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HOLLYWOOD----DOMAINfest Global 09 will occur in Hollywood, CA, beginning Tuesday, January 27, with discussion groups and talks by industry experts and tech mavens, including Steve Wozniak

Yahoo article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090128/20090128005317.html?.v=1

wwwbragcom

Anyone there? anything interesting going on? I have a domain in live auction tomorrow...I should be there...ugh. It looks pretty interesting from the photos I have seen...domainers at Playboy mansion...that can't be a good idea.

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kiev.com

owntype

I wish you the best luck! SOLD!!!

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wot

Among other steals:

Wife.com $100,000 ,
Husband.com $25,000,
Diploma.net $6000,
Movie.info $7000
Fajitas.com $10,000
Vote.info $1000

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MonikerBlog.com

EG.domains

The Wife costs 4x the Husband these days?

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► Generic & Premium Domains for sale!

Mark

DOMAINfest Global Premium Live Auction Results

http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain...n-results/3864

DNN.com is posting Live Auction Results as it goes ...

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wot

More:

Errors.com $20,000
HeatingEquipment.com $1500
Rumours.com $3500
Europe.travel $5000
Antidepressant.com $15000
FreeWireless.com $50,000

Mine spends 4 times more than I earn.

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MonikerBlog.com

wot

City.travel.com $2500
PetBirds.com $7500
Devotion.com $5000
Free.travel $3000
LawReview.com $8000
ArtClassess.com $15000
CustomizedHomes.com $5000 + Playboy tour

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MonikerBlog.com

Ms Domainer

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Kinda sad results.

If you didn't believe that we're in a recession, this just proves it.



Refund.me didn't even make its $1 reserve. Could that reserve be a typo?

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Food for Thought So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

onlinelife

Refund, me was just few dollars away from its reserve with 3 bids on it around 4000
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=554805
not so bad day for .ME

list of sold .me domains:

LOT# 310 - Live Auction contact.me 10,000
LOT# 1300 - Live Auction alert.me 11,000
LOT# 1220 - Live Auction save.me 5,000

Ms Domainer

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There was a long list that didn't sell.

Will those be part of the silent auction?

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Food for Thought So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

onlinelife

Yes, they will be available in extended online auction.

Ms Domainer

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Good to know.

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Food for Thought So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

onlinelife

Complete list of sold domains:

LOT# 1240 - Live Auction wife.com 100,000
LOT# 40 - Live Auction errors.com 20,000
LOT# 290 - Live Auction famouschefs.com 15,000
LOT# 300 - Live Auction antidepressant.com 15,000
LOT# 310 - Live Auction contact.me 10,000
LOT# 570 - Live Auction husband.com 25,000
LOT# 590 - Live Auction artclasses.com 15,000
LOT# 690 - Live Auction reserved.com 12,500
LOT# 910 - Live Auction golfbag.com 13,000
LOT# 1160 - Live Auction datefinder.com 19,000
LOT# 1260 - Live Auction consumerelectronics.com 45,000
LOT# 1300 - Live Auction alert.me 11,000
LOT# 1620 - Live Auction freecreditreports.net 30,000
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=554805
LOT# 1650 - Live Auction cosmetics.net 25,000
LOT# 1720 - Live Auction payperlead.com 10,000
LOT# 1760 - Live Auction range.com 22,000
LOT# 1800 - Live Auction detour.com 15,000
LOT# 1810 - Live Auction artistmanagement.com 10,000
LOT# 1820 - Live Auction bridgette.com 10,000
LOT# 1840 - Live Auction fajitas.com 10,000
LOT# 1850 - Live Auction toyrecalls.com 10,000
LOT# 2030 - Live Auction freewireless.com 50,000
LOT# 50 - Live Auction smokin.com 3,500
LOT# 70 - Live Auction vote.info 1,000
LOT# 110 - Live Auction heatingequipment.com 1500
LOT# 160 - Live Auction rumours.com 3,500
LOT# 220 - Live Auction europe.travel 5,000
LOT# 270 - Live Auction laptopskins.com 5,000
LOT# 340 - Live Auction petbirds.com 7,500
LOT# 360 - Live Auction devotion.com 5,000
LOT# 410 - Live Auction free.travel 3,000
LOT# 450 - Live Auction movie.info 7,000
LOT# 470 - Live Auction complementary.com 1,000
LOT# 510 - Live Auction lawreview.com 8,000
LOT# 580 - Live Auction lenders.org 5,500
LOT# 630 - Live Auction diploma.net 6,000
LOT# 720 - Live Auction information.travel 3000
LOT# 790 - Live Auction fly.travel 2,500
LOT# 840 - Live Auction virtualmaps.com 2,500
LOT# 870 - Live Auction claypottery.com 3,000
LOT# 940 - Live Auction evaluated.com 3,000
LOT# 990 - Live Auction discountshops.com 3,500
LOT# 1050 - Live Auction trafficanalyzer.com 5,000
LOT# 1220 - Live Auction save.me 5,000
LOT# 1270 - Live Auction city.travel 2,500
LOT# 1410 - Live Auction homevalues.net 7,500
LOT# 1440 - Live Auction electricoven.com 7,000
LOT# 1530 - Live Auction sugarfreerecipes.com 3,250
LOT# 1580 - Live Auction cardstores.com 1,000
LOT# 1630 - Live Auction septictankcleaning.com 2,000
LOT# 1660 - Live Auction palmreadings.com 4,500
LOT# 1790 - Live Auction england.mobi 5,500
LOT# 1920 - Live Auction corporateplanes.com 1,400
LOT# 1930 - Live Auction customizedhomes.com 5,000
LOT# 1990 - Live Auction homeinsurancepolicy.com 1,500
LOT# 1550 - Live Auction fixedapr.com 500
LOT# 1880 - Live Auction australiarestaurants.com 700
LOT# 1950 - Live Auction incrediblebargains.com 500
LOT# 2000 - Live Auction metalsmarket.com 850
LOT# 2020 - Live Auction commercialmodeling.com 500

owntype

Many of the domains will get much much better price in regular Snapnames auction.

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canbrit

I was surprised at the number of domains that were Passed and unsold. Some really good ones too, like DiscountTravel.com. The starting reserve was $100K, but you could open a complete online travel business with a name like this. Most new businesses spend close to this on leasing and re-fitting a one-time bricks and mortar store..

Ms Domainer

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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=554805

I agree that this would be perfect for an end user.

But I wonder: are these auctions being advertised to potential end users?

If I were the owner, I'd be getting press releases and emails out there to a targeted market.

Other domainers are not going to pay end user prices.

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amr_100

Wife.com for only 100k ?

this name pass @ 250k in the last traffic auction !

wot

I think this has been one of the biggest problems with Moniker/Snapnames and the other roadshow auction houses.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=554805

I very much doubt that little if any effort at all is put in to aiming at end users that is definitely reflected in the very low prices for some great names- yes I know there is a recession but it was the same before this sorry global meltdown occurred.

Possibly a lot of the problem related to promoting to end users is the many hundreds of names on offer. Individuals may wish to do their own promotion but it really should come down to the auction houses putting more effort in to it- they might even make more money

But perhaps the outlay/effort negates the returns Would be interested to know.

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MonikerBlog.com

owntype

Yes, and Husband.com SOLD for $100,000 in that live auction last year.

Very confusing. (maybe not)

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goodkarmaco

Not much effort to draw in the big money ... end users. This is like Wot says, a ongoing problem. Just like leadership in politics the lights are getting dimmer in marketing.

I mean individual domainers make more effort sometimes to reach end users. I saw some ads in the Wall St journal a while back where a domainer placed 3x4 ads in the classified. He was smart, his ads were for small businesses and his domains were perfectly matched to the business that represents thousands and thousands of the same kind of business owner.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=554805

Wouldn't it be nice to open the Wall St Journal and see some kind of marketing for these types of auctions. A ad like this... Bid online at auction for your internet traffic domain name and grow your business. Goodkarmaco Domain Auctions. lol.

Its a splash, attention getting and more than likely a money making campaign.

I suppose it takes momentium to get these kinds of balls rolling. We are still taking baby steps here.

Its too damn bad in my opinion. The economic landscape is one of fright. Right now would have been the day to fill the basket with golden goose eggs. Money is just sitting on the sidelines as investors have left the normal investment vehicles.

Spotlighting domains for end users should be seen in every major magazine for business and certainly featured in business newspapers.

The domain auction houses missed the other big boat by missing this concept as they grew inventory of domains and next thing they knew they had several million domains for sale. The end result of that was they spent their energy promoting ppc and built out ppc programs. At the same time they made grand statements to sell your names by joiining them. We joined them and by that I mean we had our names in all those auction houses.

Too much of anything lowers price and one gets lost in the crowd.

Now if (they may have) the auction house management had spent some of those ppc profits directly and consistantly into mainstream business trade magazines and business newspapers like the Journal it is my opinion they would be enjoying a brisk online domain auction business today.

It is so easy of a concept to understand.. put domainers domains into business owners hands and then taking a cut. Everyone benefits.

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alb770

its just a bad economy, in a good economy people buy.. since things are bad, you buy and then you sell when things are good again...

wot

Rather simplistic view of business.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=554805


In a bad economy you find ways to promote your product/service to stand out from the also rans who will not be in business come the upturn in economies and hopefully you/your company/business will come out of it leaner cleaner and stronger. IM-HO.com

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Fka200

True.

I caught a couple conversations with some people post-DOMAINfest and they just said they've been buying differently now-a-days. Before they could monetize names better, and these days... less.

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I couldn't agree with you more, goodkarmaco.

The best way to increase sales is increase awareness outside the domaining industry and spark some excitement in the endusers.

I would expect bringing in "new money" would increase competition and result in increased sales across the board -- quantity sold, selling price and total $'s spent on domains. Putting out some PR pieces about domain prices and getting some good press exposure just prior to the ad runs would also help pull in the new money.