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NameJet Holding No Reserve .TV Auction

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I just noticed that NameJet is advertising a large .TV domain auction. Backorders for the domain names must be placed by June 10th, and I assume standard auction rules will apply. There is no reserve price on any of the auctions, so you can feel free to start your bidding for as little as $1.

The .TV domain names up for auction include:

  • accommodation.tv
  • bip.tv
  • cgi.tv
  • chiropodist.tv
  • cupids.tv
  • e4.tv
  • ebf.tv
  • equine.tv
  • explicit.tv
  • gav.tv
  • i-d.tv
  • ign.tv
  • illegal.tv
  • industrial.tv
  • innovation.tv
  • irc.tv
  • labour.tv
  • lamb.tv
  • lkw.tv
  • loaded.tv
  • ltp.tv
  • mlm.tv
  • movielinks.tv
  • northern.tv
  • owi.tv
  • qpr.tv
  • repeated.tv
  • rsg.tv
  • safari.tv
  • shooting.tv
  • ssd.tv
  • stampede.tv
  • technical.tv
  • teeny.tv
  • toilet.tv
  • tpm.tv
  • truckers.tv
  • uwe.tv
  • vanuatu.tv
  • vtc.tv
  • wacky.tv
  • winners.tv
  • wsj.tv
  • zse.tv

Tip for Buying Valuable Domain Drops

I usually spend a couple hours a morning using Freshdrop to see what domain names will be coming up for auction later this evening at NameJet, and what will be up for auction in a month or so (if the names aren’t renewed). There are certain traits I look for in the domain names I monitor to purchase, but I want to share a tip with you that might help you buy some good domain names that can quickly be flipped.

After you’ve set your personal filters based on your preferences, I recommend having a look to see who owns the same domain names in different extensions. You should also use the Whois history tool to see who previously owned the domain name that is dropping.

This information is invaluable to me, and it should be beneficial to you as well.  Let’s say you’re bidding on a legal domain name, and you see a large law firm owns the .net. Assuming the name is a descriptive name rather than a branded name (or name of a lawyer for instance), you may want to target that name to buy at auction, with the hopes of selling it to the owner of another extension.

It’s likely that the owner of the other extension would be interested in upgrading to the .com domain name if you are able to win it at auction. Of course the obvious caveat is that you need to wait until you win said domain name, especially if it’s a lawyer that might think you are attempting to sell an item that does not belong to you. You also need to make sure it is descriptive and not someone’s trademark or service mark.

There may be limitations on how quickly you can transfer or push a domain name depending on the registrar, but it’s a great way to find leads for domain names you might want to purchase.

NameJet Tip: Display More Names

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For quite some time, I’ve been frustrated that I could only display 25 domain names on a page at NameJet. There is no drop down menu at the bottom of the lists, and scrolling through each page takes up extra time I don’t always have, especially when searching through names that need to be backordered within seconds.

I want to share a tip I just learned to help you display up to 100 domain names at a time when you’re searching NameJet. When logged in, click the “My Account” link. Below this, click on the “Settings” link. Finally click on the 3 tab on the right, “My Preferences.”

On this page, you can select whether to display 25, 50, or 100 domain names per page. In addition, you can also select the three newsletters as well as the NameJet news and updates email.  It takes just a few seconds to do, but I bet it will save you quite a bit of time when you’re trying to take care of some last second backorders.

Outreach.org Bidding Exceeds $65k

The domain name Outreach.org is currently at auction on Namejet. There are 109 bidders in the auction and a total of 148 bids. The domain name was originally registered in 1995, and it was last owned by ElderWeb Project at Grant MacEwan University. It recently expired.

The current high bid for this domain name is $65,100 with just under 5 minutes to go. There have been two active bidders above the $10,000 mark.

As with all NameJet auctions, when a bid is placed, the time is extended for several minutes, so this auction could conceivable go on for some time.

Update: Now over $80,000… Final price: $90,400

Snapnames Backorder Price Now in Line With NameJet

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Last night, I received word from Snapnames that the minimum backorder price on deleting domain names will increase from $59 to $69/each beginning today. This price point is in line with the minimum backorder price for domain names at competing drop catcher, NameJet.

As much as I don’t like to pay more, it’s probably a very smart move. When it comes to deleting domain names, I believe domain investors are accustomed to paying the $69 fee, so it’s not going to be a big deal. With a fairly small profit margin, an extra $10 per name is a pretty big increase.

The price will not impact expiring domain names or names that have been put up for sale by domain investors.

Here’s the full release:

On February 15, SnapNames will raise the starting bid for backorders for all deleting domain names from $59 to $69.   This starting bid increase applies only to orders for names that are deleted from their respective registries (not the expiring or privately held names listed from registrar partners or sellers).

This change applies exclusively to new orders—any previously placed deleting domain name backorders will be grandfathered in and remain at a starting bid amount of $59; thus, $59 will be the opening bid if the name enters our system.   (Note, if you are the only bidder in this scenario, like today you will be the buyer at $59. If another party backorders the same name after February 15, that party’s opening bid will be at $69 and the system will alert you to raise your bid if you so elect.)

As is the case today, all non-deleting domain names will enter our system at the starting bid price specified by the listing party.   Opening bids for those names will stay at the amounts originally set.

There is no change to auction procedures.   If there is only one bidder for a name at the time of its availability, the name will be awarded to that bidder.   For names with more than one interested party, the names will go to auction and the highest bid at or above the starting bid amount will prevail.

Questions can be directed to the SnapNames support team:

E-mail: support@snapnames.com
Web: http://support.oversee.net/login.php

New Startup Hipster Gains Popularity While Hipster.com Domain Name Expires

TechCrunch has been covering a new startup called Hipster, despite the fact that the company hasn’t actually revealed what it’s going to be or do. In fact, TechCrunch reported that the company had 10,000 signups already.

Because the company was late to the game, it operates on UseHipster.com rather than the more obvious (but way more valuable) Hipster.com. In my opinion, Hipster.com as a domain name alone is worth several thousand dollars because of it’s connotation.

Incidentally, with all of this going on right now, Hipster.com expired on January 11th and is scheduled for auction on NameJet on February 15th. There are 11 bidders, and a starting price of $2,000 should it actually go to auction.

Since the domain name was previously owned by a company called Virtual Hipster Corporation, it’s likely this is just an oversight and will be sorted sometime in the near future.

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