.biz Interested in your thoughts about recent .BIZ auction

[JamesDavid]

So the recent dotBiz auction is coming to an end and frankly i thought it was poorly marketed, very poorly designed, and was a total flop.

Let me start off by saying I am not one of those extension nuts that own 400 premium .biz domains and therefore think .biz is the up and coming extension and the only way to move.. I own maybe 10 and only for development reasons, ex geo names and a few other keywords like Eighteen.biz and Wi-Fi.biz.

As far as marketing I saw next to nothing on the domain blogs, forums, article, newsletter etc that I read/view. I am not a HARDCORE domainer in the sense of being online 20 hours a day, i do however buy domains for future investments and spend alot of time DEVELOPING sites.. Anyways I would have figured that people like myself would have been prime candidates for advertising this auction too but no advertisement found its way to me...

Anyways I bought one for a development feeder URL from the auction. I was the ONLY bidder but the system automatically kept placing "SYSTEM" bids above mine until I got to the reserve which wasn't public until AFTER you passed it...

Anyways woudl love to hear if anyone else bought from this auction and how you thought it went... I personally woudl have gone about it an entirely different way but its their goose...

 

[Venga]

Which auction are you referring to?

 

[rmg]

Bigger sales:


PC.biz - $9601
ON.biz - $8100
YP.biz - $6150
WM.biz - $6000
FX.biz - $5000
NJ.biz - $4150
QC.biz - $3300
88.biz - $3,200
RX.biz - $2688
iP.biz - $2605
AV.biz - $2601
AA.biz - $2550
24.biz - $2350
AP.biz - $2300
DU.biz - $2250
DR.biz - $2160
BC.biz - $2150
UP.biz - $2050
DN.biz - $2049
NV.biz - $1950
DC.biz - $1855
SF.biz - $1852
Ui.biz - $1850
HS.biz - $1757
Fi.biz - $1752
GC.biz - $1677
69.biz - $1650
QQ.biz - $1650
iF.biz - $1608
WO - $1605
3D.biz - $1584
EN.biz - $1599
NB.biz - $1550
UN.biz - $1550
Wi.biz - $1550
WE.biz - $1506
Ri.biz - $1450
NH.biz - $1450
NW.biz - $1430
WW.biz - $1418
o2.biz - $1350
SS.biz - $1350
NT.biz - $1350
HE.biz - $1330
CS.biz - $1300
99.biz - $1250
WV.biz - $1250
LQ.biz - $1234
TE.biz - $1227
CT.biz - $1225
NS.biz - $1190
F1.biz - $1161
UU.biz - $1150
CE.Biz - $1150
Mi.biz - $1150
DL.biz - $1150
iU.biz - $1126
XX.biz - $1125
RV.biz - $1125
RD.biz - $1100
OE.biz - $1100
DA.biz - $1070
CB.biz - $1050
OG.biz - $1050
47.biz - $1050
FF.biz - $1026
EX.biz - $1025
TA.biz - $1025
Di.biz - $1025
JC.biz - $1025
XL.biz - $1015
DP.biz - $1001
WB.biz $1000

 

[Jeff]

It may just be me, but I never heard anything about the .BIZ auction .... and, frankly, I've always considered the .BIZ - while short and kind of "catchy" - a bit too much of a slang abbreviation / unprofessional for those seriously looking to convey a professional BUSINESS presence online, IMHO. :red:

Best,
Jeff

 

[Name Trader]

Were every combination offered for sale? Did they all sell? If not what happens to those that didn't sell?

 

[Carlton]

Funny I just saw this and had posted some 3-letter .biz sales on another forum ...

XOL.biz $1200 (Sedo)
ESL.biz $1000 (Sedo)
RSS.biz $1200 (Namejet)
NRE.biz $1789 (Sedo)
ABC.biz $1403 (Sedo)
NDT.biz $2600 (Sedo)
EHA.biz $1126 (Sedo)
MEC.biz $1412 (Sedo Auction)
IDN.biz $301 (Sedo)
CTP.biz $1950 (Sedo)
BMS.biz $1000 (Sedo)
SRO.biz $1400 (Sedo)
IEA.biz $1200 (Sedo)
AFF.biz $5000 (Sedo)
MLM.biz $4000 (Sedo)
BIM.biz $2225 (Sedo)
MCS.biz $1500 (Private Sale)
CTC.biz $1600 (Private Sale)
SUP.biz $1000 (Sedo)
SAF.biz $3160 (Sedo)
TSI.biz $1200 (Sedo)
DMV.biz $2000 (Sedo Auction)
IVA.biz $1175 (Sedo)
LSA.biz $1800 (Afternic)
ACE.biz $2300 (Sedo)
CPH.biz $1448 (Sedo)
SAY.biz $2380 (Sedo)
PSP.biz $1500 (Sedo)

In regard to the 2-letter .biz auction, I agree with JamesDavid that it was very poorly marketed. I was quite disappointed in Neustar as I had applied to market and sell names in the auction but never heard back from them.

However, I knew the auction would do little to boost .biz because only domainers knew about it anyway, and not even many of them.

 

[wot]

Never saw anything about it and obviously reflected in the results with many of those 3 letter on Carlton's post generally selling for more than the 2 letter .biz.

 

[DomainTalker]

I was in some of these auctions.....and, bought one two-letter name (my personal initials).


I agree, the auction for these names was pretty under the radar....I was in the auction for PC.biz, too....but dropped out in the end...That's one that has real potential, imo.

.

 

[Carlton]

SMB.biz $4000 (source: DNJournal)