The recent live auction at the TRAFFIC show netted only $2,555,00, which is a big downtime from last action. The most lively domain of the day was one we picked out last week, postalcodes.com, which rode all the way from a $1,000 reserve, to a $42,000 selling price. Reportedly there were only 75 people in attendance at the start of the auction and another 75 online, which is quite different from previous shows when there were several hundred people in live audience. The highest price recorded was $225,000 which was a tie between, GasPrices.com and InsuranceRates.com.

As expected .mobi is losing its popularity fast: computers.mobi and men.mobi sold for $9,500 and $10,000 respectively. The highest .mobi of the day was mortgage.mobi which sold for $18,000.

Only 105 of the domains sold. Here is the full list of all domains that sold :

$225,000 gasprices.com
$225,000 insurancerates.com
$170,000 rainbow.com
$122,000 athlete.com
$120,000 ow.com
$120,000 ringtones.org (more…)

The low reserve/No reserve auction just completed in Orlando and the auction netted just over $63K

Here are the domains that sold

daycare.org                          $16,500.00
refinancing.net                     $8,000.00
SpaceForRent.com                $8,000.00
DietChocolate.com                $7,500.00
TreatmentProgram.com        $4,000.00
but.net                                 $2,900.00
period.net                            $2,750.00
15yearloan.com                   $2,750.00
licensedrealestatebroker.com
& licensedrealestatebrokers.com       $2,200.00
semisweetchocolate.com                    $2,000.00
BroadwayShows.info                             $1,750.00
INVESTMENTFUNDMANAGERS.COM    $1,500.00
encyclopedias.net        $1,000.00
ForexTradingTools.com        $800.00
any.biz                $800.00
XXX.SC                $300.00

ok, most of these are long and kinda crappy. I like SpaceForRent though.

Jpost, the top israeli newspaper, published an article on the upcoming Israel.com auction at moniker

You would think Israel.com would be an exciting, detailed Web site on the Jewish state, designed to attract tourists from abroad. But when the Web address is punched in to your Internet browser, all you get is a simple page with an Israeli flag smack in the middle.

In contrast, Australia.com has a virtual tour video where a young man from down under guides you through the complex and fun site, and Mexico.com helps Net surfers plan their entire vacation in “just one click.”

But come May 23, Israel.com should be on its way to becoming exciting and informative. The domain name will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on the Moniker.com live auction site. The physical auction will take place at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C East Conference in Orlando, Florida. (more…)

Moniker.com has released the list for the domains to be auctioned off at live auction at the TRAFFIC Orlando show on Friday May 24.

Remote live bidding will be available through snapnames.com.

There are some great names on the list.

As usual moniker.com lists a range of reserve for each domain rather than an actual reserve price

20.net $25,001 - $50,000

360.ORG $5,001 - $10,000

action.com $250,001 - $500,000

Affect.com $10,001 - $25,000

affiliateprogram.com $1MM - $5MM

Afghanistan.net $10,001 - $25,000

airforcebase.com $1 - $5,000

airlines.mobi $5,001 - $10,000

airports.info $1 - $5,000

Anger.com $25,001 - $50,000

Ankle.com $25,001 - $50,000

armtattoos.com $1 - $5,000 (more…)

Israel.com, Pay.com, Jackpot.com, Athlete.com and Hoodia.com are among the top names scheduled to be included in the Moniker Live Domain Auction to be held at the TRAFFIC East event on May 20-23 in Orlando.Other premium domain names that are likely to be included in the Live or Extended Online Auctions:

» Learn more about the Moniker auctions at TRAFFIC East

Interesting case and decision and not in a good way..

http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/1153492.htm

PARTIES

Complainant is Deutsche Lufthansa AG (“Complainant”), represented by Dennis J. Mondolino of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, of New York, USA. Respondent is Future Media Architects, Inc. (“Respondent”), represented by James E. Rosini of Kenyon & Kenyon LLP of New York, USA.

REGISTRAR AND DISPUTED DOMAIN NAME

The domain name at issue is <lh.com>, registered with Moniker Online Services, Inc. (more…)

Another sales compilation here from the last 3 days. It looks the prices in the lower end LLLL.com are stabilizing and starting to grow once again.

Sedo

VUFI.com $1,390
LETP.com $800
YASM.com $850
witu.com $5,100
cstw.com $125
rrzz.com $410
qmen.com $1,510
jomv.com $90
uaau.com $610
vvww.com $650
vudi.com $1,550
wouu.com $500
PLLP.com $500
lypi.com $500
OXYF.com $499
fela.com $6,700
Exam.com $75,000 (more…)

TheDomains reports

 

The CAC auction held by Moniker today from Amsterdam just ending resulting in a lack luster $108,000 in sales.

The sales are were as follows, anything with a 0 was a pass.

All names that failed in the live auction along with over 1,000 new names will be in the silent auction which will close next week.

 

winnings.com $27,000

roulette.mobi $15,000 (more…)

$850,000 SkiResorts.com

$460,000 Meds.com

$300,000 DVDs.com

$200,000 CPC.com

$110,000 Porn.mobi

$110,000 AutoClassifieds.com

$110,000 GarageSales.com

$110,000 PenisEnlargment.com, PenisSize.com and PenisSizes.com

$100,000 Husband.com

$92,000 SearchEngines.com

$85,000 Niche.com

$80,000 GoldDigger.com and GoldDiggers.com

$80,000 Skinny.COM

$77,000 Cotton.com

$70,000 Hoax.com (more…)

DomainNameNews reports these sales:

names sold out of 83 Total was $191,550
cabinets.net $20,000
stereotypes.com $19,000
SNOWMOBILES.NET $17,000
grandcayman.net $13,000
centralamerica.net $12,000
ProfessionalAthletes.com $9,000
WEBDESIGNING.com $6,000
converted.com $5,500
scrapbooks.org $5,500
HuntingLicenses.com $5,500
CreditReferences.com $4,500
groupdentalplans.com $4,000
funnymovies.net $3,900
ELECTION2008.COM $3,500 (more…)