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The GeoDomain auction over on Aftermarket.com had some interesting inventory, with names like toweroflondon.com on the table. However the inventory got a lot more interesting in the last 24 hours with the addition of several high value names:
- ticket.com (starting bids will need to be over $3.3 million)
- miss.com
- mundo.com
- frenchkissing.net
and several others ...
If you're planning on bidding make sure your account is validated with Aftermarket.com in advance.
Domain auction site Bido.com, which was forced to close last year due to technical issues, is relaunching next week.
The first auction is scheduled for February 19th, with the inventory for upcoming auctions being made available on February 16th.
What makes Bido that bit different is their approach.
Unlike Sedo and other auction sites which offer thousands of domains at any given time, Bido only auctions one domain per day.
They also offer all auctions with an opening bid of $1 and no reserve.
Hopefully the technical changes they've made will work and they'll be able to stay open this time.
The first auction is scheduled for February 19th, with the inventory for upcoming auctions being made available on February 16th.
What makes Bido that bit different is their approach.
Unlike Sedo and other auction sites which offer thousands of domains at any given time, Bido only auctions one domain per day.
They also offer all auctions with an opening bid of $1 and no reserve.
Hopefully the technical changes they've made will work and they'll be able to stay open this time.
Sedo are expanding their UK offices and adding more staff at all levels. They're also moving from Reading into London.While there have been rumours of issues in the parking industry it's obvious that not all companies are feeling the squeeze just yet.
Short domains are more memorable.
You can't really argue with that.
However a lot of registries don't allow them for a variety of reasons.
The Isle of Man is one of the few exceptions that springs to mind, as they allow pretty much any length, but charge more for the shorter ones.
The Irish domain registry does not allow two letter domains, but will allow two character domains. (There is one two letter IE domain which predates the registry).
In the big bad world of gTLDs releasing the one and two letter domains that are still available comes up for discussion from time to time. Stephane has posted recently about what's being going on with .mobi and .coop.
The .coop registry has been given approval to release two character domains, while both .coop and .mobi have been informed that their requests regarding single character domains do not pose any issue and have been referred to the ICANN board.
I'm not sure how popular .coop's domains will prove, but I expect the .mobi ones will be very popular and are bound to fetch very high prices if they are released via auction.
In any case it's doubtful if mere mortals will be able to afford them! :)
You can't really argue with that.
However a lot of registries don't allow them for a variety of reasons.
The Isle of Man is one of the few exceptions that springs to mind, as they allow pretty much any length, but charge more for the shorter ones.
The Irish domain registry does not allow two letter domains, but will allow two character domains. (There is one two letter IE domain which predates the registry).
In the big bad world of gTLDs releasing the one and two letter domains that are still available comes up for discussion from time to time. Stephane has posted recently about what's being going on with .mobi and .coop.
The .coop registry has been given approval to release two character domains, while both .coop and .mobi have been informed that their requests regarding single character domains do not pose any issue and have been referred to the ICANN board.
I'm not sure how popular .coop's domains will prove, but I expect the .mobi ones will be very popular and are bound to fetch very high prices if they are released via auction.
In any case it's doubtful if mere mortals will be able to afford them! :)
Adam has posted the results from the TRAFFIC West auction
There were some really nice domains on offer including dvds.com which went for $300k and porn.mobi which went under the hammer at $110k.
Some people weren't overly impressed by the results or how the auction was conducted.
I couldn't participate for one very simple reason - the software was Windows only!
Now I know I wouldn't have been paying out $300k for a domain name (simply because I don't have the money!) but I'm probably not the only person who would have liked to have been able to at least follow the action remotely ....
There were some really nice domains on offer including dvds.com which went for $300k and porn.mobi which went under the hammer at $110k.
Some people weren't overly impressed by the results or how the auction was conducted.
I couldn't participate for one very simple reason - the software was Windows only!
Now I know I wouldn't have been paying out $300k for a domain name (simply because I don't have the money!) but I'm probably not the only person who would have liked to have been able to at least follow the action remotely ....
Caroline Greer's latest post to the dotMobi blog includes a preview of some of the domains that are up for auction next month.
The auction, which will take place at T.R.A.F.F.I.C West in Las Vegas will be handled by Moniker
Some of the domains are sure to attract a lot of attention, as they include banks.mobi, cards.mobi, tickets.mobi and porn.mobi
So how much will they fetch?
Anyone want to hazard a guess?
The auction, which will take place at T.R.A.F.F.I.C West in Las Vegas will be handled by Moniker
Some of the domains are sure to attract a lot of attention, as they include banks.mobi, cards.mobi, tickets.mobi and porn.mobi
So how much will they fetch?
Anyone want to hazard a guess?
DomainFest's first live auction was held today from 4pm onwards in the ballroom.
I picked up my paddles after signing the buyer contracts etc., earlier during the day. While I'd listened to several domain auctions online or followed them using the various tools available, today was the first time that I'd actually attended an auction of this kind in person.
Domainfest with SnapNames, which is now part of Oversee.net, are running two live auctions at the event and if today's action was anything to go by I'd say it was a success. Adam and Frank were trying to live blog the results as they happened, so I won't go into details on that part of it.
The auction started at 4pm and the room filled up fairly quickly. DomainFest had organised an open bar down the back of the room, so that bidders were well oiled! (I know I was by the time I left!).
What was interesting to watch was the dynamic of the bidding process. Apart from one or two domains that fetched very low prices even the domains with $1 reserves fetched healthy 4 or 5 figure sums. It would be very interesting to see what happens with the names that changed hands in the coming months. Will the new owners develop new and interesting products, services of information portals or are the domains simply going to end up being parked?
Tomorrow afternoon's auction should be even more interesting, as there are several very high value domains up for grabs, including dude.com, which has a reserve of 1.1 million!
I picked up my paddles after signing the buyer contracts etc., earlier during the day. While I'd listened to several domain auctions online or followed them using the various tools available, today was the first time that I'd actually attended an auction of this kind in person.
Domainfest with SnapNames, which is now part of Oversee.net, are running two live auctions at the event and if today's action was anything to go by I'd say it was a success. Adam and Frank were trying to live blog the results as they happened, so I won't go into details on that part of it.
The auction started at 4pm and the room filled up fairly quickly. DomainFest had organised an open bar down the back of the room, so that bidders were well oiled! (I know I was by the time I left!).
What was interesting to watch was the dynamic of the bidding process. Apart from one or two domains that fetched very low prices even the domains with $1 reserves fetched healthy 4 or 5 figure sums. It would be very interesting to see what happens with the names that changed hands in the coming months. Will the new owners develop new and interesting products, services of information portals or are the domains simply going to end up being parked?
Tomorrow afternoon's auction should be even more interesting, as there are several very high value domains up for grabs, including dude.com, which has a reserve of 1.1 million!
SnapNames have made available the final list of domains for the DomainFest auction.
There are a few changes from the initial lists that came as a surprise.
To start with all the co.uk and .de domains have vanished from the list.Considering some of the domains that were on that list and the prices that cctld domains have been fetching over the last year, it seems like a very odd move to make.
The domains range in reserve price from practically nothing upwards, so hopefully there will be plenty of bidding activity. There's nothing worse than a "dead" auction.
There are a few changes from the initial lists that came as a surprise.
To start with all the co.uk and .de domains have vanished from the list.Considering some of the domains that were on that list and the prices that cctld domains have been fetching over the last year, it seems like a very odd move to make.
The domains range in reserve price from practically nothing upwards, so hopefully there will be plenty of bidding activity. There's nothing worse than a "dead" auction.
As I've mentioned in the past, dotMobi has been running auctions to allocate some of its "premium" names.
There was quite a bit of controversy surrounding the last auction which seems to have left a bad taste in some people's mouths.
The next auction was originally scheduled to take place on January 23rd, but has now been postponed.
According to a post yesterday on the company's blog:
There was quite a bit of controversy surrounding the last auction which seems to have left a bad taste in some people's mouths.
The next auction was originally scheduled to take place on January 23rd, but has now been postponed.
According to a post yesterday on the company's blog:
our goal has been to identify a way forward that is fairest to all and that best facilitates the development of high-quality content for mobile web users. After further review, we have been able to identify some cases where it may be possible to allocate registration tokens without an auction (and without substantial controversy). The remaining names will be included in a new auction.The revenue from the auction of premium domains is used by the company to fund the promotion of the namespace to users, including the development of tools for web developers.
DomainFest 2008 takes place in Hollywood from January 21st to January 23rd.
This year's event will include a live auction organised by SnapNames, which was acquired in recent months by Oversee.net, the company behind DomainFest.
The preliminary list of names is now available for download from the SnapNames site and includes a broad selection of names covering com/net/info/us/mobi/de and co.uk.
It should be interesting to see how deep people's pockets are, as some of the names should fetch high six figure sums!
This year's event will include a live auction organised by SnapNames, which was acquired in recent months by Oversee.net, the company behind DomainFest.
The preliminary list of names is now available for download from the SnapNames site and includes a broad selection of names covering com/net/info/us/mobi/de and co.uk.
It should be interesting to see how deep people's pockets are, as some of the names should fetch high six figure sums!
The 2008 DomainFest, which is to be held in Hollywood, will include a live auction this time round.
Since Oversee acquired SnapNames earlier this year it's only logical that they would be the partner chosen to run that part of the event.
If you have some domains that you'd like to auction off now is the time to let the guys in DomainFest / SnapNames know
Since Oversee acquired SnapNames earlier this year it's only logical that they would be the partner chosen to run that part of the event.
If you have some domains that you'd like to auction off now is the time to let the guys in DomainFest / SnapNames know
Today marks the launch of NameJet which replaces eNom's auction service.
If you have an eNom login you can use it on the new site.
In terms of functionality the site seems to offer pretty much the same set of features that were available via eNom, however it is one ugly website!
The search function is currently not working for me, so it's not much use, though I'd suspect that they'll get that fixed pretty quickly
For people who haven't much experience with how drop catching and the aftermarket works they've provided a simple overview of the system which is worth looking at.
More coverage of the new service on the DomainTools blog and DomainNameNews
If you have an eNom login you can use it on the new site.
In terms of functionality the site seems to offer pretty much the same set of features that were available via eNom, however it is one ugly website!
The search function is currently not working for me, so it's not much use, though I'd suspect that they'll get that fixed pretty quickly
For people who haven't much experience with how drop catching and the aftermarket works they've provided a simple overview of the system which is worth looking at.
More coverage of the new service on the DomainTools blog and DomainNameNews
The first of the dotmobi premium auctions finished earlier this evening, although the full sale results don't seem to be available as yet hosting.mobi is listed as having fetched $101,000!
Caroline from dotMobi has announced that they are running a premium auction in conjunction with Sedo starting on September 26th.
The auction will include 100 premium .mobi domains, I've taken the liberty of listing them below:
The auction page on the dotmobi site goes into this in more detail:
So if you think you can just grab some nice dotmobi domains and use them for a "normal" website you may want to rethink your plans!
I was talking to Caroline in DotMobi's Dublin office this afternoon about the upcoming auctions and she was very upbeat about their prospects. Of course with domain auctions prices could go any way - just have a look at the results from some of the more recent auctions held at Domain Rountable or TRAFFIC.
So how much could you pay for a .mobi domain?
The best gauge is past performance, and that is spread from a couple of thousand dollars to a couple of hundred thousand. The past two auctions of dotmobis yielded the following results:
Traffic October 2006
Flowers.mobi ($200,000)
Fun.mobi ($100,000)
Hot.mobi ($40,000)
Stockquotes.mobi ($27,000)
Party.mobi ($13,000)
Wow.mobi ($9,000)
Gossip.mobi ($5,000)
Laugh.mobi ($3,000)
Celebs.mobi ($2,250)
Traffic March 2007
Models.mobi - $7,500
Eat.mobi - $6,700
Singles.mobi - $41,000
Casinos.mobi - $52,000
Cam.mobi - $10,500
Realestate.mobi - $85,000
Directions.mobi - $19,000
Pizza.mobi - $21,000
Loancalculator.mobi - $1,500
Airfare.mobi - $11,000
Areacodes.mobi – $5,890
Pics.mobi - $23,000
Creditscore.mobi - $6,500
You can already start placing bids, but the auction won't open for a couple of weeks.
I'll probably be bidding on a couple of the domains listed, as I could see some very interesting using for them
The auction will include 100 premium .mobi domains, I've taken the liberty of listing them below:
AntiSpam.mobiThere's some very interesting names on the list, but any content provider would have to ensure that the content was compliant with the dotmobi guidelines.
ask.mobi
busca.mobi
cell.mobi
Cellphone.mobi
chat.mobi
chatrooms.mobi
chats.mobi
Desktop.mobi
domain.mobi
domainname.mobi
domainnames.mobi
domainregistration.mobi
Donwload.mobi
download.mobi
Downloads.mobi
E-mail.mobi
forum.mobi
freedownload.mobi
freedownloads.mobi
freesoftware.mobi
hosting.mobi
image.mobi
images.mobi
index.mobi
Message.mobi
mp3downloads.mobi
searchengine.mobi
telefono.mobi
telephone.mobi
telephones.mobi
traffic.mobi
voip.mobi
Webcam.mobi
webcams.mobi
webdesign.mobi
Wifi.mobi
atm.mobi
atms.mobi
bank.mobi
bills.mobi
credit.mobi
creditcard.mobi
creditcards.mobi
creditdebt.mobi
currency.mobi
debito.mobi
debthelp.mobi
dinero.mobi
exchange.mobi
finanza.mobi
Funds.mobi
loans.mobi
mutualfunds.mobi
payment.mobi
pension.mobi
qoutes.mobi
rent.mobi
salaries.mobi
sales.mobi
sell.mobi
stockmarket.mobi
stockprices.mobi
Taxes.mobi
trade.mobi
peace.mobi
pet.mobi
Pets.mobi
police.mobi
pumps.mobi
push.mobi
surf.mobi
hello.mobi
hotstuff.mobi
marketing.mobi
free.mobi
bed.mobi
beds.mobi
accidents.mobi
advertising.mobi
als.mobi
automobile.mobi
automobiles.mobi
hospitals.mobi
insurance.mobi
interviewtips.mobi
Alerts.mobi
bag.mobi
blue.mobi
book.mobi
books.mobi
calculator.mobi
calendar.mobi
casa.mobi
colleges.mobi
cricket.mobi
dad.mobi
firstaid.mobi
get.mobi
Moto.mobi
The auction page on the dotmobi site goes into this in more detail:
In addition, dotMobi has further, minimal, requirements for the buyer:
- Domain to be registered by auction winner within 10 days of receiving authorization code
- Site to initially consist of a dotMobi-compliant parking page
- Best efforts to create, launch and operate a live web site with relevant content within six months. (For example, acupuncture.mobi should not display a site for car sales.)
- Fully compliant site with an http://ready.mobi score of at least 4/5. (see the premium auction site for full details)
So if you think you can just grab some nice dotmobi domains and use them for a "normal" website you may want to rethink your plans!
I was talking to Caroline in DotMobi's Dublin office this afternoon about the upcoming auctions and she was very upbeat about their prospects. Of course with domain auctions prices could go any way - just have a look at the results from some of the more recent auctions held at Domain Rountable or TRAFFIC.
So how much could you pay for a .mobi domain?
The best gauge is past performance, and that is spread from a couple of thousand dollars to a couple of hundred thousand. The past two auctions of dotmobis yielded the following results:
Traffic October 2006
Flowers.mobi ($200,000)
Fun.mobi ($100,000)
Hot.mobi ($40,000)
Stockquotes.mobi ($27,000)
Party.mobi ($13,000)
Wow.mobi ($9,000)
Gossip.mobi ($5,000)
Laugh.mobi ($3,000)
Celebs.mobi ($2,250)
Traffic March 2007
Models.mobi - $7,500
Eat.mobi - $6,700
Singles.mobi - $41,000
Casinos.mobi - $52,000
Cam.mobi - $10,500
Realestate.mobi - $85,000
Directions.mobi - $19,000
Pizza.mobi - $21,000
Loancalculator.mobi - $1,500
Airfare.mobi - $11,000
Areacodes.mobi – $5,890
Pics.mobi - $23,000
Creditscore.mobi - $6,500
You can already start placing bids, but the auction won't open for a couple of weeks.
I'll probably be bidding on a couple of the domains listed, as I could see some very interesting using for them
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