This year Domainer Mardi Gras went with an online only auction which was hosted by SnapNames.com. I applaud DMG for not having a live auction. Coming off of two shows (T.RA.F.F.I.C. and DOMAINfest) there was just no room to hold a third live auction in less than 30 days.
Their online only auction closed today with a total of 35 domain names selling for $41,622.
Sales above $1,000:
artdealer.com $14,030.00
softmusic.com $3,530.00
yogurtmaker.com $2,300.00
ilovenyc.com $2,200.00
ticketplus.com $2,155.00
3x.org $2,000.00
myreversemortgage.com $1,950.00
redlips.com $1,716.00
exerciseplans.com $1,606.00
t4.org $1,000.00
To see a list of sales under $1,000 visit SnapNames.com.
My favorite three and what I believe to be great deals…ArtDealer.com, YogurtMaker.com and ILoveNYC.com. Instead of siding with the negatives, I think the auction did good with very little promotion.
My favorite one is ilovenyc.com. Pretty cheap. Good for the buyer
Being a New Yorker, I love it. I regret not bidding on it.
I’ll go ahead and do it for you. There was an overwhelming lack of effort shown and the industry has to learn to either show some effort or don’t do it at all.
I don’t think this was the focus of their event at all. Which as you say in your next comment was awesome!
I must add, everyone I talked to said that Domain Mardi Gras was fantastic though.
I agree with your 3 picks Patrick and like exerciseplans.com too that is a good name IMO. 3x.org not bad.
I do tend to think the industry is auctioned out. 3 in a month is a lot.
5% of SnapNames comm (your comm) = $2.77
100% of SnapNames comm ($55.4) = 20% of the Winning Bid
Winning Bid = $221.6
All you need are some beads, good alcohol, food and friends, and you can create a Mardi Gras atmosphere in your own hometown.