Expired Domain Name Note: Over 200 names
Which do domainers need – a PriceTracker.com or a ProblemGamblingGuide.com? Both! But we’re incorrigible gamblers; so naturally we spent more to learn how to spend ($7.4k) than how not to spend ($1.6k). Indeed, PriceTracker.com was the prior week’s top expired domain at NameJet. Obviously, the domain can aim at a mass e-commerce audience. So if you’ve been hankering for an electric back scratcher that hums Brahms’s lullaby, track it till the blowout sale!
| NameJet | End $ | NameJet | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| PriceTracker.com | 7400 | 87155.com | 6122 |
| MSLaw.com | 6112 | ValleyBank.com | 4400 |
| PCCI.com | 3550 | BeautyNet.com | 2910 |
| 58839.com | 2302 | 288887.com | 2242 |
| Liquid.org | 2200 | MMLS.com | 2077 |
| AutoPricing.com | 2000 | WorldSafe.com | 1920 |
| SquareYard.com | 1911 | WKOO.com | 1701 |
| PharmaGuide.com | 1700 | BusinessEngine.com | 1550 |
Within the domain market right now, if there’s a single asset class traders are most obsessed with tracking, it’s undoubtedly numeric domains. Back in mid-September, I noted a couple of staggering 6-digit .COM sales. Were they flukes? Looking at the #2 sale of a 5-digit .COM ($6.1k), you might think so. NameJet’s next numeric domain – another 5-digit string – is all the way down at $2.3k, and the venue’s best 6-digit auction falls shortly behind at $2.2k. Thereafter, you’d have to descend to $898 to find another.
But the wider market tells a different story. Thanks to SnapNames, you can see a pair of 6-digit numerics that sold for $5.8k each, with a third at $3.2k … and all of them chased by an 8-digit behemoth roaring $2.5k! If you’re inwardly calculating the value of your numerical domain hoard, then you just had a Bloggasm.com ($1.2k), didn’t you! (Full disclosure: I own zero.)
With all the recent talk of liquidity, it’s interesting to see Liquid.org go for $2.2k. Quite a few top-selling domains deal with the topic of price, come to think of it. AutoPricing.com ($2.0k) might mean either “automatic” or “automobile”. Fabric and other materials are priced by the SquareYard.com ($1.9k). And if MMLS.com ($2.1k) stands for multi-listing service, then it might help brokers coordinate sales. It’s also worth noting how, in spite of .BANK, buyers continued to line up for ValleyBank.com ($4.4k). That, I expect, isn’t regarding to change.
| SnapNames | End $ | SnapNames | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 552266.com | 5810 | 661133.com | 5770 |
| 682666.com | 3270 | 00002222.com | 2500 |
| ProblemGambling Guide.com |
1550 | Bloggasm.com | 1210 |
| GFPay.com | 803 | HotelsSydney.com | 666 |
| Idaho- HumanRights.org |
625 | DaData.com | 610 |
Up next, there’s a whole slew of vowel-less LLLL.com’s between $1.1k and $1.5k. The aforementioned MMLS.com came in higher at $2.1k. Meanwhile, 4-letter domains with vowels performed far worse: $180 to $653. The highest of these, SOFB.com, might say something regarding parentage and pets, but usually that’s spelled without the “F”.
You outdoor enthusiasts can have WildTimes.com ($801) with H2O in 2/3 of its phases: solid for skiers as EternalSnow.com ($785) and liquid for Scubas.com ($855). Just keep a wary distance from those Yellowstone geysers! P.S. Scroll down for SnapNames’s sale of another scuba domain: QueenScuba.com ($154).
| NameJet | End $ | NameJet | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTZX.com | 1531 | YWXX.com | 1512 |
| BuildingHomes.com | 1500 | 3QM.com | 1420 |
| LoveMagazine.com | 1415 | PHPSavant.com | 1312 |
| StyleSpot.com | 1311 | MBFD.com | 1240 |
| LMRK.com | 1212 | KHGK.com | 1200 |
| HistoryHouse.com | 1200 | QNHC.com | 1110 |
| WBKQ.com | 1101 | MetroArt.com | 1010 |
| FiveStarStorage.com | 967 | NewsService.com | 911 |
| 885578.com | 898 | StevensGroup.com | 897 |
| PalestineCenter.org | 860 | Scubas.com | 855 |
| WildTimes.com | 801 | EternalSnow.com | 785 |
| TradeStrategy.com | 785 | PathTech.com | 770 |
| TheVirtualOffice.com | 765 | UseNet2.org | 750 |
BuildingHomes.com ($1.5k) would make a great slogan for a builder. Billboards, TV, radio – it’s simple and reliable. Likewise, TradeStrategy.com ($785) is an intuitive online address for short-term investors. It’s echoed by SchoolOfTrades.com ($575) below.
What are ElectricPrunes.net ($610)? They’re “a gassy thing”, as stated by the host of American Bandstand. Interestingly, at the end of their performance there’s a 1967 discussion of what makes a good name. Name nerds will hear how little there has changed, even while music has never stood still.
| NameJet | End $ | NameJet | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 422777.com | 700 | 556695.com | 690 |
| VintageWorld.com | 681 | France-For- Visitors.com |
672 |
| Ladson.com | 661 | SOFB.com | 653 |
| Rayes.com | 620 | ElectricPrunes.net | 610 |
| VersaGroup.com | 601 | SchoolOf Trades.com |
575 |
| WhatToEatBook.com | 553 | RealIncest.com | 552 |
| GuitarOneMag.com | 551 | K2T.com | 543 |
| MilitaryDegree.com | 535 | PhilaAntiques.com | 530 |
| SanWai.com | 510 | Wordex.com | 490 |
| RiskPartners.com | 470 | DeathN Dementia.com |
463 |
| Stocked.co | 460 | 45930.com | 454 |
| Shruthi.com | 450 | HiTravel.com | 447 |
| UUMD.com | 420 | YourDinner.com | 410 |
| EditorialSepha.com | 410 | BoarderTown.com | 405 |
Certainly the domain market is a microcosm. Whatever people value enough to pay for has its corollary in domain sales – whether it’s YourDinner.com ($410) or RealIncest.com ($552). Sometimes “n” can be a short ‘n sweet rendition of “and”, but I find its cuteness a bit incongruous sandwiched between DeathNDementia.com ($463).
As far back as 1999, GuitarOneMag.com ($551) used to offer tutorials for guitarists. Sounds a bit quaint to hear Joe Bonamassa (circa 2006) welcoming us to a CD-ROM. A what? Oh, yeah … those:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbUlBWOVJrg
That guy could shred even as a 12-year-old kid. Frankly, it’s a bit surreal.
| NameJet | End $ | NameJet | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZEmbassy.com | 401 | SafetyAwards.com | 395 |
| OutdoorMind.net | 381 | DigitalStartup.com | 370 |
| Scientium.com | 366 | Inboedel verzekering.net |
362 |
| VegasChapels.com | 353 | ProTran.com | 349 |
| UPGP.com | 345 | JenniferSiebel.com | 343 |
| SkyForum.com | 340 | Crapule.com | 339 |
| Barket.com | 335 | Green-NetWorld.com | 330 |
| Heartful-Angel.com | 327 | AnnaDeavere SmithWorks.org |
310 |
| WioowSzkole.org | 310 | Bezpieczny Internet.org |
310 |
| WorkingHealth.com | 307 | JazzContinuum.com | 301 |
| Premins.com | 298 | ExtremeSystems.com | 292 |
| Umbilical CordBlood.com |
270 | NameSelector.com | 260 |
| EU-Portal.net | 260 | Pooks.com | 260 |
| TokyoKawaii ETC.com |
260 | JamesRidgeway.net | 251 |
| MindUnlimited.com | 250 | UHTD.com | 250 |
| Preslar.com | 250 | HashGroup.com | 241 |
Las Vegas is famous for quick and/or weird weddings; so VegasChapels.com seems like a good buy at $353. Storage for UmbilicalCordBlood.com ($270) is a niche popularized within domaining circles by Adam Dicker. The Anna Deavere Smith of AnnaDeavereSmithWorks.org ($310) must be the actress behind AnnaDeavereSmithProjects.net, “best known to television audiences as Nancy McNally on The West Wing “.
Inboedelverzekering.net ($362) – Dutch for personal property insurance – attests to the fact that .NET remains popular in Europe. Protran.com ($349) is a brand name shared by a charter bus service and various firms involved with transportation, logistics, wifi transmission, and (I’m willing to bet) translation. Wonder how NameSelector.com ($260) will function …
| NameJet | End $ | NameJet | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| InURL.com | 239 | FoodBeverage Canada.com |
235 |
| Far-East.com | 229 | AngelSports.com | 221 |
| CleanUrban Energy.com |
220 | QIPA.tv | 219 |
| PaperRobots 1999.com |
211 | SecondTimes.net | 211 |
| ButtCandle.com | 211 | EUSIDIC.org | 211 |
| All-Salt.com | 210 | AutoInvite.com | 210 |
| Hatake.com | 210 | HOEJ.com | 201 |
| WeeklyGeek Show.com |
200 | 991QQ.com | 200 |
| OEAZ.com | 180 | ConsultServices.com | 180 |
| XQMA.com | 171 | AutomatedMedia.com | 169 |
| CamoShirts.com | 161 | 991175.com | 160 |
| IsraelTalk.com | 159 | CatAway.com | 149 |
| LoungeSeating.com | 149 | Lingerist.com | 149 |
| TrialOf HenryKissinger.org |
146 | DogTraining Online.com |
131 |
| GamesCapital.com | 131 | TheFoodCoach.com | 130 |
| PrimaLogic.com | 130 | JCEnterprises.com | 130 |
| Pulmonary Consultants.com |
130 | Accusers.com | 115 |
| McleanArt.org | 111 | BeveledMirrors.com | 110 |
| LaConnerArts.com | 110 | FindManagers.com | 110 |
| 698812.com | 109 | Aromatize.com | 101 |
| ZHG.tv | 100 |
If you’re out of ideas to Aromatize.com ($101) your life, permit me to suggest a ButtCandle.com ($211). You may need to position BeveledMirrors.com ($110) around the house to fully appreciate the visual effect as you scurry regarding on all fours. That ought to keep the CatAway.com ($149).
Here are 4 more 7-digit numerics, courtesy of SnapNames. Now this sort of thing may cut it in China, but if you live in the West and see nothing wrong with a 7-letter acronym like LDCEAHD.org ($158), then – to paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy – you might be a bureaucrat.
| SnapNames | End $ | SnapNames | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebela.com | 501 | 8888282.com | 454 |
| 8888373.com | 404 | TheAlliance Online.com |
394 |
| 8888717.com | 354 | ShellFacts.com | 275 |
| Defensive Training.com |
250 | TheWebMasters.com | 220 |
| EquaNet.com | 220 | LoverGirl.com | 214 |
| UpMind.com | 204 | BigTeaParty.com | 190 |
| JonesMag.com | 160 | 689.club | 160 |
| LDCEAHD.org | 158 | QueenScuba.com | 154 |
| Public Diplomacy.com |
144 | 563838.com | 144 |
| Omotenashi- Movie.com |
140 | 008.club | 130 |
| TorontoCruise.com | 120 | CakeDesigners.com | 114 |
| BBQMasters.com | 114 | Rwanda- Standards.org |
110 |
| 8888917.com | 109 | ShipPal.com | 104 |
LoverGirl.com ($214) turns the tables on our common phrase, “lover boy”. At $220, TheWebmasters.com went surprisingly cheap. Webmasters tend to know at least a little bit regarding the domain market (i.e. that we exist); so I would have expected somebody with a project in mind and a bigger budget to bid. Notice the NNN .CLUBs? SnapNames is where expired .CLUB domains wind up.
My fresh favorite French word, Crapule.com ($339), means “scoundrel”. I’m injecting this word like radioactive dye into the industry’s blood stream. Since domainers in the forums love nothing so much as to insult one another, we’ll soon see if there are any DNW readers among them.
