Moniker GeoDomain Live Auction

[airwav]

Anyone know what time this starts?

Here is the link:
http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/detail.html?auction_id=182

To all that have names in the auction, good luck! %%-

 

[wot]

Honduras.biz $300 A steal. :imho:

http://www.google.co.th/search?hl=en&q=honduras&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[npcomplete]

Honduras.biz $300 A steal. :imho:

http://www.google.co.th/search?hl=en&q=honduras&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

So much for the "wisdom" that is commonly pushed by the auction houses of setting low reserves!!!

When the reserves are low and the auction is a flop, you are forced to sell cheap.

Marc

 

[Fka200]

I blogged about Honduras.biz. A country name with population of 7million sold for $300? Wow. I know it was a .biz, but $300! I'm sure the new owner can make that back with BS development.

 

[wot]

I blogged about Honduras.biz. A country name with population of 7million sold for $300? Wow. I know it was a .biz, but $300! I'm sure the new owner can make that back with BS development.

I don't think you would have to do anything, I would give $400 now if the new owner wants to turn a quick , I don't think I am the only one.

 

[Bigvenue]

Hope some nemes will receive bids

 

[Kenny]

I don't think you would have to do anything, I would give $400 now if the new owner wants to turn a quick , I don't think I am the only one.

$425... do I hear 450? j/k

 

[abcproductions]

SILENT AUCTION update: No bids

The majority of bidding activity normally occurs during the last day (mostly in the final hours and minutes) but I was hoping to see a few bids by now. With a few thousand names available in the silent, I'm surprised that there hasn't even been a single bid.

 

[Rochemontagne]

No posts here from Moniker yet. I guess they are getting all their ducks in a row!

 

[npcomplete]

SILENT AUCTION update: No bids

The majority of bidding activity normally occurs during the last day (mostly in the final hours and minutes) but I was hoping to see a few bids by now. With a few thousand names available in the silent, I'm surprised that there hasn't even been a single bid.

It would be nice if Moniker had some sort of anti-sniping thing in their software like some other auction sites do (enom->namejet, others). In these auctions, a bid in the last few minutes extends the bidding deadline. It might help cut back on this last minute rush for the door. It wouldn't eliminate it, but it sure would cut back. Human character being what it is, even on the auction sites with anti-sniping auto-extensions, I would wait until the last minute (hey, we all play games). If the anti-sniping extension kicks in at 10 minutes before auction close, I would start bidding at 11 minutes before to avoid the anti-sniping extension...

Marc

 

[abcproductions]

i picked up a name at snap names yesterday and did just that -- i put in my final bid before the final five-minute mark to prevent the auction from being extended.

it certainly wouldn't discourage earlier bidding if Moniker added this feature to their silent auctions...and made everyone aware of it too. as you've mentioned before Marc, marketing is key.

 

[gramma]

might help to drop the 'fee' for allowing people to bid on the domains too - lookyloos might be tempted....

 

[Bigvenue]

3 days with no bids in the silent auction,are things ok?

 

[npcomplete]

3 days with no bids in the silent auction,are things ok?

Things are right on schedule:
Online Domain Auction: Saturday, 11/17 through Wednesday, 11/28

Don't expect anything significant for another week. Maybe a few early bids will dribble in, but nobody likes to express early interest in online auctions.

My highest selling domain in TRAFFIC got no bids at all until minutes before auction close. Then it flew. My buyer was very smart.

Marc

 

[abcproductions]

marc is right but i would still like to see a single bid.

in past silent auctions there has been a little activity in each of the early days...but this auction has a bit longer duration so i'm staying patient.

i'm checking the auction frequently and will post as soon as i see any activity.

 

[DNabc]

Comparing Moniker's auctions with the future Snapnames ones, I still prefer Moniker's.
I won't transfer my domains to another place (like Snapnames requires for now) just because of one auction. They must remove that clause.

 

[npcomplete]

Comparing Moniker's auctions with the future Snapnames ones, I still prefer Moniker's.
I won't transfer my domains to another place (like Snapnames requires for now) just because of one auction. They must remove that clause.

yeah, what a genuinely stupid thing for snap to do. Like people were saying in the other thread, snap has tremendous potential given their knowledge of the drop. They screwed up that potential by getting greedy and penalizing people for insisting on registrars that are orders of magnitude better than the registrar they use. It would be interesting to see how many people with excellent domains are sitting this one out based solely on the registrar requirement. That poll should of course take place in the OTHER thread, or a new thread. Maybe an appropriately named new thread could get snap's attention - nothing else does.

Marc

 

[Rochemontagne]

Maybe some of the potential bidders for the silent auction have read this thread and they are waiting for Moniker to reply to some of the concerns we have here concerning this auction.

 

[SpareDomains]

Maybe some of the potential bidders for the silent auction have read this thread and they are waiting for Moniker to reply to some of the concerns we have here concerning this auction.

if a potential bidder is interested in a domain name they will come for it, still 8 days left so I assume it will go ebay style with last minute bids, I really feel that a lot of people were unaware that the auction even existed, this thread and all of the blog posts comparing the live auction to the titanic is actually helping spread the word for the silent listings, maybe we will see some nice sales in the silent to save the performance of the live auction, time will tell I guess.

 

[wot]

The "silent" is deafening.

 

[NameClerk]

if a potential bidder is interested in a domain name they will come for it, still 8 days left so I assume it will go ebay style with last minute bids, I really feel that a lot of people were unaware that the auction even existed, this thread and all of the blog posts comparing the live auction to the titanic is actually helping spread the word for the silent listings, maybe we will see some nice sales in the silent to save the performance of the live auction, time will tell I guess.

Agreed. A lot of potential bargains in there.

-Bill