Vida.com in private auction at NameJet

[JoshuaPz]

There's a very exciting 210-way battle winding down at NameJet for Vida.com. For the linguistically challenged, vida means "life" in Spanish and has become the resonant keyword of many Spanish songs, perhaps most famously Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca".

The high bid for Vida.com stands at $50,101 with 4 minutes to go, though its been "4 minutes to go" for about 45 minutes already. My original prediction was that the domain would sell for $55,000, but it looks like I undershot the final value given four the bidders are competing seriously for the domain, with others occasionally shooting up from underneath the bid pile. We haven't even wound down to the final two combatants yet!

What do you guys think Vida.com will sell for?

Let this auction attest to Pool.com that an auction's taking place on a weekend impacts its final sell price minimally, if at all.

Estibot appraisal for Vida.com: USD 260,000

 

[allanh]

Guess, it was by mistake.

a 70K mistake lol

 

[Charley]

a 70K mistake lol

Prolly yes :D

 

[Jingles]

Yet I'm guessing if the former owner would have have tried to sell the name himself at that price people would have scoffed and/or laughed. People seem to have tons more money to spend on names at places like Namejet than through private sales. Maybe Namejet is poor and people feel sorry for them

 

[Pommy - The DN Doc]

Well, what would you people have appraised Vida.com at? My appraisal would most certainly have been much lower!

PS JoshuaPz - thanks for starting such a topical and interesting thread off. Rep added.....

 

[allanh]

if I have the money, I probably would pay up to 40K for it, considering it's a popular one word .com

 

[gazzip]

who was the idiot who dropped it ?

Off Archive.org

"A Bay Area grassroots organization focused on issues of economic justice and globalization.
Global Exchange Global Exchange is a non-profit research, education, and action center dedicated to promoting people-to-people ties around the world.
Mexico Solidarity Network A network of over 60 organizations from the US, Canada and Mexico that have come together to focus attention on Mexico, with special emphasis on Indigenous populations in the state of Chiapas"

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Looks like it has'nt really been used since about 2000 - Yet Another Shiny Gem just gathering dust for years

..one mans trash is another mans treasure...sometimes



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[maxeaus]

The market says it is worth 70g, on that basis if you bought it for 50g it would be a nice buy. I would not pay 70g for it myself, as i am not Spanish, and not a developer. NJ prices always amaze me, i dont know how they do it!

 

[Charley]

NJ prices always amaze me, i dont know how they do it!

The buyer must surely be a developer. That's why he paid that much for the name.

 

[gazzip]

The market says it is worth 70g ...

The market "on that day" says its worth 70g, however, not everyone knew the market was even open !



"market value" is a term that's overated - IMHO



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[gazzip]

Strange... after all this time Vida.com is still showing as Pending Renewal or Deletion although the expiry date is now 2009


NS1.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM
NS2.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM


....anyone know anything more ?




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[JoshuaPz]

Holy crap -- the auction has restarted!

*cough* non-paying bidder *cough* *cough*

Current High Bid: US $60,200
Your Max Bid: US $69
Auction End Time: 2d 20h 4m
Nov. 6, 2008 12:41 PM PT
Bid History: 209 bid(s) from 209 bidder(s)
High Bidder: tree

....here we go again

With market conditions slightly better and the domain at $60K with nearly 3 days left, do you think will Vida.com top $70K?

 

[gazzip]

Cheers, that explains it :lol:

It could well go higher, it's a beauty but whoever buys it better have enough dosh left over to be able to fight to keep it .....just incase .

Can you let us know what it goes for please :tu:



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[JoshuaPz]

Sure thing. Just remind me around 11/6 @ 3:45pm EST (scheduled auction end time) and I'll dip my toes in the action.

You're right that Vida.com might be tough name to defend, but it's certainly worth going to court over (would love to see Ricky Martin attempt to sue

 

[h2o]

Cheers, that explains it :lol:

but whoever buys it better have enough dosh left over to be able to fight to keep it .....just incase .




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Could you please elaborate why you think this name could easily be fought for tm issue? After all, it's a short four letter word that has a generic meaning in a foreign language. It depends not on the name but on the usage. The meaning is so broad anything can go from news to tv to music to business.

Just my 2.5 cents

 

[-REECE-]

It's generic -- really don't see no TM problems here. Of course that doesn't prevent some idiot reverse domain name hijacker from trying

Could you please elaborate why you think this name could easily be fought for tm issue? After all, it's a short four letter word that has a generic meaning in a foreign language. It depends not on the name but on the usage. The meaning is so broad anything can go from news to tv to music to business.

Just my 2.5 cents

 

[singlem]

it is not surprising that namejet produces such high priced auctions. They have all network solutions expired domains and since net sol was first for many years they have the highest quality expiring premium domains.

 

[ripley]

Yeah, I'm really struggling to see how this could be a TM issue. "Vida" means "life" in Spanish -- just because someone has a song with the word "Life" in it doesn't mean they could reasonably expect to fight IP battles over every product or service that uses the word "life." Don't see why it's any different here.

ripley.

 

[JoshuaPz]

Check out the mass of TMs on the word "Vida" on uspto.gov. If the site's new owner develops Vida.com, he/she will need to take great care to ensure his/her use of the site is completely unrelated to the products or services described in those TMs.

For example, I own FruitionDesigns(.)com and the owner of Fruition.net is suing me over ownership of the domain, despite that his TM on "Fruition" concerns Internet marketing / advertising / SEO, which has little to do with "design" per se; not to mention I didn't make penny during the ten-or-so days the domain was parked:
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issue...olation-please.html?highlight=FruitionDesigns

 

[ripley]

For example, I own FruitionDesigns(.)com and the owner of Fruition.net is suing me over ownership of the domain, despite that his TM on "Fruition" concerns Internet marketing / advertising / SEO, which has little to do with "design" per se; not to mention I didn't make penny during the ten-or-so days the domain was parked:
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issue...olation-please.html?highlight=FruitionDesigns

Huh. That's pretty bad. Sorry to hear it Joshua. (Their TM doesn't mention design, but it looks like their website does.) But frankly anybody can send a C&D over anything, I'm not so sure a court would rule in their favor though. Of course he's banking on you just rolling over instead of dragging things through the court. Otherwise why bypass UDRP, where his chances are probably increased? Because it costs him more money for a UDRP, but since he's a lawyer a court challenge potentially costs you a lot more money in contrast.

Good luck. If it were me, I'd probably just ask for the price I paid back and send it on its way. Not worth the headache.

ripley.

 

[gear]

very good domain
meains visa