Namemon - Domain Market Monitoring Blog
Written by Ed Muller Monday, 19 October 2009 08:05
There are a number of methods to spot trends in domaining. One is to read sales reports for Sedo, Snap and many of the new auction platforms such as Bido, Epik and others. Another method is to read boards such as this which summarize results in posts. Lastly, you can simply look at the results in expiring or pre-release aftermarket product platforms such as Namejet and GoDaddy.
In today's post we examine two different Carousel TLDs, and differences in both price and bidding.
On September 12th and 13th of 1996, Carousel.net and Carousel.org were registered by Roger Burgess of The Carousel Network Organization. Over the next 13 years, both received backlinks and had sites built on them, though only Carousel.org got listed in dmoz and potentially had a pagerank 1 at expiration. However, as a general rule domain buyers tend to market .orgs as a lesser caliber than .net for the same terms.
While this would generally be a well-followed rule, lately most .org domains are nearly equal to .net of the same quality, and attract just as many bidders. On Friday and Saturday at GoDaddy's auction platform, Carousel.net hit a max bid of $425 while Carousel.org reached a top bid of $907.
This discrepancy can't be accounted for by the mere presence of a dmoz listing or possible PR1, both of which together might add $50 to the top price of a domain. The difference between Friday and Saturday bidders seems to be diminished by the fact that most of the bidding began days before either domain hit its final day. Is this simply the price someone paid to corner the Carousel market? If so why was competition so much higher on the .ORG vs the .NET when the term Carousel does not appear to offer any significant advantage as a keyword?
Carousels are still bought and sold on the open market for fairgrounds and circuses, so certainly that would put the advantage squarely on NET, but for some reason, ORG won out. Is there a word association bidders see between Carousel and an ORG domain? Has demand actually shifted?
We have been touting single word dictionary Orgs for some time (though we also own a good quantity of Nets) as we expected this type of market flip on some generics that could be construed as both non-profit or commercial. NET has officially drifted into "commerical-only" ground and we think it's time to start getting your fingers on some good ORGs.
Written by Davine Busch Friday, 16 October 2009 07:35
A few nice names are on GoDaddy for this Friday, October 16th 2009. More than few items over $1,00 which is a strong showing for the little auction platform.
WinOne.com $2,338 - An odd bid makes this one look suspicious, but then again, some bidders always use high proxies so it could be quite true.
FLR.org $1512 - A decent 3 letter domain with history and US traffic stats.
Annandale.com $3893 - A big US City with lots of potential. Certain to go for a small fortune.
All the auctions end today, October 16th so keep your fingers at the ready.
Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 10:37 Written by Davine Busch Monday, 12 October 2009 10:23
Below are the auctions for the two weeks up to and including October 11th 2009. Our commentary on these sales is inlcuded below. Of special note in this table are the high prices for AucklandHotel.com at $7,000, ZAL.com at $6,000, MichaelKWirst.com at $3,000 and AirIntake.com at $4,000.
| Item ID | Domain Name | Current Price  |
Bids |
Time Left |
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| 27609813 |
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$690 |
57 |
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| 27611057 |
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$1,405 |
89 |
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| 27590619 |
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$880 |
52 |
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| 27590265 |
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$1,005 |
51 |
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| 27589770 |
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$235 |
18 |
|
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| 27645305 |
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$128 |
21 |
|
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| 27634808 |
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$406 |
30 |
|
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| 27631040 |
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$7,505 |
76 |
|
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| 27677331 |
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$666 |
47 |
|
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| 27671369 |
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$505 |
18 |
|
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| 27666533 |
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$560 |
21 |
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| 27752540 |
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$511 |
45 |
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| 27741870 |
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$263 |
44 |
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| 27798149 |
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$454 |
36 |
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| 27836495 |
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$327 |
22 |
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| 27859252 |
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$671 |
21 |
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| 27850162 |
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$5,805 |
69 |
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| 27942652 |
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$147 |
27 |
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| 27988792 |
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$700 |
37 |
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| 27987832 |
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$548 |
19 |
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| 28022352 |
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$505 |
25 |
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| 28018417 |
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$371 |
22 |
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| 28014038 |
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$3,006 |
39 |
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| 28013721 |
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$55 |
11 |
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| 28014439 |
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$320 |
69 |
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| 28003696 |
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$3,955 |
58 |
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| 28002725 |
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$235 |
31 |
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Some great deals in this list include:
mary-jane.com - A notable name by any means and easy to resell at a much higher price.
iSeminar.com - Perfect for any seminar site, or for the next big business looking to build one.
AdBlox.com - Great brandable combo
RealEstateArticles.com - Plenty of search volume and an easily opened market with just a few good articles.
While browsing NamePros forums, I took notice of a thread started yesterday which has since grown to 20 responses. The title of the thread is "Domainers are Delusional" and take what you will from the contents. However, it is being argued that the nature of buying and selling on forums is perhaps not in top form, or good taste.
Feel free to add your thoughts to the Delusional thread at Namepros.
Written by Davine Busch Tuesday, 06 October 2009 16:42
As previously posted in our article GMH.com - Poor Management at Hughes, GMH.com was auctioned in a pre-release at Namejet for the sum of $13,600 on September 8th 2009. Today we received notification that this domain is up for re-auction, with 192 bidders in the list instead of the original 197 bidders.
Previous high bidder was adam786 who defaulted.
Previous competing bidder was Gooner who is in the auction again. Gooner bid through $13,400 so may be likely to do so again, and has probably already set a max bid in this range.
What will this domain go for this time? Probably less, but that depends on who will be entering this time around.
If you are interested in bidding in this auction, you can use our proxy bid service. Please note our rates for auctions of this level:
- $100 fee for bidding, even if you lose the auction. This fee is charged at the time of bidding and is non-refundable. You can enter as many bids as you like and we will act as your proxy for this flat fee.
- If your bid wins, we will hold the name in our account for up to 5 days. Our 5% commision will be immediately charged to your card and is non-refundable. The total amount for the domain is still due.
- You must complete the transaction via EscrowDNS.com within the 5 day period or we reserve the right to locate buyers for the domain. If a buyer is found within 10 days of auction close at an equal or higher price, your bid amount will be refunded, but not the proxy fee and commission. If no buyer is found we will be forced to charge you an additional 10% fee for defaulting on the name.
- All buyers must be able to present a valid credit card for the transaction and must sign and fax/scan an approval form in order to bid.
Saturday, 03 October 2009 07:34
Yesterday, Friend.me pulled a stunning move and closed out as the best .ME auction at Namejet this week, topping previous sale of Host.Me for $15,200. The three final .ME auctions were:
friend.me - $21,100 - 10/2/2009
fix.me - $2,000 - 10/2/2009
link.me - $2,700 - 10/2/2009
Both myself and one of my proxy bidders found friend.me to be a shocker. Two big bidders, Uma and Lcomco, ran the auction away from the nearest high bid of $2,000 which was set days earlier. Both bidders fought dollar by dollar all the way up until Uma was proved victorious with the 21k bid. It will be interesting to see who this turns out to be in the next few days. As of now this is still registered to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Incredible sale for buyer and seller!
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