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Expired Domain Report: a strong .net sale and more

Expired Domain Report: a strong .net sale and more




Joseph Peterson takes a look at the past week in the expired domain name market.
There has been some discussion this past year among domain investors about the market outlook for .NET domains. Traditionally, .NET has played second fiddle to .COM for the most part, and some predict that wave after wave of new TLD releases can only erode .NET’s position. Just last week, a DNW reader expressed the view that “.NET is slowly dying”. Not everyone shares that opinion, however, as witnessed by NameJet’s $8.7k auction of Pink.net, which received 178 bids from 140 bidders. Few brand names are as vivid as “Pink”; and when a concise, versatile name in .COM is unobtainable / unaffordable, many of us will happily brand our internetventures with .NET instead.



Tempting as it is to write a page or two on .NET and the future TLD landscape, I’ll shut up. Another NameJet auction, SmartSell.com ($2.5k), was a smart buy. Owners are usually unfamiliar with the ins and outs of selling big-ticket items such as houses, boats, fine art, domains, websites, or companies. They worry about making bad selling decisions; so some sort of expert is usually involved. Such experts will find SmartSell.com reassuring to clients. For a broker or salesman, trust means money.
Domain NameEnd $Domain NameEnd $
Pink.net8690InfoPro.com3100
SmartSell.com2500ADEE.com1550
HealthA.com1245Echang.com1205
SLEA.com935KDG.net810
MGFS.com555ChinaKongZi.net463
EGCM.com360PlanetPoint.com198
LODX.com139SexNight.com114
You’ll notice that the Namejet table is rather short this week – only 14 domains. My data is never comprehensive, since to track an outcome independently at NameJet I must obligate myself as a bidder; and I’d prefer not to risk purchasing dozens of unwanted domains should the higher bidders back out of payment. Actually, this past week I was following another 181 of the most active NameJet auctions; but those turned out to be non-expired domains, which I avoid reporting. Most didn’t meet the owners’ reserves anyhow.
Could GoDaddy’s $6.9k auction of Dilou.com refer to the Tunisian Minister of Human Rights and government spokesman, Samir Dilou? I’m not sure what’s going on with TransNeft.com, which has been advertising itself for sale since 2000 – most recently  with an asking price of $6k – and which just received bids up to $5.5k, just shy of its 14-year asking price. Archive.org has screen shots aplenty, but I didn’t see any developed content during that period. Still more peculiar is the $4.3k high bid for a 1-year old SaudiApps.info.
StockValuation.com ($3.9k) – now there’s a domain that has some bearing on the market. Financial topics tend to be worth something. GotMoney.com ($2.9k) is another example. Even StockTrading.info pulled in $1.1k. Another .INFO, Battery-Life.info ($3.6k), was developed with presumably enough information on phone and laptop charging to overcome the hyphen and TLD. As for PhimVu.com ($2.6k), well, as I’ve pointed out for 3 weeks in a row, if it sells for 4 figures at GoDaddy and looks like transliterated Vietnamese, then it’s almost certainly pornography.
Wisdom.co ($1.5k) is the sort of short, big-topic word that I personally like in .CO. Even shorter, Calia.com ($1.6k) is a good neologism (and first name) already in use by at least a handful of brands ranging from hair care to furniture. HempWear.com ($1.1k) will find a cannabis clothing market ready and waiting. And it’s hard to go wrong with SellHemp.com at $57. Apart from its literal use in dating, TheMatchMaker.com ($1.1k) is a good match for brokers of any sort. A real estate agent could really stand out with this domain.
Domain NameEnd $Domain NameEnd $
Dilou.com6901TransNeft.com5527
SaudiApps.info4251TVChannelsFree.com4049
MedTour.com4000StockValuation.com3850
Battery-Life.info3557GotMoney.com2851
PhimVu.com2625AddAny.com2025
DripWorksUSA.com2025StartupVisa.com2000
TouristVisaForms.com1659Calia.com1626
Wisdom.co1525OfficeSupply
Cheaper.com		1525
PIQO.com1435RobinsNest.com
[malware]		1277
OccupyChi.org1230MonitorSecurity.com1144
TheMatchMaker.com1136HempWear.com1115
StockTrading.info1075ARMZ.com1075
WeddingPlanning
Directory.com		907VavoomVintage
Blog.com		900
YummyCakes.com898Chaidan.com829
RiverWalk.org821RadiusIM.com811
CloudContacts.com810BogdonAndGross.com810
LegoLifeOfGeorge.info810PlayInc.com800
MansuHotel.com750LiveScore.info716
Clan.co710MasterM.com710
Sharkle.com710AVMost.com700
WebsiteAdvisor.com660SLNextDoor.com647
92818.com612Penumbra
BlackPlague.com		611
PodCampBoston.org610CappsFor
Congress.com		609
Penumbra-Overture.com601GSSO.org580
Incontinet.com [sic]560CrowdCreative.com560
FlirtSpin.com556CultInfoBooks.com550
Taskie.com546FabricTrends.com540
JayBean.com540Xephon.com535
Avkoo.info511Mapecos.org511
FZA.org510GoldSummitCorp.com510
FGCA.org510ShyDating.com503
GameStop.co501SeattleComedy
Competition.com		500
StreetHustle.net480Khmer-Buzz.com476
EHBCC.org471MovieBadGirls.com460
CarolineEM.org458Region14
Athletics.org		456
IOCellNetworks.com455VREC.com449
TechPublishing.com443KenNorton.com435
IKOZ.com428SMB03.com425
MacBid.com425CampSertoma.org425
ClubFresh.com420E-RealEstate.com415
CERetailers.org415LuoKong.com410
TucsonTransit
Study.com		406CBTComesa.com405
ALMD.com405MakeYouHip.com405
MathWhizz.net405Fab5.com404
SanduskyFunSpots.com400CRSA.org396
CrazyDogAudio
Theatre.com		395JohnLiu2013.com392
Missing.info385HLAT.us384
ShineSF.com380Tengerism.org365
PassBox.com361SpicyChef.com358
TheGTA.org356ADHDFamily
Online.com		356
AZDirMA.com355MyDesignPick.com355
Out-FitChallenge.com350TZDZ.com350
GameFiesta.com349Triabetes.org345
JoelHotaForMayor.com345BuySellApp.com343
DetroitYoung
Professionals.org		341TongHua5.com341
ChaYeGuan.com338Cinema0.com338
CreativeGiraffe.com336SafeBuildings.com332
TorrentTree.com331IKEAGift.com317
NFBuilders.com316MinorityHealth.org308
AmericanBobtail.com307Sabbatum.com306
FreeRatio.org306SoldierPackages.org305
CakeHead.com30567967.com305
KatrinaAction.org305TheWorldIs
Calling.com		305
AYUD.com305ProMods.com304
BigIslandHome
Searches.com		301Templeton-
Cambridge.org		300
STEA.net299TheHealthKick.com295
CatawbaIndian
Nation.com		29590138.com290
BCMStaffing.info288SciMago.com285
MtWoodSongC.com270HarbourFinancial.com270
58969.com270TranquilityBody
Works.net		266
XYNS.com265NaniMau.com265
Engrup.org265WCM.co265
Job-Transport.com265FTO7th.com265
BitsCo.com263IENCentral.com262
FeedOurFamilies
Blog.com		260eVideoAdvisor.com260
NLNF.com260IslandEyePiece.com258
TarXienLocalCouncil.org256Workout-Without-
Weights.com		255
SECub.net255ZedPower.net255
TechPulse360.com255WVCareGivers.org252
Local-Real-Estate.com245TheVogueVibes.com238
MerryDating.com236SentenceSeek.com236
TBBH.com235AmericasRevival.com235
CabotLodge
Gainesville.com		230OnFreeSex.com227
FFRecipes.com226MP3Kiss.com226
USHomeBusiness.com22335865.com220
FBRR.com217Mikey.org216
TheLendingCo.com216Doctors-Medicine.com216
OEAP.com2151PHPStreet.com215
Derry-Chamber.org215360K.com210
FDTB.com206APHNetwork.org205
XTR4.com205ReadMeDotDoc.com205
LowCost-Bankruptcy
Lawyers.com		205SatelitskeAntene.com205
SportOf.com205MoviesWallet.com205
RogerBolger.com205TESOL-Law.com205
3D-Icons.com205CheapestOnline
College.com		195
ChristianTherapists.com193FasterFixes.com191
StreamingNHL.com188NFEP.com182
GetRidOf.com177SufiBlog.com175
PISQ.com170PaperPiecing.com168
MFZM.com165EXNI.com155
SWWH.com150LeadDigital.com141
LTWW.com136NewYorkIntern.com130
MakesYouThink.com127ChatSwap.com125
TheGreenLantern.net116LikeToCook.com115
TalentoTenis.com115UTIH.com105
SoreWinners.com105OrangeTaxiCab.com105
SzechuanChinese.com105DutchFlower.com105
WingTipBoots.com105Caring.info105
Hygroscopic.com105DayCoin.com105
8E88.com102EKKC.com100
Filmenator.com95Womens.co91
HareRaiser.com82LifeFlux.com80
Christies.co71SellHemp.com57
DeCollage.org55PaginaDePoker.com50
AmericanApparel.co31BetterSkies.com25
You can tell purely from the naming style that PenumbraBlackPlague.com ($611) and Penumbra-Overture.com ($601) are first-person shooter or RPG video games. RobinsNest.com ($1.3k) is infected with malware, according to my browser. If the buyer of Clan.co ($710) intends to see that brand succeed in the USA, then he may find KKK racism gets in the way – notwithstanding the fact that “clan” has a much older meaning in Scotlandand is already used in gaming. Hopefully not.
Puns are a funny thing. Sometimes we like ’em. Other times … Let’s just say that nothing has surpassed UpUpAndAGay.com from 3 weeks ago. This week we’ve got Triabetes.com ($345), which I’d rather not try; SportOf.com ($205), which I’d sort of give a sporting chance; HareRaiser.com ($82) for scary rabbit rearing; SoreWinners.com ($105), who complain even while bragging; and Filmenator.com ($95), which is as Hollywood and tongue-in-cheek as Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. We tend to forget that the Beatles were a bad pun, yet that didn’t stop the Fab5.com ($404). Wait, that’s another!
Not all imitation is flattering or sincere. Christies.co ($71) may legitimately belong to some Christie other than the famous auction house operating the .COM, but it’s hard to argue that AmericanApparel.co ($31) bears no relation to the trademarked clothing company.
A few nTLD registries have told us to GetRidOf.com ($177), although the public doesn’t seem to listen very well. Looks like Khmer-Buzz.com ($476) will continue to buzz with or without Khmer.buzz, which so far isn’t registered. MakesYouThink.com ($127).
ChristianTherapists.com was undervalued at $193, since almost everybody prefers to open up to those who share the same values or world view. For any Sufi ($175), SufiBlog.com would be an attractive domain. SzechuanChinese.com ($105) fits scads of restaurants, but I wonder how reliably we’d spell “Szechuan”. PaginaDePoker.com (“Poker Page”) was dirt cheap at $50.
Most of you are familiar with collage, the art of splicing together visual fragments. And you’ve probably seen its opposite, Decollage.org ($55), a tearing away to reveal underlying layers. But are you familiar with the related craft of PaperPiecing.com ($168). It can look like this.


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