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Contest: Guess Closing Price of NYE.com Auction (Win $100 Bid Credit)

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NYE.com is currently up for auction at NameJet. It’s a public auction, so anyone can jump in to bid at any time before the auction closes on Wednesday afternoon. The current high bid is $36,000 and the reserve price has not been met yet.

In my opinion, NYE.com has significant value because NYE stands for “New Years Eve,” which is probably one of the biggest nights of the year celebrated by people around the globe. Restaurants and night clubs have expensive dinners and parties, and people spend millions of dollars annually on their own private parties.

In addition to this acronym, NYE is used as an abbreviation for hundreds of businesses and organizations. Nye is also a last name – Bill Nye, The Science Guy is one example of someone with this last name. There’s also at least one geographic area in the US called Nye.

Want to win a $100 NameJet bid credit?

Guess the sale price of NYE.com in the comment section below, and the person who guesses closest to the actual final price will get a $100 NameJet bid credit courtesy of NameJet. If there’s a tie, the person who posted the closest guess first will be declared the winner. Only one guess per person (if you post multiple guesses, all of your guesses will be deleted.) The deadline to post your guess is Tuesday, December 18th by 3:30pm EST.

Higher Minimum Bid Auctions at NameJet

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If you frequently bid on NameJet auctions, you’ve probably noticed quite a few domain names that are pre-release that have a price minimum bid than the standard $69 minimum bid. Up until last week, I assumed that you couldn’t bid on those auctions unless you placed a backorder that was equal to or greater than the reserve.

Last week, I back ordered a domain name that appeared to have a $149 minimum bid. There was one other person who appeared to back order it before the deadline at the same $149 bid price. When the domain name went to auction, I was expecting to compete with one person, but lo and behold, there were additional bidders at below the $149 price.

I reached out to NameJet GM Matt Overman for some clarification, and he let me know the higher price was simply a reserve price. This means you can bid lower than the minimum posted amount without any obligation (as long as you bid above the standard $69). If nobody bids the reserve price or higher, the domain name won’t get sold to you for the $69 minimum.

What does this mean for you?

  • If you think you’re the only bidder when you bid the reserve, there might be others who bid lower but can outbid you at auction.
  • You can’t see how many backorders there are under the posted price prior to the auction.
  • You can safely bid the $69 minimum even if the posted price is higher without obligation.

Trumpet.com Hits $50k at NameJet

Trumpet.com is currently up for auction at NameJet, and the domain name just surpassed the $50,000 mark. The reserve price for this domain name has not been met yet.

As reported by DN Journal, in mid-2010, Trumpet.com sold for $31,250 at an auction run by Latonas.com. I did a bit of research on the domain name history, and it appears to have had at least two different registrants since the auction, although I don’t know if it was due to a sale or another circumstance.

Because this is a public auction at NameJet, interested buyers can jump in and bid at any time before the auction closes, unlike private NameJet auctions. The auction closes on Wednesday afternoon and will be sold if bidding hits the reserve.

NameJet and Afternic to Partner on gTLD Marketing & Sales

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NameJet and Afternic just announced a newly formed partnership in anticipation of the release of gTLD domain names. The two companies are teaming up to offer Sunrise and Landrush Auctions, Premium Domain Valuation, Premium Domain Marketing and Distribution, and Registry Reserved Auctions.

When gTLD domain names become available to sell, it will be critical for the registry operators to make wise decisions to generate revenue, and perhaps more importantly, get their domain names in the hands of companies that will use them and build awareness of the TLD. NameJet’s auction platform coupled with Afternic’s domain name marketing and sales expertise are sure to benefit the operators of new gTLDs.

The press release just came out, and you can read all about the news below:

GayPride.com on Auction at NameJet: Guess The Sale Price

GayPride.com is now on auction at NameJet, and the current high bid is $20,099 with several hours remaining. There are 221 bidders in the auction and 236 bids have been placed. The reserve price has not been met, indicating that this is a privately owned domain name rather than an expiring domain auction.

Because this is a private auction on NameJet, additional bidders can not join the auction, nor can it be followed unless you placed a bid on the domain name already.

Interestingly, GayPride.com sold for $60,000 at Moniker’s Internext domain auction in the beginning of 2007, as reported by DNJournal. I am not sure if the domain name has changed hands since the auction. Valuate.com says the domain name is worth $62,000.

What do you think the final price will be?


NameJet Retiring Classic Design

Late last year, NameJet launched a complete website redesign, although the domain name auction house chose to allow visitors to use the previous iteration in “Classic” mode.

According to a message on the website that was posted over the weekend, NameJet will retire the Classic view, and all users will be required to use the primary design. NameJet Classic will be discontinued on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

In January, I posted a poll asking how many blog readers continued to use NameJet Classic, and I was surprised that almost 40% of those who responded opted to use the Classic design. The 75 votes probably didn’t produce a statistically significant result, and I would venture a guess that a poll like that had a greater response rate from people who felt strongly about the Classic look.

If you have a major issue with the active website design, I would think now is the time to let NameJet and Enom management know about it because in a few weeks, it will be discontinued.

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