Bids For Kids Domain Auction

[smashfactory]

hello all!

i just wanted to announce the upcoming Bids For Kids Domain auction coming october 1-3. name submissions are being taken now

we partnered up with escrow.com and bidjit.com to put this together. we will have this on the front page of bidjit sometime next week.

some info-
its a 3 day auction, from oct 1-3, held online at bidjit

bidjit is relativly new, but out of all the venues i spoke to about this, i was so very thrilled with them. their vision of what they are building is wonderful, and the poeple there are fabulous. you will be seeing a lot more of bidjit in the future.

like moniker, there is a 15% commission charged on each domain sale. unlike moniker, 10% of each sale will go to The Make-A-Wish Foundation®. the remainder covers escrow, venue, costs, etc.

ALL transactions will be handled thru escrow.com- and they will cut the check directly to The Make-A-Wish Foundation®- so money will be contained within one handler- escrow.com. brandon abbey has been wonderful in working with us on this.

all the information for the auction and the name submission form will be on smashfactory.com, and the actual auction will be on bidjit.com.

you can submit domains now- submissions will stop sept. 17th

the only domains NOT being considered at all are adult, trademark or offensive

you can set a reserve for your name so there are no worries about losing a name to a lower than expected price-

if you have ANY other questions post them here please or pm me so all the info is in one thread.

thanks! i hope we raise a nice amount for The Make-A-Wish Foundation®!

 

[lzy]

Submitted 25 names but not sure if the list did go through. Good luck SF. :]

 

[smashfactory]

lzy- yes yours and others are coming thru just fine-

to generally answer a question that was asked- yes, all info is kept confidential- the deal is between you and the buyer via escrow.com- we reveal nothing

 

[Nattydomain]

what is the advertising looking like. So far i see nothing on bidjit's page about anything upcoming...Would like to see much much more advertising done to see if people will bid and help the cause as well.

 

[smashfactory]

as i said in the top post, it will be on bidjits page sometime next week- i am in the process of writing up a press release and that will go out in sept- am going to find out from ron what his banner inventory is for sept so a banner can run on it on dnjournal for all of sept-

 

[smashfactory]

thanks ron for putting it in the lowdown in dnjournal!

 

[NewYorkBum]

Smash, I just submitted 8 names. Please let me know if they do not qualify for the auction.

 

[smashfactory]

thanks nyb!
everyone who submitted domains WILL begin to get emails back after the weekend. no one will be left hanging

 

[Burano]

I submitted 14 names and it brought me right back to front page. Well, I guess I'll get some sort of confirmation after the weekend - I hope!

 

[smashfactory]

you will
i forgot to change that- i am glad you said it was still redirecting to the index page- i will switch that over to a confirmation page- but everything is going thru

 

[Nattydomain]

sent names...thank you and lets wish all good luck!

 

[Chef Patrick]

great cause, i will be getting a few domains over to you early next week. hmmm maybe i'll even let go of some premiums to raise some good money

also updated on my domainer blog for you, check out DNKitchen.com. i will be sure to announce the event again in a couple weeks as well as some results from the auction once completed.

if there is anything i can do to help please let me know. i am also open to donating a few domains, as long as all profits go to st jude's.

 

[smashfactory]

thank you so much patrick!

and thanks too sal from DNUnderground.com for write up also!

nice names coming in!

 

[Chef Patrick]

no problem, happy to help. why don't you give us a preview of some of those auction names?

 

[smashfactory]

ahhh, not yet my dear

 

[Chef Patrick]

ahhh, not yet my dear

I'm already anxious. Auctions and me don't do good. I used to go to house auctions and would leave buying like 3-5 houses. I hate losing when I bid.

 

[NewYorkBum]

Do they have 5 days grace period as well on houses?
j/k

ahhh, not yet my dear

I'm already anxious. Auctions and me don't do good. I used to go to house auctions and would leave buying like 3-5 houses. I hate losing when I bid.

 

[RJ]

Good luck with the auction!

 

[smashfactory]

rj, you ROCK!

THANK YOU for making this a sticky!
this is exactly why this forum has become my "home".

 

[smashfactory]

hi all!

there has been a slight change- we had to change from st. jude to The Make-A-Wish Foundation® - i was recently made aware from st. jude that my application could not be accepted with them because i submitted it under the 60 day mark- i had no idea about a 60 day mark until they just told me!
but The Make-A-Wish Foundation® was quick to accomodate, and approve my application- and we are good to go with them.
still the same auction, still a great cause!

if you have not submitted any names, get a move on! just so it is clear, you are not donating the full proceeds of your name- it comes out of the 15% commission- the same commission moniker charges. and you do get to set a reserve, so you do not have to worry about "losing" a name on the cheap :lol:

for those who did submit names, i am getting ready in a day or two to begin emailing you. i did want to make sure that no matter who submitted names, at least one name would be in, if not more. but everyone should have the opportunity to have something in the auction.

thanks all!