The RickLatona.com Live Premier auction from TRAFFIC Milan kicks off at 10 am EST on April 28th with remote bidding on proxibid.com.
One of the problems that I had picking out domains for this auction are that some of the price ranges are quite wide such as the 20,000- 100,000 range.
For example a domain like thick.com is listed as having a reserve range starting between 20,000 and 100,000 Euros. I like the domain at the lower level but less than crazy about it at 100,000, so keep the wide reserve ranges in mind while reviewing our picks.
Also keep in mind that all reserve ranges are in Euro’s not dollars, however the good news is today the Euro hit a year low against the dollar and is below $1.32.
| Domain | ReserveRange |
| Louis.com | 5001 – 20.000 |
| Collection.com and Collections.com | 100.000+ |
| UXH.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| Fettucini.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| Hear.com | 20.001 – 100.000 |
| Tuscany.com | 100.000+ |
| Erotica.com | 100.000+ |
| You.info | 1001 – 5000 |
| Yt.net | 5001 – 20.000 |
| CopyCenter.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| Italy.net | 20.001 – 100.000 |
| ZN.net | 5001 – 20.000 |
| 33.net | 5001 – 20.000 |
| Thick.com | 20.001 – 100.000 |
| EUJ.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| CZY.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| GBZ.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| UAJ.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| OGZ.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| UFY.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| FYU.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| UJK.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| Shut.com | 5001 – 20.000 |
| Hiphop.us | 0 – 1000 |
| Stockholm.com | 100.000+ |
| Due.com | 20.001 – 100.000 |
| KDQ.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| CZL.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| Cheesecake.com | 20.001 – 100.000 |
| TheCaribbean.com | 5001 – 20.000 |
| Remix.com | 100.000+ |
| Viewers.com | 5001 – 20.000 |
| UGY.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| UJR.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| Tijuana.mx | 5001 – 20.000 |
| MotorcycleRacing.com | 20.001 – 100.000 |
| RushJob.com | 1001 – 5000 |
| DQY.com | 0 – 1000 |
| WD.de | 1001 – 5000 |
| CamperRentals.com | 0 – 1000 |
| SwissWatches.com | 20.001 – 100.000 |
| Ill.net | 1001 – 5000 |
This is a great pick, i think collections is looking preety good, since now a day, all the companies want to collect money from people who owe them.
nice names
Some of the domains are in dollars. Not all in Euros.
However, you are spot on! Your picks are perfect.
Italy.net seems the best
Wouldn’t Italia.net be a much stronger name for an auction in Italy?? Not sure who would type Italy over Italia over there to begin with… IMHO, it’s not that smart to place this name in an auction physically located in Italy unless you flew all potential end users from the states to Italy.
Mappe.it is good
You need You need Erotici.it Erotici.com NOT Erotica
Is the auction held in Milan Italy or is there a Milan in North America ?
Where are the Italian language domains ? It does not seem that anyone did the basic research on whois to contact Italian domain holders to inform them about the auction ?
Very poor list.
Insider information: thick is at the lower level
The wide range indicates flexibility. At the Las Vegas auction, the reserves were lowered on the owners signal, to realize a sale. Latonas may rate the domain the higher amount, but will test the market to find a buyer . . .
Nothings said and done until the extended auction is over. I understand the eu’s & premiums that don’t sell will be moved to the extended?
the right name isn’t “fettuccinI” but “fettuccinE”
Premium
Good catch, I removed this domain
Louise
That’s true to some extent, but I did make an offer lower than the lower reserve range on a domain at that Vegas auction and the seller agreed to put it back at auction for that amount and I won the domain on a single bid.
I would say off hand that less than 5% of the people attending this auction are from Italy and to concentrate an auction just on domains that would appeal to Europeans would be deadly.
As a whole Europeans are not the risk takers that American’s are especially when it comes to domains.
“I would say off hand that less than 5% of the people attending this auction are from Italy and to concentrate an auction just on domains that would appeal to Europeans would be deadly.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
I kinda like the YOU.info… low reserve…short, extremely brandable and with so many dot coms and nets hidden under domain investor pillows, this could be a great deal.
Camperrentals.com is also a steal.
My two cents…
“As a whole Europeans are not the risk takers that American’s are especially when it comes to domains.”
I think all domainers are risk takers after all. IMHO it is just about spending money in the most possible efficient way, isn’t it?
BTW There are big differences among European nations when it comes to risk, entrepreneurship, attitude towards money etc. So for now term “European” rather refer to geographical location than character, personality or risk attitude. At least that’s how I see it.
I think Alan was right about there being to many auctions.
Too many auctions? sorry – in retrospect, there are millions of domains sitting around not developped. If we could have more auctions…then the people that actually want to do something with them could at least have a crack at owning some of them.
Supply and Demand ?
Auction total is about 407,550 EU or $537,966 – it’s stellar, as usual! Short 2 and 3-letter domains are popular in Europe, as noted on DN Journal’s summaries. With Tuesday’s auction, the USD total is: 543,466. Does the extended auction count toward the total for TRAFFIC Milan? It is already a respectable showing . . .
Hi, Question for Rick and gang: did you find time to explore Milan yet? How is the espresso there? There’s an espresso bar in Milan with the reputation of tossing out the shot if someone opens the door while it’s pulled, because the draft ruins it.
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“If we could have more auctions…then the people that actually want to do something with them could at least have a crack at owning some of them.”
Mikey, what percentage of your domains are developed?
The problem with having all of the auctions (back to back) is that the only people buying at these auctions are usually full-time domainers.
And, how many domains do they really need?
If anything, many of the domainers are trimming their inventory.
Yes, if a great one comes along at a nice price, naturally they will jump on it.
Unfortunately, we are in a domainer to domainer sales cycle which causes the auctions to generate less revenue per domain.
The auction house that gets more interest from endusers will hit a homerun.
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@ passing through
I agree that it is the full time domainers who are buying and selling right now.
Heck I saw a BIG domainer in the industry on Bido today scooping up names here and there for $28 bucks a pop.
The more auctions, the more likley, I as a newbie, will be able to secure a few good ones as prices fall.
Flooding the market is great for the buyer. For the auction house, they will likely be ok as the number of sales will increase albeit the average sale price will fall per domain.
This does not translate into a favourable proposition for the sellers, but do consider that even if we had dozens of auctions daily and if we put every domain on the table for bids and biz today, the “good ones” would sell at amazing prices and the rest will remain what they are…unvaluable.
It is the end user that determines what the domain is worth. Look how many passes happened in Milan today.
I have so much to learn in this business but I am eager, hopeful and wish that those who have such incredible potential locked away with their registrars realize that the market determines the final price.
The end result is about ROI and to sit on these domains…hoping that the industry will one day double or triple their massive portfollios is abit unrealistic for me.
It is tough being a newbie in this industry as all the scraps are left on the table yet so many portfollios sit there untouched hoping that their property will skyrocket in the near future.
Please excuse my ignorance as I am sure that so many of the big domainers whom I follow daily know what they are doing, but why would anyone need 100,000 domains in their backyard.
With respect to development…. I do not hold anything worth developing – unfortuneately.
Best regards and again – I totally agree with your question – how many domains do they really need
Great article… might shed some light on my newbie perspective
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Mikey
“”why would anyone need 100,000 domains in their backyard.””
Why does anyone need to own 10,000 shares of Google when 1,000 makes you a pretty wealthy guy?
Certainly its not the way to think about domains or business.
If you can make X$ owing 1,000 domains and you can make 10x$ owning 10X more quality domains then why would you ever want to limit your earnings?
So it’s not a question of need, its a questions of business
MHB
I totally agree. It is very frustrating as a newbie to spend 14-16 hours a day looking for quality. From what I have learned to date (.0000001) % of what is to learn, I just think that many great domains sit undevelopped.
Parking pays little and my stratedgy lies in taking a quality name, bringing it to market, driving traffic and then selling it for a huge profit.
“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” Buddha
Now if I could do that with 10x more names, I too would be in your league.
Again – excuse my ignorance…I am about 4 weeks into this domaining game
and yes – it is business and I have ALOT to learn
“”Parking pays little””
It certainly pays a lot less than it used to pay but if you have a lot of high quality domains with type in traffic don’t kid yourself you can still make money parking domains.
There are domainers that still will make hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars this year parking their domains.
MHB
Again – quality over quantity. I tried parking… 200 domains (even typos) and to date I have trouble hitting $2 bucks a month. LOL
Like I said I have alot to learn – hence why I follow so many of you guys in these posts, forums, sites. The knowledge I am gaining will hopefully oneday pay dividends.
I am an idea guy and when I type in a great domain and see it parked, it makes me wonder why, when I could take that name, get the right people involved (keeping in mind I have no idea how to build a site) and likely flip it for a good ROI.
Obviously – I have no idea how to park correctly either 🙂
Give me a chance ot prove myself… name a domain name you think would do well if developped and I will toss you a few ideas that might appeal.
if not – no harm done
Mike
its not that hard to be a domainer.. i spend 1-3 hours a day.
since jan i have grossed about 25k
i sell about 55% of what i buy
@jason
do you park, develop or flip?
Another newbie with s0me questions for the cognoccenti of the domain business.
1. Who are these so called expert appraisers?
2. Who appraises the appraisers?
3. Surely the perceived value of a domain is in the eye of the beholder, i.e. entirely subjective?
Its a totally fascinating business and the “new wild frontier”.
So far my investment has been modest while I’m still on a learning curve.
Hope you folks will continue to let me pick your brains for tips and suggestions.
Glad to be aboard.