Whether you submitted a name, made a comment, or logged a vote, thank you again for participating in the contest. I was surprised at the number of submissions, happy that three sales have been reported so far, and hopeful that the additional exposure from a Domaining.com sponsored headline will help the winning name sell.

There were nearly 300 votes cast for the top ten domain names, and one name was the winner by a pretty solid margin. The winning domain name received about 24% of the total votes cast.

I thought it was pretty cool that the votes were pretty evenly spread out for the remaining names, which indicates that none of the names selected were “bad.” I posted a screenshot of the vote distribution so you can see how evenly spread the voting was. I could come up with a reason why each domain name has value, but I think the winning name is pretty solid and will likely sell.

Anyway, without further adieu, the winning name was BabyPhotographer.com, with a price of $5,900. I think there were likely a few reasons contributing to its win.

There are thousands of baby photographers across the United States, and it’s a profession with many independent contractors. There can only be one company that uses the exact match “BabyPhotographer.com” domain name, and it’s a status symbol, good for SEO, and a level of authority with a name like that. A baby photographer can make several hundreds of dollars for each photo shoot, so these professionals wouldn’t have an issue paying the asking price.

Incidentally, I sold BirthPhotography.com to a photographer a couple years ago, although the price is confidential.

In addition to these intrinsic factors, I also thing the fact that HyperbaricChambers.com and WritingBlog.com were sold during the course of the voting caused those two names to receive fewer votes than they may have had they not sold.

Thank you all for participating. I will be in touch with the winner to determine a listing date. If you are interested in buying it, of course you can get in touch with him prior to the sale listing.

Thank you once again for submitting so many domain names for the contest I am sponsoring  to try and help you sell a domain name. I will pay for a Domaining.com sponsored headline for a DNForum sales post where the winning domain name will be listed for sale. I am also willing to help the owner write a sales post, although I find it’s generally best to keep it simple.

The ten names below were the top (in my opinion) based on the quality of the domain name at the listed purchase price, keeping the target audience of buyers in mind (domain investors who read my blog and visit Domaining.com). There are a couple of names I am thinking about buying in the list.

To be most diplomatic about this, I want visitors to my blog to select the winner. Please vote for the name you think is the best at the most reasonable price. The winning name will be announced on Sunday night (New York time). If there happens to be a tie, I will choose the winner.

Thank you again for your submissions.

I want to thank those of you who submitted domain names for the contest I started earlier this week to try and help sell the winning domain name using a Domaining.com sponsored headline. Far more entries were received than I anticipated, and I appreciate your enthusiasm. At least one name that was listed has already been sold in private.

Instead of choosing the winner myself, I am going to make this a bit more democratic, and I appreciate the advice a couple of people gave me. I will choose what I believe are then ten best domain names at the best prices (what I think have the most  realistic  chance of selling given the venue and audience), and I will set up a poll for visitors to choose the winner.

I will post the poll on Saturday morning and keep it open through Sunday night.

Thank you again for participating, and I hope you will vote beginning tomorrow morning.

I’ve used Domaining.com sponsored headlines to sell several high value domain names, including one yesterday afternoon (Sayings.com). I think it’s a great tool to reach a wide audience of targeted domain buyers. Here’s sort of an informal contest to try and help you sell a domain name.

Post one domain name you own and have for sale in the comment section of this blog post with your price. I will choose the best domain name at the most reasonable price to feature in a Domaining.com sponsored headline. You will post your domain sale in a sales thread on DNForum at the specified time, and I will pay for a 24 hour sponsored headline for your sale and link it to your post on DN Forum.

Here are the rules of this contest:

• You can only post one domain name for sale with a price in the comment section of this post (if you post more than one, you are disqualified)
• I will select the best domain name at the most reasonable price by Friday morning at some point (my judgment only).
• At the specified time I tell you via email (likely mid-week next week), you will post a sales thread on DNForum with the domain name and the price listed. I may even give you advice on what to write in your post if you would like.
• I will pay for a 24 hour sponsored headline on Domaining.com, which will link to your DNForum post.
• You absolutely must follow through with the sale if someone agrees to purchase the domain name, although I cannot be held responsible if buyer or seller fail to honor the deal.

Remember, you MUST post just one domain name and MUST list the price (please don’t ask if I or anyone else thinks your price is fair). If you do not wish to follow these rules or the rules above, this isn’t a contest you should enter.