notified via email of their position in the auction along with instructions for joining the live and extended auction.”

“”Bidders not attending the live auction can watch the auction and submit bids in real-time via a free online live auction system powered by SnapNames.”

“Registered DOMAINfest Power Networking attendees are automatically eligible to attend the private live auction.”

Interested bidders may also submit an absentee bid form to the auctioneer or sign up for telephone proxy bidding. ”

“To participate in the pre-bidding process and view the catalogue, visit:

The following preliminary list of domains offers an example of the quality of the domains to be included in this auction:”

•    Dating.com
•    WiFi.com
•    Hobbies.com
•    Jeans.com
•    Relationship.com
•    Safety.com
•    Arbitration.com
•    Therapists.com
•    Detox.com
•    TreasuryBonds.com
•    HardDrives.com
•    BoardGames.com
•    SecondMortgage.com
•    SingleWomen.com and SingleMen.com (a combined lot)

Sellers can still submit domains for possible inclusion in this auction.

The submission deadline is April 18, 2010.

Details on how to submit domains and how to bid in this Moniker live auction can be found at by clicking here.

As of time of publication, here are the domains included in this auction and their reserve range prices for while pre-bidding is already opened.  Also note that the first 2 domains already have bids

Domain Name Bidders Minimum Bid
gj.net 12 $1,511 No Reserve
bjh.com 2 $5,500 Reserve: $5,001 – $10,000
47.org 0 $5,000 Reserve: $5,001 – $10,000
analyze.net 0 $2,500 Reserve: $2,501 – $5,000
arbitration.com 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
birth.net 0 $5,000 Reserve: $5,001 – $10,000
boardgames.com 0 $250,000 Reserve: $250,001 – $500,000
by.net 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
caribbeancruises.net 0 $300 No Reserve
cdcollection.com 0 $5,000 Reserve: $5,001 – $10,000
code.com 0 $750,000 Reserve: $750,001 – $1MM
datingonline.com 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
detox.com 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
fitnessstore.com 0 $10,000 Reserve: $10,001 – $25,000
golfresorts.com 0 $10,000 Reserve: $10,001 – $25,000
harddrives.com 0 $500,000 Reserve: $500,001 – $750,000
hobbies.com 0 $250,000 Reserve: $250,001 – $500,000
jeans.com 0 $1,000,000 Reserve: $1MM – $5MM
relationship.com 0 $1,000,000 Reserve: $1MM – $5MM
safety.com 0 $1,000,000 Reserve: $1MM – $5MM
secondmortgage.com 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
sentimental.com 0 $10,000 Reserve: $10,001 – $25,000
singlewomen.com 0 $250,000 Reserve: $250,001 – $500,000
therapists.com 0 $25,000 Reserve: $25,001 – $50,000
toasterovens.com 0 $10,000 Reserve: $10,001 – $25,000
townhouses.com 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
treasurybonds.com 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
troops.com 0 $50,000 Reserve: $50,001 – $100,000
vinyl.net 0 $2,500 Reserve: $2,501 – $5,000
webcamroulette.com 0 $100,000 Reserve: $100,001 – $250,000
wifi.com 0 $1,000,000 Reserve: $1MM – $5MM
10 Responses leave one →
  1. 2010 April 16
    MHB permalink

    test

  2. 2010 April 16

    Wow.
    Some killer names in the list… yes, with some high reserves :)

    But again, some eye popping names.

    Aron

  3. 2010 April 16

    I could see Dating.com be the highest sale of year. Wish I have the funds for that one.
    Thanks, Jim

  4. 2010 April 16

    Yeah, is it Dating.com or DatingOnline.com?

    No one should be putting Dating.com up for auction…

  5. 2010 April 16
    MHB permalink

    Tony

    Both

    Datingonline.com is already in the auction with a reserve range of $100k-$250K.

    Dating.com is on the “teaser list” as going to be in the auction but is not yet listed or available for pre-bidding

  6. 2010 April 16

    Mike,

    That’s crazy re:Dating.com.

    That would easily make my list of the top 20 domains in the world.

  7. 2010 April 16
    MHB permalink

    Tony

    The reserve might be $10M or more.

  8. 2010 April 16
    sdfsdf permalink

    Porn is cheaper than dating

  9. 2010 April 16
    Steve M permalink

    Mike; could be interesting to see which of these two you and your readers think is worth more, Dating.com or Sex.com . . .

  10. 2010 April 16
    MHB permalink

    I’ll take you up on that Steve

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