Domain Auctions

Would You Like to See Private Auctions on GoDaddy Auctions?

I just received an email from my Account Manager at GoDaddy announcing a new round of private auctions featuring GoDaddy-owned inventory. At the end of 2023, the company also auctioned hundreds of its own domain names, including two that I won – Posto.com and DogSitter.com.

While the fact that GoDaddy is running another auction with its own inventory is somewhat notable, something in the email caught my attention:

“GoDaddy is continuing the momentum by hosting another auction event to gather more feedback from investors before potentially opening the doors to other domain sellers.”

The bold emphasis was added by me.

3 Domain Investing Tools I Use in the Morning

No matter where I am or what I have planned for the day, I spend some time looking at upcoming domain name auctions. The time I spend varies depending on my schedule, but on a regular workday where I am at home, I will probably spend between 1-2 hours on domain auction research.

In order to find domain names I am interested in buying, I primarily use 3 domain investing tools for research. If you use additional tools, I invite you to share them in the comment section below.

.AI Auctions: “too many cases of people not paying”

The most popular auction events in the last year have been the monthly .AI expiry auctions held by the .AI registry in Anguilla. Apparently, there has been a dearth of non-paying bidders who participate in these auctions. As a result, the .AI registry is making a change.

Vincent Cate, the person who manages the .AI registry on behalf of Anguilla, announced two changes that are being made with the hope of discouraging and/or eliminating the number of non-paying bidders:

Sedo to Host .AI Auction

.AI domain names have become a popular topic of late. Some of the most popular domain industry auctions these days are the monthly expiry auctions operated by the .AI ccTLD registry.

Sedo just announced it will be hosting its own auction featuring .AI domain names:

Google Change May Impact Expiry Domain Market

Millions of dollars are spent each year acquiring expired and expiring domain names at auctions. Domain name registrants let their domain names expire, and people – including domain investors – will bid on them when they are offered for sale via auction or drop catching platform.

There is a segment of domain name buyers who seek out expired domain names for SEO purposes. They may either try to build a website on an expired domain name to capitalize on traffic from inbound links, or they may choose to redirect the domain name to another website for the “SEO juice” given off by these expired domain names.

Lnvestor.com Coming Up for Auction (Again)

Elad Nof shared a screenshot that auction participants at NameJet and SnapNames should note:

When you look at the title of this blog post, the spelling of this domain name coming up for auction is obvious. If you look at it in all lower case though, lnvestor could appear to be Investor. When browsing through auction lists quickly, I can imagine why someone might get confused. A quick glance along with tens of other bidders with backorders and others might follow suit.

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