Expired Domain Report: Over 200 results from past week

China dominated expired domain auctions last week, but this week the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60%). Since J-C.com ($4.2k) was purchased by someone in St. Louis, Missouri, that means the top Chinese sale – a 6-digit numerical domain – ranks only #7. Normally China wins at least 1 medal: gold, silver, or bronze. Unless this trend persists, I wouldn’t read too much into it. Last time, the top sales for both China and the West were 6 times higher; so the fluctuation week to week is considerable.

MyPerspective.com ($2.5k) would make a great name for a blog – modest, straightforward, and unassuming. iChem.com ($4.5k) looks like a potential upgrade for iChemLabs.com, which makes scientific software. While I found numerous distributors selling i-Chem bottles online, I didn’t see any website for the supplier’s brand itself. Domains tied to money tend to command higher prices. Hence we’ve got MyTaxReturn.com ($3.9k) and RefinanceMortgages.com ($3.6k).

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
KidsClinic.com	5600	NJ	iChem.com	4488	NJ
J-C.com	4199	SN	StoneHouse.com	3988	NJ
MyTaxReturn.com	3852	NJ	RefinanceMortgages.com	3600	NJ
221666.com	3520	NJ	MyPerspective.com	2500	NJ
NCLC.com	2412	NJ	568999.com	2401	NJ
KangYing.com	2400	NJ	CPPM.com	2119	NJ
PCTS.com	2021	NJ	Ronna.com	1845	NJ

KangYing.com ($2.4k) seems to be a personal name; but it may be better explained by ChinaKangYing.com, an English-language website for a company that manufactures electric bicycles, scooters, and ATVs. Another Pinyin domain, ZhaoBing.com ($1.7k) seems to mean military recruits (zhāo bīng / 招兵).

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
Comment.net	1724	NJ	ZhaoBing.com	1700	NJ
WeddingMemories.com	1622	NJ	JobSeekersAdvice.com	1600	NJ
CBLS.com	1600	NJ	Productize.com	1529	SN
GCPH.com	1519	NJ	HQSQ.com	1519	NJ
LoomPanics.com	1500	NJ	NCHS.com	1420	NJ
GreatDesigns.com	1410	NJ	PKQR.com	1400	NJ
WGLT.com	1400	NJ	TQTX.com	1319	NJ
Tuotou.com	1319	NJ	StyleDirect.com	1292	NJ
OurLady.com	1250	NJ	LovelyLife.com	1243	NJ
555338.com	1200	SN	72608.com	1100	NJ

Comment.net ($1.7k) is an excellent .NET. Of course, I’m a bit partial to the word, as commenting is something I do regularly. For some wedding photographer out there, WeddingMemories.com ($1.6k) should make a very appealing brand name. StyleDirect.com ($1.3k) is a versatile e-commerce domain, suitable for shipping clothing, handbags, jewelry, even home decor.

For Catholics, OurLady.com ($1.3k) would mean the Virgin Mary. Tuotou.com ($1.3k) isn’t so clear. “Tuo” looks a bit Italian; “Tou” a bit French. Yet there’s a place called TuoTou in Jiangsu, East China. Complicating matters further, it’s also 2 typos rolled into 1: TouTou and TuoTuo. Whereas uncouth American dogs might say “bow wow” or “woof”, their more urbane French counterparts utter “TouTou”. (There seems to be a TouTou brand selling stuffed animals, based on image search results.) As for TuoTuo, it’s the headwater of the Yangtze river. Too many options to tell.

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
Grape.net	1010	NJ	ThaiYoga.com	943	NJ
TheAuthority.com	899	NJ	KreditCards.com	890	NJ
74234.com	890	NJ	QDI.net	878	NJ
ZLOW.com	865	NJ	TheProspect.com	807	NJ
OpenBudgetIndex.org	789	NJ	LineLock.com	788	NJ
PartMax.com	780	NJ	FilmTech.com	775	NJ
AceCam.com	760	NJ	Virgos.com	757	NJ
AlkalineBatteries.com	751	NJ	RMarketing.com	734	NJ
GLAA.com	718	NJ	60845.com	715	NJ
GreatLakesCruises.com	685	NJ	SVEL.com	660	NJ
YourSign.com	645	NJ	HG9508.com	635	NJ

Grape.net ($1.0k) is another fine .NET specimen. For wine aficionados, that single syllable is almost holy. Who is TheAuthority.com ($899), and what is he an authority on? Based on the whois database, it’s too early to tell; but we shall see. Another “the” domain follows close on its heels: TheProspect.com ($807).

Cruises are offered in the USA’s Great Lakes; so GreatLakesCruises.com ($685) has obvious commercial relevance. YourSign.com ($645) must be for horoscopes. Indeed, there’s an astrological sign – Virgos.com – just above it. Considering that domain defines the individual destinies of 1/12 of the human race – past, present, and future – wouldn’t $757 be a bargain?

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
Zonked.com	595	NJ	PrisonerLife.com	569	SN
FurniturePolish.com	561	NJ	DFanning.com	560	NJ
64535.com	552	NJ	56845.com	550	NJ
667712.com	531	NJ	RomeHotel.com	529	SN
OBIK.com	527	NJ	MagicGuy.com	520	NJ
JazzONLN.com	510	NJ	JackDaniel.com	505	NJ
DCHeritage.org	501	NJ	FirstGift.com	495	NJ
JinHuaDai.com	488	NJ	LetsBeFrank.com	470	NJ
PipeCleaners.com	461	NJ	MHTGroup.com	454	SN
ChimCanh.com	454	SN	Cadius.org	432	NJ
Cerphi.net	431	SN	KMAGroup.com	425	SN
MetalSoft.com	420	NJ	SprintExpress.com	410	NJ

Decades ago, Zonked.com ($595) meant high on LSD. These days it just means exhausted. PrisonerLife.com ($569) might end up a reality TV show, a pen-pal program, or a program related to education and rehabilitation. Musically speaking, “soft” isn’t a word I associate with “metal”. But perhaps MetalSoft.com ($420) will scare prisoners straight by playing a non-stop death-metal cover of The Carpenters’ “Close To You”.

Here’s a rare sighting: ChimCanh.com ($454) is Vietnamese for “bird watching”. RomeHotel.com ($529) should generate accommodation leads. For a magician, MagicGuy.com ($520) is a strong simple brand name: “Hire the magic guy!”

JazzONLN.com ($510) exemplifies the sort of old-fashioned workaround naming convention that will die out due to .ONLINE and other nTLDs – as I’ve written in a couple of articles about domain fallback hierarchies. That doesn’t mean .COM itself will die out; but abbreviations such as “ONLN” deserve to die a thousand deaths, in my opinion.

If you’re Frank Schilling, LetsBeFrank.com ($470) might seem like a fun pun. But few of us are multi-millionaire tycoons; so it would actually be in bad taste. For a less affluent Frank, the same usage would be forgiven as cute. Just ein Gedankenexperiment in personal branding, eh. More likely, LetsBeFrank.com will anchor a marketing campaign that invites discussion about something controversial (politics?) or hitherto unmentionable (flatulence?).

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
PiratePartyCyprus.com	409	NJ	QVP.org	399	NJ
Entellect.com	395	NJ	Trashionista.com	384	NJ
VisualExpressions.com	380	NJ	VOIPExpert.com	370	NJ
AthenaWeb.org	360	NJ	CareerMarketing.com	360	NJ
360180.com	355	SN	MaltaNews.com	344	NJ
WaterDream.com	336	NJ	PIFX.com	330	NJ
866336.com	330	SN	HealthEase.com	329	SN
LaSpecula.com	326	SN	TBooks.com	325	SN
CabCab.com	325	NJ	PressBar.com	325	SN
GreenGold-OroVerde.org	325	SN	FastComm.com	320	NJ
CityElite.com	310	NJ	MuseoSantaSevera.org	300	SN
HarmonySpa.com	298	NJ	APWQ.org	291	SN
JohnHampton.com	284	SN	735899.com	280	SN

Trashionista.com ($384) I quite like as a pun on “fashionista”. Achieving inner harmony is why people go to spas; therefore HarmonySpa.com ($298) is a strong name. And for Malta, MaltaNews.com ($344) makes perfect sense. Wonder what a PiratePartyCyprus.com ($409) entails? Abduction? Walking the plank?

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
BabyDo.com	275	NJ	UnicornRestaurant.com	269	SN
EliteUniforms.com	262	NJ	VRSale.com	260	NJ
633567.com	249	SN	KZFU.com	235	NJ
AlesAndMeads.com	230	SN	Nagwa.com	221	NJ
655668.com	220	SN	Hibbet.com	214	SN
MandurahAccommodation.com	212	SN	eTill.com	212	SN
WereLoveMeat.net	211	SN	FortWaynePhilharmonic.com	211	NJ
GSFG.org	211	NJ	XSF.co	210	NJ
Iowava.org	210	NJ	187387.com	209	NJ
1683999.com	208	SN	ABCComputers.com	205	NJ
EntrepreneurSky.com	204	SN	SuperVet.com	200	SN
983167.com	199	NJ	GetEMoney.com	191	NJ

BabyDo.com ($275) would be a good choice to brand a site about babies. Nagwa.com ($221) is a woman’s name in Arabic. The UnicornRestaurant.com ($269) is a popular spot in my old Seattle neighborhood, but the buyer may intend a different city.

The “till” in eTill.com would mean “cash register” to a British audience. Given that interpretation, it was a great buy – almost robbing the till. GetEMoney.com ($191) mines a similar niche. VRSale.com ($260) might interest those domainers who collect “virtual reality” domains. Yes, WereLoveMeat.net ($211) was a porn site. Don’t bother checking.

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
Quercorb.com	191	SN	IDHD.org	191	SN
MozartGroup.com	190	SN	OrcaWebsites.com	189	SN
L2AELBA.com	182	SN	ThinkOfThe.com	180	NJ
PKTB.net	175	SN	Intenuity.com	174	SN
CacaoTrails.com	170	SN	BPTD.net	164	NJ
GTBP.net	164	NJ	Appraisals.info	161	NJ
AtlanticHeritageCenterNJ.org	161	NJ	Conversia.com	161	SN
BornShorts.com	161	SN	PlanB-London.com	160	SN
KZKC.net	160	SN	Koppeling.com	159	NJ
ZBSM.net	156	SN	MediasLibres.com	155	SN
SZJF.net	155	SN	PartyCateraars.com [sic]	151	SN

Localization consultants are paid for a reason. However excellent this French craft beer may be, Quercorb.com ($191) is probably doomed in the USA, thanks to its name. Most of my countrymen will pronounce it “queer korb” or “quirk orb”. Currently their website is BrasserieDuQuercorb.com; so this may be an upgrade. Another French domain, MediasLibres.com matches a .ORG site (“free media”) that aggregates articles with an “alternative” perspective.

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
YYZD.net	150	SN	CWKW.net	150	SN
MXDW.net	150	SN	MHMB.net	150	SN
SeaMeWe4.com	150	NJ	MadisonMarketing.com	145	NJ
GDKN.net	144	SN	QKZG.net	144	SN
Degeco.com	141	SN	MNR.co	141	NJ
MiamiohPsychology.com	140	SN	CMQD.net	135	SN
GRKX.net	135	SN	FXBD.net	135	SN
WFTP.net	134	SN	FJLJ.net	134	SN
33578.net	134	SN	BathsPampa.com	131	SN
BDWL.net	130	SN	ZSJT.net	124	SN
Go2USA.com	122	SN	DemelzaHouse.org	121	SN
211929.com	119	NJ	Copywriting.info	118	NJ

Looking at TLDs other than .COM, what’s the first thing you notice? Two dozen LLLL.net domains selling between $104 and $175. That’s China for you. And I would stress that this wasn’t happening until very recently. Naturally, there are .NET and .ORG domains of other kinds selling above that range; but they’ve always been in the charts. This market demand for LLLL.net is a new phenomenon – spilling over from LLLL.com, which has been driven up into the $527 – $2.4k range, as you can see.

Apart from those, you’ll notice a couple of quality .INFOs – Copywriting.info ($118) and Appraisals.info ($161). SnapNames also sold a pair of .CLUBs: FiveStar.club ($110) and CareGivers.club ($110). Being a care giver can be a hard lonely experience; and .CLUB gives the job a much needed element of social support.

Domain	End $	At	Domain	End $	At
GalleryBarNYC.com	114	NJ	WCSK.net	114	SN
GSSW.net	114	SN	565893.com	114	SN
YouTubeOnline.com	114	SN	251255.com	112	SN
UrageISPO.com	111	SN	ChaDemoCharge.com	111	SN
Akikan.com	110	SN	FiveStar.Club	110	SN
CareGiver.Club	110	SN	FindAJobOnline.com	110	NJ
189552.com	109	NJ	200876.com	109	SN
GCTZ.net	104	SN	DZZQ.net	104	SN
33596.net	104	SN	StrataCorp.com	102	NJ
ColorFlash.com	100	NJ	ForLiberty.com	100	NJ
EliteBuilder.com	100	SN	002002.com	69	SN

Unless the buyer’s name is Jack Daniel, JackDaniel.com ($505) is flirting with a future UDRP, it seems to me. The whiskey brand is not unknown. Difficult to imagine how YouTubeOnline.com ($114) could be defended from allegations of cybersquatting …

002002.com first sold at SnapNames for $720, but it was apparently re-auctioned the next day for $69. Possibly the original winning bidder didn’t pay. In these weekly articles, I endeavor to exclude seller-run auctions and only report results that are part of the normal expiration cycle. For NameJet, I act as a first-hand observer; but this isn’t true of SnapNames. If you notice any non-expired domain auctions, please let me know.