This ABW cross-promotion is a great idea, I dont visit often but have been a member there for over a year. There are lots of serious affiliates there that will buy as end-users and make their money online so can see the opportunity in a nice name.
Given that many of them will be like the general public and be reluctant to accept the value of top end premiums so the price limit should help too.
TV isn't my thing so I hope this leads to more, one idea I have off the top of my head for future auctions would be for certain TOPICS instead of TLD's eg. green names, shopping names, food names ect
Good to have your input on this and I agree with your idea's for future auctions. I think a couple of points for the .tv auction are the excellent keywords available and the association of the .tv extension with video related content that could, IMO, be a valuable tool to affiliate marketing.
I hope this is successful, and will lead to additional auctions there. Since I am a .TV fanatic - there, I said it, that's the first step in the healing process, I'm told - I wanted to promote the extension to ABW as I felt it offered a myriad of opportunities for both domainers and marketers to hook up and buy/sell.
I would be interested in seeing what type of auction people would like to try over there next time, though I suppose we first need to see whether this falls flat or not.
Externally to ABW and NP, I have been approaching marketing firms, writers, and associated parties with info about the auction, trying to drum up interest, but I have no idea if any of that will produce activity/sales.
Haiko assures me that his server/chat room is powerful enough to handle any quantity of users that I can throw at him, but we'll find out on the 20th!
Thanks all of you for your support, I appreciate it. I have not been as timely as I should be - there is still much to be done - but I am enjoying trying to make something happen, it just feels good to be out there trying to promote the extension. I hope somebody makes a sale!!
Our very own Equity is going to be running the auction, which makes me feel a lot better, he knows what he's doing both auction wise and extension wise, and that will help a ton.
No prebids yet, but I will be pushing that shortly, final listing will be posted within the hour, then I will be posting all day long at ABW and other locales, keeping the auction in front of as many eyes as possible.
I have been asking OPMs and Affiliate Managers over there to contact the merchants they represent, in the hopes that they might find some new domains those merchants might want to develop.
Final list is up, spending a few minutes organizing the sponsors. One sponsor is donating $100 straight up to a contest winner during the auction, and others are offering sweet prizes!
Domainers, remember, there is a $10 fee to cover the auctioneer's time, and to help compensate ABW for all their time and hosting the auction in their chatroom.
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Auction should begin over at ABW in 30 minutes or so. Several last minute changes have occurred, I think I have everyone in now, if not, I apologize, we'll get ya next time.
Several people have not paid yet, please send $10 over to tarpguy@bluemarble.net via paypal to cover expenses, thanks!
Cant wait. Thanks for all your hard work should be an interesting night.
sorry i was one of them, i thought i had paid, my apologies!, payment now sent