Namemon - Domain Market Monitoring Blog
The following names are up for auction tonight and must have bids by 11 PM EST. Today we have 5 names which look to have some bidders. The list is not as good as we would like to see as most of the names are brandables.
|
Domain |
Expected |
Valuation Factors |
Other Notes |
Weakness |
BigSport.com |
$1,800 |
Sport domains are difficult to come by. This is a decent, brandable property |
Easy to remember, registered in all extensions, aged 1996, short, some traffic |
'BigSports' would be better |
TheCrab.com |
$800 |
Simple, brandable name for a seafood restaurant, redneck bar or gripe site |
Over 200 domains start with "The Crab", common search term |
Not the cream of "The" crop |
iPanama.com |
$2,000 |
i+country domain, some traffic, non-typo, memorable |
Nice travel destination and prime real estate |
Lower travel demand |
SNGN.com |
$600 |
Quad L with all premium letters |
Common acronym in some domains |
can't pronounce |
HoustonPainter.com |
$500 |
City+Job common value domain |
Decent broad search volume, easy to remember, decriptive |
low exact search |
We'll post the results of the above auctions when they close with a link on this page.
The following names are up for auction tonight and must have bids by 11 PM EST. Today we have 7 names which look to have strong bids.
Domain |
Expected |
Valuation Factors |
Other Notes |
Weakness |
ITCourses.com |
$7,500 |
High demand IT keyword and industry. Highest search volume over any other "course" tech domain |
Easy to remember, registered in all extensions, aged, short, descriptive, search phrase |
'classes' has higher search |
CDK.net |
$3,500 |
3 Letter gem, high demand, low availability |
Over 700 .com domains start with CDK, over 200 end with CDK |
non-premuim K |
AmericanSign
|
$3,500 |
40,000 Exact Term search monthly. Proper keyword order |
ASL is US-based and earns well on web sites selling courses/classes |
under $1 cpc |
Findik.com |
$4,000 |
Turkish word for Nuts. Top Turkish export with high US and global import demand. |
Hazelnut, or "Adi Findik", literally translates as "The Nut" in Turkish. |
non-English search term |
WAIZ.com |
$1,200 |
4 Letter, pronouncable, memorable |
Good serp results, radio station call sign |
Z ending letter |
Kranks.com |
$2,000 |
Last name. Popularized by "Christmas with the Kranks". |
Heavy search volume, good brnadable domain |
Bad Movie |
A good mix excellent keyword domains with search volume, brandables and rare LLL names. We'll post the results of the above auctions next week.
Note: iPanama.com was previously listed here accidentally. It is on the May 27th auction page.
Domain Names with final bids due today:
The following list of names are due to be finalized this evening and already have bids. Our bidding methodology involves several factors:
- Must already have an existing bid
- Likely to close in auction over $500
- Has search volume, 3/4 letter, or premium words
- Mix of valuation from several appraisal sources
Domain |
Expected |
Valuation Factors |
Other Notes |
Weakness |
LaserPrint.com |
$1,900 |
Large Phrase-based valuation, Great for a printer corp |
Easy to remember, registered in all extensions, aged, |
Exact search volume low |
CargoSecurity.com |
$1,500 |
Upcoming niche for Airlines and Trucking, common company name |
Regged in most extensions, common phrasing, proper order |
Search volume |
DBIC.com |
$1,000 |
4 Letter all premium |
Common acronym |
unpronounceable |
SantaCruzMortgage.com |
$2,500 |
Lending domain, $20 CPC |
Frequent term usage |
low exact search |
SleepInstitute.com |
$4,000 |
Very strong medical segment gaining traction |
Very high Search results, common corp name |
not a search term |
ZAEL.com |
$2,200 |
4 Letter, pronouncable, memorable |
Good serp results |
Z starting letter |
Results of the above auctions will be posted next week after they close.
Auction Results from Namejet
The following list includes names which entered pre-release status in late April and were auctioned to the highest bidder. Items below include closing sales from May 15th 2010 to May 22nd 2010.
| Domain Name | Winning Bid | End Date |
| packingmaterial.com | $2,450 | 5/22/2010 |
| microphones.net | $2,100 | 5/19/2010 |
| balto.com | $4,687 | 5/18/2010 |
| herbaltea.net | $1,218 | 5/17/2010 |
| unsecure.com | $2,600 | 5/17/2010 |
| solarkit.com | $3,000 | 5/17/2010 |
| prostateexam.com | $7,100 | 5/17/2010 |
| premiumhotels.com | $6,599 | 5/17/2010 |
| patioaccessories.com | $2,400 | 5/17/2010 |
| hydrometers.com | $2,000 | 5/17/2010 |
| familypackages.com | $2,000 | 5/17/2010 |
| businesswear.com | $3,000 | 5/17/2010 |
| trashman.com | $2,066 | 5/17/2010 |
| squaredeal.com | $3,700 | 5/15/2010 |
| vampireteeth.com | $1,311 | 5/15/2010 |
| campaignmanagement.com | $1,102 | 5/15/2010 |
| foreclosurelistings.net | $2,520 | 5/15/2010 |
Topping the list is Prostate Exam selling at over $7,000. Also of interest is Premium Hotels at $6,599 and Balto.com at over $4,500.
All told Namejet auctions brought in over $70,000 for the week.
Namejet Auction Results
The following names sold for over $1,000 on the Namejet auction platform from May 5th 2010 to May 12th 2010
| Domain Name | Winning Bid | End Date |
| artificiallawn.com | $2,524 | 5/12/2010 |
| businessbasics.com | $1,599 | 5/12/2010 |
| esep.com | $1,101 | 5/12/2010 |
| athenstravel.com | $4,000 | 5/11/2010 |
| scarab.com | $2,300 | 5/8/2010 |
| solutech.com | $2,655 | 5/7/2010 |
| redact.com | $1,890 | 5/6/2010 |
| aviara.com | $3,602 | 5/6/2010 |
| massbuy.com | $2,700 | 5/5/2010 |
The sale of Aviara was particularly strong for a brandable name. AthensTravel.com sold at a good price and well within expected range.
Written by Ed Muller Monday, 23 November 2009 10:03
ICANN opened the forums for the latest gTLD Guidebook draft in October and closed the commend period yesterday. As always, both very relevant and constructive support and criticisms were lent to the board along with misleading commentary, personal slights and offhand remarks. A larger body of authors have added their thoughts to this latest round and even some noted firms have made their expectations clear.
Among the list of larger corporate entities making contributions to this comment period were Yahoo! Inc., Neustar, Demand Media,, GoDaddy, AT&T, IBM, Visa and Nokia.
Also adding their weight were some frequent contributors including George Kirikos, CADNA and the ICA.
Of note were the number of comments from companies branding themselves ".TLD" or "DOT-TLD" representing their expected gTLD which they hope to be awarded in the future.
As usual we added our comments, this time in regards to the notable open language of gTLD pricing which leaves a gaping hole for Verisign to raise rates on .com and .net domains to hundreds of dollars per year without restraint.
Here are the links for general comments as well as our comments on gTLD pricing.
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