Moniker Auction: Live Chat and My Thoughts
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Join me online during today’s Moniker auction.
Coming off the heels of yesterday’s successful Rick Latona Auctions event at TRAFFIC in New York, Moniker gets the bill this afternoon starting at 4pm Eastern.
You can join Adam Strong and me in a live chat during the auction. We’ll get started around 3:50 ET. To join, go to tinychat.com/domains, pick a nickname, and enter password domains123. Or just go here.
Here are some of my thoughts on the auction:
.biz – All one and two character .biz domains have no reserve. They will all sell.
SwineFlu.net – $5k-$10k – I think SwineFlu.com sold for about this much, so the .net doesn’t make much sense to me.
eScripts.com – $5k-$10k – Used to be owned by Allscripts before they let it drop. In fact, I think I may have sold it to them, but it may have been another similar domain I’m thinking of.
NewYorkers.com – No reserve, no brainer
HonorRole.com NR – Given that this is a misspelling of HonorRoll.com, I’ve got to think the visitors to this domain aren’t on the honor roll.
NoseJobs.com – $25k-$50k – I helped a previous owner of this domain sell it several years ago. I don’t think it’s worth this much.
TrademarkLawyers.com – $5k-$10k – put up a simple directory site here and get trademark lawyers to advertise…earn your money back quickly.
Zimbabwe.com – $100k-$250k – I’ve given commentary on this one before. Now that Sudan sold for $120k, we have another decent comp on this one. Zimbabwe.com itself sold for $130k at Sedo in 2007. The likely buyer is someone who wants to shed light on the peril in Zimbabwe.
TermLifeRates.com – $2500-$5000 – it’s not “quotes”, but I still like this one
Raspberry.com $25k-$50k – good, brandable name.
Introduction.com $100k-$250k – another domain that has been listed before. Based on permutations of “Introduce”, I think this is priced high.
WoolSuits.com -$1k-$2500 – a great deal
If you have any domains in the auction (or not), feel free to add your commentary.
Related posts:
Whats your thoughts on
1)istream.com
2)ifeed.com
3)i.biz (is the .biz extension brandable?)
Moniker Auction: Live Chat and My Thoughts – http://tinyurl.com/ylqkfhw
Can moniker auction be watched online as Rick Latona auctions yesterday?
Yes but you need to download the the Snapnames software to see it.
You can download the SnapNames LIVE bidding software http://domainauctions.moniker.com/2009/T.R.A.F.F.I.C.-NY-Auctions to watch the auction online and place your bids in real-time.
very good analysis on the names you picked out
i agree.
i really like ‘raspberry.com’ , i remeber a dnf member and internetual member caught at namejet or snap and got cheap. love the name
I like Raspberry.com . I remember covering it when it was a PD back in April this year.
@ ryan – they’re all good. I think iFeed.com was on a sedo auction recently, but I guess it didn’t sell.
i.biz…decent domain, but only if you develop it. Even then, it’s tough.
I think the best, or better, deals will be found in the extended auction. Since I may be bidding, I will only say that there are a couple of VERY GOOD no reserve names in the Finance category in the extended auction.
Raspberry.com, won’t get big money, Ill bet against the above comments simply because when a group of drop bidders who over pay daily didnt like it, no one in that audience should either, unless they are dumber. I say $25k+ but $50k, no way.
Josh – raspberry sold for $27.5k
They listed one of ours, FreeInkCartridges.com
Moniker has proved that they don’t know how to manage a successful live domain auctions.
Doesn’t look like there were any “phone bidders” this time.
Andrew Allemann
October 28th, 2009 | 5:30 pm
Josh – raspberry sold for $27.5k
Really, I missed the auction I guess, wasnt far off either lol .. I mean I knew what I was saying
Andrew, it was good seeing you behind your desk on the webcam chat.
What’s up ??