Aftermarket.com released it’s final list of domains to be auctioned off on Wednesday as part of the TRAFFIC show in New York on the Domain Tools Blog.
The final list bears little resemblance to the preliminary list release several days ago and all conflicting domains with Moniker.com auction have been removed.
According to the blog the domain’s chosen were done on the basis of finding Potential “value for our clients”.
“”Potential ‘value’ is defined and categorized as Short-Term (traffic/revenue), Long -Term (end-user sale/development), SEO Value (growing importance), Price Value (below/at market), Perceived Value (first impression/credibility), Generic Value and Industry Value (size, scope and scale of applicable industries).”””
“”””The following fifty or so domains were chosen because we identified a minimum of THREE of these specified values in our research and selection procedures.””””
Here are the domains from highest reserve price to least:
Husband.com & Wife.com $200,000
Palermo.com $ 75,000
Off.com $ 70,000
Association.com $ 50,000
TrademarkAttorneys.com & $50,000
TrademarkLawyers.com
Openings.com $50,000
MortgageCenter.com $40,000
Eat.net $39,500
BanquetHall.com $33,000
Illinois.org $25,000
TravelDirectory.com $20,000
NewYorkLoft.com & $20,000
NewYorkApartment.com
StayAtHome.com $15,000
Peephole.com $15,000
ChewToys.com $15,000
LCDtelevisions.com $15,000
BusinessGrant.com $13,000
CorporateTaxes.com $10,000
MadisonAve.com $10,000
MobileNews.com $10,000
Drive.net $9,000
Bail.net $9,000
SeafoodRestaurants.com $8,000
Regiment.com $8,000
Drama.net $7,000
Classic.net $5,000
EnergyTips.com $5,000
OfficeComplex.com $5,000
BrokerageAccount.com $5,000
Vulnerable.com $5,000
PartTimeHelp.com $4,000
Headcase.com $4,000
Beneath.com $3,000
Chambermaid.com $3,000
Dabbler.com $2,880
AntiItch.com $2,500
FluPrevention.com $2,500
Footspray.com $2,500
StudentChecking.com $2,500
KidFlicks.com $2,500
ScienceBooks.com $1,000
EquipmentBrokers.com $1,000
Porch.net $1,000
TwinSizeBed.com $820
Formula.info $650
SpywareTracker.com $500
HospitalClothes.com $500
FloodDamages.com $320
HeatingFuel.com $0
PianoTuners.com $0
My favorite ones are off.com, the TrademarkAttorneys.com/TrademarkLawyers.com package, and LCDtelevisions.com.
What do you like?
BusinessGrant.com looks good to me at that price.
NewYorkLoft.com & NewYorkApartment.com
MadisonAve.com
HeatingFuel.com without reserve looks good, too.
All in all, there are some good domains on the list.
ScienceBooks and Husband & Wife look the best in my eyes
PartTimeHelp.com, Peephole.com, StayAtHome.com, and the best one: Drive.net, all targeted and speak to huge audiences.
This list of names sux. Reserves are too high. I dont see one name selling that is listed over $1k.
One thing not showing in these lists are Traffic. I know Dabbler.com get’s 1,500 uniques on 5,000 impressions, which would change the way some people look at the domain and I’m sure other’s.
I dont think there could be a worse time for this auction…..I wouldnt be suprised if people were dssappointed overall with selling prices even though many of the names are good. People have far greater concerns-
MINOR CORRECTION “suprised if people weren’t disappointed”
Husband.com & Wife.com – TOP domain names 4 sure
You guys really see someone spending $200K on these 2 names??
Sadly not, since domainers have to maximize their value, but noone could argue the value is not there. That one that has 100 times more inherent value to me, just need the right e-commerce team to extract it.
Nice domains, but I would assume even the large collectors are looking at names that can be developed and monetized with the easiest biz model to adapt at this point. This has been my approach over the past few years
I like the brandabilty of mortgagecenter.com, but there are some other nice finance names going at ny for lower reserves , traveldirectory also would be one that I think would be fairly easy to develop and monetize
Illinois.org and lcdtelevisions also have some appeal.
I think the bounce in the stock market could lift the spirits for the upcoming show.
Best values are Illinois.org (a steal at anything less than 50k), Drive.net (.nets are problematic; but can’t go wrong at a giveaway price like this; and will sell for 25k+), SeafoodRestaurants (huge, easily reached market), Vulnerable (many possibilities/markets; nice 1-word .com at a superb price; will well for 10k+), PartTimeHelp (nowhere near as desirable as the far superior PartTimeJob/s; but a great “2nd tier ‘job’ .com” at an excellent price; HeatingFuel & PianoTuners (can’t beat zero minimum bid; will sell for 2k+ each).
For all you guys who like SeafoodRestaurants.com just to remind you that the singular, SeafoodRestaurant.com is at auction on the first night auction.
@don . I think you mean investor not necessarily a collector. I was part of a team that picked these with that in mind. I think there are a lot of names on this list with that easy development potential. The geo names for starters : palermo.com, illinois.org, newyorkapartment.com and newyorkloft.com .
There’s names with directory possibilities which have obvious development potential : traveldirectory.com, association, banquethall.com, illinois.org, seafoodrestaurants.com
Then you have consistent niches like jobs with a great name like Openings.com (as in Job Openings) and PartTimeHelp.com .
or how about product domains with HUGE search volume like LCDTelevisions.com.
lastly re: mortgagecenter.com . I’ve looked for a mortgage name for years. These are REALLY hard to come by, especially one that gets search traffic and typeins already. Which names did you see elsewhere better than this one ? I’d like to take a look myself since I can’t bid on this one. 🙂
Seeing all the comments of picks from people on what they think is good is always interesting and insightful. It looks like everyone here has a different favorite. Hope to see you bidding
great names for sure. surprised at some of the info domains that are available. awsome.
@Steve M
Check out the Moniker live auction list
LowRateMortgage.com – which gets organic traffic via google, you can refer to the catalog for details and a link to real stats for this site
Also being sold via moniker is bestmortgagerates.com, refinanceguide.com, consumerloans.com are a few other nice finance related sites
In reference to your investor approach, I would concur with the caveat that investors today want a fairly easy path towards development with business that can easily be monetized, which is why the finance sites and travel sites were easy to identify. The geo sites should also do well here.
I like the mortgagecenter name and a few other ones you listed as well, looking forward to the auctions this week
i would buy husband & wife for $200,000…
sell husband for $250,000… and keep wife.
i mean if i had $200,000… and some balls.
I own BullShitWebsites.com and that what the site is about.
searchenginemonetization.com is for sale.
Thanks Don. lowratemortgage.com looks nice too. good find. My preference is a nice 2 word brand that gets searches too. I guess that’s why it costs more.
I don’t like seafoodrestaurants.com – It’s a nice generic but I’m not confident about the model. Will someone in NYC advertise in a nationwide website about seafood restaurant. Is search volume on “seafood restaurants” that high? The way to make that work is to create the pay for play type site where you name anyone who will pay you to advertise “one of the top seafood restaurants in america” – similar to what they do in the airline magazines with steakhouses.
Husband.com / wife.com – nice words, but they aren’t words that lend themselves to a long term website. What kind of site do you build on those words?