Auctions on SnapNames and Sedo conclude later this week.
Two online domain name auctions end this week.
On Thursday, .NYC’s tech-themed auction ends on SnapNames. None of the 26 domains in the auction have bids yet, but I expect lots of activity to take place this week. The last time .NYC held an auction on SnapNames there were no bids over $600 the morning of auction day but two domain names ended up selling for over $30,000. The auction includes Apps.nyc, Dev.nyc and VC.nyc.
Then on early Friday morning U.S. time Sedo’s GreatDomains auction concludes. Two names have met their reserves already with YMB.com leading the way at $20,500. There are 105 domains in the auction.
For the .nyc auction, I notice they’ve dropped the reserve range to $201-$500. I believe the last round the min was $500 across the board.
I believe they are still all $500. $201-$500 is the preset reserve range at SnapNames that $500 falls into.
Does the buyer of a .nyc domain still have to reside in New York prior to registration?
Yes. Live there or have a business there.
Not that I am aware of. Not sure the latest thinking, but earlier on this sort of thing was not allowed.