Moniker's silent auction concluded yesterday with $900,000 in sales. You can raise the tally on Moniker's TRAFFIC auction to about $4 million, thanks to another $900,000 in sales in the silent auction. Nearly 200 domains sold in the silent ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Moniker Should Use Marketplace Pro Instead of SnapNames
· Domain SalesSilent auctions make more sense on Moniker's legacy platform. In late 2006 Moniker launched "Marketplace Pro", the domain registrar's answer to domain aftermarket sites. It used Marketplace Pro for its silent auctions as well. The platform wasn't ... Continue Reading8 Comments
DomainConvergence to Host Auction — With a Twist
· Domain SalesConference will include auction managed by Fusu. DomainConvergence, a new domain conference coming to Canada October 6-8, will include a live and online domain name auction managed by Fusu. So what's the twist? People selling domains in the auction ... Continue Reading1 Comment
How Monte Cahn & Crew Pulled It Off
· Domain Sales$3 million auction was well executed. If anyone was scared about how yesterday's live domain auction at TRAFFIC would go, their fears dissipated about 30 minutes into the auction. Domains were selling and bidding was intense. Sure, the final tally ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Stars May Align for Moniker Domain Name Auction at 3PM Today
· Domain SalesOutlook getting rosier by the minute for Moniker Auction. [Update: FinancialAid.com sells for $800,000.] Earlier today I wrote about how financial uncertainty is peaking and this has weighed down on the live domain name auctions this week. I also said ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Backdrop for this Week’s Domain Auctions is Shaky
· Domain SalesThis week's onslaught of domain auctions couldn't have come at a more unstable time. Call it the week of domain name auctions: two from Moniker, plus auctions from Rick Latona Auctions, Aftermarket.com, and Sedo. Also call it the week of economic ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Rick Latona Domain Name Auction Nets $750,000
· Domain SalesUnofficial results show nearly $750,000 in sales at domain auction. [Update 9-24-08: According to a comment on Domain Name News, some of the results on the Proxibid system were inaccurate. The following names didn't sell: ResearchLab(s).com, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Aftermarket.com Auction Hits NYC Today
· Domain SalesAftermarket.com auction premieres this afternoon in New York. The Aftermarket.com domain name auction will kick off at 5 PM Eastern today at the TRAFFIC conference. Online bidding is available at Aftermarket.com and you must register your account in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Rick Latona Domain Name Auction Off to Screaming Start
· Domain SalesRick Latona's highly anticipated auction takes place in New York today. Update: Here are the results. Rick Latona Auctions, LLC's first live auction will take place at the TRAFFIC conference in Brooklyn today. The auction goes live at 1:30 PM EDT ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Moniker Auction Nets $100k; Shows Market Weakness
· Domain SalesAuction tally respectable, but definite signs of market weakness. The first of four auctions at the TRAFFIC conference in New York has concluded. Moniker sold about $100,000 worth of domains, with the bulk of them in the $xxx to low $x,xxx range. The ... Continue Reading19 Comments