Comments on: DomainConvergence to Host Auction — With a Twist http://domainnamewire.com/2008/09/30/domainconvergence-to-host-auction-with-a-twist/ News and Views for the Domain Name Industry Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve M http://domainnamewire.com/2008/09/30/domainconvergence-to-host-auction-with-a-twist/comment-page-1/#comment-254030 Steve M Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:23:16 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=2546#comment-254030 I like this "pay a listing fee" approach as well; and wish Frank and his team great success. That said, unless they want to get "stuck" with low value, low desirability names, were it me, I'd cap the listing fee (charged only for those domains actually accepted into the auction) at $250-500 or so. I'd also apply any such listing fee/s to the 15% commission on all successful sales. With a brand new, unproven conference like this, "based" in Canada (as opposed to the US), lacking auction history, and so soon after industry leader Traffic, it's unlikely owners of 50K+ value names will pay $500+ per domain to have them included. I like this “pay a listing fee” approach as well; and wish Frank and his team great success.

That said, unless they want to get “stuck” with low value, low desirability names, were it me, I’d cap the listing fee (charged only for those domains actually accepted into the auction) at $250-500 or so.

I’d also apply any such listing fee/s to the 15% commission on all successful sales.

With a brand new, unproven conference like this, “based” in Canada (as opposed to the US), lacking auction history, and so soon after industry leader Traffic, it’s unlikely owners of 50K+ value names will pay $500+ per domain to have them included.

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