FINAL NEW G RESULTS @ NamesCon Live Auction

[Internet.Domains]

Lasvegas.cam $2,200
e.hosting $3,400
domain.company $1,200
gold.club $4,000
travel.agency $3,000
diamond.club $2,300
casino.club - Reserve Not Met
boob.tube $1,700
420.shop $3,000
Silver.club $1,500
Business.broker $3,000
auctions.global $600
luxury.club $5,000
shoes.xyz $1,000

 

[dordomai]

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king

In the land of nGTLD holders, the .net holder is king ?

 

[dordomai]

lol... Mike Mann has a new logo @DomainMarket.com

I think alternatives = ngtlds

 

[Grego85]

since you could buy the ngtld equivalent of one of his half a million dollar domain names for a less than 10k, he should have "pretty please" in front of the accept no alternatives

 

[DaveX]

lol... Mike Mann has a new logo @DomainMarket.com

I think alternatives = ngtlds

That's funny. Does he really think there should be only one search engine, only one domain forum, only one auction site? So silly. You can't stop progress and evolution. You just can't. I don't know what the future holds for alternatives, but if domainers are any indication of the larger population, acceptance and usage is on the way.

That's like GoDaddy, Sedo, Google, Facebook, even NP saying "accept no alternatives".

I'll bet that little slogan will be removed by Monday.

I posted on another thread yesterday that a startup called Case One just raised 5,000,000 this week in funding. They are at Case.one

 

[DaveX]

I'm sure there was a time that Network Solutions felt like he does. Look now.

 

[Wannabean]

I'm sure there was a time that Network Solutions felt like he does. Look now.

To be fair, Network Solutions probably still feel that way

 

[DaveX]

To be fair, Network Solutions probably still feel that way

lol....and their prices are still too high.

 

[HotKey]

That's funny. Does he really think there should be only one search engine, only one domain forum, only one auction site? So silly. You can't stop progress and evolution. You just can't. I don't know what the future holds for alternatives, but if domainers are any indication of the larger population, acceptance and usage is on the way.

That's like GoDaddy, Sedo, Google, Facebook, even NP saying "accept no alternatives".

I'll bet that little slogan will be removed by Monday.

I posted on another thread yesterday that a startup called Case One just raised 5,000,000 this week in funding. They are at Case.one

I don't know..I think its a good slogan. It sounds good. But also, it fits his vested interest. Right now, it's no longer just marketing. It's protection. Look at Verisign stock, shares worth over $80, climbing since 2003.

Anyhow, the new G's have a long climb themselves ahead. I don't think they're going to be pushing com's off the path though. They're carving they're own..

 

[DaveX]

I don't know..I think its a good slogan. It sounds good. But also, it fits his vested interest. Right now, it's no longer just marketing. It's protection. Look at Verisign stock, shares worth over $80, climbing since 2003.

Anyhow, the new G's have a long climb themselves ahead. I don't think they're going to be pushing com's off the path though. They're carving they're own..

Agreed. But even forgetting what it says, I think just the name by itself was better looking.

 

[168]

That's what happens when you auction overhyped nTLDs and high quality .com/.net side by side

This happens too.
Wineclub.com did not meet reserve which means bids were less than Wine.Club that sold last year at NamesCon for 140k.
Happy Hunting

 

[Lakshan]

LasVegas is too cheap for that price

 

[DaveX]

This happens too.
Wineclub.com did not meet reserve which means bids were less than Wine.Club that sold last year at NamesCon for 140k.
Happy Hunting

Timing is so important. I said in another post that activity seems to be slowing down some since the infusion of chinese investor cash into the domain market, and all the excitement. I have read that the average holding time for good domains is like 5 years.

Domainers absorbed an enormous number of domains over the past year and a half and I think investors should be prepare their portfolios for the long term.

 

[offthehandle]

Sorry but I kinda disagree. Who starts a travel agency and calls it......... travel agency?.

Exactly. No Startups. That was my first thought. Established yes- some huge name like Thomas Cook, perhaps (they even brand the vertical stabilizer on their owned/leased aircraft)- whoever owns that should contact them. But a start-up? nope. A small to Med corp? nope. They want a brand name or local name- the generic name like that would be for someone with huge market share.

 

[offthehandle]

That's funny. Does he really think there should be only one search engine, only one domain forum, only one auction site? So silly. You can't stop progress and evolution. You just can't. I don't know what the future holds for alternatives, but if domainers are any indication of the larger population, acceptance and usage is on the way.

This probably should be on another thread- but I do have a real concern, that this is the way the market works. A good book to read for anyone here interested in some basic marketing concepts it is called "The 22 Immutable laws of marketing" by Al Ries and jack Trout. I hate to believe that the western world is stuck with these choices with Amazon taking over everything (And losing great chains like Borders was a great book store retail, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc), Google being "the" search engine,etc with their next to lousy results (I could really write a book of examples of how incorrect their search results are) I recall using Dogpile, AltaVista, Goto, webcrawler, and Yahoo a lot more back in the early days than now. Google does a better job in SOME Cases, but I do miss the "directory" format like Yahoo had at the beginning, like DMOZ.
Any suggestions? I sure wish there would be some venture capital infused to some entrepreneurs to get a good foothold and enter the market with a real directory that is as fast as google.

 

[offthehandle]

Timing is so important.

Domainers absorbed an enormous number of domains over the past year and a half and I think investors should be prepare their portfolios for the long term.

As you might know I am new to this business segment and pretty quickly I have decided to work on developing some of mine into real sites. Appears no real money in parked pages, so if you develop them into something at least you have value added when you sell, and hopefully ranked in 5 years then sell.

 

[168]

Timing is so important. I said in another post that activity seems to be slowing down some since the infusion of chinese investor cash into the domain market, and all the excitement. I have read that the average holding time for good domains is like 5 years.

Domainers absorbed an enormous number of domains over the past year and a half and I think investors should be prepare their portfolios for the long term.

Agree.
almost all of the high profile sales are in the 5-10 year hold category.