GoPlay.com closed today at NameJet for $26,300. Another overpriced domain name.  None of the TLDs are developed and even the keywords aren’t heavily advertised. I love this domain name, but at this price I just dont see it being a smart acquisition.

DomainWeek.com reported today that Video.us which had been sold for $18,000 within the past year was re-auctioned off today at noon. It closed for $12,000. $6,000 less then it had just less than a year ago.
What does this mean in regards to the .us ccTLD? It doesnt look strong. With the economy still in recession and .com the clear king of the internet, .us has become the poor mans TLD. Its ususally a last resort behind the general TLDs and unless we see some major development, I believe its value will primarily be linked to resellers flipping back and fourth.

Justin

As you’ve noticed, we’ve been a bit quiet on the blog side. I wanted to inform and update you guys on some new stuff we have been working on. Soon NameBio will launch a new subscription service that will provide our customers with a list of available domain names, everyday. Those available domain names will be from  TLD’s from other sold domain names.

For instance, lets say that a .com domain sells on NameJet today for $4,000. We then check to see what other TLD’s are available for that keyword. If say the .org is available, you’ll receive an email notice that we believe it is a “buy” at registration costs. The subscription service will be very reasonable at $7.95 per month (about the cost of a domain registration).

We have some new features as well - and expect to see a new style. If you have suggestions, now is the best time as we still may be able to include them in this update.

Justin

Over the past few months we’ve seen several blogs come online with a primary focus of selling domain names. You sign up, and receive daily spammage of domain names for sale. You even see the occasional sale by regular bloggers looking to liquidate some of their portfolio. Guess what? Instead of hammering you with even more domains for sale, Im looking to buy.

Looking for 4 letter .com’s that end in the letter combination CA. Sorry folks, I only want LLLL.com and it MUST end with CA. Please shoot me over an email via our contact us link with what you have and your asking price. Bare in mind, I’m looking for decent prices not end-user jackpots.

Toxicology.com sold today on NameJet.com for $26,300 after a fierce bidding war that escalated out of control. To me this seems like an excessive buy. How will this be monetized and what end-user could afford to acquire the domain name while still giving the buyer an opportunity to make a return on their investment. Frankly, this domain name sold for substancially more then it should have, especially with huge question marks in the market place. Best of luck to the new owner.

Justin

I have just arrived in Las Vegas, NV. If there is anyone in town that would like to meet up and perhaps play some poker, hit me up at Justin (@) namebio.com

Ive noticed a lot lately that Afternic tends to have some nice deals going. I check it every few days there new listings (which can be done via advanced search. Ive also had a few decent sales so far this year with Afternic’s expanded promotion service. I recommend giving Afternic a try if you Havnt already.

Checkout the latest domains for sale on Afternic here

MKC.com, sold for $11,000 on 5/24 on the NameJet platform. The bidder defaulted on the payment and the domain was again re-auctioned for $11,000 on 6/3. Once more, the bidder has defaulted and this domain has ended up back on NameJet. Currently MKC.com is at $8,100. What does this mean? Well two issues, clearly NameJet’s bidder certification system is clearly not adequate. Secondly, their auction-reruns aren’t done properly.

NameJet re-auctions defaulted domain names by simply starting the auction weeks later, at the losing bidders highest bid. Is this right? Not at all.

Justin

The lucky owner who managed to take advantage of iREIT’s pricing blunders on Afternic earlier this year has opted to post his prizes for sale on Sedo. RLU.com sold for $900 earlier this year on Afternic when iREIT made errors posting their portfolio for sale. RLU.com is now up for auction on Sedo and has already hit $7,000 dollars with nearly 7 days left.

You can revisit the original story here: http://namebio.com/NameBioBlog/2008/04/04/the-rape-of-ireit/ 

I recognize that domain squatting (specifically TM squatting) is a bad thing. Making cash off of someone else’s work really does give our industry a bad stigma. Despite that, I dont really have any ill-will towards squatters, I figure they’re playing a dangerous game, one of which I don’t really want a part of. I do however take exception to the domainer who buys typos of other domainers sites.

For example, we have a partenership with Estibot, where every few months we provide them with sales data. I happened to want to run a domain name through their system but typed in the wrong address. I accidentally directed my browser to Estibo.com (missed the T). This domain, owned by Barney Pedrino (if thats a real name) is parked with Fabulous and even has the title “Estibot.”

Two things made me laugh. The first is, only Domainers are really going to Estibot and we are less likely then anyone else to click on advertisements as we are all too familiar with parked pages. Secondly, I expected the domain to have privacy, as who would really want their name and address publicly accessable when squatting on a domain like this. Nope. His information is clear as day.