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Jamie at DotWeekly.com found an interesting thing happening at NameJet today. As he was digging around he noiced a domain name that is registered with register.com was actually being auctioned off on NameJet. The interesting thing about this is that Register.com has long sinced partnered with snapnames for all of their expired domain names.

If you visit the actual domain name NetworkSystem.com - you’ll notice a link at the bottom that says "This domain may be for sale. Backorder this domain" with a link to NameJet.

Its suprising to think that since SnapNames was acquired by Oversee.net they have lost every major registrar they had been partenered with. That combined with the service outages, not only does it appear Register.com is jumping ship, its quite possible many customers are leaving.

The economy is certainly taking a beating right now. Not just in the US, but around the globe. Many Domainers who are used to higher parking revenue and more domain sales are finding things starting to get a little uncomfortable. Domains are going up for sale and many times domainers are selling for a loss. Unfortunately for them, the internet is still growing substancially.

Despite the weak economy, the Internet is still gaining on mainstream media. That being said, Domains will hold their value for those who can hang on through this tough time. For those who are properly capitalized, now is the time to begin picking up some gems at bargain pricing.

Here are a few I hate to sell, but am needing to be more liquid:

• ContentCreator.com - $3,000
• LearnItQuick.com - $500
• MicroWineries.com - $800
• Consummate.com - $2,500
• AttractVisitors.com - $1,200
• ChristCares.com - $700
•  ForChristSake.com - $650

Over the next few days in an effort to raise capital for new projects, we will be putting up for sale many domain names at prices we wouldnt normally consider selling them for. Expect to see some great deals coming from NameBio. Our first domain lot, will more then likely be our largest.  We are offering up for sale the following set of domain names:

Touchpad.com / Touchpad.net / Touchpad.org / Touchpad.info / Touchpad.biz

Our asking price for this lot is $14,000 and we will be using Escrow.com for the transaction. First to post sold or email us, will get this beautiful set.

Domaintools just posted on their blog the complete list for their New York TRAFFIC auction next week. The Good news is that it has improved. The new list has some great domain names on it, including: Off.com, Association.com, TrademarkAttorneys.com/TrademarkLawyers.com), and Illinois.org. The problem? High reserves. Although these are some great domain names, they are priced high (especially in this market).

Take for example TrademarkAttorneys.com/TrademarkLawyers.com lot. The highest selling “attorney” domain in our database was MalpracticeAttorneys.com, which sold for $18,000 at the end of 2007. MalPractice is a much better keyword paired with Attorney then Trademark. I look forward to seeing how they perform, but I suspect we wont be seeing many of the top domain names meeting their reserves.

Domaintools is at the live auction market once more, this time with a 50 domain premium auction (Scheduled for Sept 24th during the TRAFFIC conference) They were supposed to be releasing the list on Sept 17th, but instead released a “sneak peak” list of about 30 domain names. Needless to say, there are some “interesting” picks.

Overall, the list looks sub-par, for not just a Domaintools auction, but compared to the Rick Latona and Moniker Auctions, pretty embarassing.

So, what went wrong? Domaintools hired a third party company, DomainConsultant.com to evaluate the domain names, and determine which ones made the grade. Either DomainConsultant did a rotten job or the submissions for this auction were awful. Either way, this auction is looking to be a bust.

When a domain name like NameLender.com  makes it on a list of the Top 50 of “Thousands and Thousands” of submissions, your not going to have the quality supply of domains you want.

Best of luck to DomainTools/Aftermarket.com - your going to need it.

As some of you may already know, we are experiencing a few issues with the new site. This is expected, considering we just launched it. Despite all of our checks, thinking everything is fine, there is always a problem or two.

Currently we are working on the site loading better in IE, and our Premium Section is temporarily disabled while we resolve an issue there. We should have everything cleaned up soon and appreciate everyones patience.

On another note, there are 3 premium subscription spots left at the $7.95 intro rate. After that they will be $12.95 per month.

Thanks,

Justin

So far, things are off pretty smoothly. A few quarks here and there but were getting v4 running great. The response has been overwhelming positive, but we knew there would be a few who missed the old version. You can still access that version using this link:

http://namebio.com/old/

For those of you considering signing up for the Premium membership, I wanted to show a screen shot of what you can expect. We show you what the domain name sold for, and what TLDs are available that are probably worth picking up.

Just a reminder, the first 10 spots are grandfathered in at the introductory rate of $7.95 per month - there are only 5 spots remaining. After that the price will likely go up to $12.95 per month.

We are happy to announce the launch of NameBio 4.0. Its been a while comming, but we’ve listened to suggestions over the past year and came up with a few new concepts which should help make NameBio even more usable.

Major Changes:

• No longer Need to hit the search button, Searches are performed automatically as you change your search attributes
• Completely Redesigned for Easier Navigation
• Detailed Sales Info Page. This includes past sales information
• Graphing System, available to all you pattern fans (LLLL.com’s, ect)
• Premium Service (will discuss below)

Our premium service is subscription based. We track domain sales daily and search for sold keywords in other TLDs. For example, if a keyword.com sells for $5,000 we check and report the availability in other TLDs where we believe the value exists. The system runs automatically twice per day and just requires you to login to view.

The service is available for the first 10 subscribers at $7.95 per month. After the first 10 the price will be raised to $13.95 per month.

Justin

One of our recent acquisitions is going up for sale. Consummate means to bring something to close and often is associated with “finalizing” a marriage. This domain name was registered in 1995 and has been continuously since then. Below are the vital stats.

Domain: Consummate.com
Registered:1995-08-18
Expires: 2009-08-17
Registrar: Network Solutions

Price: $6,500 (Escrow only)

On another note. The newest version of NameBio is nearly complete. You guys are gonna love it!

Justin