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Extended NamesCon domain name auction ends Wednesday

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Most domains haven’t hit reserve yet.

The extended online auction for this year’s NamesCon auction ends on Wednesday. There’s a lot of bidding activity already but most of it is below reserve prices.

CPU.com is the highest at $606,000. There are four bidders at $600k or more, which is somewhat surprising given that the reserve range is between $600,001 and $700,000. Either some people know the reserve and are underbidding or there are several people interested in taking this domain home.

The highest bid on a domain that has met its reserve is LondonFashion.com at $1,333. Other domains that will sell (all under $500 so far) include Tazed.com (be careful how you use that), Plunged.com, JarCandle.com, Akxs.com, BioMedEngineer.com, BioMedEngineering.com, Boater.club, Decriminalized.com, SmartSki.com, YourDate.com, Race.info, and Sciv.com.

NamesCon live domain auction results and extended auction info

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Auction grosses over $1.5 million; extended auction ends February 8.

Right of the Dot held a live domain name auction at NamesCon last night in conjunction with NameJet.

Compared to previous auctions, it seemed like the live auction hall stayed pack much longer than in previous years.

The auction grossed over $1.5 million in sales. The top sales were:

great.com $900,000
payperclick.com $100,000
runner.com $69,000
fakenews.com $65,000
tees.com $50,000
boj.com $35,000
bjn.com $29,000
r5.net $7,500
tax.help $6,000
porn.club $5,000
polo.club $4,000

The sell-through rate was about 56%.

Domain names that did not meet their reserves, as well as domains that were not selected for the auction, are available in the extended auction on NameJet. The extended auction ends on February 8.

Balloon.com and Quick.com highlight Heritage Auctions’ April domain name auction

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Heritage Auctions releases lineup for next month’s domain name auction.

Bidding is now open for Heritage Auctions’ next live domain name auction. The auction will take place April 19 in San Francisco.

Among the top domain names for sale are Balloon.com, Quick.com, VE.com and Sit.com.

Some of the domain names have interesting histories.

Quick.com was registered in 1987 and was one of the first 100 domain names ever registered.

Balloon.com is owned by the company that runs The University of Phoenix.

I personally like Sit.com as a great site for an office chair seller.

Although reserves won’t be published until April 12, Heritage Auctions’ domain name director Aaron Meystedt promises reasonable reserves. And, if the “estimated” auction prices are any indication, they will be reasonable.

Timeless.com, for example, has an estimate of $30,000+. The domain name sold for $150,000 last year.

With 24 hours to go, all .Club domains in auction have 2+ bids

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.Club auction is sizzling on Sedo.

.ClubThe .Club numeric domain name auction on Sedo is a rare sight: All 37 domain names have bids and will sell when the auction closes tomorrow.

In fact, each domain name has at least two bidders, so it’s likely we’ll see lots of activity over the next 24 hours.

666.club leads the pack with 49 bids and a current price of $3,200. I’ve always found this to be an interesting number. It’s a lucky number in China, while elsewhere it is considered the mark of the devil.

333.club has 23 bids and a current price of $1,150. 111.club follows with 14 bids and $1,111, while 555.club has 17 bidders and a $1,050 high bid.

How high will the bids go? We’ll find out tomorrow.

Scenes from a domain name auction in China

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These are some of the Chinese domain name investors buying your domains.

The domain name market in China is hot and is driving major price appreciation, especially in short domain names.

What’s the Chinese domain name community like? A lot like that in other parts of the world. It has its own “big personalities” and players. It also has its own gatherings and domain name auctions.

china-auction

Last month, 域名圈 organized a live domain name auction in Beijing that attracted 200-300 people. 域名圈 loosely translates to Domain Name Circle or Domainer’s Circle. (域名 is domain name and 圈 is circle or ring.) The group is led by 王培陛 (WANG Peibi). Click here to continue reading…