You know where the big money is in the new gTLDs? Losing auctions. Early on I was part of an investment group looking to apply for a new gTLD. We found some we liked but when we found out there were other applicants we moved to another because we wanted to own a G and not get beat out. In hindsight we should have wanted to get beat out. The losers or the auctions get a percentage of the money fromthe winning bidders and that often millions and millions. I’m too lazy to see who the competitors were in the dot web auction but all of them took home millions. Its one of the few times that I would love to be a loser over and over again. Here are today’s names. Click for current prices
Plumery.com No bidders. I like this one a lot. Sounds soft and relaxing. A collection of plumes
AMTX.com 20 years old. American Texas. Got some good bids
SoftWar.com Getting bids. Probably because its how they pronounce Software in Texas
Bizzad.com OK but I know there will bids and is good to put up on a brand site
WackyBox.com No bids at $12. A bit goofy but memorable and that’s all that counts
BigPeek.com Memorable as well and no bids. Kind of excited to get a sneak peak
EmeraldFalls.com Sounds like a lovely place to visit
BiMedia.com Must be getting all the bids because it goes both ways. Print AND Internet
Novo.co These were the only type of dot co I bought early. CVCV that rhymed with co
7AV.com V used to be bad and then Virtual came along
FreeRange.net Good name to sell chickens or any meat animal
Suniko.com No bids. Japanese sounding brand
PaleoCooking.com Not a hotter diet out there than Paleo
MediStick.com Nice medical name for the price
Quickie.net Everyone loves a quickie
Filter-Mag.com The bids are coming for the 121,000 back links
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FLIPPA and SEDO
LEDFlashlight.com Closing today. Met reserve and will sell
SolarCharger.net First dot net in a while that I am thinking of buying
LastLongerInBedHelp.com At $4K because its a successful click bank site
NAMEJET
MNHN.com Great letters. N for Network
FundIncubator.com Gotta cook the money. 29 bidders
FLGA.com Florida Georgia Line. Worst band EVER
VirtualBusiness.co Because we know there were be a ton of shops in VR and AR
TimeShareRentals.org Obviously dot org would be better but Time Share is a HUGE business in Florida and other vacation states
NCKC.com I am going to buy this one
Complying.org There are entire companies set up to help with compliance of various legal requirements
GreenMarketing.co 10 bidders. Everything is green or virtual right now
CIBH.com Holdings
CookHappy.com Positive name in a hot area
YRS.com Years and Yours. Only at $5K at press time
Approached.com I don’t like these kind of one off tenses of words but its getting lots of bids
EcuadorAirlines.com I don’t know anyone that has ever had a bad experience on Ecuador Airlines. But admit I don’t know anyone that has flown Ecua Air. Or Spirit
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I’m seeing a lot more .co in your lists recently. Are you warming up to .co? 🙂
Agree with approached.com – the past tense ‘ed’ ending always rolls into the ‘d’ of dot com so if you say it normally it sounds like you’re saying approach.com causing brand confusion. If you emphasise the ‘ed’ ending you sound like a nutter.
John,
I am working with a guy that has a few thousand dot co at auction on Namejet. I am trying to pick out the best 4 or 5 I like from the list. Like all country codes like dot io, co, and cc, I only like them for certain words. Most are worthless and don’t work. But there are those that do
I think ICANN gets of this moolah on the .WEB…. Not the loosers.