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The two letter GJ.com is now up for public auction on NameJet. At present, the high bid is $425,000 and the reserve price has not yet been met. There are 209 bidders involved in the auction, but since it is a public auction, other bidders may jump in and participate.

This is the third 2 letter .com domain name that has come up for auction at NameJet in the last couple of months. In early July, SX.com sold on NameJet for $555,050. In early August, XR.com went up for auction on NameJet, but the highest bid of $554,000 did not hit the (unknown) reserve price.

GJ.com is

I remember many years ago when Iomega was one of the most well known Internet companies. Iomega.com was the domain name the company used for its website, and Iomega.com was originally registered on July 8, 1991. Iomega.com is certainly one of the first domain names ever registered. According to Wikipedia, Iomega is now known as LenovoEMC, and it previously traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the IOM ticker symbol.

I was looking at NameJet this afternoon, and I saw that Iomega.com is listed for sale under “The Drop” heading. I did a double take when I saw it, and sure enough, it looks like Iomega.com is in pendingDelete delete status. This status likely means the domain name will be caught and auctioned at a domain name auction house like NameJet, SnapNames, or DropCatch, depending on who catches it. The domain name is not currently resolving for me.

As a result of the domain name expiring,

It’s not often that the domain name of a former major retailer comes up for auction. It looks like MattressGiant.com, once the website of Mattress Giant, is coming up for auction on NameJet. The domain name is registered at Network Solutions, and it looks like it recently expired, as it is in Pending Renewal or Deletion status.

Mattress Giant was once a thriving retailer of mattresses. The Wikipedia entry for Mattress Giant states that “Mattress Giant had a total of 360 stores in 14 states nationwide.” According to the Wikipedia article, “[I]n 2012 it was announced Mattress Firm would acquire all Mattress Giant locations in the U.S in a $47 million deal.” I am not sure what happened to the domain name for it to expire, but I presume it still receives some traffic.

The backorder deadline for this domain name is

The bidding in the NameJet auction for XR.com just surpassed $500,000, although the reserve price has not yet been met. The high bid currently stands at $501,000. Because the XR.com auction is a public auction, all of the auction participant  information is publicly available for anyone to see (even for people who don’t have NameJet accounts).

At the time of publication, there are 701 bid from 259 bidders. There are 8 bidders whose bids were for at least $380,000. The auction will conclude on Wednesday afternoon. As a public auction, bidders who did not backorder the domain name are still eligible to bid. Because of the current high bid, bidders who wish to participate must be verified by NameJet in advance. I am not sure how long that process takes, so prospective bidders should ensure this verification takes place prior to bidding.

In early July, SX.com sold on NameJet for just over $550,000. There haven’t been many