Add.com stole the show at NamesCon live auction. The name sold for $800,000.
Offices.com sold for $260,000. The two LL.coms did not meet reserve. 74 out of 136 lots sold.
There were no new gtld sales but to be fair there were only a few in the auction.
I was live tweeting and we had a lot of people commenting and asking questions I posed on some names.
Futons.com did not sell at $110,000 most said they would take. Same for $17,000 for ragstoriches.com and $225,000 for Burb.com.
If you see onsite it meant in person, and (L***) was an Internet bidder.
| texashotels.comLot Number: 10 SOLD $6,200.00 (s***5) | |
| Toolchest.comLot Number: 20 SOLD $6,900.00 (onsite) | |
| icebergs.comLot Number: 30 SOLD $3,200.00 (e***0) | |
| Stardate.comLot Number: 40 SOLD $5,250.00 (onsite) | |
| iqiq.comLot Number: 50 SOLD $2,500.00 (onsite) | |
| earthlings.comLot Number: 60 SOLD $2,200.00 (onsite) | |
| bash.comLot Number: 70 PASSEDHigh Bid: $75,000.00 (E***l) | |
| csct.comLot Number: 80 SOLD $750.00 (onsite) | |
| directions.comLot Number: 90 SOLD $75,000.00 (M***s) | |
| rix.netLot Number: 100 SOLD $1,300.00 (onsite) | |
| Jose.comLot Number: 110 PASSEDHigh Bid: $25,000.00 (f***d) | |
| motorcyclesale.comLot Number: 120 SOLD $400.00 (s***a) | |
| cabservice.comLot Number: 130 SOLD $2,500.00 (onsite) | |
| airdrop.comLot Number: 140 PASSEDHigh Bid: $45,000.00 (onsite) | |
| ffvv.comLot Number: 150 SOLD $1,400.00 (onsite) | |
| cgnc.comLot Number: 160 SOLD $1,700.00 (M***s) | |
| mycar.comLot Number: 170 PASSEDHigh Bid: $50,000.00 (onsite) | |
| ZLKi.comLot Number: 180 SOLD $500.00 (n***i) | |
| please.comLot Number: 190 SOLD $141,000.00 (onsite) | |
| arcades.comLot Number: 200 PASSEDHigh Bid: $15,000.00 (onsite) | |
| bicycleshops.comLot Number: 210 SOLDHigh Bid: $1,600.00 (onsite) | |
| Dancing.comLot Number: 220 PASSEDHigh Bid: $90,000.00 (onsite) | |
| mgv.comLot Number: 230 SOLD $17,000.00 (d***5) | |
| ADD.comLot Number: 240 SOLD $800,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Med.orgLot Number: 250 SOLD: $8,500.00 (M***s) | |
| irp.comLot Number: 260 SOLD $25,000.00 (onsite) | |
| even.netLot Number: 270 SOLD $3,200.00 (E***l) | |
| ebit.comLot Number: 280 PASSEDHigh Bid: $20,000.00 (onsite) | |
| shopped.comLot Number: 290 PASSEDHigh Bid: $11,000.00 (E***l) | |
| ArtDesign.comLot Number: 300 SOLD $2,900.00 (a***a) | |
| iyw.comLot Number: 310 PASSEDHigh Bid: $15,000.00 (onsite) | |
| VUY.COMLot Number: 320 SOLD $15,000.00 (d***g) | |
| FreshFood.comLot Number: 330 SOLD $20,000.00 (onsite) | |
| calories.comLot Number: 340 PASSEDHigh Bid: $100,000.00 (onsite) | |
| TimeshareSales.comLot Number: 350 SOLD $1,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Cocktails.comLot Number: 360 PASSEDHigh Bid: $250,000.00 (onsite) | |
| webdesigns.comLot Number: 370 PASSEDHigh Bid: $30,000.00 (onsite) | |
| hrb.comLot Number: 380 SOLD $70,000.00 (onsite) | |
| TravelAgency.comLot Number: 390 SOLD $25,000.00 (e***0) | |
| OverEater.comLot Number: 400 SOLD $700.00 (onsite) | |
| OPZ.comLot Number: 410 PASSEDHigh Bid: $17,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Yonk.comLot Number: 420 PASSEDHigh Bid: $9,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Kffr.comLot Number: 430 SOLD $700.00 (onsite) | |
| Goodies.comLot Number: 440 PASSEDHigh Bid: $30,000.00 (onsite) | |
| UsedCar.comLot Number: 450 PASSEDHigh Bid: $200,000.00 (onsite) | |
| pnp.orgLot Number: 460 SOLD $4,000.00 (onsite) | |
| playhockey.comLot Number: 470 SOLD $6,000.00 (onsite) | |
| ActiveWear.comLot Number: 480 SOLD $50,000.00 (onsite) | |
| JM.ORGLot Number: 490 SOLD $9,500.00 (onsite) | |
| Urn.comLot Number: 500 PASSEDHigh Bid: $35,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Vehicle.comLot Number: 510 PASSEDHigh Bid: $90,000.00 (onsite) | |
| hixe.comLot Number: 520 SOLD $2,200.00 (onsite) | |
| kick.comLot Number: 530 PASSEDHigh Bid: $210,000.00 (E***l) | |
| laptop.comLot Number: 540 PASSEDHigh Bid: $375,000.00 (onsite) | |
| b4.netLot Number: 550 SOLD $1,300.00 (onsite) | |
| w.deLot Number: 560 PASSEDHigh Bid: $35,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Lectures.comLot Number: 570 PASSEDHigh Bid: $55,000.00 (onsite) | |
| sawx.comLot Number: 580 SOLD $1,300.00 (onsite) | |
| Pandas.comLot Number: 590 PASSEDHigh Bid: $22,000.00 (onsite) | |
| futons.comLot Number: 600 PASSEDHigh Bid: $110,000.00 (onsite) | |
| xylophones.comLot Number: 610 SOLD $1,200.00 (onsite) | |
| tie.comLot Number: 620 PASSEDHigh Bid: $110,000.00 (onsite) | |
| BeautySpa.comLot Number: 630 SOLD $5,500.00 (onsite) | |
| Boso.comLot Number: 640 PASSEDHigh Bid: $16,000.00 (onsite) | |
| lasers.comLot Number: 650 PASSEDHigh Bid: $40,000.00 (onsite) | |
| tatoo.meLot Number: 660 SOLD $400.00 (M***d) | |
| shirts.comLot Number: 670 PASSEDHigh Bid: $200,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Mdmd.comLot Number: 680 PASSEDHigh Bid: $11,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Landlords.comLot Number: 690 SOLD $23,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Singl.esLot Number: 700 SOLD $1,200.00 (onsite) | |
| xu.comLot Number: 710 PASSEDHigh Bid: $300,000.00 (onsite) | |
| illinois.comLot Number: 720 PASSEDHigh Bid: $225,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Refitted.comLot Number: 730 SOLD $1,100.00 (a***i) | |
| ship.netLot Number: 740 PASSEDHigh Bid: $25,000.00 (onsite) | |
| connecticut.comLot Number: 750 PASSEDHigh Bid: $160,000.00 (onsite) | |
| 70a.comLot Number: 760 SOLD $3,000.00 (n***i) | |
| xtream.comLot Number: 770 SOLD $26,000.00 (onsite) | |
| ukp.orgLot Number: 780 SOLD $600.00 (onsite) | |
| uf.netLot Number: 790 PASSEDHigh Bid: $19,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Offices.comLot Number: 800 SOLD $260,000.00 (onsite) | |
| 8545.COMLot Number: 810 SOLD $19,000.00 (onsite) | |
| wyv.comLot Number: 820 PASSEDHigh Bid: $15,000.00 (onsite) | |
| closet.orgLot Number: 830 SOLD $2,600.00 (onsite) | |
| siblings.comLot Number: 840 PASSEDHigh Bid: $19,000.00 (onsite) | |
| gofish.comLot Number: 850 PASSEDHigh Bid: $50,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Diagnose.comLot Number: 860 PASSEDHigh Bid: $60,000.00 (onsite) | |
| legalfees.comLot Number: 870 SOLD $4,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Cobras.comLot Number: 880 PASSEDHigh Bid: $16,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Ozarks.comLot Number: 890 PASSEDHigh Bid: $34,000.00 (onsite) | |
| ULJ.COMLot Number: 900 SOLD $13,500.00 (onsite) | |
| cookingschools.comLot Number: 910 PASSEDHigh Bid: $21,000.00 (onsite) | |
| fef.comLot Number: 920 PASSEDHigh Bid: $47,000.00 (onsite) | |
| RoadShows.comLot Number: 930 SOLD $9,000.00 (onsite) | |
| PuppyLove.comLot Number: 940 PASSEDHigh Bid: $17,000.00 (onsite) | |
| IEV.COMLot Number: 950 PASSEDHigh Bid: $40,000.00 (onsite) | |
| GhostStories.comLot Number: 960 SOLD $4,750.00 (e***0) | |
| 7864.comLot Number: 970 PASSEDHigh Bid: $27,000.00 (onsite) | |
| potoil.comLot Number: 980 SOLD $2,000.00 (A***O) | |
| sensimilla.clubLot Number: 990 PASSED | |
| gi.comLot Number: 1000 PASSEDHigh Bid: $500,000.00 (onsite) | |
| printers.infoLot Number: 1010 SOLD $8,500.00 (onsite) | |
| DevilDogs.comLot Number: 1020 SOLD $1,900.00 (s***s) | |
| RagsToRiches.comLot Number: 1030 PASSEDHigh Bid: $17,000.00 (onsite) | |
| racebikes.comLot Number: 1040 SOLD $2,000.00 (p***s) | |
| Latinos.comLot Number: 1050 PASSEDHigh Bid: $60,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Zyfu.comLot Number: 1060 SOLD $1,200.00 (onsite) | |
| mistakes.comLot Number: 1070 SOLD $14,500.00 (onsite) | |
| werewolf.comLot Number: 1080 PASSEDHigh Bid: $50,000.00 (onsite) | |
| emeraldearrings.comLot Number: 1090 SOLD $800.00 (onsite) | |
| nutritional.comLot Number: 1100 PASSEDHigh Bid: $25,000.00 (onsite) | |
| pzu.comLot Number: 1110 PASSEDHigh Bid: $25,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Asheville.orgLot Number: 1120 SOLD $3,000.00 (onsite) | |
| AlcoholTreatment.comLot Number: 1130 SOLD $32,000.00 (P***t) | |
| wxq.comLot Number: 1140 PASSEDHigh Bid: $25,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Burb.comLot Number: 1150 PASSEDHigh Bid: $225,000.00 (onsite) | |
| TechM.comLot Number: 1160 SOLD $2,500.00 (onsite) | |
| Childbirth.comLot Number: 1170 SOLD$18,500.00 (onsite) | |
| i.rentLot Number: 1180 PASSEDHigh Bid: $10,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Recreation.orgLot Number: 1190 SOLD $2,300.00 (onsite) | |
| Democratic.comLot Number: 1200 PASSEDHigh Bid: $25,000.00 (onsite) | |
| ucme.comLot Number: 1210 SOLD $2,400.00 (onsite) | |
| Slept.comLot Number: 1220 PASSEDHigh Bid: $120,000.00 (onsite) | |
| autographed.comLot Number: 1230 PASSEDHigh Bid: $17,000.00 (onsite) | |
| cuxa.comLot Number: 1240 SOLD $1,900.00 (onsite) | |
| bv.netLot Number: 1250 SOLD $9,000.00 (onsite) | |
| otag.comLot Number: 1260 SOLD $1,600.00 (onsite) | |
| SeniorCenters.comLot Number: 1270 PASSEDHigh Bid: $8,500.00 (onsite) | |
| lez.orgLot Number: 1280 SOLD $1,100.00 (onsite) | |
| awards.netLot Number: 1290 PASSEDHigh Bid: $5,000.00 (onsite) | |
| Rides.coLot Number: 1300 PASSEDHigh Bid: $3,000.00 (onsite) | |
| coldremedies.comLot Number: 1310 SOLD $1,400.00 (onsite) | |
| Sex.usLot Number: 1320 PASSED High Bid: $21,000.00 (onsite) | |
| bvlg.comLot Number: 1330 SOLD $600.00 (onsite) | |
| laws.netLot Number: 1340 SOLD $5,000.00 (e***0) | |
| autodealerships.comLot Number: 1350 SOLD $1,500.00 (onsite) | |
| autobiography.netLot Number: 1360 SOLD $900.00 (onsite) |
Was surprised by add.com, didn’t think it would sell with a 500k+ reserve.
LL.com has clearly seen large falls, XU.com was passed in at $300k.
LLL’s took a beating.
Love the HRB at 70k though. I am sure everyone sees Herb all the way.
Printers.info @$8500 – WOW – Printing dying Biz for over 5 years. and a dot info. Really big congrats to seller on this one.
Rides.co only was bid up to 3k kind of amazes me. I am not a co-investor but many domainers have been raving about dot co’s all last year. Rides is an incredible keyword. Surprised some of the co fans didn’t bid it into 5 digits.
Slept.com past tense of sleep did not take the 120k. Amazing.
Asheville.org for 3k. I hope the King or Berkens were able to nab that one since that city means so much to the both of them
Burb.com – seller passed on 225k. Seriously? What am I not seeing on this one?
These next (2) are the best deals of the auction, imo
BeautySpa.com was one of my favs of this auction and such an awesome price at only $5500. Really unbelievable. Will make a beautiful brand for Drew Wash.
TravelAgency.com at $25k was another phenomenal price for an entire Industry!
With regard to the bidding on names not sold, a lot of it is not genuine bidding so don’t read much into that. What someone was really willing to pay was either at that price or lower than that price, depending on the name. Many ended one bid under reserve.
Good point about not reading much into those bids.
First time I haven’t bid in this auction in years. I actually forgot about the classic, one bid just below reserve.
I concur with this, the bidding was setup to goat the next bid, highly dishonest, and I am sure godaddy wants no association with this.
Godaddy’s own platform is full of fake bidding.
True
Yup so true!
“BeautySpa.com was one of my favs of this auction and such an awesome price at only $5500. ” Second that.
Everyone needs to wait another year or two for GoDaddy to integrate live auction on their platform and market the auction to their users. This wasn’t done right and it’s the same old crowd we had for a decade or more now with few targeted buyers in between.
It is very unlikely that endusers are going to turn up to domain auctions in significant numbers. Most wholesale markets (ie auctions) have mostly wholesale buyers. Much like cars and antiques it is typically dealers and collectors who show up, not retail buyers.
These auctions are the place to get liquidity, not the place to get a really strong price.
Spas don’t step up like that. To generic for it’s own good to get $10K out of it.
Agree, it is a bit like hairdressers, that aren’t paying $50 for a domain. This name has good potential, but it is not going to have a huge pool of buyers. Probably needs someone with a very specific business idea.
Drew Wash purchased BeautySpa.com.
Ivan tweeted http://twitter.com/IvanRasskazov7 on Burb.com
I would take $225k for that. It was picked up for $8k in 2016? Over 25x is a good number.
TravelAgency.com for $25k is a great deal.
BeautySpa.com for $5500 is an even better deal.
naturalbeautyspa.com 1,601 USD 2017-12-18 BuyDomains
Directions.com is worth more than $75k. Money should be made off of that domain purchase.
I agree. It came down to two internet bidders – myself and the high bidder. No one in the room thought it was worth it.
Directions.com is worth mid 6 figures to low/mid 7 figures to the right end-user IMO.
What about Lectures.com then?
You have a good eye for domains, Mark.
@Faith Lectures.com is probably worth low 6 figures to mid 6 figures to the right end-user IMO. Maybe more if you find a deep pocketed buyer.
If it was worth that much, and in the hands of an experienced domainer like Matt who owns his own parking provider, and user to own namepros, is very savvy tech guy, he must have been out of options to just throw it up in auction for a low reserve? Try to connect the dots, 6-7 figures hardly ever fall out of the sky.
Doubt lectures.com is worth over lowish 5 figures, what would it be used for?
Directions.com is a great name.
@Tony Thanks. Directions.com could be used multiple ways IMO.
I think it a very good name, but TravelAgent.com would be the most logical domain, and travel is so tapped out. Everyone knows Booking.com, Expedia.com, Hotels.com, huge co’s that advertise constantly. I think the chance of being able to compete or the chance of getting enduser interest at a large premium to acquisition cost is low.
This is part of the reason why the GEO’s are doing so poorly in my view, the main revenue source for many is just display a booking.com search box. How exactly can anyone compete by monetising like that?
Can’t go wrong with TravelAgency.com or TravelAgent.com. The travel agent works at the travel agency.
I actually like TravelAgents.com better than TravelAgent.com.
I’d like to hear more on the perceived value of TravelAgency.com and the possibilities for monetization or development. Underpriced, fair value, overpriced? It seems the consensus is the domain was a very good deal. Given the online travel industry and the giants of that industry, what would be the quickest and easiest way to monetize TravelAgency.com? Looks like the current owner has it parked using their own parking platform, is this even viable monetization anymore? What about forwarding redirect to for an affiliate programs? I wonder what say kayak.com or Expedia.com would pay
The auction format was brutal, you have a guy in tshirt, and jeans, hustling, and cursing names like he is selling crack
on a street corner. One of the most poorly put on auctions, I have been seen. The domain industry deserves better names that sell thru, and a more exciting platform. Glad snoozefest 2020 is over, time for a new auctioneer.
I have placed highest bids on few auctions hasn’t met reserve during live auctions. Are those auctions be available via GD? Thank you.
Yes
Thanks for the replay Raymond. Still it is not showing in godaddy auction page.
I would email Monte @ rightofthedot.com
The lll .com with No Significant meaning have no real market and are just recycled among domainers…
The Premium lll .coms are the ones getting bought for decent money (Like this one)
The Blue Chip per-se
LLL.com seems to be down around 70% and LL.com down 50-60%.
The ones that are selling well at reseller level are selling well because they are words, ADD.com, DJS.com, (or close to it like HRB.com), not because LLL.com collectors want them. The word value far exceeds the LLL.com element of the name, and so they are still strong.
xtream.com received a UDRP filing yesterday:
http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/1881672