Are domainers fueling the dotasia auctions?

[Master Chief]

here is a list of the top 10 dotasia auctions

sex.asia $79,888
sexshop.asia $53,607
sushi.asia $22,500
cooking.asia $21,500
ace.asia $20,501
water.asia $19,388
promotion.asia $17,100
outdoor.asia $15,500
arts.asia $15,500
sales.asia $13,500

are domainers fueling the dotasia auctions?

the more a domainer pays for a keyword dotasia, the less the potential profit margin when attempting to flip the domain..

or do you think there are actual end users participating?

looks like all of the top dotasia auctions are english keywords.. hmm..

 

[Steven]

I believe that the only one who will truly benefit in the end is the .asia tld owner.
I hardly doubt that these names can be flipped for a higher price (maybe to newbies with a lot of money during the hype period).

 

[Dr. Mindwrecker]

I think you have a combination of things going on.

You have domainers buying on spec,
you have defensive reggs,

You have companies buying both for end use and probably some defensive reasons as well.

The particular names you listed are not the only example, I know quite a few companies had put in bids for .asia names, I remember seeing a list somewhere.

 

[Spade]

Its entirely reseller driven. Do you think .asia advertised to people in .asia - or domain buyers in general?

 

[italiandragon]

What is .asia ? :lol:

 

[MaguirePhD]

mindwrecker.tv

There are a substantial number of companies buying to protect their identity and market brand. While they may not promiminently display their new acquisition in their specific country, they may well use the .asia extension in print advertising elsewhere in the world and have it route into their present site.

Have never been in the domain business but this is precisely why I bought in and have sold to end users here in NYC (http://www.ChicagoTrust.net)

Also, buying a name to " retire " it is a strategy.

This is not a sales pitch for a domain ,as I already have it heading to Paris, but I have a domain GoldTraders.asia.

To whom would this have value? Well, the largest gold exchange in the world is in Thailand.

Would this domain make them bigger? Absolutley, not.
Is it a better domain than the goldtraders.au/thai.com that they presently use? Perhaps.
Is this a domain in someone else's hands that possible gives an impression that they are a larger exchange because of the .asia extension as opposed to .au.thai.com? Maybe.

But that will be up to that exchange and others in the gold business to determine.

It is my unsubstantiated take that the majority of .asia business domains will not be sold in Asia but to companies wanting to establish a company in Asia or the sub-continent of India.

Doc

 

[Master Chief]

Its entirely reseller driven. Do you think .asia advertised to people in .asia - or domain buyers in general?

with the high prices that keywords are going for, the resellers had better have a solid game plan in regard to flipping (profiting from) their domains.. a lot of money is being spent of pure speculation on this point

 

[gazzip]

.....I would say domainers are fueling all the auctions !




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[Sam]

of course, all these new tlds are spec driven

 

[Master Chief]

of course, all these new tlds are spec driven

i am referring to reseller spec. driven which is pretty crazy considering the high prizes keyword dotasia's are going for

atleast with dotmobi, my brother puchased a handful for $500 to $1,000 a pop and then flipped them for 10 times or more what he paid for

with dotasia, I would love to see the keywords going for xx,xxx be flipped for the same return on investment

it just isn't going to happen.. again, they had better have a solid game plan for making some sort of profit

 

[Kate]

I still remember the 6-figure amounts poured into mobi domains
You really must have a very sound business plan because you don't make that kind of money back overnight.

Prices are already too high to make flipping possible IMO :hearts:

 

[martina2061]

.....I would say domainers are fueling all the auctions !

Couldn't agree more.

 

[joexbl]

.....I would say domainers are fueling all the auctions !




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I disagree. C'mon, domainers (in general) dont spend that much on speculative purchases - maybe im wrong, but i reckon x,xxx starts to get towards the limit of domainers on a speculative extn - once again, i am generalising. Domainers look for bargains. Those are end-user prices IMHO

 

[RogueWriter]

I keep getting sales spam from some company saying unnamed company X is going to register the .asia version of my company's domain ( s ) , unless I contact them immediately to pick up.

It smacks of spamminess and desperation, IMO.

 

[netfleet]

Yes I don't think domainers are fueling the big sales as scriptfordali said, most domainers would be over and out after a few hundred.

If not, where are these domainers? They certainly aren't posting on here. And all the famous industry leaders (who have the budgets for a lazy, speculative $XX,XXX .Asia purchase) seem to concentrate on com and tend to talk down the new extensions.

That leaves end users.

However I do think domainers have a big influence in the mid-lower end of this current auction process.

 

[james2002]

I think it is mixed with endusers plus resellers.

Some end users will invest in domains to redirect to their companies. Like sex.asia , the buyer might be porn businessman or businesswoman.

Its entirely reseller driven. Do you think .asia advertised to people in .asia - or domain buyers in general?

I think dotasia will send out some messages to the big companies to be aware of dotasia domains esp for sunrise period and those companies may just want to grab generic domains before their rival companies got them.

I think mixed results so far and high priced ones are from end users.

 

[htmlindex]

I voted "yes", they are fuelling the auctions

 

[jeffoverman]

I voted yes.

 

[Master Chief]

here is some food for thought.. I was watching the scrolling ending and ended auctions on dotasia.pool.com and several of the english keyword dot asia's are available in the .jp (japan) extension

isn't that scary for those investing thousands in english dot asia domains..

 

[martina2061]

Here's something to think about. The 'Pizza.com' sale has fallen through which is beginning to look like a common occurrence for larger .com sales. SCAREY!!! End of .coms AHHHH! :hehe:

We can over-analyze anything and come to the conclusion we're after.