Comments on: How Monte Cahn & Crew Pulled It Off

By: Steve (webdropoff - RCD)

Steve (webdropoff - RCD) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:31:11 +0000

Moniker is primo. I tried to submit some names with aftermarket.com also but there was just 2 many errors with their system and many names were owned by the same domainer(s).

By: jp

jp — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:27:57 +0000

I doubt that anyone at Moniker held a gun to anyone’s head and forced them into a selling decision. Moniker is a business too, and although they don’t mind helping out domainers, I’m sure #1 is their main concearn as it should be. I imagine there were alot more qualified names that could have been put up, however there was unfortunately a finite amount of time to run the auction, as the auction costs $$$, and a finite amount of time for Moniker to make as much $$$ as they could. Good news is that since we are moving to this multiple auction format, if you want to start another auction, you can right where you feel they went wrong and sell all the qualified names in your auction.

By: Jeff Schneider

Jeff Schneider — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:54:58 +0000

Andrew whenever you limit the supply in any marketplace you tamper with open market dynamics, and therefore affect prices either upwards or downwards. If you dont believe me do some research. I am saying the total take could have been much higher if all qualified names were aloud into the pool and then and only then can market dynamics fairly price these names. The way it is now random subjective cherry picking decides.Not good for fair pricing. Auctions are not fair pricing mechanisms. Especially when you limit supply.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:15:38 +0000

Jeff, that’s silly. Moniker wants to sell as many names at as high a price as possible. They would have much rather sold 100 names at $100k each. But they have a good idea of what will sell and at what price. Hence, if they ask you to lower your reserve that’s because they don’t think they can sell it at what you proposed.

By: Jeff Schneider

Jeff Schneider — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:00:23 +0000

There has been little discussion of why the end sale values are dropping precipitously. Some say economy, we say NOT.Being the former marketing analyst for the Rockefeller foundation I know a thing or two about Market dynamics. The valuations of domain names have a direct correlation to a concerted effort to beat down Reserve prices ( Auction Reserve Sqweeze Play ). MANY fine names never saw their way to auction because their reserve prices were deemed to high by the powers that be. Domainers wonder why valuations that are being manipulated in this fashion are coming down? ENOUGH !!

By: jeff schneider

jeff schneider — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:25:24 +0000

My only comment on #1 is ” Domainers get Auction Reserve Sqweeze ” This is not the time to go to auction for domain owners. There is not an end user in sight at these auctions.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:53:03 +0000

The signal is sends is that no one has any money