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