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 |
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Wow.
Some killer names in the list… yes, with some high reserves 🙂
But again, some eye popping names.
Aron
I could see Dating.com be the highest sale of year. Wish I have the funds for that one.
Thanks, Jim
Yeah, is it Dating.com or DatingOnline.com?
No one should be putting Dating.com up for auction…
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
Mike,
That’s crazy re:Dating.com.
That would easily make my list of the top 20 domains in the world.
Tony
The reserve might be $10M or more.
Porn is cheaper than dating
Mike; could be interesting to see which of these two you and your readers think is worth more, Dating.com or Sex.com . . .
I’ll take you up on that Steve