Not the best NamePros auction as far as higher end domains but still some very good deals.

Below are the domain names I listed earlier today and their sold prices. I only listed the ones that sold, if reserve not met or it did not make it to auction it has been removed.

CORU.com $1800 I am pretty sure the seller will exercise his sellers choice option.
Sijoo.com $21
ExpireFish.com $125
DryRoastedPeanuts.com $61 (Purchased by Chef Patrick)
NameGrade.com $26
NameTopic.com $16
ObtainGrants.com $57
UniqueWebDesigns.com $37
HotelAndCasinoGuide.com $22
UOOO.com VVVV Triple Repeating $335
A3Y.com $183
Qii.info $81
GTNB.com Quad Premium $199
ETGF.com Quad Premium $230
ACSF.com Quad Premium $280
ARSF.com Quad Premium $280

One sale I found a little surprising, 40 LLLL.com’s sold for $300. That is only $7.50 each!!!

Although there is a sold price does not mean the domain sold. The sellers have the right to buyout of the sale for 20% of sales price with a max of $8. Last auction I mentioned not liking this option. I guess other members had the same concern because the next auction will not have this option. It will either be reserve price or sell. This should make the next auction a lot more enjoyable. Being the winning bid before didn’t mean winning, now it will.

Here we go again, It has been two weeks since the last NamePros auction.

Place: NamePros.com (if your not a member yet put down Chef Patrick as your reference)
Time: 6pm EST

The headliner of the night in my opinion is CORU.com, a very nice CVCV. It was in auction two weeks ago but did not sell. This domain should easily go for $2000 or higher.  Four months ago this domain would have sold for $5000+.

Here is a list of my favorite domain names you will see tonight:
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Tonight was a great auction, some really good domain names sold.

Below are just a few of the better domain names and the sold prices.
Coru.com $950 ***Not Sold – Auction Buyout***
NamesSold.com $85
5J0.com $250
Consummate.com $800 ***Not Sold – Auction Buyout***
Controversy.com $3650 ***Not Sold – Auction Buyout***
SimplyRSS.com & RSSCreator.com $115
DNPB.com $305
DualStroller.com $39 ***Not Sold – Auction Buyout***
9U.net $1372 ***Not Sold – Auction Buyout***
YiYY.com $275
TrainTalk.com $150

Keep in mind that although there is a sold price does not mean the domain sold.  The sellers have the right to buyout of the sale for $8.  I personally do not like the buyout option but really cannot complain because I used it myself tonight.  I had 15 LLLL.com’s listed which I was not happy with the highest bid.

If you were there hope you enjoyed, if you were not then try to make it next time.

Every two weeks NamePros.com holds a live two hour auction. The time has come for another auction, check it out tonight at 6pm est. From the looks of it, it is not too late to add a domain to the auction. Go to NamePros.com, at the top right of the forum you will see live auction. Click the prebidding link and you will then be able to add a domain name. Several options, you can set no reserve, reserve or sellers choice. I personally like the sellers choice option, this allows you to back out of the sale for a small fee if you feel it went too cheap.

I have to say I look forward to the auction every time. Without fail I will either buy or sell something at the auction. My username on NamePros is Chef Patrick, hope to see you there.
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This just posted on Conceptualist.com which is the blog of Shara Sarid, owner of Bido.com.

“We gave it another shot today but still had major tech issues. We believe the right thing to do now is to spend time figuring out the issues and come back when we are ready. It may be few days, weeks, months, none of us really knows.”

I think this is a great approach from the Bido team. They have created an amazing auction site but now need to catch up to it’s traffic. This is just a small step back, but as the saying goes “one step back, two steps forward”. I am sure Bido will be back in no time, stronger than before.

After writing this post I went to Bido.com again, it seems that even though the site was down they are reporting the sale of FixedLoans.com for $5,281. If this is true that means the seller lost money. As reported in a previous blog post the domain was purchased at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C auction for $10,000.