Yesterday I was one of the final bidders of drone.net . I like the name. I like drones. My wife’s company makes drones and other radio controlled things and I was going to put up a site and sell drones. But I turned into a business person and thought I might be better off just buying a cheaper drone name on a dot com and use the money to build a brand. But then I got to thinking even more and realized I’m never really going to do any of it so I ate a donut and took a nap. Here are today’s names.
BL2.com I have no idea why this one is so high. Good LLN.com but this one is 3 times the normal auction price
StartupVisa.com High CPC and millions looking for a bad credit credit card. Obvious TM issue though but that doesn’t seem to stop the bidders. PR 5
DriversEdge.com 18 years old. PR5. Curious what’s going to give me an edge driving. So far the best edge has been knowing where I’m going
Calia.com I know it as a plant but also a name and a pretty brand. Other bidders agree
Debit.cc One of the better dot cc you can own. I own the rest CC = credit card
Sharkle.com Getting bids but I had no idea why. Looked it up. Something about glitter flying out your ass. Probably the reason
WGWB.com White Guys With Beards. Beards are hot. Under $100 at press time
TurningRiver.com Sounds like a beer so I’m a buyer
LMK.com Let me Know
Working Godaddy Domain Code of the day. $10 off PURCHASES OF $50 OR MORE ACOSKS65
Visors.com It’s all I wear. Visors are the new sexy. Invest
SLEA.com I’m seeing it as an Acronym because I don’t think Slia’s Head is going to help it much. 18 years old
HotelFunds.com No bidders. The NY Hotel Union uses the dot org. Also a decent name for a hotel based index fund.
JBOP.com Good acronym and only 12 bidders. Also fun to say….. J-Bop
TapTrick.com I’ve had great success with Tap names. I used to have 10 or so and have sold every single one
MLTN.com More Likely Than Not. Over 50 bidders. N for network. Going to do very well
Stime.com Is a word. And just cause I’ve never used it doesn’t make it any less valuable
CopperKing.com Lots of things with this name. Also a beer name. Awesome sauce
LadiesMan.com Like the name but going to be hard to get The Ladeeesth Man from SNL out of people’s mind
Tannis.com People, places, and things. 16 years old
Juggy.com Boobs
ManchesterVillage.com 76 million results on Google but very few bidders
Gackle.com Sell it to one of the 310 residents of Gackle, North Dakota……….or just make it your own brand.
Ed5.com Worst band name ever. Good CCC.com though
ForgottenMoney.com No bidders. Unclaimed money draw is a good way to get traffic. Everyone loves free money
FoodShack.com Good name for selling…….I guess that’s obvious
GunOutlet.com Can’t believe this doesn’t have a bidder. Guns are huge here in the Midwest. I hate guns. Taser guy myself
NeverLookBack.com I do all the time and it’s really never hurt me. Still like the mantra
Pink.net Hard to believe someone let this expire
DN3.com Domain investors should want this one…of course they should want most of these names
Inspected.com Today’s namejet list is so long I’m running out of jokes
TheRetriever.com Decent brand for a dog or even an online task app. My name for disclosure so please pay more than you would otherwise
DKDesign.com 40 million Google results really surprised me. Had no idea how many companies used this name. Looks like an easy flip. One bidder
PrettyNew.com I’m cheap so I’m always looking for something used but in good shape
CAX DOMAIN OF THE DAY Discretion.com If you buy the name I’m pretty sure he’ll throw in the website
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Bidding on drones.net while advertising it on your blog doesn’t sound like a good idea.
Just think how that sounds.
Konstantinos,
Actually I didn’t think about it at the time because I don’t bid on names I am paid commisssion. For Godaddy I only put in my bid and then never raise it. If someone wants to pay more it all theirs and it’s not right for me to come back and raise it in my eyes. I loved the name and wanted to own it and therefore placed a bid. It would be one thing if I was paid commission, but Aaron and I are paid a lump fee for advertising the domain. If anything I caused myself to not get the name because we helped get more bidders and it went above the price I was willing to pay. Also there were several bidders above my final bid and my high bid lasted exactly 5 minutes. I promise I try to not do anything wrong because if I do I know you’ll point it out.
I think startup visa is more about work visas to work in the US if startups want talent from overseas. It’s a big issue for them.
Koosah,
Very good point. Forgot about that one