Great Domains Today

At the Domain Roundtable live auction last week, there was alot of action..$3,643,128.00 worth of action, to be precise.

Take a gander....

Rebate(s).com brings a cool $1M,
AZ.com $500k,
makemoneyonline.com $95k,
webgeeks.com $20k,
goodhotels.com $35k, and so on...

Here is a list of the other notables:

 47150.com $21,250
 Ahora.com $31,000
 AirbrushSupplies.com $2,000
 AirIonizer.com $2,050
 Albinos.com $31,500
 Answer.net $15,000
 AntiLock.com $1,400
 AntiPiracy.com $10,100
 AntiTobacco.com $2,100
 Army.org $99,000
 ArmyBrat.com $3,500
 AZ.com $500,000
 BakeryFoods.com $1,000
 BakerySale.com $1,000
 BankLocator.com $6,000
 BcTours.com $2,778
 Blackjack101.com $1,050
 BridalRegistries.com $8,000
 BrokerageAccounts.com $5,400
 BudgetProperty.com $8,450
 CaliforniaDoctor.com $5,000
 CameraPhotos.com $1,000
 CareerResource.com $7,500
 CarManufacturers.com $5,000
 CarpetInstallations.com $5,000
 CasinoPokerOnline.com $1,000
 Castillo.com $35,500
 CelebrityCouple.com $3,300
 CharlotteHousing.com $1,000
 CheapGadgets.com $5,600
 Chinaware.com $7,500
 ChristianSoul.com $1,100
 cMail.com $10,000
 Cohabitant.com $2,050
 CoinStores.com $6,900
 CommercialPainter.com $4,000
 CompanyManager.com $1,000
 ConsumersGuide.com $66,750
 Convulsion.com $2,500
 CouchLand.com $1,000
 CreditSurvival.com $1,250
 CurlyFries.com $3,250
 Customers.eu $1,000
 DailyFeeds.com $4,600
 DayTradingSchool.com $1,500
 Defectors.com $2,200
 Dine.mobi $5,000
 DirectorySearch.com $7,000
 DomainList.com $7,100
 Dreaming.com $35,750
 DropCatcher.com $14,500
 DrPoker.com $3,000
 DrugRefills.com $5,000
 eDoll.com $1,350
 EmptyJar.com $1,000
 EscrowFee.com $3,050
 EssentialVitamins.com $1,600
 Event.com $165,000
 FederalStudentLoans.com $50,750
 FieldGoals.com $1,550
 FigureSkater.com $8,000
 FinancialCounseling.com $7,550
 FineCars.com $30,000
 FitnessDating.com $4,000
 FoodConsultant.com $3,000
 FoodContents.com $1,000
 ForeignCurrencies.eu $1,000
 ForexCalculator.com $2,050
 Free-Credit-Report.com $28,250
 FreeHealthInsurance.com $25,000
 FreeNameSearch.com $2,500
 FunDate.com $5,100
 FuneralArrangements.com $9,500
 GameRules.com $12,000
 Gastronomy.com $15,000
 GayDiscos.com $1,000
 GirlsBags.com $1,100
 GoodCar.com $3,700
 GoodHotels.com $35,000
 GreatBands.com $3,300
 Growers.com $25,000
 Hastily.com $1,000
 HawaiiDoctors.com $3,000
 HikerWorld.com $1,050
 HippieClothing.com $3,500
 HollywoodHousing.com $1,050
 HorseMedication.com $1,100
 Hot.tv $35,000
 HotDestinations.com $3,400
 HummerRentals.com $5,100
 ImageBuilder.com $2,200
 InternetHub.com $5,000
 Invention.com $500,000
 IpodNews.com $1,000
 JacksonvilleHousing.com $1,000
 JapaneseAutos.com $6,100
 JayD.com $2,050
 KidCrazy.com $1,250
 LadyShaver.com $1,000
 LaserPens.com $9,000
 LatestPolls.com $2,150
 LawRecords.com $1,800
 LeaseTakeovers.com $1,000
 LetsPlayPoker.com $2,250
 LoanProperty.com $7,050
 Locals.org $9,100
 LocationMap.com $3,000
 Loudon.com $6,200
 LowestCost.com $25,000
 LowPriceFlights.com $4,100
 LuxuryGift.com $10,000
 MackDaddy.com $4,300
 MakeMoneyOnline.com $95,000
 MathSites.com $1,600
 MedicalClaimBilling.com $1,000
 MedicalInjuryLawyer.com $2,450
 messenger.eu $5,400
 MusicReleases.com $5,000
 NewYorkSource.com $2,000
 p4.com $30,000
 p6.com $27,000
 Paper.info $5,000
 PayRates.com $25,000
 PersonalsSite.com $1,000
 PhoneSmart.com $5,200
 PhotographyGear.com $3,300
 PictureConverter.com $1,050
 Poker.in $60,000
 PortlandHousing.com $2,050
 PrisonGuard.com $8,000
 r11.com $1,000
 Rebate.com $1,000,000
 RecordingStudios.com $25,000
 SanfranciscoPersonals.com $1,000
 SanjoseHousing.com $1,050
 SecureLending.com $3,900
 SecureProxies.com $3,500
 SecureVoip.com $5,000
 SeoHints.com $2,150
 Shedding.com $4,300
 SkiTrainers.com $1,300
 Slightly.com $3,000
 Southerner.com $6,100
 SpaceDesigns.com $1,100
 SpaHoliday.com $5,600
 SpanishGold.com $6,800
 SpokaneHousing.com $1,000
 StockTradingAccount.com $1,000
 StoreBargain.com $1,000
 StreetTruck.com $4,000
 Stronger.com $25,000
 Suspects.com $10,500
 TaxRefundLoans.com $7,600
 UltraDisk.com $1,250
 UniversityPersonals.com $4,300
 UsedMotorcycle.com $39,000
 VacantHouse.com $1,050
 Vaccinated.com $3,000
 VictorianPaintings.com $3,500
 Voys.com $4,000
 WebGeeks.com $20,000
 WebSupport.com $20,000
 WrestlingFans.com $6,300
 xCode.com $5,000
 YourDomainName.com $12,250

http:www.greatdomainstoday.com

Whoever said .coms were the only way to build value..was wrong. Dead wrong.

Example, you request?

Sale of condo.fm shows the value in island domain names..

Domain name condo.fm has been sold this week for $30,000. As domain names including generic keywords with most common extensions .com, .org, .net, .info and .biz are becoming less available and more expensive, island domains and non TLD are gaining ground in the domain price wars. $30,000 sounds like a lot of money to spend for condo.fm, however, the same domain name with a .com extension would demand at minimum a 6 figure price. While clearly not at the same level as .com’s, island domains such as .fm and .ky are seeing their sale prices on the up and up.

Another extension that could potentially see a rise in sale prices are the .cm domains. This extension could prove to be potentially lucrative, banking on incorrect spellings of .com. At this point, the .cm domains are still at a low price point, but if current trends continue, one day you could find yourself newly retired with a few strategic .cm purchases.

There still a lot of people out there who would argue that you are wasting your time going after domain names ending in anything other than .com or .net. I would be inclined to disagree with these folks… It is not always practical to change your business name if your domains are taken in the .com and .net variety. For you developers out there, the market is picked bare in the .com and .net realms. Does this mean that the market has been exhausted? Absolutely not! Domains with extensions such as .info, .us, .fm, and others are seeing sale prices hitting record levels daily; for instance, travel.info just recently sold for $116,000; hardly a small sum by anyone’s standards.

TLD’s are still bringing the top dollar from buyers, however, you can still fetch good value on many other domain extensions. The overhwelmingly important factor in the domain selling business is brandability, and generic terms. Maximize these two, and you will surely maximize your profits when it comes time to put your valued domain names up for sale.

The domain market has been growing steadily the last few weeks and we have seen some nice prices for domains without direct traffic or brandability still bring good money.

Here are some recent auctions for domains, that in my opinion, wouldn’t be fetching much money…

lsk.com 2d 1h 10,000 $US

zob.com 2d 19h 7,500 EUR

coins.net 1d 0h 4,000 $US

The first one on the hit list is lsk.com

This domain is a prized 3 character domain, but really aside from that,nothing special, yet look at its 5 digit bidding, and, there are still two days left. Next candidate on the block is zob.com

This one is also looking pretty nice, and if you do the math in US dollars, is doing very well with almost 3 days left. A 3 character domain with a

pronouncable name, and brandable.

Coins.net is somewhat of a surprise to us. It is VERY brandable, and yet a .net, should probably fetch more than it is pulling right now. If the current owner is motivated, this looks to be the buy of the week, and I would estimate that

if it can be bought for $5k or less, would be worth $7500 ++ and even more developed..

Les Chung
August 13, 2007