Back on 4/8 I wrote that Toni.com just hit GoDaddy auctions and was already at $21,000 in the first few hours. Many thought the domain would get renewed in the few days where the renewal window was open. The domain was not renewed and closed an hour ago at $42,500. Bidder 6160601 won the name, they got involved at $33,000. Yinan Wang let me know he saw this name in a domain newsletter back … [Read more...]
Toni.com expires and in first few hours already at $21,000+
Toni.com hit GoDaddy expired auctions this morning and is already up to $21,260. The domain looks to have been registered in 1996 and owned by a company from Ecuador. The company, Industrias Lácteas Toni S.A has an active website at ToniCorp.com. Where do you think it closes? Bid Date Bid Expires Bidder Bid Amount 2019/04/08 04:39 AM (PDT) 2019/04/18 … [Read more...]
Who got a deal and who overpaid at the NamesCon live auction?
Now that there has been a bit of time to digest the sales data from the NamesCon live auction, what names did you think were a bargain and which did you think the buyer overpaid? I think Stop.com was probably the best buy along with SmartDrugs.com. I think stop is very versatile and smart drugs is the future. ShoeRack.com for $6,000 is a good buy imo. I think the seller did really well to … [Read more...]
Will you be bidding on any names at the NamesCon live auction?
The live auction at NamesCon starts tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern time, The pre bidding shows the following 10 names with the highest bids, texasholdem.com Type: Public Auction Bids: 3 Min. Bid: $300 High Bid: $201000 qo.com Type: Public Auction Bids: 8 Min. Bid: $300 High Bid: $111111 accident.com Type: Public Auction Bids: … [Read more...]
NameJet December sales led by XNK.com
NameJet released their December sales and XNK.com led the way at $21,000. There were 74 sales $2,000 and over. Only the one 3L.com, not really a great price at that. There were 14 5N.coms that sold in December. Info.net was the highest non .com … [Read more...]
NameJet November sales led by two 6 figure sales
NameJet reported their November sales and revealed that Web.com has purchased Tucow's 50% interest stake in NameJet. Web.com is now the sole owner of NameJet. The top sale was 864.com for $147,000. 1M.com was right behind at $112,000. There were two 3L.com sales and nine 4L.com sales for the … [Read more...]
You have to pay attention to what time you close your auction
When running an auction you need to be meticulous about a lot of things. From marketing the auction, to look at competing inventory closing around the same time, to the time when the auction will close. The time an auction closes is very important, I see people closing auctions on GoDaddy at 2 am on a weekend and wonder why even bother? I just happened to be getting ready to go to bed 5 a.m. … [Read more...]