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October 14th, 2007 by 
Jay Westerdal
Computer.com flips again for $2,200,000. The domain has been in a Superbowl commercial and has a lot of owners over the years, but every time it goes to auction it gets more expensive. This was the only domain that sold for more then a million dollars.
Investment.com sells for $900,000 but OnlineInvestment.com sells for $9,000. It goes to show not many domains can sell for more then $100,000. There were 12 other domains that sold for more then $100,000. It takes a special domain to go 6 digits at an auction. SportingGoods.com goes to bat at $450,000. The CowBoys football team scores a new address for their team at Cowboys.com for a cheap $275,000. The generic category of CateringService.com is fully baked at $270,000. Someone sets the Table.com for $260,000. My personal favorite of the big boys is CrosswordPuzzles.com for $210,000. If you want to find evil lawyers, try this new site, CriminalLawyers.com for $195,000. Some club promoter ponied up Promotion.com 8,500 admission tickets at $20 a pop ($170,000). If you want to play Poker on your mobi head on over to Poker.mobi which cashed in for $150,000. The songs can be downloaded at Ringtones.mobi for $145,000. People can now better plan a trip at CaribbeanVacations.com for $130,000. A new couple may want to visit Newlyweds.com which was gifted at $130,000. Or the singles can head to a new dating site at SinglesOnline.com for $125,000. If you want to figure out what is going on in the world just read News.mobi for $110,000.
Due to all the demand, DomainTools will be holding an auction in November. More information will be coming soon. Meanwhile enjoy the full results of the auction as if you where in my head.
| Lousy Insurance.com | $1,000 | Registered 24 hours before during a game. Proceeds went to the ICA. |
| Ticker Symbols.info | $750 | Hmmm… Odd domain and it is a DotInfo. Not sure I see the value. |
| MotorPool.com | $5,000 | Great generic. This will be easy to flip. |
| Comic book Store.com | $13,000 | If a site could locate local comic book stores this site would make money. |
| Chinese Checkers.com | $6,500 | Bargain, I wish I had purchased this. Chess.com would be worth a lot more. |
| Speaker Of The House.com | $750 | Cheap, but I am not sure what goes on this site. |
| Pleasure Yachts.com | $3,750 | Mega Yachts.com sold for $150,000 in June 2007 |
| Street Maps.net | $2,000 | Looks like a Microsoft product. |
| Art Deco Furniture.com | $5,500 | Great domain for a company that sells this stuff. |
| Deposit.net | $4,000 | Seems like a product of Authorize.net |
| Repossessed Cars.com | $7,500 | Want a cheap drug dealer’s car? |
| Tuxedo Rental.com | $65,000 | I like the name, but it is too off-line of a product. |
| Voice Recognition Software.com | Pass | |
| Emergency Loan.com | $13,000 | Quick, I need a loan |
| Massachusetts Real Estate.com | Pass | |
| Download Movies.net | $4,000 | Seems like it would be hard to SEO for. And not enough type-in traffic on DotNet. |
| Virtual Office Space.com | $4,250 | What is Virtual Office Space? |
| Poker.mobi | $150,000 | Seems rather high. I must be missing something. |
| Discount Tours.com | $21,000 | I am not sure this is focused enough. There can’t be a lot of traffic here. |
| Borrow.net | Pass | |
| Office Supply Stores.com | Pass | |
| Dog Boarding.com | $25,000 | I thought it was a new sport. Then it struck me. Dogs need a place to stay. |
| School Teacher.com | $28,000 | I think this is how much a school teacher makes per year. |
| Tennis Rackets.com | Pass | |
| Gold Plan.com | $6,000 | Hostway is number #1 in Google for this. |
| Podiatrists.com | Pass | |
| Wifi.us | $5,500 | |
| Cash.mobi | $12,500 | |
| Debit.com | Pass | |
| Prime Interest Rate.com | $5,500 | Another good one I missed. Nice and cheap. Good SEO target here. |
| 411 Information.com | $4,000 | |
| Home Budget.com | Pass | |
| Check Cashing Service.com | $13,000 | |
| News.mobi | $110,000 | |
| Home Based Businesses.com | $23,000 | HBBs are big business. This name looks cheap at this price. |
| Cholesterol.net | $15,000 | … and this one looks expensive. |
| Catering Service.com | $27,000 | With sub-domains like Seattle.CateringService.com I would love this domain. Good development potential. |
| Invest.net | Pass | |
| Auto Financing.com | $75,000 | Great Brand to advertise or use with arbitrage |
| Bull Dozers.com | Pass | |
| House.net | Pass | |
| Crossword Puzzles.com | $210,000 | One of my personal favorites. Please develop this out! |
| Investment.com | $900,000 | I think this was cheap. |
| New York City Museums.com | $5,000 | Good value. Terrific SEO ability here but a lot of work. |
| Discount Software.net | $5,000 | Is DiscountSoftware.com worth $50,000. Yep. So good value. |
| Cemetery Plots.com | $15,500 | Last minute bidding war on this one. It was pulled back after an initial pass. |
| Cysticfibrosis.org | $17,000 | Good for a charity! |
| European Vacations.com | $85,000 | Seems high, it would take a lot of work to develop this. But the sky is the limit with it. |
| Global Positioning System.com | Pass | |
| Pension Plan.com | Pass | |
| Sports Scores.com | Pass | |
| Wallstreet.com | Pass | No one from Wall Street wanted this. |
| Golf Clubs.net | $30,000 | Seems expensive for the DotNet |
| Bank Auctions.com | $17,500 | What is a Bank Auctions? |
| Discount Cruises.org | $3,500 | Cheap brand but I don’t like the DotOrg for this. |
| Virus Protection Software.com | Pass | |
| Teen Chat.net | Pass | |
| Payment Calculator.com | Pass | |
| Promotion.com | $170,000 | Pronominal Brand. But that is a lot of tickets and promotion. |
| Taxes.com | Pass | |
| Fast Mortgages.com | Pass | |
| Email.mobi | $50,000 | Email.com is worth at least $3,000,000, it is a wait and see about Mobi |
| Buy.mobi | $32,500 | Buy what? Buy.com is advertising, so that has to help this one. |
| Financial Counseling.com | Pass | |
| Industrial Engineering.com | $17,000 | I am sure some company out there wants this. |
| Lotto.info | $12,500 | Seems cheap! |
| Sports Auction.com | Pass | |
| Wood Cabinets.com | Pass | |
| Computer.com | $2,200,000 | The big question is… Who was on the phone? Is it Dell? Is it Gateway? I am glad we get to find out soon. |
| Digital Certificates.com | $30,000 | I am surprised Verisign didn’t buy this. |
| Delaware Insurance.com | $12,000 | Geo names sell for less because the market is more narrow but I think they are better buys. |
| Professional Shoppers.com | Pass | |
| Concert Tickets Online.com | $7,000 | Ticketmaster hates competition. |
| Free Movies.net | Pass | |
| Medical Transcription Service.com | Pass | |
| Aids.net | Pass | |
| Chocolate Candy.com | $26,500 | Great name! Better SEO ability then Chocolate.com or Candy.com |
| Automobile Parts.com | $70,000 | Car Parts seem more natural. |
| Crow.com | $48,300 | Reminds me of Raven.com |
| Discount Pet Supply.com | $7,500 | Terrific price. I missed this one. |
| Science Fiction.com | Pass | |
| Pool Sticks.com | Pass | |
| Tourettes.com | Pass | Good name, but not sure how someone monetizes it. Good for a charity. |
| Tennis Player.com | Pass | |
| Snowmobile Accessories.com | Pass | |
| Stock Quotes.com | Pass | |
| Online Investment.com | $9,000 | 100 to 1 ratio because of the word Online is in front. |
| Organic Farms.com | $57,500 | Sweet Brand. But it will take some natural elbow grease for this one. |
| Ethanol.com | Pass | |
| School Trips.com | $12,000 | Not sure I understand this one. |
| For Sale.org | $12,000 | Everything is For Sale. |
| Pda.mobi | $8,000 | Doesn’t make sense |
| Podcast.mobi | $25,000 | Hmmm |
| Elections.com | Pass | |
| Corgis.com | $10,000 | Buy a dog online. |
| Certified Organic.com | $21,000 | In the right hands this is a very strong domain. |
| Sicilian.com | Pass | |
| Caribbean Vacations.com | $130,000 | Terrific for a travel site. |
| Photographers.com | Pass | |
| South Padre Island Real Estate.com | $3,500 | |
| Public Opinion Polls.com | $4,000 | |
| Tollfree Phone Numbers.com | $16,000 | Hard inventory to SEO for. |
| Certified Public Accountants.com | $30,000 | Excellent name. I would develop this. CPAdirectory.com has a site that would fit this. |
| Ankle.com | Pass | |
| Kuwait.com | Pass | |
| Family Cell Phone Plans.com | Pass | |
| St Marten Real Estate.com | Pass | |
| Sports Agent.com | Pass | |
| Blood Test.com | Pass | |
| Shopping.mobi | $55,000 | Should be big if Mobi takes off |
| Ringtones.mobi | $145,000 | Ringtones and Mobile phones. Who would would have thought it? I think this should have been at least $200,000. Flowers.mobi is lamer then this one. |
| Ghetto.com | Pass | |
| Zipcodes.mobi | $8,000 | I don’t understand this domain. |
| Income Tax Return.com | $30,000 | Should be big in March and April |
| Money Lenders.com | Pass | |
| Deli.com | Pass | |
| Copiers.com | Pass | |
| Bookclub.info | $4,500 | Not really sure about this one. |
| Hospitals.us | $8,000 | Not sure about this one either. |
| Spaghetti Sauce.com | $11,000 | Recipes and Coupons, insert here. |
| Luxury Yacht.com | $20,000 | Lot of Yacht domains in this auction. I wonder why? |
| Reverse Telephone Directory.com | $30,000 | Great SEO domain. |
| Communication.com | Pass | |
| Prepaid Cellphone Cards.com | $750 | What is a prepaid Cell Phone card? Is that a sim card? |
| Exercise Class.com | $4,000 | Doesn’t seem like it should be online |
| Amusement.com | $60,000 | The Brand is brilliant. But I am not sure how to use it. |
| Low Interest Loans.com | Pass | |
| Personals.net | Pass | |
| Miniature Golf.com | Pass | |
| Cable Television.net | $7,000 | I don’t like this one. |
| Consumer Electronics.com | Pass | |
| Home Mortgage Rates.com | $26,000 | I think Home is redundant in this domain. Seems expensive. |
| Starting a Small Business.com | Pass | Do people aim to be small? |
| Lotto Results.com | $25,000 | Seems like a great domain for a company that can data mine. |
| Home Stereo.com | $30,000 | NetShops type of domain. |
| Sporting Goods.com | $450,000 | Huge category |
| Cowboys.com | $275,000 | Sold to the Cowboys Football team. |
| Draftboard.com | $4,000 | Niche Shopping, seems logical |
| Dentists.net | Pass | |
| Car Races.com | $8,000 | I don’t understand the value. |
| Mortgage Rates.org | Pass | |
| Carburetors.com | Pass | |
| Math.net | Pass | |
| Cigar Bars.com | $6,000 | Is smoking still allowed? |
| Leather Furniture.com | Pass | |
| Reno Apartments.com | $4,500 | Seems like a natural domain that just do well. |
| Fertility Doctors.com | $55,000 | I think this should have sold for a lot more! |
| Glass Block.com | Pass | |
| Telephoto Lens.com | $4,500 | Great Micro-Store type of domain |
| Location.net | Pass | |
| Venus Fly Trap.com | Pass | |
| Card Stores.com | $8,000 | Go Directory type of domain. |
| Supplying.com | Pass | |
| Scientists.com | $50,000 | Very Broad, Not sure about this one. |
| Manufacture.com | $90,000 | Excellent domain. |
| Xmas.com | Pass | |
| Electronic Greeting Cards.com | Pass | |
| Fragilex.com | Pass | |
| Bill.mobi | $3,000 | |
| Business Class Airfares.com | $8,000 | Good PPC term |
| Allergy Medications.com | $16,000 | If developed a site like this could make $100 a day, easy. |
| Airline Tickets.org | $8,500 | Not sure I see this one. |
| Malpractice Attorneys.com | $18,000 | Attorneys that sue bad doctors earn a lot of money. |
| Rap Videos.com | $70,000 | Absolute steal at this price. |
| Log Home Kits.com | Pass | |
| NewlyWeds.com | $130,000 | Excellent brand! |
| Mortgage Points.com | $2,700 | |
| Bad.com | Pass | |
| Document Translation.com | $4,500 | I think this is low because of Auction Coma |
| Choppers.com | Pass | |
| Oil Drilling.com | Pass | |
| Idols.com | $19,000 | There is no PPC for Simon Cowell |
| Semen.com | Pass | |
| Banners.com | Pass | |
| Basketball Online.com | Pass | |
| Election 2008.com | Pass | Shelf life on this domain is going stale quick |
| Software.info | $8,500 | Excellent buy! Dotcom was sold for more the $2 Million |
| Christmas Gift Baskets.com | $25,500 | Very popular shopping term during Christmas |
| Scores.mobi | $33,000 | Seems expensive |
| Estate.com | Pass | |
| Girl Blog.com | $4,000 | |
| Pregnancy Centers.com | Pass | |
| Design Studios.com | $8,600 | I don’t understand this one. |
| Truck Loan.com | $16,000 | Seems like a good one. I thought about buying it. |
| Sambuca.com | Pass | |
| Singles Online.com | $125,000 | Seems like a brand rather then search phrase. |
| Billy Jean.com | $3,500 | Billie Jean or Billy Jean. Is that why it was low? Or was it Auction Coma again? |
| Yardsale.org | Pass | |
| Take Part.com | $17,500 | Seems expensive |
| Grapes.com | Pass | |
| Martial Arts.com | Pass | |
| Last Minute Airfare.net | $4,400 | Good SEO phrase |
| Pesos.com | Pass | |
| Custom Rims.com | Pass | |
| Races.com | $75,000 | Generic, Yes. But I think it too high priced. Races what? |
| Contraceptives.com | Pass | |
| Drug Rehabilitation Program.com | $8,000 | Good SEO Phrase |
| Individual Savings Account.com | Pass | |
| Conventions.org | $10,000 | It would only make sense with the DotCom |
| Aircraft Rental.com | $17,500 | Seem low. Auction Coma? |
| Transplant.com | Pass | |
| Gas Prices.com | Pass | |
| Mucho.com | $50,000 | Could be a million dollar domain for the right company. |
| Construction Workers.com | Pass | |
| Explosion.com | Pass | |
| Toasts.com | Pass | |
| Table.com | $260,000 | Seems expensive |
| Primary Education.com | $8,000 | I am not hot about this name. |
| True Confession.com | Pass | |
| Americans.org | Pass | |
| Eel.com | Pass | |
| ePayments.com | Pass | |
| Wednesday.org | Pass | |
| Demo.net | Pass | |
| Free Searches.com | Pass | |
| US Trademarks.com | $10,000 | I wanted to bid on this but to develop it would take a lot of work and be boring but would involve a lot of data mining so that would have been fun. |
| Emergency Clinics.com | Pass | |
| Employment References.com | $2,500 | Doesn’t make sense to me. Why is this a domain. No one targets this SEO keyword combination. |
| Energy Companies.com | $5,000 | I don’t see the value. Why would I look this up. |
| Businesses.org | Pass | |
| Maine Lobsters.com | $45,000 | Order up some dinner from the east coast. I have got crab shipped overnight but I go to the store and pick up fresh lobster. |
| Hy.com | Pass | Bidding didn’t go very high at all. I thought it stopped at $50,000. |
| Home Loan Rates.com | $10,000 | Good PPC term |
| Criminal Lawyers.com | $195,000 | Bidding was very funny on this. Going to the tape to review it. The person who bought it was not present and it seem to sell when no one was bidding on it. The reserve was something like $25,000 so it is odd it went so high with no one bidding. I will want the video tape and report on this one. |
| Wir.com | Pass | |
| Public.com | Pass | |
| Cab.mobi | $17,500 | Sounds natural. |
| Classic Car Shows.com | $12,000 | Great SEO name. |
| Emmanuel.com | $17,500 | First name domains sell for about $20,000 right now. |
| Bathing Suit.com | $160,000 | DigiMedia has the plural, did they get the singular? |
| Closings.com | Pass | |
| Technology.org | Pass | |
| Federal Government.net | $5,000 | I would not want to be confused with the Government. |
| United States Immigration and Naturalization.com | Pass | |
| Relative.com | Pass | |
| Locally.com | Pass | |
| Discount Airfares.net | $7,500 | Good buy. |
| Artist Management.com | Pass | |
| Dock.com | $70,000 | Short and sweet, but this is a total Brand. No PPC here. |
| Hate Crimes.com | Pass | Who would buy Hate Crimes online? |
| Show Me.com | $47,500 | What do you want to show me? |
| Best CD Rates.com | Pass | |
| Blood.net | Pass | |
| Education Grants.com | $30,000 | GK? |
| SAT Tests.com | $17,000 | Everyone has to take this test to go to college. |
| Audit.net | $12,000 | Seems expensive for this DotNet. |
| Perch.com | Pass | |
| Comment Box.com | Pass | |
| Electro Magnets.com | $7,500 | I like this one a lot. |
| Press Releases.com | Pass | Seems like it was the wrong audience. |
| Helicopter Charter.com | $21,000 | Lots of PPC on this. Needs to be developed |
| Remodeling Services.com | $4,000 | Good arbitrage brand. |
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October 14th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Don’t discount .mobi out of hand; I think it’s going to be a hot TLD and used on cell phones world wide. I have reg’d a few good generics.
I also reg’d a .mobi in my two-year-old granddaughter’s first name (variant spelling); it’s only four letters, so anyone calling her on her cell just has to know her name. Of course, for now she has only “play” cell phones.
In Europe, one can buy prepaid cell phone cards at kiosks–NOT a sim card. When we lived in Macedonia, we bought prepaid cards all the time; people in Europe live on their cell phones, even more than Americans.
Poker.mobi will work very well; an offshore casino could set up a cell phone gambling site. Oy!
You’re too young to remember, Jay, but back during the Vietnam war, the Draft Board was something that all young men, between 18-26, feared. If the war drags on much longer, draftboard.com may become a place for information on how to avoid being drafted.
About CriminalLawyers.com: that does sound a bit hinky. Please do your best in reporting these suspicious deals. Some of those prices seem inflated to me.
Best,
Ms Domainer
October 15th, 2007 at 5:36 am
unitedpeak.com
October 15th, 2007 at 7:16 am
I think deposit.net was a good buy for $4000.
Some others were really expensive though…
Nuno Oliveira
CatalogDomains.com
October 15th, 2007 at 11:22 am
I would say that some of them seem high for the price they went for. But it does make me happy when I compare them some of my domains, I think the overall domain market is at the beginning of a bubble.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
I honestly didn’t come away with anything that was a real “buy” of the day. I have FixedIncome.net in the silent auction and it has no reserve on it and I think that may be better than most of the .nets that were there.
PaulRubillo.com
October 15th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
As always some seem cheap and others just make you go Hmmm.CriminalLawyers.com seems cheap to me considering how much money some of them make(Think OJs DreamTeam)and all the criminals that wont let their fate rest in the hands of a public defender much less those innocents that are accused in error,Jay what would you think of putting Attorney stats on a site like this….Cases Won,Cases Lost,Plea Bargained Years Saved,Hours Billed…. :P)Cant wait for the auction in November.Jay any tips for data mining for the clueless? StateLotteryResult.com is begging for a site lol.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Crossword Puzzles.com $210,000.
“one of my personal favorites. Please develop it out”
Talk to Frank Shilling…he is now the proud owner of this domain.
Best,
Dan
October 16th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Thanks for the auction results list. I was very interested to read your comments alongside each name sold. Any chance that DomainTools could consider offering a domain appraisal service along similar lines? This would not be a monetary appraisal, rather more a quick professional appraisal of potential (or not).
You could offer a fee per domain appraised, and probably limit to 20 or 30 domains at a time. I think there would be a great deal of interest in such a service. At the moment it’s either the online free monetary appraisals (which show results varying between $20 and $54,000 for the same domain depending on which appraisal service you use) or the domain forums for “peer review” (results tend to be of the “Wow, man that domain really sucks!” type, and not very useful).
Have fun at the Open House, and I hope you can comment on this suggestion later.
October 16th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
CriminalLawyers.com had three phone bidders and a left bid - in addition to the interest from the floor. The left bid won the name. Nothing funky going on. Just a fast pace.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:54 am
For now, I think I’ll stick to regging cheaper domains and flipping them (I have one at auction now with 1 bid).
Just picked up pokersite.tv–not a sexy one-word dot-com, but it does have future possibilities, and all of the other major TLDs are taken.
Best,
Ms Domainer
October 17th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Over at Snapnames:
Starting bid for CaliforniaPoker.com = $9,999 (Pre-order auction to commence on 10/23).
Not mine (though I wish).
I’m really confused here; will someone PLEASE explain to me why this domain has created so much buzz? 77,000 Google hits, no Overture that I can find, parked page.
What am I missing? This is a serious question (not snark). Is it because the keywords associated with it are expensive ones (thus, more money for fewer hits)?
I can see the domain doing very well developed, though.
Ms Domainer
October 17th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Can’t believe that WallStreet.com didn’t get any action. What was the minimum bid required?
October 18th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
WallStreet.tv (not mine) is for sale at Sedo.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:29 am
Some interesting observations. I enjoyed meeting your team at the auction and been a member of your site for some time now. We did good at the Moniker auction “sold a total 28 names ” and it was a good first time experience. Jay, if you get a chance can you please take a look at http://www.directrequest.com and give me some feedback. Thank-you in advance. Best to you guys! Zig.
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 am
Dallas Cowboys Fumble the Domain. Thought that “275″ meant $275.00. Um, duh! Cowboys.com DallasDumbBoys.com Domain is re-sold for higher!
http://domainnamenews.com/domain-sales/group-of-internet-mavericks-lasso-domain-cowboyscom/924
http://domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/dallas-cowboys-fumble-cowboyscom-deal/918
October 22nd, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Seems Tiger Direct is the one who shelled out for computer.com
They already have it pointed at there tigerdirect.com site.
October 26th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
SATTests.com - SAT is a registered trademark.
October 30th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Jay it might be a good idea to release details of the upcoming Domain auction you’re planning for November. The deadline to submit names for the TRAFFIC West auction is 11/5/07.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:24 am
When is the November auction?
Will domains in the last auction be
included in the november auction?
November 1st, 2007 at 7:32 am
Will be excited to hear about the auction for November - It was great last time and I enjoyed talking about it on the domain name boards.
don’t keep me in suspense!
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Hey Jay,
What do you think MegaPlanes.com is worth ,as I see megayachts.com went for $150,000 ,supposedly anyway?
UPDATE BY JAY: I have never heard of a MegaPlane. So how about $10? You might ask Mega Man.