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Thought Convergence is proud to announce that Aftermarket.com has been selected as the premier auction house for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference, scheduled to take place November 18-20, 2008 in Queensland, Australia. The Aftermarket.com auction will commence on November 20, 2008, beginning at 8:30 AM AEST UTC/GMT +10 hours (Nov 19, 2008, 2:30 PM PST). Those unable to join us Down Under may access and participate in the auction online at this time.

The domain submission period for this auction kicked off on Monday, October 6^th. In addition to new domain submissions, all domains previously submitted but not sold at the New York Aftermarket.com auction will be considered for the upcoming Down Under auction. The submission interface is accessible now at www.Aftermarket.com.

The final auction list will feature at least 25 .AU domains in addition to a minimum of 75 competitively-priced, top quality lots. As the Aftermarket.com auction in New York confirmed, competitively-priced domains get action and move! Our critical and rigorous selection process has proven highly effective – in New York, over 50% of our inventory sold, and of those sales, more than 75% sold above the reserve price. Based on that success, we will maintain the same criteria for the upcoming auction Down Under. This time around, however, we plan to list up to 50% of the inventory at No Reserve. This formula will ensure that we have a competitively-priced, exciting and successful auction for both buyers and sellers.

Domain submissions will be accepted through November 1^st, 2008, at which time we will begin to formulate the preliminary list of domain names for auction. The initial list of at-auction domains will be available for public viewing on November 6^th. The final catalog will be available online by November 14^th in order to provide buyers with ample time to research auction inventory. Active online bidding will be enabled shortly thereafter.

We will periodically provide additional ’sneak peeks’ of the auction inventory, so please check back frequently for the latest information and updates. We will also continue to provide answers to questions generated from these posts.

Thought Convergence is extremely excited about taking Aftermarket.com Down Under, and building upon our momentum from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York! We look forward to featuring a significant number of top quality domains at exceptional prices!

In the mean time, if anybody has any comments, questions or suggestions, please feel free to email us at support [ at ] aftermarket.com.