I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. Personally, I love it when the market is closed for three days in a row. Most of my investments are of the set it and forget it variety, but I do like to actively trade with a small part of my portfolio so I pay attention to some stuff nearly every day that the market is open. It’s nice when there isn’t anything to pay attention to. I sometimes find myself wishing that domain auctions would close for the weekends too.
I originally intended to come back from my vacation and begin posting something a little different than the daily Chinese auction results. I was going to post sales and trend info across the “liquid” categories with data I’ve been collecting for a while now from US based auction platforms. I was also working on a website to share all of this data. And then last week, shortnames.com released their new site and really knocked it out of the park. It’s a great looking site, and it has all of the data that I’ve been collecting. I decided against a daily post about data that you can easily look up yourself now. Luckily, Josh decided to join Shane on the daily list, and I asked if I could take over the daily recap post.
DiamondOrganics.com The company should probably own this but its getting bid up for all the backlinks and history. 20 years old
$787 – Probably went out of business? One yelp reviewer stated that it cost $97 to deliver 16 oranges and grapefruits 50 miles away. That’s a tough sell for most.
CustomEnergy.com I still don’t think people understand how big energy storage and creation is going to be over the next decade
$1247 – I would have agreed 5 years ago. Not sure the next decade is in the cards at this point. My energy costs keep dropping. Natural gas is dirt cheap, and I’m now paying something like 7.5 cents per kwh for a 100% renewable plan in Texas.
IdealDomain.com The plural would be even better but still a solid name for someone in our industry
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PremiumSeed.com No bidders. All plants are grown from seed or cuttings. Why not pretend like you’re the best
$319 – Will probably be a marijuana name.
HydroTomato.com You probably don’t realize it but a lot of the tomatoes you are getting in the store are grown hydroponically. They are getting better at it every year
? Yep, I buy them all the time, and they are pretty good.
eBackorder.com No bidders. Endusers are probably limited but at this price its worth looking at
$260
AtlantaCellular.com Cell phones are coming to Atlanta soon
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RazorBlade.org Everyone I know over 17 uses one. Although there was this one guy I know that had a disease where he had no hair on his body. I don’t he spent any money on razors
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1800Flowerd.com Only here for the typo. Just a little extra reach away from a visit
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ShroomHunter.com Mushroom hunters don’t mess around. I shit you not, they will blindfold you when they drive you to their morel patch.
? – I went on a shroom hunt once but not for the varieties you can buy in stores.
Shiitake.org Speaking of mushrooms. Here’s a real tasty one
? – Probably my favorite variety that you can buy in stores.
BankingOnBitcoin.com A lot of people are
$610 – I’m surprised it went for this much.
HeadCrusher.com Good brand and the nickname of The Mountain on Game of Thrones
? – Takata should buy this.
LeagueMonster.com Have a monster year in your fantasy league with League Monster.com Free slogan.
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JustAnotherCoverup.com Conspiracy theorist dream name
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CloudScore.com I’ll give it a 6
$740 – Cloud names are like vegan names. They almost always sell for nice prices, and you never have to ask a cloud if it is a cloud. A cloud will tell you in the first five minutes.
GMT.us This LLL.us actually has some action. Dot us generally is a the red headed stepchild of the domain world
$420 – Nice segway for the next name.
420RX.com Dr. Weed is in the house
$760 – Someone had the foresight to register this 7 years ago.
35000.org Its round. Gotta give it that
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Here are the best of the LLLL.coms
The floor on these 4L.coms with vowels and / or a V are certainly rising a bit. I sold two that contained a V yesterday for $450 each.
IBSE.com
$400
ELEU.com
$418
EOVI.com
$510
TYEL.com
$676
SNVG.com
$346
PKLO.com
$345
AGKM.com
$345
VTHO.com
$355
FYKI.com
$410
IAGY.com
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AYDD.com I love no reserve auctions
$460
VRMM.com Nothing hotter than VR names right now in the auction market. Actually not true, one word keywords are always great
Currently at $1200 and ends in a few hours.
InjuryHelp.com Doctors and lawyers. All willing to help as long as you pay them
Currently at $1550 and ends in about 17 hours.
Shout.com Fantastic name. Because of the quality I imagine the reserve is going to be pretty high
Ended unsold @ $110K – what a great name, but the last recorded sale price for the name was $450K just a few years ago
NetDesk.com Sounds a little 2007ish but still sounds like an online tool
Ended unsold @ $458 – another good name with little traction. The last recorded sale price was $9,400 less than two years ago.
TheBlackHorse.com Not a four figure name at auction but worth more than the present bid IMO
Ended unsold $40 – Without the “The” it sells for much more easily, but I think it is better than a $40 name.
Maybe reserves were too high or the Namejet API was having a problem (don’t think so), but none of the Namejet names are listed as sold anywhere.
NCP.net
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CoolDomains.com Nice name for someone in our industry. “These domains are Hot” Free Slogan
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FunDeal.com Everyone loves a deal. Making it fun is a bonus
? – Last reported sale is $2K on 7/28/2015.
GifDesigner.com Most of the humor on the internet is now Gifs. Make some money off it by helping them be funny thought gifs
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Buckingham.org A ton of families share this name. Worth more than the bids for email alone IMO
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DirtStopper.com I could use some of this. I come home filthy every night
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ItsLong.com Give this one out as an email at the bars. Or porn name
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VeganRolls.com you know how I loooooooove vegan stuff
? – There are plenty of delicious vegan rolls. One of my favorites is made with shrooms – the varieties that you can buy in stores of course.
ILikeYourMom.com Careful.
? – Could be an interesting site.
Cleanser.co Has a few bids already. I don’t like it because I don’t like cleaning
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YTYT.net Even as a dot net I know there will be quite a few Chinese that will want this pattern
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And a few great LLLL.com from the Namejet side
LBED.com Nice LLLL.com or a cool new bed
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HHDO.com
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FEPD.com
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FENM.com
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LMLE.com
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TIOR.com
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RCTM.com
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Would you say Shout.com is worth more or less today than the sale price from a few years ago?
From a wholesale price perspective, I would say that Shout.com is worth about the same to a little more today than it was a few years ago, but 450K for the name sounds more like a retail sale. Namebio lists the name as sold via website properties rather than one of the typical auction platforms so maybe they found a retail buyer. I’m not sure how sales via website properties are making their way onto Namebio.