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auctions The NamesCon 2019 Live Auction Results - Including OL.com for $900,000

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The Live NamesCon auction in Las Vegas has just finished with some impressive domain name sales posted. Here are the auction results, as recorded live at the event. I believe these listings are correct, but there may be discrepancies. If there are, please add a comment, and the list will be amended.

LasVegas.events - $400

Sharp.net - $1,100

SolarBackPack.com - $400

TMS.net - $1,800

Tourism.global - $700

VAP.net - $2,100

WelcomeGift.com - $900

Start-up.com - $3,500

XM.co - $4,500

SmartDrugs.com - $9,500

BG.net - $20,000

VOK.net - $600

Chelsy.com - $1,200

FK.org - $9,000

Surgical.center - $1,200

Stop.com - $110,000

Salvager.com - $1,200

WeddingParty.com (including .NET, .ORG, .BIZ, .INFO, .TV) - Not Sold, continuing online

TraceRoute.com - $14,300

Ringtones.com - Not Sold, continuing online

RFC.net - $1,460

Piano.com - Not Sold, continuing online

QT.club - $600

DomainNames.com - $370,000

Prostitute.org - $500

Memo.com - Not Sold, continuing online

XGA.com - $20,000

Vaporizers.com - Not Sold, continuing online

SafeVape.com - $3,600

1942.com - Not Sold, continuing online

BAB.org - $600

Baja.com - Not Sold, continuing online

BathroomSink.com - $900

Bride.com - Not Sold, continuing online

BellybuttonRings.com - $800

Chop.com - Not Sold, continuing online

City.directory - $1,000

Cleavage.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Leads.com - $435,000

iBar.com - $5,500

Edit.com - Not Sold, continuing online

CannabisCompany.com - $12,000

Multiplexer.com - $3,500

IBF.com - Not Sold, continuing online

RKN.net - $900

1794.com - Not Sold, continuing online

70s.com - $6,000

Athlete.com - Not Sold, continuing online

CheapFlights.global - $400

Uno.com - Not Sold, continuing online

CPU.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Insurance.us - $7,000

Broker.com - Not Sold, continuing online

DebtPrograms.com - $900

Drone.com - Not Sold, continuing online

EEN.org - $500

Give.com - Not Sold, continuing online

ENFL.com - $1,100

Lucky.com - Not Sold, continuing online

MedSchools.com - $1,200

Prize.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Numerals.com - $4,000

NP.net - $13,000

QV.net - $7,000

OL.com - $900,000

VAB.net - $500

Shit.com - Not Sold, continuing online

StartupFunding.com - $4,000

BYGA.com - $1,000

1895.com - Not Sold, continuing online

BilliardGames.com - $900

Armed.com - Not Sold, continuing online

CarpetFlooring.com - $1,200

CUZ.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Dieticians.com - $4,000

DietSupplements.com - $5,500

Dingy.com - $4,000

Coat.net - $1,500

Hero.com - Not Sold, continuing online

InternetMarketingServices.com - $800

Leukemia.com - Not Sold, continuing online

LocalApp.com - $2,600

ElectricMotorcycles.com - Not Sold, continuing online

CorporateBrand.com - $3,200

Abdul.com - $13,000

NutritionalProducts.com - $1,000

Pen.com - Not Sold, continuing online

ReadingLessons.com - $800

ShaverReviews.com - Not Sold, continuing online

MEZ.com - $29,000

Lotus.net - $3,100

HomeDevelopment.com - Not Sold, continuing online

MakingNoise.com - $1,100

Hogs.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Slowly.com - Not Sold, continuing online

VM.club - $400

Downers.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Equation.org - $400

4054.com - Not Sold, continuing online

BZL.net - $500

7864.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Glucose.org - $4,000

Abomination.com - $2,300

AntiqueAppraisals.com - $1,500

BYUC.com - $1,600

Coordination.com - $8,000

Craft.info - $310

DJS.com - $130,000

EMD.org - Not Sold, continuing online

Escort.io - $500

Tablets.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Flexible.org - $1,300

FM.co - Not Sold, continuing online

ILLC.com - $4,000

LCSM.com - $500

LLU.com - Not Sold, continuing online

MPM.net - $1,200

Pathological.com - $4,200

PEB.com - Not Sold, continuing online

PFKC.com - $700

POOV.com - $1,900

Purged.com - $1,800

NCB.net - $1,200

Repossession.com - $11,000

XAF.net - $400

RFQ.com - Not Sold, continuing online

Thebes.com - $3,000

Shoerack.com - $6,000

Solvent.com - $7,600

Sportswear.co - $400

Toil.com - Not Sold, continuing online

VTI.net - $600
 
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Who won domainnames.com it was on the floor, quite a bidding war, as was leads.com which is a great name also.

The GTLD's never really showed up here, .com's ruled, some of the subpar stuff brought in some really good prices, and quite surprising.

I think I saw ShaveReviews.com around $30K, and it still didn't hit reserve? Same with CPU.com like $610K in a auction, they shouldn't have such extreme reserves.

Seemed many hit just right under their reserves then went completely cold.

Looks like high bid of $800 - http://www.namejet.com/Pages/Auctions/StandardDetails.aspx?auctionid=4138885&cat=
 
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CPU.com sold for $140,000 recently, why would anyone pay more? Only stupid person, 600k?
 
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Watch DomainSherpa as Monte and Rosener try to defend all the fake bids just below reserve as real!
 
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Many of the premium names just gone for few hundreds...and many not sold🙁
Industry is at its lowest...
 
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Couple personal observations:

I attended the conference but participated online. In my opinion the online platform worked fairly well. One issue was if you didn’t have audio enabled then you didn’t know the specific domain was a no reserve as it was not reflective on the live site. The other obvious issue others have already keyed on was how at times the online bid pricing seemed to be completely disconnected from the floor. Floor could be $5k and only online bid available was $15k. This is not a specific example, rather a generalization.

With regard to domains submitted for auction. I submitted about 10 decent .com’s and couple alt tld. While they went in prior to the published deadline, as it was explained to me at NamesCon I missed the “real” internal cutoff months earlier. One specific name I entered was strippoker.org. I’m the first to admit that it’s not the greatest, but felt it was at least relevant to the auction location.

Now I’ll sit tight and hurry up and wait for my invoice so I can pay for the names I won 🤦🏼‍♂️
 
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Start-up.com - only $3,500 ? & Stop.com 100k i consider very low for both

These (Start-up.com for 3500 and stop.com for 110k) were some nice deals for the buyers as was Domainnames.com which was a great purchase for the end user buyer (Frank@Uni).
 
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Nice comments, I would not deal with Kate Buckley ever again, she made a domain offer, and quoted estibot as a source. Can you imagine a broker making multiple price requests on exchanges, to finally submit one on the landing page for an aged two strong keyword .com, to quote $1xx estibot.

Well I don't necessarily want to defend her, but if she’s lowballing offers to you while representing her client, at least that shows she’s truly representing her client rather than just trying to up her own commission. I’ve seen brokers come to me representing a client and they show no resistance to my price because they just make a higher commission - then it feels to me like they're putting their own interests above their client. Although that doesn't bother me as a seller, I make a note that I don't want that person representing me as a buyer! I've also seen brokers come to me representing a buyer then insisting I pay the commission, so I'm sure they're trying to double dip the commission from both buyer and seller... I think the commission should only be paid by the person the broker is actually representing.

Anyway's back to Kate... I definitely don't blame her starting low, especially if she finds any shred of evidence to back her up, even if it is as lame as an estibot valuation... But if she didn't eventually come up on price, then clearly her client had other options or a very limited budget, or maybe she was bottom trolling for her own portfolio, not really sure.
 
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These (Start-up.com for 3500 and stop.com for 110k) were some nice deals for the buyers as was Domainnames.com which was a great purchase for the end user buyer (Frank@Uni).
I saw cannabiscompany came from namefind portfolio, smart move by Frank acquiring that name, big mistake by godaddy by not acquiring that one considering how much they spend buying portfolios.
 
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A 6 letter one word .com, that sells for $150K, isn't actually pigeon sh*t. I didn't know brokers were so in demand, they can turn down that kind of quality.

Apparently some are. Kate seems to be one of them based on how easily she blew me off.... But I get it, if you're too busy to do a good job - I'm glad she knew her limits and just said no. I don't know what else she already had on her plate at the time so I appreciate the fact she said no rather than locking me into an exclusivity period and then have her do nothing about it due to over-commitment.
 
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Now I’ll sit tight and hurry up and wait for my invoice so I can pay for the names I won 🤦🏼‍♂️

Did you buy insurance? I put in some bids early but went for dinner in the middle of the auction and missed it...
 
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Did you buy insurance? I put in some bids early but went for dinner in the middle of the auction and missed it...
I know the guy who owned insurance.us he owns the insurance Twitter also. I wish the auction had seen the value in the name, I don’t think it got it’s fair value.
 
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Good on you for selling your own name, it’s not rocket science, any one word .com is a gift when a broker gets 15-20%, for listing it on their website, and picking up the phone.

Insurance.us was offered on namepros a few months back, I guess a deal couldn't be done. I think the buyer got the better end of that deal, even with a weaker extension it is a monster keyword.

Well I'm not an outbound sales guy, I wait for them to come to me. Also puts me in the stronger negotiating position at the start. So its just a matter of having a good domain and waiting for the right buyer to come along. They always do, even if it takes 10 years.

As for Insurance - I kinda wanted it... Killer keyword obviously - but I'm kinda biased because I own a few other category killer type .US domains. It still irks me that .US hasn't been as well adopted as it should be. In my mind, .US should be #2 only to .Com for US companies...
 
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Well I'm not an outbound sales guy, I wait for them to come to me. Also puts me in the stronger negotiating position at the start. So its just a matter of having a good domain and waiting for the right buyer to come along. They always do, even if it takes 10 years.

As for Insurance - I kinda wanted it... Killer keyword obviously - but I'm kinda biased because I own a few other category killer type .US domains. It still irks me that .US hasn't been as well adopted as it should be. In my mind, .US should be #2 only to .Com for US companies...
I did bid on it, and pulled myself back as I know the current owner has worked hard to sell it, and given it didn’t sell, it was justification to focus on .com, as I own some good one word .us acquired thru an aged Fortune 500 company portfolio, and people don’t pay their true value, which is sad, and I just am sick of dealing with lowballers.
 
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I saw cannabiscompany came from namefind portfolio, smart move by Frank acquiring that name, big mistake by godaddy by not acquiring that one considering how much they spend buying portfolios.
This domain was bought way too high. No upside from a reseller point of view. The seller won in this case for sure.
 
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I think everyone seems to agree stop.com probably holds the best value for return it might give. It wasn’t probably the best value buy in the auction, given it was just on the 6 figure line.


DomainNames.com will really help the uni brand, is this the same name that web.com took back from the namepros member who grabbed it for like low 4 figures?
 
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Did you buy insurance? I put in some bids early but went for dinner in the middle of the auction and missed it...
I did not buy insurance.us. Not doing much outside of .com. A couple of my favorite domains (that I felt were reasonably sold/value) were repossession.com, abomination.com, solvent.com...still trying to figure it I like dingy.com...🥴
 
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This domain was bought way too high. No upside from a reseller point of view. The seller won in this case for sure.
Oh I agree, I dunno if someone got caught up in the in room bidding, but the company generic is to rich, it is a great comp to quote for cannabis portfolio holders though. Anyone know the buyer, M.O. maybe?
 
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I did not buy insurance.us. Not doing much outside of .com. A couple of my favorite domains (that I felt were reasonably sold/value) were repossession.com, abomination.com, solvent.com...still trying to figure it I like dingy.com...🥴
I liked solvent.com, and it was a good auction, I put a few bids on it, it was moving so fast, and it was in $100 increments with a low starting price so it was actually a engaging auction, not the ones with nonsense high 6 figure bids. It is a good one word value buy for under $10K, maybe someone can connect with an industrial user in the space for a nice return. Repossession I thought was way to long, and abomination to vague.
 
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I feel for him, and him seeing $365K go out the window.

I would assume even if he got the name out of NetworkSolutions they would have used all their pull to get the name back. I am not sure how it came out but I think they only realized it after he started discussing the purchase. Had he just kind of moved it out, and sat on it for 60 days, given his invoice, he would have had a real good case.
 
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I feel for him, and him seeing $365K go out the window.

I would assume even if he got the name out of NetworkSolutions they would have used all their pull to get the name back. I am not sure how it came out but I think they only realized it after he started discussing the purchase. Had he just kind of moved it out, and sat on it for 60 days, given his invoice, he would have had a real good case.

Yinan @owntype had purchased it for $2,577, they used the TOS to get the domain back.
 
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