There were 99 lots on the block today at Heritage Auctions. 28 lots sold with the top lot being LK.com at $287,500 (15% Buyer’s Premium). After LK.com, GunParts.com was the second highest sale at $57,500. 3 letter .com domains were certainly popular as they made up 9 of the 28 sales.
I thought the auction moved really quick, maybe too quick.
Here are the sales (All figures include the 15% Buyer’s Premium) :
CardBroker.com, $575.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
GunParts.com, $57,500.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
NQZ.com, $6,900.00 Sold to Internet
HQG.com, $6,900.00 Sold to Internet
JerseyCollector.com, $172.50 Sold to Internet
YLQ.com, $8,625.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
GunBlue.com, $1,725.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
ZHL.com, $7,475.00 Sold to Internet
JMQ.com, $8,050.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
WineLetter.com, $184.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
CurrencyCatalog.com, $575.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
LK.com, $287,500.00 Sold to Internet
MercuryMan.com | Domain plus IP Rights to Comic Book Character $2,990.00 Sold to Internet
XKU.com, $5,750.00 Sold to Internet
Smart.org, $20,125.00 Sold to Internet
Scores.tv, $126.50 Sold to HA.com/Live
WatchDoctor.com, $862.50 Sold to HA.com/Live
CardDigest.com, $345.00 Sold to Internet
WHJ.com, $6,900.00 Sold to Internet
FineArtBuyer.com, $575.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
WallStGuru.com, $431.25 Sold to HA.com/Live
CurrencyCorporation.com, $575.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
WatchExperts.com, $1,495.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
DiamondExperts.com, $2,070.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
KYU.com, $6,900.00 Sold to Internet
GradedCoins.com, $4,600.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
CardBlog.com, $575.00 Sold to Internet
JHY.com $8,050.00 Sold to Internet
WOW… Just $287K for LK.com? … I am surprised!
what’s “15% buyers premium”? they have to pay additinal 15% on top of the $287k?
No Jose I included the buyer’s premium in the total. Each sale that you see includes that 15 % in the sales price.
Heritage does pretty good, they get 15% buyer’s premium and then the seller pays 15 % sales commission.
30% commission? Highway robbery.
Stay st it, you’re a trail blazer, a path finder; congratulations. It’s not easy to take domaining out there, but you’re doing it the right way. If it catches on, we all benefit. Don’t look back…
Domenclature.com
Thanks for the coverage.
A few key points:
1. YES. the auction moved WAY too fast.
I’ve already talked to the executives: The next auction will have a live auction format again (with auctioneer).
2. I feel like we had/have GREAT names priced fairly — thanks to the domainers who consigned. We need to do a bigger effort of marketing to the masses. We do A LOT of marketing, but I think the next auction we will do more.
3. The November live auction ended with the same total ($450K range). We are going to follow up on leads and I expect post-auction activity — similar to the last event. Let’s tally up the total results in a couple of weeks when the dust settles.
Thanks again to everyone for their support and even constructive criticsm.
Aron
Any questions, give me a shout AronM (AT) HA.com
Aron, Congratulations on the results it appears the auction is becoming a good venue for domainers to get some liquidity/cash in some chips even if at wholesale prices (I think).
Any particular reason DEC.com was removed ?
thanks.
DEC.com had an issue with the consignor – and they just weren’t ready to move forward yet…
But we’re getting it ready for the next one.
thanks for the explanation …the next one should do better.
Good job folks – the exposure the industry is receiving bodes well for us all.
Thumbs up to Aron and the team.
Yes,this is fantastic for the Domain industry.Maybe soon Sotherby’s and some other large Auction houses,outside the Domain world will come on board.Alot of these potential buyers are really cashed up,and invest in a large range of things…and they do their homework first,they’ll come in educated(to a degree) and ready to pay.Not any “bums” among those type of investors….so good news for us all I think.