I liked GoDaddy's auction, but I also have some suggestions for improving it. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) ran auctions of some of its NameFind inventory on GoDaddy Auctions for the past couple of weeks. I think it was wise for GoDaddy to run this ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Recent SEO Domain Sales Explained
· Expired DomainsWant to know why these domains sold for so much? To help fill in some of the gaps you may find yourself facing when looking at the "domains that sold at auction" recently, where you see some absolutely garbage-looking domain names selling for an ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Three auctions on tap for NamesCon next week
· Domain SalesNamesCon.online will have an auction for everyone next week. Next week's NamesCon.online event will feature three auctions, and pre-bidding is now open for the big RightOfTheDot Auction. On Wednesday, September 22, get ready for the RapidFire ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Favoring expired domains over other domain auctions
· Expired DomainsMany domain investors will pay more for expired domains than ones owned by other investors. Over the past few days, there's been a lot of conversation on Twitter about expired domain auctions. I believe it started with Josh Reason asking GoDaddy ... Continue Reading15 Comments
GoldenState.com, Rightwing.com among top auction sales
· Domain SalesSnapNames lands some whales. Web.com's domain name auction platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 97 domains at $2,000 or more last month, totaling $566,000. SnapNames led the way with the sale of 9j.com for $60,400. But here are the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.NYC and GreatDomains auctions end this week
· Domain SalesAuctions 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 ... Continue Reading5 Comments
3 Letter .Com hits new auction site at $10 with no reserve
· Domain SalesGreg Ricks is betting a valuable domain on getting attention for his own auctions. Domain name investor Greg Ricks has added auctions to his Perfect Name site, and he's putting up a 3 letter .com domain name at no reserve to draw attention to ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Monte Cahn – DNW Podcast #59
· PodcastsMoniker founder discusses domain name investing. Monte Cahn founded domain name registrar Moniker and later sold it, and now is a partner with domain name consultancy Right of the Dot. On today's program, Monte talks about how the domain name business ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Club to auction two letter domain names
· Domain SalesRegistry wants to tap into Chinese buyers with auction on EachNic.com. .Club is auctioning a number of two letter .club domain names, along with the single letter C.club, at auctions beginning later this month. Most of the two letter combinations, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sedo has some worthwhile Marketplace auctions right now
· Domain SalesBuyers are bidding up four character domain names at Sedo. It's not every day that Sedo Marketplace auctions have intense bidding wars, but this week seems to be an exception. You might want to take a look. Much of the excitement is a rush on four ... Continue Reading1 Comment