In the week prior to Thanksgiving, 44 expired domain auctions surpassed $1000 at NameJet and SnapNames. 15 of those fell within the $2000-3000 range. Another 14 spread $3000-$8000. The top auction, as you can see, finished at $16.2k. Possibly, I missed a few.
NIWA.com could mean the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (for New Zealand). It could even be the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance. But my hunch is that it will end up abbreviating GetNIWA.com, a “smartphone-controlled” gardening system that raised $151k on KickStarter.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIWA.com | 16,200 | NJ | XL.biz | 7555 | SN |
| SmartVR.com | 7000 | NJ | Flowing.com | 5200 | NJ |
| 888867.com | 4700 | NJ | SSC3.com | 4620 | SN |
| StoneGroup.com | 4577 | NJ | DataCorp.com | 4122 | NJ |
| Colorado Springs.org |
4050 | NJ | Acteva.com | 3850 | NJ |
| Cassiopeia.com | 3778 | NJ | XGZX.com | 3509 | NJ |
| PMSL.com | 3309 | NJ | CareerPark.com | 3200 | NJ |
| Viney.com | 3069 | NJ | LaiLou.com | 2920 | SN |
Clothing tags in the USA often sport “XL” as an abbreviation for “extra large”. Based on that, you might suppose that XL.biz ($7.6k) would brand an English-language website. Not so. The buyer is, in fact, Chinese. Below you’ll also find a pair of LLL.biz domains that sold for $154 / $315. Speculators have wondered which TLDs might absorb spillover demand from China. Some of them are betting on .BIZ.
Many domainers collect domains related to “future trends”, including virtual reality. SmartVR.com ($7.0k), seems to belong to that category. But Acteva.com ($3.9k) is a blast from the past – a notorious event-registration company, which incurred around $5 million in customer debt back in 2013. Even now, the top search results for “Acteva” focus on that scandal – including ActevaSucks.com at #2. Consequently, the domain may not be viable as a brand for years to come.
Cassiopeia.com ($3.8k) is a constellation. And ColoradoSprings.org ($4.1k) is the 2nd-largest city in Colorado, with over 400,000 inhabitants. While Viney.com ($3.1k) might be related to the popularity of Vine.co, it’s also a surname that has given rise to TheVineyAgency.com and a VineyCorp.com. Both DataCorp.com ($4.1k) and StoneGroup.com ($4.6k) can function as upgrades for multiple websites; I count 5 “Stone Group”s on page 1 of SERPs!
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS.net | 2822 | NJ | FBWZ.com | 2770 | NJ |
| Outsourcing.org | 2605 | NJ | WildPlanet.com | 2600 | NJ |
| 29428.com | 2500 | NJ | TYDZ.com | 2451 | NJ |
| RLG.net | 2322 | NJ | Chalv.com | 2319 | NJ |
| DSFY.com | 2111 | NJ | MedicalEDU.com | 2106 | NJ |
| Napping.com | 2085 | NJ | GeoSphere.com | 2026 | NJ |
| Migraine.org | 2018 | NJ | YAYA.net | 2001 | NJ |
| GamesGeni.com | 2000 | NJ | 58709.com | 1655 | NJ |
| Shellys.com | 1635 | NJ | LaserShop.com | 1605 | NJ |
| Money Magnet.com |
1555 | NJ | FTF.org | 1550 | NJ |
| 60227.com | 1520 | NJ | MassTorts.com | 1498 | NJ |
Along with the GEO domain above, .ORG scored 3 more 4-figure sales – dictionary words such as Outsourcing.org ($2.6k) and Migraine.org ($2.1k) as well as an LLL. As for .NET, it had 4 LLLs plus an LLLL between $1.4k and $2.8k. Every other expired 4-letter .NET that I saw fell in a much lower price range. 3 dozen of them populate these charts between $160 and $353, with only the 1 more expensive item. Beneath my $150 cutoff, there were others.
WildPlanet.com can shorten the name of the company behind your canned tuna. It’s also the name of the 2nd album by the B-52s:
Much as young children and cats enjoy Napping.com ($2.1k), I wouldn’t have thought that subject a MoneyMagnet.com ($1.6k). But we shall see.
| MSAS.com | 1433 | NJ | DDE.net | 1408 | NJ |
| WalkTogether.com | 1120 | NJ | SMSMessage.com | 1050 | SN |
| SouthWater.com | 1009 | NJ | Emaxx.com | 1009 | NJ |
| HotComics.com | 950 | NJ | FuZhuang.net | 899 | NJ |
| PowerSaving.com | 857 | NJ | Dissertation Help.com |
840 | NJ |
| Furniture Doctor.com |
810 | NJ | TMSGroup.com | 810 | NJ |
| CandyCottage.com | 810 | NJ | ADVC.com | 807 | NJ |
| Seting.com | 785 | SN | CodeToad.com | 725 | SN |
| CleanWork.com | 720 | NJ | HighLine.net | 709 | NJ |
| Torano.com | 701 | NJ | Freddi.com | 691 | NJ |
| CVRA.com | 670 | NJ | SureDeal.com | 655 | NJ |
| 661899.com | 650 | NJ | Croppers.com | 625 | NJ |
| 551899.com | 620 | NJ | 777368.com | 615 | NJ |
| AcamNet.org | 610 | NJ | 8888236.com | 605 | SN |
| Caricom- Fisheries.com |
600 | NJ | Value Engineering.com |
595 | NJ |
Torano.com ($701) may be related to the cigar brand, Toraño, which was bought out last year. If you’re wondering about the value of Pinyin .NETs, FuZhuang.net ($899) provides a reference point: fú zhuāng (服装) is Chinese for “clothing”. SMSMessage.com ($1.1k) is redundant in the same way as “ATM Machine”, but it reflects people’s real habits.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHLV.com | 590 | NJ | AntiBank.com | 589 | NJ |
| MindGuru.com | 575 | SN | VIP Management.com |
570 | NJ |
| VarTec.com | 568 | NJ | Eviction Services.com |
564 | NJ |
| TheBridgePAI.com | 546 | SN | YouMo.tv | 544 | SN |
| Phenix Group.com [sic] |
531 | NJ | MakeItClean.com | 518 | NJ |
| JonPaul.com | 515 | NJ | JUTM.com | 510 | NJ |
| ValuePaint.com | 501 | NJ | GoogleE Express.com [sic] |
500 | SN |
| XiaoGuniang.com | 500 | SN | SNSEurope.com | 491 | NJ |
| AnimeCritic.com | 490 | NJ | ViennaCafe.com | 460 | NJ |
| FinanceProject Info.org |
460 | NJ | Isikkim.com | 450 | SN |
| MommyLand.com | 419 | NJ | FireArms Tactical.com |
413 | NJ |
| Perfectio.com | 412 | NJ | xTech- Conference.org |
410 | NJ |
| GY99.com | 401 | NJ | TamilWeb.com | 400 | NJ |
| 133558.com | 400 | NJ | OptimaLife.com | 398 | NJ |
EvictionServices.com ($564) is a good fit for the keyword “services”. Kicking tenants out of their home is 1 thing many landlords would prefer not to do directly, even when it must be done. Some enthusiast of Japanese cartoons may set himself up as an AnimeCritic.com ($490) and proceed to make a legion of enemies – to the point that he dare not show his face at Comic-Con.
You may recognize JohnPaul.com ($515) as a former pope. If you don’t recognize “Tamil” in TamilWeb.com, then it’s time to notice the 100 million people who speak it. In comparison, Italian is obscure.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WindSurfing Mag.com |
396 | NJ | 996606.com | 390 | NJ |
| SHDGY.com | 385 | SN | 581599.com | 380 | SN |
| Digital Lounge.com |
380 | NJ | ZIFX.com | 379 | NJ |
| California Readers.org |
375 | SN | Virtual-FX.net | 375 | SN |
| CJGI.com | 370 | NJ | SXUL.com | 370 | NJ |
| 361122.com | 365 | NJ | SEO Analyzer.com |
363 | NJ |
| OPUY.com | 360 | NJ | VBWR.com | 360 | NJ |
| 444558.com | 360 | NJ | 398128.com | 360 | NJ |
| MySEOBlog.net | 360 | NJ | ICA2010 Sydney.org |
360 | NJ |
| TMGJ.net | 353 | SN | XJXH.net | 350 | SN |
| NYJS.net | 350 | SN | LTHM.net | 350 | SN |
| RedTelecom.com | 343 | NJ | Domain Cube.com |
335 | SN |
| 969893.com | 330 | NJ | SSNC.net | 326 | NJ |
| CZFT.net | 326 | SN | Ciniq.com | 326 | SN |
RedTelecom.com ($343) may not be a color. “Red” is Spanish for “network”. ZIFX.com ($379) and Virtual-FX.net ($375) both contain “FX”, which is a shorthand for “Forex” – itself an abbreviation for the foreign exchange market. But who can tell? A 4-letter .NET in these charts also contains “FX”; yet its price is right in line with current LLLL.net trading, regardless of any meaning.
Ciniq.com ($326) looks like a creative misspelling of “cynic”. Google, however, interprets “ciniq” as a typo for a “creative pen display” called Cintiq. ICA2010Sydney.org ($360) refers to the International Congress of Acoustics, which convened in Australia 5 years ago. Unquestionably, such outdated domains hold little value apart from their back links.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125518.com | 325 | SN | XZKO.com | 320 | NJ |
| Washington Guard.org |
320 | NJ | Fuckish.com | 315 | NJ |
| KLN.biz | 315 | SN | 331211.com | 315 | NJ |
| RunsFM.com | 315 | NJ | NatureDog.com | 315 | NJ |
| Geek SuperHero.com |
310 | NJ | HNJS.net | 310 | NJ |
| KTA-EV.com | 309 | NJ | 3757.org | 309 | SN |
| GEvent.com | 304 | SN | HDFBank.com | 302 | SN |
| TLYD.net | 300 | SN | Wemsi.org | 300 | SN |
| 785199.com | 300 | NJ | DJAndAssoc.com | 300 | NJ |
| PWRW.net | 295 | SN | GirlyBlogger.com | 290 | NJ |
| 885G.com | 285 | SN | 538166.com | 284 | SN |
| TSEllis.com | 280 | SN | TTXD.net | 280 | SN |
| Masterskaya.com | 276 | SN | Memphis Airport.org |
276 | NJ |
Masterskaya.com ($276) looks to be transliterated Russian for “workshop” (based on “мастерская”). TSEllis.com ($280) may refer to a U.S. district-court judge by that name. Any Fido on a leash must yearn to break loose and range wild and free as a NatureDog.com ($315).
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYZD.net | 271 | NJ | 5566588.com | 270 | SN |
| Chama Digital.com |
261 | NJ | 328766.com | 259 | SN |
| Seine-Nord- Europe.com |
250 | NJ | AudioPile.com [sic] |
241 | SN |
| GZCQT.com | 240 | SN | GZSQC.com | 240 | SN |
| HYDY.net | 240 | NJ | 683589.com | 240 | NJ |
| 635711.com | 230 | NJ | FTZX.net | 225 | NJ |
| Occupy Writers.com |
225 | NJ | Davao RealEstate.com |
224 | SN |
| Authentication World.com |
222 | SN | NPGN.net | 220 | NJ |
| RJPX.net | 220 | NJ | YLZL.net | 220 | NJ |
| LFPM.net | 220 | NJ | SSMT.net | 220 | NJ |
| DenverMetro CPRC.org |
215 | NJ | WFWC.net | 215 | NJ |
DavaoRealEstate.com ($224) covers nearly 1.5 million Filipinos in the city of Davao. For context, that’s about 4 times the size of Colorado Springs (see above) and 3 times the size of Denver, whose DenverMetroCPRC.org ($215) stands for “Community Parent Resource Center”. AudioPile.com ($241) matches a .NET website that sells audio cables, speakers, and microphone stands. That is, of course, a pun on “audiophile” – i.e. someone obsessed with sound quality.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010Imperative.org | 214 | SN | FJHQ.net | 211 | SN |
| PJFS.net | 211 | SN | MTNDS.com | 211 | NJ |
| WQKR.net | 210 | NJ | TNBN.net | 210 | NJ |
| XPJL.net | 210 | NJ | TYFH.net | 210 | NJ |
| TTBS.net | 210 | NJ | FRGC.net | 210 | NJ |
| PMCenters.org | 210 | SN | 5566006.com | 210 | SN |
| European Midwives.org |
209 | SN | JZCQ.net | 209 | NJ |
| 138536.com | 204 | SN | Mirknig.mobi | 201 | SN |
| SriLankan Insects.net |
200 | SN | UCP-Utica.org | 198 | NJ |
| DEMS.info | 195 | NJ | URCar.com | 194 | SN |
| ElphinStone.com | 194 | SN | LMMML.com | 190 | SN |
Noticing the 7-digit numerical domains? You’ll find them at $210, $270, and $605. Of course, 6-digit numerics go all the way up to $4.7k – an item with 4 consecutive lucky “8”s. Again and again, repeating patterns are the pattern. That’s true whether it be 7 numerals (5566006.com) or 5 letters (LMMML.com).
Mirknig.mobi ($201) may be related to the Russian bookstore at Mirknig.com, but what “mirknig” means I haven’t a clue. If they could speak, SriLankanInsects.net ($200) would speak either Tamil (see above) or Sinhalese.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Maritime.com |
190 | NJ | Cunran.com | 189 | SN |
| CatWing.com | 187 | NJ | TwitchSpeed.com | 187 | NJ |
| TLRH.net | 186 | NJ | BigKidsToys.com | 183 | NJ |
| OdinMedia.com | 181 | NJ | WDFH.net | 181 | SN |
| Untitled Books.com |
180 | SN | Frugal- Fashionistas.com |
180 | NJ |
| WMTK.net | 179 | NJ | CLSH.net | 175 | NJ |
| My-Market.com | 174 | SN | English Snooker.com |
171 | NJ |
| 7678777.com | 170 | SN | TheKlaxon.com | 169 | SN |
| 138131.com | 161 | SN | PXSQ.net | 160 | SN |
| LXZ.co | 160 | NJ | FXKH.net | 160 | NJ |
| FZDJW.com | 159 | SN | IndiaCentral.com | 158 | NJ |
| LQM.biz | 154 | SN | Maven Marketing.com |
154 | SN |
| 1236678.com | 150 | NJ |
George Bernard Shaw famously described England and the United States as “2 countries divided by a common language”. And here we have 2 examples: EnglishSnooker.com ($171) – a.k.a. “pool” – and TheKlaxon.com ($169) – which is the kind of “horn” that honks … and honks … honks HONKS honks. Alright, enough already!
Leave a Comment