I work with people privately on how to get the most out of their auctions. It is a known fact that people bid more often which leads to more bids and often higher prices. But it is understandable that people don’t want to give away their money if an auction goes poorly. So they put the starting bid at their reserve price so they don’t have a reserve. That usually kills an auction. People sort by bids and often judge the value of the name by how many “other” people like the name. Put that starting price high and you don’t get all those bids. Some people do it to save the cost of a reserve. Yes they ruin their whole auction to save $5 at Godaddy. In short, do a no reserve if you trust the marketplace. If you need a reserve put one on and start the bidding $10 and let it build. Here are today’s names. Click to see current prices.
SCUT.com South China University of Technology. A small school of 88,000
SCOW.com After seeing these two expire on the same day I think they were registered because they are types of boats. Luckily those boats are also 4L.coms
FileNetwork.com Its a good name but it’s way above where I thought it would end up. Always learning
Roundtable.org 20 years old. Getting more bids that I expected. Does have a PR4
44540.com Haven’t really been any comps in 2016 for a 5N starting with 44. This one will set it
8878877.com If you like 8s and 7s it doesn’t get much better than this.
ALLP.com I’ve always been ALLP never SOMED
GoodOpportuntity.com It may be at the $299 listing price
StartupSpace.com And a big space it is. Or at least it seems like it. Although it used to just be called a new business
2X.net A pretty special dot net. The prices shows you that others agree if you don’t think so
NCG.net Great acronym letters for the West. To me that’s the most important market. Only because its the only market I fully comprehend. The Chinese market is all gravy. Turkey gravy. The best kind
KGB.net I was going to say it isn’t as good of letters but I’m scared of the KGB so I won’t say anything
WWP.net Some great dot nets getting sold here today. This the best yet. WW, world wide.
A82.com Put any other consonant besides this one at the front and we’d be crossing $5K. Still doing well
OceanviewProperties.com Fantastic name that is under $25 at press time
MediaEngine.com Media names always seem to go for more than I think. Although this is a nice sounding name
EYEJ.com Not sure it has more value because it has the word EYE in it. So far it doesn’t
SLVV.com I know one V is bad but is two Vs good because because it looks like a W 🙂
KnockPot.com Not a bad brand for $10. No bidders
13530.com I think this crosses $1K
67241.com This one will be trailing just a little behind
FFZS.com According to some of the people in the Namepros thread this should end at -$400
578886.com No reserve. And only at $120 at press time. Maybe I’m just seeing triple and there is only one 8
TZ55.com Used to sell for a lot more. I think it will again but don’t buy on my thoughts. Because you will lose all your money if you do. And then you’ll have to take a job rubbing beard oil in Ali’s beard
NMNH.net and CGMN.net The least amount of LLLL.nets I’ve had on the list in a few weeks. Does that mean nobody wants them or that now everyone renews them. Is this good or bad? I’m so confused
RoastedChicken.com I do eat them a lot so I feel I am qualified to say this is a good name
606859.com $60 name
281383.com $200 name
XXBT.cc Not sure what this is valued out right now. We’re about to find out. But owning these has been a good buy as of late
MYXY.co I bought a bunch of these for $15 (Plus $25 renewal fee) but this one is already at $25
JJBWW.com I made the mistake of paying $250 for 4 or 5 of these patterns. Now $70 to $150. I’ll just keep them and wait and mine are a little better letters
HWF.cc One bid but its a good one
PGFU.com and ZNWE.com Only two low boats today
DonaldTrump.biz Looks like the seller is going to be rich
CO.SKI One of the few dot ski that I really like. Not that expensive all things considered
8BX.com The current price is way below other 8LL.com prices lately
NYParking.com Parking isn’t cheap in any big city but NY parking spots cost more than my home
KBS.io Do LLL.io follow the numbers to the $400 mark? A lot more combos. That’s why this is at $15 and no reserve
FOR OTHER GREAT NAMES FOR SALE MAKE SURE TO VISIT CAX.COM
PCBN.com Wait!!! I thought these were at $1800 now. This one is at $220o already. I guess I don’t know what crash means. Perfect Western Letters
SweetJuice.com No bidders. I’d take this for $69. I like anything sweet. Almost anything
ThePenny.com Good name for a classified paper or a site of some kinds. 6 bidders
MK.net The one positive about this Chinese market coming back to earth is that you may be able to get some of these super premiums a little cheaper
12913.com This would be $4K a month ago. I think it gets there today
8882291.com Looks like the price for 7Ns that start in 888 is over $300 now
LPMP.com More great letters. These are the kinds of names I recommend to clients and by clients I mean a few of my friends
ThroughChrist.com No bidders. Many people think this is how great things are achieved. Most football players
Have a name at auction and need more exposure? Send me an email. I Charge $10 per name per day. We may be able to help. If you have an auction you want to promote, email us for details.*All names chosen by me, Shane . (ie you click through and purchase a name you like) or an occasional paid listing. Everything I say is based on my own research or is opinion. Do your own due diligence. That means look it up yourself if you don’t think the stats or my opinion is correct. I hand choose my names but I am paid to make this list by both the auction houses, individuals that are auctioning names, and Godaddy affiliate links. Keep that in mind and only buy names that YOU think are good
Shane,
You are quite smug when it comes to your commentary and responses to anyone who challenges your Chinese view. I also think you are also starting to back peddle and flip flop on your views.
You are quick to shoot other people down on the forums and blogs, so you should have no trouble answering a few simple questions as you have have strong views, knowledge and opinions on the Chinese market.
So can you please answer for me and your readers some yes or no questions. Just Yes and No. Easy.
Is the average price of 4L.com CHIPS dropping?
Has the average CHIP prices dropped since December?
Is the average price of non CHIP 4L.com dropping?
Has the average price of non CHIP 4L.com dropped since December?
Do you think the average price of 4L Chip & Non Chip will rise in March and April from where it is today?
Do you think the average Price of all 4L.com will be higher in 6 months from where it is today?
Thanks
Eric,
Here are the answers to your questions
I am a domain investor. I move to different categories all the time. And you are asking all the wrong questions. The answers to these are obvious.
And the smugness is a reaction to the emotion of people such as yourself when it comes to the drop. For some reason you are enjoying it. You can’t even make any money on the downside. There is no reason to EVER root for a down market in domain investing. You should always root for upside. If you could make money on the downside I would have a completely different opinion. You simply would be taking the other side of the economic model. But there is no other side. So you are just being a “told you so” contrarian. Joe Peterson and Theo were on the “these are coming down” side the whole time. Until it gets to under $1000, people such as myself are still profitable in the LLLL.com market because we have been in since June and people like myself since 2009.
Is the average price of 4L.com CHIPS dropping? Yes and its going to get worse
Has the average CHIP prices dropped since December? Yes and its going to get worse
Is the average price of non CHIP 4L.com dropping? No, going up
Has the average price of non CHIP 4L.com dropped since December? No
Do you think the average price of 4L Chip & Non Chip will rise in March and April from where it is today? Yes, for some types of names
Do you think the average Price of all 4L.com will be higher in 6 months from where it is today? No
I’m not sure what you are trying to prove
Eric, every market has its ups and downs, the Chinese demand is still developing in my opinion. I have tons of Numerics and my email inbox is full everyday including today! I’m grabbing more names, when it dips! I love it -Mike Maillet