TRAFFIC LIVE WEST: Place LIVE Auction bids from home computer in real-time, for free!

[BocaVision]

A breakthrough at TRAFFIC LIVE Auctions

Now you can place TRAFFIC LIVE auction bids from your home computer, in real-time during LIVE TRAFFIC Auctions, for free!

Can I participate in the Live Auctions if I am not attending an event in person?

Yes, anyone can participate in the Live Auctions by logging into their SnapNames account and following the Live Auctions links during the auction. We recommend that you visit the Live Auctions page at snapnames.com a minimum of three days prior to the auctions to download the Live Auctions software.

What is SnapNames Live?
SnapNames Live is the intersection of live auction events and leading auction technology that streamlines the on-site and online buying experiences. The auctions are part of an ongoing series of premium domain name auctions conducted by SnapNames and our partners. Several short, high-impact auctions will be conducted, features include:

Quality domain names
Top bidders and sellers from around the world
Simultaneous live and online bidding
Robust pre- and post-event alerts
Automated settlement and fulfillment
Top tier account management

About Live Online Bidding:

How do I view or bid in the Live Auctions from my computer?

Step 1: Create a SnapNames’ account — click here to get started

Step 2: Download and install the Viewing/Bidding auction client application.

The system requirements for the auction client are:
- Microsoft Windows operating system
- Audio output
- Internet Explorer 6.0 (or newer) or Firefox 2.0 (or newer)
Click here to get started, or get Download and installation help.

Step 3: Log in to your SnapNames account and follow the live auction links on the day of the event.

How far in advance of the auctions should I go to the SnapNames Live bidding interface?

The bidding interface will be available approximately one hour prior to the start of each auction. Some special software is required in order to view the Live Auctions and submit remote bids. We strongly recommend that you visit snapnames.com a minimum of three days prior to the auction to download the Live auction software. Once you have installed the software, we also recommend you login and open the bidding software between 15-30 minutes prior to the start time of the event to allow for enough time to address any issues.

Be sure that you have a SnapNames account prior to the auctions. To create an account click here.

Can I watch the auctions online without bidding?
Yes, all you need is the Live Auctions software installed on your computer. The auction software will be available for you to download several days in advance of the event.

How do I pay for domain names that I won in the auctions?
We accept payment by wire or check only. You will receive a confirmation email with payment instructions immediately following the auction. Simply send the amount you owe to SnapNames within 7 business days of the auction close.

Who do I contact for assistance with Live Online Bidding?
We are available to answer questions Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. (PST) to 5:00 p.m. (PST).

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-866-599-6121 (toll-free) or +1-503-241-8547 (outside U.S.)

Be sure to review the terms and conditions prior to submitting or bidding.

Here is the link to the above text:
https://www.snapnames.com/liveAuctions.do

The next TRAFFIC LIVE Auction is Wednesday, February 20th at 3:30pm PST (6:30 EST).
Here are some of the TRAFFIC WEST LIVE domains which will be auctioned:

Porn.mobi
Dance.com
Shows.mobi
Audit.com
CD.com
Banks.mobi
Wife.com
StockQuotes.com
Vegas.mobi

Here is the entire TRAFFIC WEST Live inventory:
http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/detail.html?auction_id=187

 

[Jeff]

The ".MOBI" domains have mandatory development requirements ... just like the ones auctioned prior at both Traffic and Sedo, correct? :gl:

Thanks for the assist.
-Jeff

 

[BocaVision]

The ".MOBI" domains have mandatory development requirements ... just like the ones auctioned prior at both Traffic and Sedo, correct? :gl:

Thanks for the assist.
-Jeff

Yes.

All the .mobi names at the LIVE Auction will have mandatory content requirements, except for:

shows.mobi
mike.mobi
naked.mobi
DUI.mobi

These domains were not held back by mTLD.

Michael

 

[Jeff]

Yes.

All the .mobi names at the LIVE Auction will have mandatory content requirements, except for:

shows.mobi
mike.mobi
naked.mobi
DUI.mobi

These domains were not held back by mTLD.

Thanks much ... who owns "Shows.mobi" and "Mike.mobi"? :blink:

So, among others, these quoted below would have the mandatory development requirements (which folks should carefully consider before bidding, IMHO): :gl:

Porn.mobi

Property.mobi

Banks.mobi

Tickets.mobi

Vegas.mobi

Broadway.mobi

Cruises.mobi

Hollywood.mobi

Score.mobi

DiscountTravel.mobi

Doctor.mobi

Lottery.mobi

If I recall, both "DUI.mobi" and "Naked.mobi" are recycled domains left over from previous Traffic Shows (at least, Traffic West if memory serves) that either did not meet previous unrealistic "reserve prices", or did not complete between buyer(s) and seller(s)? IYHO. :gl:
-Jeff

 

[BrainPower]

is anyone going to be at the venetian in vegas for the event? It would be great to have a blogger update Namepros as of the pulse of the event.

Wishful thinking i know

 

[Jeff]

is anyone going to be at the venetian in vegas for the event? It would be great to have a blogger update Namepros as of the pulse of the event.

^ Agree. :music:
We've had these types of updates here in the past ... trying to remember who graciously did this for us in the previous Traffic Shows (and was there LIVE with the bidders and Usual Suspects™)? :gl: :talk:

-Jeff

 

[BocaVision]

The ".MOBI" domains have mandatory development requirements

which folks should carefully consider before bidding, IMHO

Jeff, I agree.

People should consider all factors with respect to any namespace.

With respect to the .mobi namespace, auction participants will also consider the following:

Bank of America:
- largest U.S. Bank
- $160 BILLION Revenue

Mobile website: BofA.mobi
-launched BofA.mobi in May 2007
-advertises BofA.mobi online, in print, in their banks, and in commercials

Outcome: BofA.mobi gained 500,000 active mobile customers in 6 months
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-28-2007/0004712895&EDATE

NOKIA (.mobi founder)
-5th most valuable global brand in BusinessWeek's Best Global Brands

Mobile website: NOKIA.mobi

Outcome:
"130 million page views per month on NOKIA.mobi---much more than what they get at NOKIA.COM."

BTW - NOKIA has launched and is marketing 7 dotMobi sites

ESPN

Mobile Website: ESPN.mobi
-Advertises online and on tv

Outcome:"ESPN is seeing extraordinary growth on their mobile site. In fact on some days they are getting more visits to mobile pages related to the NFL then they are to the PC site." http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/FREE/420798726/1012/FREE

Smirnoff

Mobile Website: Smirnoff.mobi
-Advertises online and in print

Outcome: http://www.mobiadnews.com/?p=1288

Zagat

Mobile Website: zagat.mobi
-Advertises in subways, taxis, in print, and on tv

Apple recently launched an iPhone commercial that features this .mobi...
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/a..._the-great-thing_tv_ad_20080207_r560-9cie.mov

Other considerations, Fortune 1000 endusers adoption, marketing .mobi...

Banking
Bank of America - BofA.mobi
Wachovia - Wachovia.mobi
Deutsche Bank (Germany) - Deutsche-Bank.mobi
Barclays (UK) - Barclays.mobi
La Caixa (Spain) - LaCaixa.mobi
Standard Bank (South-Africa) - SBcell.mobi
UniCredit Group (Italy) - UniCreditGroup.mobi
Kreissparkasse Stade (Germany) - Ksk-Stade.mobi
ANZ (Australia) - ANZ.mobi

Financial Services
Fidelity.mobi
Ing.mobi
AXA.mobi

Insurance
StateFarm.mobi
Allianz.mobi
Allstate.mobi

Automotive
Ferrari.mobi
BMW.mobi
Rolls-Royce.mobi
FordCA.mobi (Ford Canada)
VolvoCars.mobi
JaguarXF.mobi
Opel.mobi
Maserati.mobi

Hotels
Marriott.mobi
Hilton.mobi
DoubleTree.mobi

Airlines
Iberia.mobi
Spanair.mobi
SAS.mobi
AirFrance.mobi

Transportation
Amtrak.mobi
AAA.mobi (American Automobile Association)
Thalys.mobi
Castrol.mobi

Sports
ESPN.mobi
NBA.mobi
WNBA.mobi
UFC.mobi
Formula1.mobi

Magazines
Time.mobi (Time Magazine)
BusinessWeek.mobi
CNNMoney.mobi

Beverages
Smirnoff.mobi

Entertainment
Fox.mobi
TBS.mobi
HSM2.mobi (Disney's High School Musical)
USANetwork.mobi
NGC.mobi (National Geographic Channel)
Marvel.mobi
Spiderman.mobi

Internet
MSN.mobi
GoDaddy.mobi / TDNAM.mobi
Netsol.mobi (Network Solutions)

Technology
Cisco.mobi
TexasInstruments.mobi

News
FoxNews.mobi
ABCNews.mobi
AlJazeera.mobi

Newspapers
TheSun.mobi
TheTimes.mobi

Guides
Zagat.mobi

Mobile Operators
T-Mobile.mobi
Three.mobi
Vodafone.mobi
TIM.mobi
Orange.mobi
ChinaMobile.mobi

Mobile Manufacturers
Nokia.mobi
SonyEricsson.mobi

Telecommunications
Ericsson.mobi
3Skype.mobi

Weather
Weather.mobi (The Weather Channel)

Cities, States & Countries
Frankfurt.mobi
Dublin.mobi
Barcelona.mobi
Helsinki.mobi
InformNY.mobi (New York State Department of Transportation)

Clothing
Polo.mobi
BenettonPress.mobi (United Colors of Benetton)
Lacoste.mobi

Airports
Schiphol.mobi (Amsterdam)

NGO's
WWF.mobi (World Wildlife Fund)
SalvationArmy.mobi

Nokia developed & is marketing 7 dotMobi sites::blink:
1.) Nokia.mobi
2.) forumnokia.mobi/
3.) mosh.nokia.mobi/
4.) NokiaforBusiness.mobi - By the way..this dotMobi site arrives preloaded as the default in several NOKIA phones in Europe.
5.) s60.mobi
6.) Medeo.mobi
7.) Vertu.mobi

Happy Bidding to all Traffic Auction participants involving all domain extensions.

:gl:

Michael

is anyone going to be at the venetian in vegas for the event? It would be great to have a blogger update Namepros as of the pulse of the event.

Wishful thinking i know

Good idea DomainTakers,

I'll ask around here and in other forums.

-Michael

 

[Jeff]

Yes, 'Boca ... you've posted that same "List" on several occassions in order to hype and promote the .MOBI namespace IMHO. :red:

The problems, of course, are that many, many of those "examples" are either not stand-alone, developed .MOBI's (for instance, simple URL fowarding to respective developed mobile .COM websites), not being promoted / marketed by their parent companies, not being marketed to the masses by either the company's or mTLD, have comparable, developed sites in the respective m.example.com's, are not scoring 5/5, as required under .MOBI compliant Ready.mobi, that the same posted "list" is not substantially growing after all this time, and the obvious continued exclusion of supposed "backer" Google™ ... in the equations! :imho:

In the interests of full disclosure, you still own (and auctioning at the upcoming Traffic Live West) "Shows.mobi" ... is that correct Boca?

Any additions of actual substance can be updated in your related "Lists" / posts / threads in the #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum™, naturally. :blink:
-Jeff

 

[BocaVision]

Yes, 'Boca ... you've posted that same "List" on several occassions in order to hype and promote the .MOBI namespace IMHO.

Just reporting the facts Jeffrey...facts can be stubborn things, IMHO :blink: I appreciate you for continually trying to "smear" dotMobi on several occasions.

The problems, of course, are that many, many of those "examples" are either not stand-alone, developed .MOBI's (for instance, simple URL fowarding to respective developed mobile .COM websites), not being promoted / marketed by their parent companies, not being marketed to the masses by either the company's or mTLD, have comparable, developed sites in the respective m.example.com's, are not scoring 5/5, as required under .MOBI compliant Ready.mobi, that the same posted "list" is not substantially growing after all this time, and the obvious continued exclusion of supposed "backer" Google™ ... in the equations!

:yell: your above statement was clear as mud!

In the interests of full disclosure, you still own (and auctioning at the upcoming Traffic Live West) "Shows.mobi" ... is that correct Boca?

Yes. Thank you for the assist! I look forward to watching you bid on it

Any additions of actual substance can be updated in your related "Lists" / posts / threads in the #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum™, naturally. :blink:

You betcha! The list of endusers adopting and marketing .mobi is growing, not shrinking...just the cold, hard, stubborn facts! :gl:

Happy Bidding!

-Michael

 

[mjnels]

Yes, 'Boca ... you've posted that same "List" on several occassions in order to hype and promote the .MOBI namespace IMHO. :red:

The problems, of course, are that many, many of those "examples" are either not stand-alone, developed .MOBI's (for instance, simple URL fowarding to respective developed mobile .COM websites), not being promoted / marketed by their parent companies, not being marketed to the masses by either the company's or mTLD, have comparable, developed sites in the respective m.example.com's, are not scoring 5/5, as required under .MOBI compliant Ready.mobi, that the same posted "list" is not substantially growing after all this time, and the obvious continued exclusion of supposed "backer" Google™ ... in the equations! :imho:

In the interests of full disclosure, you still own (and auctioning at the upcoming Traffic Live West) "Shows.mobi" ... is that correct Boca?

Any additions of actual substance can be updated in your related "Lists" / posts / threads in the #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum™, naturally. :blink:
-Jeff

yes Jeff, that list is posted over and over again.

this is really no different than you repeating yourself over and over again... using the sammeeee talking points: over and over again.

over and over and over and over... you do the same thing jeff.

 

[Jeff]

Spam in -->> .MOBI Forum™, IMHO.

In the interests of full disclosure, you still own (and auctioning at the upcoming Traffic Live West) "Shows.mobi" ... is that correct Boca?

Yes. Thank you for the assist! I look forward to watching you bid on it

I'm obviously not going to bid on your (or any) .MOBI domain name(s) at Traffic ... but I do appreciate your disclosure here - since you did not do so in the initial post here for the benefit of the community in the general Domain Discussions™ Forum, IMHO. :red:

Any additions of actual substance can be updated in your related "Lists" / posts / threads in the #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum™, naturally. :blink:

You betcha! The list of endusers adopting and marketing .mobi is growing, not shrinking...just the cold, hard, stubborn facts! :gl:

That's laughable as it's not growing, and you know it ... again, that's a discussion that you can have in the .MOBI Forum™. :gl:
Thank you for understanding!

yes Jeff, that list is posted over and over again.

I agree with you, Mjnels ... he posts the same "List" over, and over again (which should be limited to only the #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum, IMHO)!
-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

I agree with you, Mjnels ... he posts the same "List" over, and over again (which should be limited to only the #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum, IMHO)!
-Jeff

yea, you forgot the part where i said you do that exact same thing... you post the same thing over and over... so for you to tell someone they are being repetitive i find that a bit ironic.

 

[Jeff]

yea, you forgot the part where i said you do that exact same thing... you post the same thing over and over... so for you to tell someone they are being repetitive i find that a bit ironic.

Again, you missed the point ... such spammy "lists" (and we agree that he posts them over, and over ... ) should be limited to the #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum, IMHO. :gl: :yell:

Also, I wish 'Boca the best with the auction of his "Shows.mobi" domain at Traffic, as well!
Thanks for understanding.
-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

im always missing the point i guess..

you're the first one that mentioned mobi specifically.. then you try to get it moved into the .mobi subforum... sneaky

i know you the real issue you have is that he listed .com domains and .mobi domains together with the post and included one of his own domains.. (which is a purdy good one btw)

just say whatcha mean.

 

[Jeff]

im always missing the point i guess..

Yeah. :red:

i know you the real issue you have is that he listed .com domains and .mobi domains together with the post and included one of his own domains.. (which is a purdy good one btw)

And, without the full and fair disclosure that he himself is hyping to sell the domain name "Shows.mobi" at the upcoming Traffic, as well IMHO.
His current active threads (plural) in the .MOBI Forum© would have been the more appropriate area for these types of spammy ".mobi lists", in my view!
Threads:
http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/433250-your-home-place-live-bids-online.html

http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/432665-premier-dotmobi-domains-traffic-live-auction.html

^ Thanks for understanding! :blink:
-Jeff

 

[BocaVision]

Unfortunately, Jeffrey, you were the one who first changed this into a dotMobi-centric debate.

Jeffrey, please stay on topic and keep this thread positive & not personal.

Topic: Placing LIVE bids on all extensions at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST LIVE from a home computer.

What do people think? good or bad...lets discuss... :talk:

Cheers,

Michael

 

[Jeff]

'Boca, now that you've appropriately disclosed and clarified your ownership of "Shows.mobi" in this upcoming Traffic West thread here in the general Domain Discussions© Forum - for full and fair disclosure purposes - hopefully we can now continue the fair and open general discussion IMHO. :talk:
Thanks again for clarifying that key point for the community.

Topic: Placing LIVE bids on all extensions at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST LIVE from a home computer.

What do people think? good or bad...lets discuss... :talk:

I think it's good, if it somehow gets End users to finally participate at these Traffic events! :blink: :imho:
-Jeff

Added: I also just noticed that above Cruises.mobi "sold" for $5,060 in Mjnel's "reported .MOBI sales (with development requirements)" thread ... yet is now being re-auctioned again here at this upcoming Traffic event??!! Ooops! :imho:

 

[E-Thunder]

Topic: Placing LIVE bids on all extensions at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST LIVE from a home computer.

What do people think? good or bad...lets discuss... :talk:

Cheers,

Michael

I would say this is a good thing for all sellers participating in the auction and hopefully will encourage more bidding overall.

 

[Jeff]

Topic: Placing LIVE bids on all extensions at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST LIVE from a home computer.

I just got a glance at the Traffic West live auction results ...

How many folks placed live, real-time bids from their home computers? :gl:

PS. Who purchased aforementioned "Shows.mobi", and for how much? :blink:
Thanks for the assist.
-Jeff

 

[Steven]

According to the thread
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/435132-full-traffic-live-auction-results.html

Shows.mobi sold for $20,000 and Cruises.mobi made a pass on $15,000 bid

Congrats on a good sale BocaVision