Before the live traffic auction I looked at the automated appraisal tool, Estibot.com to see what they considered to be the best buys of the live traffic auction. Despite receiving some negative responses and Naysayers, it turned out to be a pretty good indication of what domains would sell. To refresh your memory this is what we found: These were the top ten domains in the live TRAFFIC auction … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2008
NameJet.com/SnapNames.com Auction Update
Here are some of the notable sales from NameJet.com and SnapNames.com this week toa.com $35,300 clash.com $30,500 iart.com $16,694 mkc.com $11,000 ewomen.com $8,901 8-0.com $7,066 backyardwrestling.com $6,550 woodenflooring.com $6,100 sailplanes.com $5,100 eteens.com $4,800 bookmaker.net $4,000 devastate.com $3,789 casinooffers.com $3,157 giftcardshop.com $2,351 gamblingsystem.com … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Silent TRAFFIC Auction is Tommorow, Bids already placed
Moniker.com is holding the silent auction of the TRAFFIC show Tomorrow Thursday May 29 and the bids start closing at noon EST. Included in the silent auction are the domains that failed to sell in the live auction, along with over 2,500 other domains. Already getting bids are: 553.com $11,770.00 vpr.com $9,420.00 loseweight.info $5,890.00 gamesupplies.com $1,480.00 antiquerepairs.com … [Read more...]
Tucows.com Ending In House Drop Auction
Tucows.com is the lastest registrar that will be ending its in house drop auctions of it own expired domains. The official announcement should be made within the next two weeks. Tucows.com had been retaining an unknown portion of it own expired domains, then placing the rest through its own auction system. It is unknown at this point whether Tucows.com will use SnapNames.com or … [Read more...]
Pool.com introduces “Premium” .com Auctions
According to a e-mail we received today, Pool.com is starting premium .com auctions, starting with the domain, frustrated.com, with the extremely inflated (in our opinion) reserve price of $60K. Hopefully future auctions will contain better domains at more reasonable reserve prices as we ar not impressed with this domain at this price. Here is a copy of the release: Pool.com is … [Read more...]
When you Travel to the US Your Laptop and Cell Phone are Subject to Search and Seizure
Most of us domainers travel quite a bit to shows, for business or pleasure and when we go, our Laptop and Cell phone goes with. In light of the upcoming Domainers Meeting in Paris and the ICANN meeting next month, I know a lot of US based domainers are travelling out of the country. A recent article in Laptop Magazine reminded me of an important legal issue that I have never seen discussed … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Allowing Obvious TM Violations For Sale At TDNAM
A quick check found these names currently for sale in the highest 50K range on GoDaddys TDNAM.com. It is outrageous and unethical that GoDaddy is allowing these obvious TM violations to be promoted on their site. A six year old could tell you these names would not last two seconds in UDRP arbitration. As an industry leader GoDaddy is setting a terrible example. They need to be part of the … [Read more...]