Afternic Domain Auction Results

Elliot Silver
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Afternic held a domain auction on Snapnames that ended a couple of weeks ago in March. The results of the auction are listed below. The highest value domain name that sold was GFA.com, which closed at $15,100.

In addition to the listed results, I was told the company closed an additional $24,000 worth of sales after the auction closed. This is something to keep in mind for the next time you have a name in auction that doesn’t meet reserve. You might want to ask the auction house or brokerage to reach out to the high bidder to try and close a deal.

The results of the Afternic Snapnames auction are listed below:

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March Great Domains Auction Ending Soon

Elliot Silver
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Sedo’s Great Domains auction for March is ending in about an hour and a half. There are 121 domain names up for auction this month, including a number of short domain names like OAL.com, MHJ.com, and VOF.com. At the moment, well over half of the domain names have bids, although many don’t seem to have met reserve yet.

Here are the 5 domain names I like best in the auction, with the reserve price range taken into consideration:

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My Picks for Afternic Auction on Snapnames

Elliot Silver
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Afternic auctionAfternic  is currently holding its annual Spring auction on the Snapnames platform. At the time of this article, 20 of the auctions have bids, and there are just over three days remaining in the auction (ends Friday, March 22). There are 137 domain names up for auction, and many have reasonable reserve prices.

My top five domain name picks for the Afternic auction include:

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TRAFFIC Auction Accepting Submissions

Elliot Silver
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TRAFFIC-2013-buttonIf you are interested in having your domain name(s) listed for sale at the TRAFFIC conference auction in Las Vegas, right now is the time to submit them. Submissions are being accepted for a week (or less). The conference will be held from May 29 – June 1 at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino.

Conference organizers have done away with the paid submissions in an effort to have more control over quality, and they are targeting 85%+ of the auction to be no reserve to keep things interesting and for a higher sales rate. It also appears that they are targeting one word domain names.

Here are ten aspects about the submission requirements shared by Rick Schwartz this morning:

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Before Buying Expiring Domain Names, Be a Sleuth

Elliot Silver
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I buy many domain names at NameJet, and on occasion I bid on names at SnapNames. I think there are some good values out there, especially when you manage to find a name that has few bidders.

One thing I think is important is to do some research on the previous owner to try and figure out some things about the domain name to determine if it’s worth buying (in addition to keyword research). By looking at the Whois history and doing a bit of additional research, you can uncover some possible reasons for why it’s expiring:

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eDoctor.com Sells for $43k on NameJet

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eDoctor.com sold on NameJet this afternoon for $43,310. The domain name was a “pending delete” auction, which means the domain name creation date is February 16, 2013 rather than its original creation date, as is the case with pre-release auction domain names.

The domain name has a bit of an interesting history. According to the Whois History tool, eDoctor.com appears to have been previously registered by global healthcare giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). eDoctor.com was originally created back in 1995, and at least at one point, it was registered at Melbourne IT.

I could not find a screenshot of a website on Screenshots.com, so it does not appear that the eDoctor.com domain name was used in the last several years.

I don’t know why this domain name wasn’t renewed, but it turned into a large sale for NameJet.

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