Travis and I were on the hunt at the Sedo Great Domain auction for a name to add to our portfolio. Last time a few good LLL.coms at the Sedo GD auction went for a really good price and we’ve been kicking ourselves ever since. Generally because they all end at the exact same time and it doesn’t give you a chance to get your second choice if you miss one and can’t afford two. There are quite a few things at Sedo that are simple fixes that would greatly improve the experience but that’s for another article. The 4 names we had it down to were TBN,JOQ,KAA,and NIQ. All dot com of course. We really liked JOQ but the reserve range was so wide it was hard to tell what they were looking for and because we can only choose one (that end at the same time thing) it made it difficult. So we simply put in what we were willing to pay that was in range and saw if it met reserve. It didn’t so we moved on to other names. When we looked at KAA there were a lot of trademarks. And they were trademarks that were very wide and didn’t leave open many industries that could buy it. The snake in Jungle Book is named KAA and Disney trademarked it under pretty much anything media related. Television, movies, toys. There was also a tech company patent and it looked fairly wide as well. We thought we could get around it though so it was in the mix but with hesitation.
We also loved NIQ.com Short, could be a name. Definitely could be a brand. IQ and in smart or artificial intelligence. Nobody really seemed to see the IQ part. But people aren’t big fans of Q in general. And it was fairly cheap. Under $20K for a pronounceable LLL.com is something you always have to look at. Then there was TBN.com Great letters for an acronym. Big potential buyers, especially the Trinity Broadcast Network that operates on the .org and owns the TBN twitter. A lot of other potentials as well. $30K was not a problem for name like that. Just have to make sure that Trinity or Turner don’t try and take it. But a great name and worth the $30K
So which one did we buy? Once its in the account we’ll say. Just wanted to do what we always do around here. Give you a little idea of what is going through our head when we buy or sell names. We would have been happy with any of them and I think like all good domains, we’ll look back and think all of these prices were steals. Here are today’s names. Make sure to click on the names to see the current price and to help DSAD continue writing each day.
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Domain of the Day: DubHub.com Crazy amount and random things named this. From music to campers
Namejet, Sedo, and other Names Up for Auction
RIBI.com Reminds me of a pet frog too
SocialResearch.com A lot of big companies offer this
Power.io One of the better .io that Mike’s caught
SevenMountains.com Good brand. I think of the 7 summits when I see this. One bidder
GenSec.com I don’t think anyone is going to pick up on this but it was one of the fake companies in Payday. What is payday? Nevermind
TattooCity.com Not the coolest tattoo name out there but you know what you’re getting. But definitely not as good as No Regrets or Shit That Hurts Tattoos
SlimAndFit.com Body shamer
Godaddy Domains With Multiple Bids
58123.com I wish I would have purchased a lot more 123 names. They get such a higher multiple than average
Nogar.com A 5L but also a family name
CryptoMachines.com Every time BTC prices rises the sales of these things picks up
Desena.com comes from De Sena which meant in Italian and Spanish you were from Siena which used to be called Sena. So a last name
2670.net If you take a percentage of dot come then these should be rising right along
SocialPerformance.com Really nice name for a company that measures this and helps improve it. A bit long but perfect description
YourWorkout.com My personal favorite. Obvious use in so many sports
RunningShirts.com Normally I would say too generic but this is a big category. From training apparel to funny shirts like “if I die, please stop my Garmin”
OnlineCreative.com 22 years old. Creativity usually trumps education when it come to marketing
DenverDivorceLawyer.com Geo legal names still sell all the time
AdvantageBuilders.com Upgrade name for dozens of companies that share the name
DiamondSolar.com I think solar will be big enough that it would be smart to hold a small part of your portfolio in solar names
FutureCreator.com I think this will be a person that creates your future versus a creator that will be one in the future
UltimateFights.com Not sure you’re going to get by the UFC with this one. Otherwise…nice
HopHut.com Godaddy likes it but I’m going to leave it to some bunny else
Godaddy Domains With One or No Bids
Colabr.com Collaboration software or site all the way. No bids
Veracia.com Sounds voracious but also nice
LightGrow.com Big market in the LED grow light business right now with canna
Tribiotics.com Probiotics on steroids. Or maybe just steroids
HousePitch.com Home sales marketing company
ChainFilter.com All chain names are blockchain names now. Even bike chain
GoldenBotanicals.com Botany names have been doing well in the canna space. I don’t know about actual sales but I see quite a few companies with forms of it in their names
CrunchTank.com Tech Crunch starts a shark tank
Digital361 .com “We take 4 days off”
The Rest of the Godaddy Names With Bids
188.biz
195116.com
26207.com
398633.com
567.biz
581996.com
678.biz
880.biz
896321478.com
Affirmix.com
Amtren.com
AtHeLite.com
axjc119.com
aymysm.com
BankFantasy.com
BaoMotao.com
BlandfordTownMuseum.org
BoarderLife.com
Bode178.com
BostonSuperTours.com
BushNews.com
BuyerBridge.com
BuySpice.com
bx333.com
BZUX.com
Calliope.org
CarAssurance.com
Carzie.com
Celebrity-Exchange.com
Clickapay.com
Conversay.com
CurrencyMall.com
CWVT.com
DictOne.com
Diogame.com
Doctor-Forex.com
DogeCoinTutorial.com
EmotionReports.com
EnvisionChurch.com
EUIK.com
Euvitis.com
Evoluer.com
FinancialMythBusting.com
Flamovie.info
FreeChatLines.com
Froira.co
GiftSift.com
glowcbd.com
GwenMarsTon.com
HoustonCleanAirNetwork.com
HoustonTenants.org
Huazou.com
IASteak.com
IMBeef.com
Insurecy.com
Kaskey.com
KomodoTours.com
Krankamps.com
Kuajienan.com
LemonPush.com
LRPU.com
LuckC.com
Luxeaf.com
lwt067.com
MagCrew.com
MarylandBB.com
MeetingMarket.com
MessengerPress.com
Montreal-TravelGuide.com
MotorhomeRepair.com
MotoSearch.com
Nasavo.com
NorthernMinnesota.org
Oska1.com
PandaCup.com
PebblebeachCorporate.com
PerfectMeetings.com
Pinyays.com
PositiveProducts.com
PrimeTimeClothing.com
PropCenter.com
QiP520.com
RadioBallads.com
RDPU.com
RebeccaNelson.com
REZM.com
RUicheng188.com
ScarLettContent.net
Schoonerinc.org
Sculpteurs.org
sdganxin.com
Senkos.com
ShareFund.com
SinoCoin.com
SinRiver.com
Skeder.com
SpiritualMall.com
Sploving.com
SpurSeattle.com
StriperTracker.org
SuperintendentMagazine.com
tbaoro.com
TheKingsleySchool.com
TheSportsWiki.com
TrainingAgents.com
ttfl520.com
USVY.com
wfdzxw.com
whzbsh.com
www920.com
Xotara.com
YDNote.com
YWLUmbrella.com
yxyfchem.com
z102austin.com
Zellox.com
Cool…I think all the 3 letter names were good prices so you guys did fine. I liked Kaa best but didn’t know about TMs.
I am always surprised by how many people will spend $20,000 and not even look at history or trademarks on the name
I think I know which one you guys niqed… In any case, I agree that you got a good deal.
The more i think about niq, the more i like it. Aside from the iq angle, it reads like “Nick” You’ll never ever get nick.com, so this is the next best thing. It fails the radio test but a simple “visit N. I. Q. .com” in the copy would resolve that.
I always thought you were the brightest of the readers Bar 🙂
Not sure if serious or if you’re trollin’ me 🤔 I still love you though
Ha. Just liked that you also saw the IQ thing
Thanks for mentioning power.io, but the link should be to park.io – not sure why it is on namejet
Fixed. Sorry about that