Expired Domain Name Note
Joseph Peterson provides and in-depth review of the past week in the expired domain name market.
And now for something completely different … Instead of a Chinese domain like the $62k giant that towered over the previous week’s expired auctions – evidence of what’s newest and most energetic in today’s domain market – this stretch NameJet presents us with something old fashioned. Insurance1.com was the top result, weighing in at a lighter $5.2k.
Many years ago, registrants were prone to add the numeral “1” following their favored keyword so as to secure a short memorable .COM. By now that convention seems somewhat passé; and, as it has died out, we’ve seen such domains pass through the expired charts in a decelerating funeral procession. But aged domains with back links, especially those related to lucrative industries like insurance, retain some value. Sure enough, Insurance1.com was up and running from 1996 all the way to 2014. 18 years. Many domainers are now younger than that website.
Regarding Hushe.com ($4.2k), my first assumption was Chinese pinyin. Following all, it’s a rare week when China doesn’t place in the top 2 or 3 spots. Still, Hushe could as easily be Urdu for Pakistan’s mountainous North. Indeed, a travel agency bears that name in .PK; and, having discovered photos of the region today, I fully intend to hike it as soon as I can ditch this whole internet thing.
Following AllergySolutions.com ($2.8k) had run the gauntlet of 45 NameJet bidders (4 of whom surpassed $2k), I was surprised to find no registrant in the Whois database for the corresponding nTLD, .SOLUTIONS. Cost would frequently be an issue, but not in this case. There were obstacles, still. Most registrars noted the domain as unavailable, and even those that congratulated me on finding it presented insurmountable glitches at checkout. It wasn’t until the 6th registrar I tried that I was finally able to register allergy.solutions for 1% the cost of the .COM. With variable pricing, registrar-registry coordination remains problematic even more than a year into the nTLD rollout.
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance1.com | 5200 | Hushe.com | 4200 |
| AeroVision.com | 3900 | FCCM.com | 2908 |
| AllergySolutions.com | 2800 | Hakia.com | 2600 |
| GreenSpirit.com | 2222 | ZGZS.com | 2019 |
| IdeaCube.com | 2001 | 70998.com | 1809 |
| TeamProject.com | 1755 | ERKO.com | 1710 |
| RevvedUp.com | 1610 | BGAN.com | 1550 |
| StudioMax.com | 1510 | 87177.com | 1509 |
| Themez.com | 1499 | Corval.com | 1433 |
| Righter.com | 1421 | LDBB.com | 1420 |
| Guardx.com | 1400 | Metavision.com | 1387 |
| Hapax.com | 1355 | SAVC.com | 1320 |
| JJT.net | 1215 | eAccount.com | 1209 |
| GTEX.com | 1010 | 384888.com | 1009 |
| TennisTime.com | 1005 | PinTail.com | 975 |
| MetroCrest.com | 945 | IEShop.com | 929 |
| 584888.com | 910 | JXCK.com | 812 |
| Stockton.net | 799 | MicGadget.com | 790 |
| Sandfield.com | 787 | Spize.com | 760 |
| Houlton.com | 731 | WHPF.com | 693 |
| JewelryBazaar.com | 690 | Horsing.com | 595 |
| Supernovae.com | 585 | GongFan.com | 583 |
| MYJM.com | 575 | Bringo.com | 550 |
| BECR.com | 535 | NeTeng.com | 534 |
| HMST.com | 530 | StartupVillage.com | 520 |
| Indicar.com | 510 | Silverio.com | 490 |
| OffGridPower.com | 456 | TXKB.com | 455 |
| 47499.com | 450 | JQHT.com | 449 |
| Tortoreto.com | 444 | DJMH.com | 428 |
| Ragamuffins.com | 420 | 555788.com | 409 |
| VSCCS.com | 407 | HTMLDoc.org | 383 |
| 4IM.com | 380 | Perlite.net | 360 |
| FarmInABox.com | 350 | LivermoreWine.com | 343 |
| Zapture.com | 319 | AyudaInc.org | 315 |
| QNCR.com | 311 | DomainPlace.com | 308 |
| FieldToTable.com | 304 | SkinCosmetics.com | 262 |
| TravellerWorld.com | 260 | JHAI.org | 259 |
| TRUD.org | 253 | CCRC.org | 242 |
| JGKC.com | 235 | DunRan.com | 229 |
| MLF360.com | 224 | EasyBookmarks.com | 219 |
| 73471.com | 211 | ActiveGamez.com | 210 |
| Avarix.com | 202 | 03183.com | 181 |
| LVArea.com | 169 | SabahUSA.com | 165 |
| LincolnPlumbing.com | 160 | BuildingBright Futures.net |
150 |
| TaiwanKiss.com | 148 | NewsMall.com | 140 |
| HDTelecom.com | 130 | iMacs.com | 129 |
| GOWTrainer.com | 129 | VPFA.com | 120 |
| UVRA.com | 120 | GPSNow.com | 119 |
| IZIW.com | 110 | YardChairs.com | 109 |
| QualifiedLending.com | 101 | PVFA.com | 100 |
| CierraTec.com | 100 | Organic DryCleaning.com |
100 |
| DarkZen.com | 100 | Archaeologic.com | 100 |
| GrillPub.com | 99 | MusicMath.com | 99 |
| SexyHosting.com | 99 | Universiade Izmir.org |
95 |
| AlmaPGH.com | 90 | BOB1.com | 89 |
| TheBluebirds.com | 89 | Bitki.org | 81 |
| Smokerz.com | 80 | EDRInc.com | 80 |
| OhiaHia.com | 80 | RealCoasters.com | 80 |
| VirusRecovery.com | 79 | SEOTradeBlog.com | 79 |
| EastAfrican Hotel.com |
71 | WHPT.org | 71 |
| VoicesOf SchoolChoice.org |
71 | Instant6.com | 70 |
| JoomlaPort.com | 70 | HomeFurniture Carpet.com |
70 |
| The-European.com | 70 | JohannsFace.com | 70 |
| PVFE.com | 70 | PowerCables.net | 69 |
| DoNoEvil.org | 69 | MakeYourOwn Brew.com |
69 |
| MiamiHospice.com | 69 | Farasima.com | 69 |
| TransWorld Chem.com |
69 | VanLogistics.com | 69 |
| 43322.cc | 69 | GreenRoof System.com |
69 |
| AppsWiki.com | 69 | Penetrazione.com | 69 |
| TheSoundStrike.net | 69 | NotesFor.net | 69 |
| NavyMil.org | 69 | Snekin.com | 69 |
| ChainlessBike.com | 69 | LandAct.com | 69 |
| AirAct.com | 69 | MenAtArms.com | 69 |
| 888474.com | 69 | EmprendeGo.com | 69 |
LLLL.com’s are certainly doing well. I count 7 between $1k and $2.9k with another 8 ranging from $428 to $812. You’ll also see a trio of LLLL.org’s selling at $250 ± $10. The lone 3-letter .NET, JJT.net, fetched $1.2k. Among numerics, a pair of NNNNN.com’s rose to $1.5k / $1.8k; but the stragglers are found next at $450 and then $211. Meanwhile, 6-digit numerics containing “888” achieved $1k and $910, and another “555” NNNNNN.com rose to $409. That stated, a third “888” domain trailed far behind at just $69.
Stockton.net may refer to long-time Utah Jazz basketball star John Stockton, who (like Karl Malone, the burly hall-of-famer he’ll forever be paired with) has lent his name to an auto dealership. At least, that’s association 1 for me as a Utahn. You may be familiar with Perlite.net ($360) – a substance not a brand – if you’ve ever done any home construction. Tortoreto.com ($444) is an Italian coastal town. Bringo.com ($550) overlaps with BringGo.com, a Korean-made car navigation app; whereas EmprendeGo.com (meaning “Be an entrepreneur! Go!”) gave out cash awards to Spanish startups.
Indicar.com ($510) is the Spanish verb to show or to indicate; but, as it also means to prescribe medicine, the domain is well suited to pharmaceuticals. The first word in SabahUSA.com ($165) is Arabic for “morning” (so perhaps a morning chat show?). It’s also half the customary daytime greeting: “sabaH al-kheir”.
Spize.com ($760) could be a misspelling of English “spice” … or of German “spitze” (super!) … or it might be this Singaporean firm. UniversiadeIzmir.org ($95) would be a university in the Turkish city known to antiquity as Smyrna, where myrrh came from (for you Christmas trivia buffs). There’s a street in Honolulu bearing the name OhiaHia.com ($80); so Hawaiian associations seem likely. Everybody who sees iMacs.com ($129) will think of Apple first – arguably IMAX theaters second.
Aerovision.com ($3.9k) can suitably rebrand a number of existing websites: (1) Aerovi.com; (2) UKAerovision.com; (3) AerovisionCanada.com; (4) Aerovision-SA.com; (5) Aero-Vision.com.ar; (6) AAI.com.tw; not to mention various Aerovisions built on (7) .TV, (8) NL, (9) .FR, (10) .IT, (11) .CZ, (12) .CO.UK, (13) .COM.CO, etc. Someone in that group of firms ought to buy or has bought the domain by now.
Hakia.com ($2.6k) was a semantic search engine. And we all know which firm states it does but doesn’t DoNoEvil.org ($69), don’t we. The week’s list is strewn with plenty of strong brand names like RevvedUp.com ($1.6k) and bargain buys like ChainlessBike.com ($69). My favorite might be Zapture.com ($319), which captures the rapture in a zap of electricity. CierraTec.com ($100) is my least favorite, since it fails the radio test in 2 separate ways. Following the Syrian Electronic Army hacked the U.S. Army’s website at Army.mil the prior week, seeing the sale of NavyMil.org this stretch renews my concern regarding phishing military sites.
If you miss your malware, VirusRecovery.com ($79) might help you get reacquainted and recapture the magic. Also, following the example of Bob1.com ($89), I humbly submit that all the Bobs of the world ought to now take a number. That or we can rank each Bob by vote.
