By Alan on Nov 2, 2009 in Domain Auctions | 1 Comment
After speaking with a few people today it was clear that many people might have no idea Rick Latona has an extended auction going on SEPERATE of Moniker’s extended auction outside of clicking on the banner of domaining.com I spoke with a half a dozen good buyers today and 3 of them (50%) assumed all [...]
By Alan on Aug 11, 2009 in GoDaddy | 2 Comments
For some time now I thought it was just me and since we are not a big fan of GoDaddy with all the ads and upsells everywhere you look I’ve been ok with letting it ride. However yesterday during the course of conversation with a few investors it came to my attention it’s not just [...]
By Alan on Jul 3, 2009 in Domain Auctions, SnapNames | 2 Comments
Whats a holiday weekend without sex? Well, sadly many people prefer tweeting to sex (or any physical contact with the real world) but those guys never really could get laid anyway. So today we bring both groups a little fun – from the wild and crazy hedonism.com to tweeters.com for the geeks. Snapnames has quite [...]
By Alan on Apr 28, 2009 in Domain Auctions | 29 Comments
If any other finance domain with keywords like this sells for 18k in this economy or not you should all pack your freaking bags and go back to school!! Do any of you understand lead generation or are all your plans wrapped up around Adsense Ads? How many of you were, are or know a [...]
By Alan on Feb 28, 2009 in bido | 13 Comments
What a nice surprise to get online for a few minutes and see a 3 letter .com coming up for auction at BIDO with a $1 reserve. Sweet – that’s what I call trust in an auction house to provide value to the seller and quality to the marketplace. Kudos Sahar and everybody else at [...]
By Alan on Feb 24, 2009 in Domain Auctions | 15 Comments
I’m away on a personal matter at the moment but using the 15 minutes I have to spare this morning .. or tonight wherever you are .. I really want to say that day after day I see crap getting bought and crap getting sold more and more. First, I do not claim to be [...]
By Alan on Jan 13, 2009 in Domain Auctions, SnapNames | 0 Comments
SSIC.com @ $6,650 as we post this – SnapNames list is quite impressive these days with Tuition.com, cif.com (200+ bidders), MakeMillions.com (at least we all hope), GovernmentJobs.org (best extension for this in our opinion) and more. Please note ALL domains below already have multiple bidders – check them out … cif.com ssic.com TieClips.com jxk.com FerrisWheel.com [...]
By Alan on Aug 23, 2008 in Domain Auctions, Domain Values, NameJet, SnapNames | 3 Comments
Yesterday I wrote about how so many domains with ZERO keyword value have tons of bidders at NameJet when domains with LOTS of keyword value still remain on SnapNames with minimal or no bidders. One comment was “You can be honest and tell people you are promoting your own domains or just keep doing what [...]
By Alan on Aug 21, 2008 in Domain Auctions, Domain Values, NameJet, SnapNames | 3 Comments
Although many of us here are taking a hiatus for the month of August and enjoying life the way its supposed to be (or how Europeans do it) today I feel like sharing some information as the values of some NameJet sales continually surprise me. The fact is most people buying on NameJet are domainers [...]
By Alan on Apr 16, 2008 in Domain Auctions, NameJet, SnapNames | 1 Comment
Like most domainers, I get a rush when bidding at auctions however are drops always worth more? I tend to think many great deals get scooped up by the few smart domainers who understand what a good domain is and how to look beyond simply what is hot for today. Whether or not a domain [...]