Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow

Domain name auction that ends tomorrow has lots of activity.

MonikerThe Moniker Spring Auction on SnapNames doesn’t end until tomorrow, but bidding is already very active.

The auction features 199 domain names and 33 of them already have bids. 22 have met their reserve price.

The leader so far is StumpRemoval.com, which has an $11,770 bid and has met its reserve. I’ve paid for tree stump removal so I know it’s not a cheap service. That said, an individual tree company is unlikely to pay this much for the domain – it will likely be used for a lead generation service.

YogaClasses.com has a $10,250 bid but has not hit its reserve, which is under $25,000.

Many of the domains that have met their reserves are three letter .net domains, including xre.net, jnu.net, and jxb.net.



SnapNames no reserve auction ends Thursday

Three auctions are running on SnapNames.

SnapNamesSnapNames has three auctions running this month, and the first one ends Thursday.

SnapNames’ “April Deals” auction ends Thursday, April 18.

The auction includes just 44 domains and all have no reserve (but a $199 minimum bid).

So far three domains have bids, including WorkToDo.com, CashCrash.com, and KindGift.com.

Most of the domains are brandable, such as BuzzIncome.com, BeyondCeleb.com, and ScienceGo.com.

Next, the Doster partner auction includes 80 domain names and most of them have no reserve. The auction ends April 25.

Two domains in the Dotster auction have bids and Classifier.com has been bid up to $1,000. The auction is fairly heavy with .net domains and there are a handful of four letter .com’s available.

Finally, the Moniker Premium Spring Auction has started and runs until May 9. Top domains include Feature.com, Visitor.com, Rin.com, and Sandwich.com.



Bali.com, JF.com, and Message.com added to Webfest live auction

Big names added to live Moniker domain name auction.

The list of domains for next month’s live auction during Webfest is growing.

Bali.com has been added with a reserve range of $750,000 to $1,000,000.

The site is owned by a Bali travel company. According to it’s about page, it has been operating as Bali.com since 2000.

There are two 2 letter .com domains in the auction: xu.com and jf.com. The former has a reserve of $100,000-$250,000 and the latter has a reserve of $250,000 to $500,000.

Message.com is listed for $250,000 to $500,000 as well. The same seller is also auctioning Judgment.com.

Shane Cultra is auctioning off Successor.com, a domain he recently purchased.

Tucows’ YummyNames has several domains in the auction: Jambalaya, Bez.com, and WebAdvertising.com.

Pre-bidding is open with 8 domains receiving bids so far.



CA Technologies sells Platinum.com domain name for $250,000

Domain name appears to have been sold to pet food company.

It looks like CA (aka Computer Associates) has sold one of its prime domain names, Platinum.com.

Moniker has confirmed that it brokered the transaction and the sales price was $250,000.

The domain name was featured in Moniker’s DOMAINfest and Spring Auctions with a reserve range of $500,000 to $1,000,000.

The whois record for the domain name just changed to show that the domain now belongs to the German company that produces Platinum natural pet food products. The company currently uses the domain name Platinum-Natural.com. This is a nice upgrade!

I haven’t seen any notice of the sale nor a sales price. It’s not material enough for CA to have to disclose it in any upcoming reports. Moniker confirmed a $250,000 sales price.

CA has listed numerous other domain names with Moniker in recent auctions, including Security.com, 1800business.com, and Cheyenne.com. Most of these domains came with acquisitions. Platinum.com came with the acquisition of Platinum Technology in 1999.

Other CA domains Moniker has sold include:

Answer.com
PHD.com
Empire.com
Qx.com
Interlink.com
Altai.com



Moniker accepting auction submissions for DOMAINfest 2013

Moniker and SnapNames will run an auction in conjunction with DOMAINfest next year.

It looks like Moniker and SnapNames will hold an auction in conjunction with Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest Global 2013 conference next year.

SnapNames.com has a submission form for the auction. It’s currently listed as an online auction.

Both Moniker and SnapNames were owned by Oversee.net until their sale earlier this year to KeyDrive. They provided the auction platform at DOMAINfest conferences for many years, so there was a question if they’d continue to run auctions at the show.

Oversee.net confirmed that DOMAINfest Global will be happening in 2013, but it hasn’t updated its web site with any details.

Auction submissions are limited to 50 per person and are due by December 14.


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