Domain Magnate

A quick update on the recent .ca pool auction results:

icq.ca sold for $3400
north.ca sold for $2701

MyID is also going to do a premium .ca auction.

They are mostly after 2-3 char domains and generics. Also cities and french domains.

Myid.ca doesn’t seem to be too popular so I’m guessing this auction won’t have a wide enough reach.

In other news pizza.com auction on sedo is up to $2,505,000. Many seem to be trying to capitalize on the big pizza chunk by shillbidding their domains to just under the reserve. We’ll soon find out if that worked for them..

Update: up to $2MM now and reserve reached!

Pizza.com up to $1,750,000, but reserve not reached yet.

It’s interesting that there were bids of $999,999 and $49,999, $19,999 for pizza and autos.net, drt.com. Which only looks fake, why would anyone bid near the reserve range?

Reserve also met for n5.com now with high bid $13k. Many NL.com were sold for $30-50K lately so this might turn out to be the bargain of the auction.

There are also some cheap domains that got no, or low reserves and no low prices:

flamed.com $110
profession.net $200
fela.com $750
tinkle.com $1550

ICQ.ca in now at auction in Pool.com with current high offer $2302 and over 3 days to go.

Now obviously this LLL.ca domain is only that valuable due to the popular IM program with the same name. So it’s very likely that icq.ca has some very good type in traffic that can let the owner make the money back in just a few months.

But the problem is ICQ is a trademark, which now belongs to AOL. Even if the domain icq.ca will be used for something unrelated to the icq brand AOL can claim it and most likely receive the domain. read more »

The Monthly GreatDomains Auction Begins Today.

GreatDomains.com auctions run by sedo are usually a great opportunity for domainers to grab a few bargains, so don’t miss it All the action begins in the last 5-10 minutes.

Here is the list from greatdomains

absense.net no reserve
aerobicfitness.com 1 - 4,999 $US
applicant.com 5,000 - 19,999 $US
assistants.com 20,000 - 49,999 EUR
astounds.com 1 - 4,999 $US
autos.net 50,000 - 199,999 $US
babysittingjobs.com 20,000 - 49,999 $US
bedsupply.com 1 - 4,999 $US read more »

Currently there are 990,000 .ca domains registered according to cira.ca.

With current registration rates we could hit a million within a couple weeks, or a month.

Meanwhile .ca prices are going up quickly. LL.ca market values are already at the point where few end users can afford the and LLL.ca selling for $100+ on drops.

Communicate.com, a public company in Vancouver, Canada, is announcing the acquisition of Y Combinator startup Auctomatic this morning for $5 million in cash and stock. The company is also changing its name to Live Current Media, Inc. read more »

A short sales report here on recent premium LLLL.com sales above $1k from last 10 days:

Aido.com $6,000.00 03/26/2008 Afternic
pcga.com $6,750.00 03/26/2008 Sedo
foqa.com $1,301.00 03/24/2008 NameJet
HIQI.com $1,055.00 03/22/2008 SnapNames
JAPS.com $8,200.00 03/22/2008 NameJet
ogit.com $1,038.00 03/22/2008 TDNAM
cozu.com $1,801.00 03/21/2008 Sedo
gmix.com $1,850.00 03/21/2008 Sedo
wuge.com $1,050.00 03/21/2008 Sedo read more »

Conceptualist reports that

 

Via Texada’s press release (PDF):

TEXADA Software Inc. (TSX Venture: TXS), premier provider of equipment rental and mobile asset management software, today announced that it has sold the ownership of one of its Internet addresses for $400,000. read more »

An interesting post over at the NameBio blog about aged domains:

Recently, I came into possession of a domain name registered in 1991. This domain has been continuously renewed for 17 years. (its almost old enough to vote!). However, Ive run into a few question marks, specifically in regards to determining value. Clearly older domain names have Value, they are garbled up at the expired domain auctions quite consistently, and although most caliber domainers will say that “age is but a small factor” when it comes to a VERY old domain, it can certainly become one of the most important factors.

Why is age so desired? Primarily because all the good domains were taken first, thus in theory all of the quality domain names, should be old. I find this too be a reasonably accurate statement, with exceptions on both ends. Yes, some new domains are quite valuable (new technologies, new trends) and some old domains really have nothing to offer but a history of continuous renewal. read more »

dnexpert reports:

CNNic, the Chinese .cn domain name registry have announced they have passed the 10 million domain registrations mark in January 2008.

While other countries take pride in reaching 7 figures, China is strongly striding towards being the leading nation in terms of ccTld registrations. Only Germany with their .de ccTld have reached 10 million registrations in the past.

China is also fast becoming the leading nation in terms of internet users with 210 million internet users in China today.

You can find more information about .cn domain names at the CNNic registry website.