Raymond Weil is a well-known Swiss watchmaking brand. The company uses Raymond-Weil.com as the domain name for its primary website, and it also has the Raymond-Weil.us ccTLD domain name for its US-based website. The non-hyphenated RaymondWeil.com domain name had been used as a forwarder to the watchmaker’s primary website, according to Archive.org.
GoDaddy is running a featured auction via its GoDaddy Auctions platform with domain names from its NameFind portfolio. While I would argue the domain names aren’t as valuable as they were in its NameFind auction last year, there seem to be some good inventory-quality domain names up for bid.
Our Premium Auction event has started!
Bid and buy hundreds of domain names in this no-reserve event, including Stung․com, Focusing․com, and more!
Ends 6/20https://t.co/EXnSztagvo pic.twitter.com/ufg3HnUoZE
— GoDaddy Auctions (@godaddyauctions) June 13, 2024
When sorted, I can see there are 4 pages of auctions with the maximum 100 domain names shown. The auctions have minimum bids ranging from $299 to $7,999. This is more than the starting price for its traditional expiry auctions. I do not believe there are reserve prices beyond the minimum bid amounts, so if someone bids on a domain name and there are no other bidders, it will be sold.
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.
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:
.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:
.AI #domains are more in demand than ever, because nobody can ignore the importance of #artificialintelligence anymore.
It's the best time to sell your #AI domain(s)! 🤖
Become part of our auction and apply now: https://t.co/SnCTVA5gNq pic.twitter.com/WMsyfyGyBz
— Sedo (@Sedo) March 14, 2024
