Monte Cahn from Right of the Dot emailed me the final results from the NamesCon live domain name auction held last week in Austin. From what I can tell, 74 domain names were sold for a total value of just over $1.8 million USD. There were 136 domain name listed for sale in the live auction this year.
The domain names that did not sell in the auction (listed as “pass” below) will be in the extended auction that is happening on GoDaddy Auctions right now. There are also many more domain names listed in the extended auction that were not included in the live auction.
Listed below are the results from the live auction. “Phone” below means online and “Live” means it was a floor bid. “Pass” means the domain name did not hit reserve, but the bid is the high bid before it passed. I do not know if there were any “chandelier bids” included in those pass listings – nor do I know if that is permitted or accepted in Texas auctions.
2020 NamesCon Live Auction Results:
Lot # Domain Price Type
10 texashotels.com $6,200 phone
20 Toolchest.com $6,900 Live
30 icebergs.com $3,200 phone
40 Stardate.com $5,250 live
50 iqiq.com $2,500 live
60 earthlings.com $2,200 live
70 bash.com $85,000 pass
80 csct.com $750 live
90 directions.com* $75,000 phone
100 rix.net $1,300 live
110 Jose.com $25,000 pass
120 motorcyclesale.com $400 phone
130 cabservice.com $2,500 live
140 airdrop.com $45,000 pass
150 ffvv.com $1,400 live
160 cgnc.com $1,700 phone
170 mycar.com $50,000 pass
180 ZLKi.com $500 phone
190 please.com $141,000 phone
200 arcades.com $15,000 pass
210 bicycleshops.com $1,600 live
220 Dancing.com $90,000 pass
230 mgv.com $17,000 phone
240 ADD.com $800,000 phone
250 Med.org $8,500 phone
260 irp.com $25,000 live
270 even.net $3,200 phone
280 ebit.com $20,000 pass
290 shopped.com $10,000 pass
300 ArtDesign.com $2,900 phone
310 iyw.com $15,000 pass
320 VUY.COM $15,000 phone
330 FreshFood.com $20,000 live
340 calories.com $100,000 pass
350 TimeshareSales.com $1,000 live
350 Cocktails.com $250,000 pass
370 webdesigns.com $30,000 pass
380 hrb.com $70,000 live
390 TravelAgency.com $25,000 phone
400 OverEater.com $700 live
410 OPZ.com $17,000 pass
420 Yonk.com $9,000 pass
430 Kffr.com $700 live
440 Goodies.com $30,000 pass
450 UsedCar.com $200,000 pass
460 pnp.org $4,000 live
470 playhockey.com $6,000 live
480 ActiveWear.com $50,000 live
490 JM.ORG $9,500 live
500 Urn.com $35,000 pass
510 Vehicle.com $90,000 pass
520 hixe.com $2,200 live
520 kick.com $210,000 pass
540 laptop.com $375,000 pass
550 b4.net $1,300 live
560 w.de $35,000 pass
570 Lectures.com $55,000 pass
580 sawx.com $1,300 live
590 Pandas.com $22,000 pass
600 futons.com $110,000 pass
610 xylophones.com $1,200 live
620 tie.com $110,000 pass
630 BeautySpa.com $5,500 live
640 Boso.com $16,000 pass
650 lasers.com $40,000 pass
660 tatoo.me $400 phone
670 shirts.com $200,000 pass
680 Mdmd.com $11,000 pass
690 Landlords.com $23,000 live
700 Singl.es $1,200 live
710 xu.com $300,000 pass
720 illinois.com $225,000 pass
730 Refitted.com $1,100 phone
740 ship.net $25,000 pass
750 connecticut.com $160,000 pass
760 70a.com $3,000 phone
770 xtream.com $26,000 live
780 ukp.org $600 live
790 uf.net $19,000 pass
800 Offices.com $260,000 live
810 8545.COM $19,000 live
820 wyv.com $15,000 pass
830 closet.org $2,600 live
840 siblings.com $19,000 pass
850 gofish.com $50,000 pass
860 Diagnose.com $60,000 pass
870 legalfees.com $4,000 live
880 Cobras.com $16,000 pass
890 Ozarks.com $34,000 pass
900 ULJ.COM $13,500 live
910 cookingschools.com $21,000 pass
920 fef.com $47,000 pass
930 RoadShows.com $9,000 phone
940 PuppyLove.com $17,000 pass
959 IEV.COM $40,000 pass
960 GhostStories.com $4,750 phone
970 7864.com $27,000 pass
980 potoil.com $2,000 phone
990 sensimilla.club $300 pass
1000 gi.com $500,000 pass
1010 printers.info $8,500 live
1020 DevilDogs.com $1,900 phone
1030 RagsToRiches.com $17,000 pass
1040 racebikes.com $2,000 phone
1050 Latinos.com $60,000 pass
1060 Zyfu.com $1,200 live
1070 mistakes.com $14,500 live
1080 werewolf.com $50,000 pass
1090 emeraldearrings.com $800 live
1100 nutritional.com $250,000 pass
1110 pzu.com $25,000 pass
1120 Asheville.org**** $3,000 live
1130 AlcoholTreatment.com $32,000 phon
1140 wxq.com $25,000 pass
1150 Burb.com $225,000 pass
1160 TechM.com $2,600 live
1170 Childbirth.com $18,500 live
1180 i.rent $10,000 pass
1190 Recreation.org $2,300 live
1200 Democratic.com $25,000 pass
1210 ucme.com $2,400 phone
1220 Slept.com $120,000 pass
1230 autographed.com $17,000 pass
1240 cuxa.com $1,900 live
1250 bv.net $9,000 live
1260 otag.com $1,600 live
1270 SeniorCenters.com $8,500 pass
1280 lez.org $1,100 live
1290 awards.net pass
1300 Rides.co pass
1310 coldremedies.com $1,400 live
1320 Sex.us $21,000 pass
1330 bvlg.com $600 live
1340 laws.net $5,000 phone
1350 autodealerships.com $1,500 live
1360 autobiography.net $900 live
What do the astericks mean?
Interesting that xu.com could only manage $300,000 (whether real or not). The market for LL.com seems to have dropped very considerably.
A lot of the “pass” prices are meaningless, dubious bids often under the known reserve level. I really doubt anyone was willing to pay $10,000 for i.rent or $225,000 for burb.com.
the high bids were real and came from either the room or online. Pass prices are relevant as it showed the current interest in the room and online at that time. We will see what some of these do in the extended auction.
Lot of my bids didn’t get through, as the stream and the feed was lagging behind for online bidders. Very poor experience overall. Constantly between 10-30 seconds lag. After a couple of fails I simply gave up. Others I talked to faced similar issues.
interesting. How can a company like Proxibid did this? They should have solved these problems years before.
I have no idea why they used them. 24 hours before the actual auction there were multiple email sent that the auction would run via Proxibid. You had to signup and go through the complete verification process in less than a day, only to realize during the auction that the feed and stream was delayed so they were talking about a domain in the audio that was already closed and they moved on to the next domain. Then the whole issue with “your bid was rejected, please try again”. It was just outright BAD. Felt like 2004.
I bid on the auction and had no problem. And verification was simply entering your CC info as a payment option. And I am not commenting anonymously.
CC only? I had to verify cc and a phone number . I first had entered a landline, and one hour before the auction they wanted to send a verification code which a landline obviously can’t receive. absolute amateur hour.
Calling Two factor authentication amateur hour… Ok.
so you had to verify a mobile number too? because you said “it was simply entering your CC info as a payment option”. curious.
Richard – sorry you experienced issues but I bet that was your own connection. I heard no other issues on bidding lag at all. The system performed much better than in years past with the previous system we used. Good news is that you can bid on all the remaining names in the extended auction which is going on now through Feb 14 – https://auctions.godaddy.com/?t=16&event=7
200mbit should do the trick. the audio was def. out of sync and system lagged at least 10 seconds going up to 30 seconds. In previous years there was a video stream that was completely out of sync so I hoped at least the audio would hold up realtime. Unfortunately not.
The bids aren’t relevant if you get a buddy to bid up a name that is still under reserve. The truth is if you don’t bid up your own name then you’re not working the system the way you should. Bidding up your own name to make it look like it’s worth more than it is could possibly create a sale. Simple process. Can’t be tracked.
Todd – we tracked all online bids and live bids in the room. I am not aware of any “buddy” bidding but I guess anything is possible. that would happen in any live or online auction of any system. From my 25 years of experience and having pioneered the live and online auctions for the domain industry, I am confident in our process and the integrity of the bids and sales.
This is a serious allegation. Please be careful.
@Snoopy – your default is to always be negative. Why? Really why?
300k for xu.com is solid given the letters.
Why would you assume the bids are not real? Nuts.
LL.coms are not down, they will always be strong .com assets.
Pass prices are not meaningless.
You are bordering on libel when calling bids dubious… you should be extremely careful.
Please provide any evidence or proof you may have about this accusation – or refrain from making these claims in future.
Super interesting
Thanks
xtream.com received a UDRP filing yesterday:
http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/1881672
AlcoholTreatment.com $32,000 phon
someone miss the e
maybe he need a AlcoholTreatment 🙂
just kidding
some good sales there
hope NamesCon Europe will also auction some nice domains
c ya