Expired Domain Note: Over 200 results from past week
China dominated expired domain auctions the prior week, but this stretch the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60%). Since J-C.com ($4.2k) was purchased by someone in St. Louis, Missouri, that means the top Chinese sale – a 6-digit numerical domain – ranks only #7. Normally China wins at least 1 medal: gold, silver, or bronze. Unless this trend persists, I wouldn’t read too much into it. Last time, the top sales for both China and the West were 6 times higher; so the fluctuation week to week is considerable.
MyPerspective.com ($2.5k) would make a great name for a blog – modest, straightforward, and unassuming. iChem.com ($4.5k) looks like a potential upgrade for iChemLabs.com, which makes scientific software. While I found numerous distributors selling i-Chem bottles online, I didn’t see any website for the supplier’s brand itself. Domains tied to money tend to command higher prices. Hence we’ve got MyTaxReturn.com ($3.9k) and RefinanceMortgages.com ($3.6k).
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KidsClinic.com | 5600 | NJ | iChem.com | 4488 | NJ |
| J-C.com | 4199 | SN | StoneHouse.com | 3988 | NJ |
| MyTaxReturn.com | 3852 | NJ | RefinanceMortgages.com | 3600 | NJ |
| 221666.com | 3520 | NJ | MyPerspective.com | 2500 | NJ |
| NCLC.com | 2412 | NJ | 568999.com | 2401 | NJ |
| KangYing.com | 2400 | NJ | CPPM.com | 2119 | NJ |
| PCTS.com | 2021 | NJ | Ronna.com | 1845 | NJ |
KangYing.com ($2.4k) seems to be a personal name; but it may be better explained by ChinaKangYing.com, an English-language website for a firm that manufactures electric bicycles, scooters, and ATVs. Another Pinyin domain, ZhaoBing.com ($1.7k) seems to mean military recruits (zhāo bīng / 招兵).
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comment.net | 1724 | NJ | ZhaoBing.com | 1700 | NJ |
| WeddingMemories.com | 1622 | NJ | JobSeekersAdvice.com | 1600 | NJ |
| CBLS.com | 1600 | NJ | Productize.com | 1529 | SN |
| GCPH.com | 1519 | NJ | HQSQ.com | 1519 | NJ |
| LoomPanics.com | 1500 | NJ | NCHS.com | 1420 | NJ |
| GreatDesigns.com | 1410 | NJ | PKQR.com | 1400 | NJ |
| WGLT.com | 1400 | NJ | TQTX.com | 1319 | NJ |
| Tuotou.com | 1319 | NJ | StyleDirect.com | 1292 | NJ |
| OurLady.com | 1250 | NJ | LovelyLife.com | 1243 | NJ |
| 555338.com | 1200 | SN | 72608.com | 1100 | NJ |
Comment.net ($1.7k) is an excellent .NET. Of course, I’m a bit partial to the word, as commenting is something I do regularly. For some wedding photographer out there, WeddingMemories.com ($1.6k) ought to make a very appealing brand name. StyleDirect.com ($1.3k) is a versatile e-commerce domain, suitable for shipping clothing, handbags, jewelry, even home decor.
For Catholics, OurLady.com ($1.3k) would mean the Virgin Mary. Tuotou.com ($1.3k) isn’t so clear. “Tuo” looks a bit Italian; “Tou” a bit French. Yet there’s a place called TuoTou in Jiangsu, East China. Complicating matters further, it’s also 2 typos rolled into 1: TouTou and TuoTuo. Whereas uncouth American dogs might say “bow wow” or “woof”, their more urbane French counterparts utter “TouTou”. (There seems to be a TouTou brand selling stuffed animals, based on image search results.) As for TuoTuo, it’s the headwater of the Yangtze river. Too many options to tell.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grape.net | 1010 | NJ | ThaiYoga.com | 943 | NJ |
| TheAuthority.com | 899 | NJ | KreditCards.com | 890 | NJ |
| 74234.com | 890 | NJ | QDI.net | 878 | NJ |
| ZLOW.com | 865 | NJ | TheProspect.com | 807 | NJ |
| OpenBudgetIndex.org | 789 | NJ | LineLock.com | 788 | NJ |
| PartMax.com | 780 | NJ | FilmTech.com | 775 | NJ |
| AceCam.com | 760 | NJ | Virgos.com | 757 | NJ |
| AlkalineBatteries.com | 751 | NJ | RMarketing.com | 734 | NJ |
| GLAA.com | 718 | NJ | 60845.com | 715 | NJ |
| GreatLakesCruises.com | 685 | NJ | SVEL.com | 660 | NJ |
| YourSign.com | 645 | NJ | HG9508.com | 635 | NJ |
Grape.net ($1.0k) is another fine .NET specimen. For wine aficionados, that single syllable is almost holy. Who is TheAuthority.com ($899), and what is he an authority on? Based on the whois database, it’s too early to tell; but we shall see. Another “the” domain follows close on its heels: TheProspect.com ($807).
Cruises are offered in the USA’s Great Lakes; so GreatLakesCruises.com ($685) has obvious commercial relevance. YourSign.com ($645) must be for horoscopes. Indeed, there’s an astrological sign – Virgos.com – just above it. Considering that domain defines the individual destinies of 1/12 of the human race – past, present, and future – wouldn’t $757 be a bargain?
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zonked.com | 595 | NJ | PrisonerLife.com | 569 | SN |
| FurniturePolish.com | 561 | NJ | DFanning.com | 560 | NJ |
| 64535.com | 552 | NJ | 56845.com | 550 | NJ |
| 667712.com | 531 | NJ | RomeHotel.com | 529 | SN |
| OBIK.com | 527 | NJ | MagicGuy.com | 520 | NJ |
| JazzONLN.com | 510 | NJ | JackDaniel.com | 505 | NJ |
| DCHeritage.org | 501 | NJ | FirstGift.com | 495 | NJ |
| JinHuaDai.com | 488 | NJ | LetsBeFrank.com | 470 | NJ |
| PipeCleaners.com | 461 | NJ | MHTGroup.com | 454 | SN |
| ChimCanh.com | 454 | SN | Cadius.org | 432 | NJ |
| Cerphi.net | 431 | SN | KMAGroup.com | 425 | SN |
| MetalSoft.com | 420 | NJ | SprintExpress.com | 410 | NJ |
Decades ago, Zonked.com ($595) meant high on LSD. These days it just means exhausted. PrisonerLife.com ($569) might end up a reality TV show, a pen-pal program, or a program related to education and rehabilitation. Musically speaking, “soft” isn’t a word I associate with “metal”. But perhaps MetalSoft.com ($420) will scare prisoners straight by playing a non-stop death-metal cover of The Carpenters’ “Close To You”.
Here’s a rare sighting: ChimCanh.com ($454) is Vietnamese for “bird watching”. RomeHotel.com ($529) ought to generate accommodation leads. For a magician, MagicGuy.com ($520) is a strong simple brand name: “Hire the magic guy!”
JazzONLN.com ($510) exemplifies the sort of old-fashioned workaround naming convention that will die out due to .ONLINE and other nTLDs – as I’ve written in a couple of articles regarding domain fallback hierarchies. That doesn’t mean .COM itself will die out; but abbreviations such as “ONLN” deserve to die a thousand deaths, in my opinion.
If you’re Frank Schilling, LetsBeFrank.com ($470) might seem like a fun pun. But few of us are multi-millionaire tycoons; so it would actually be in bad taste. For a less affluent Frank, the same usage would be forgiven as cute. Just ein Gedankenexperiment in personal branding, eh. More likely, LetsBeFrank.com will anchor a marketing campaign that invites discussion regarding something controversial (politics?) or hitherto unmentionable (flatulence?).
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PiratePartyCyprus.com | 409 | NJ | QVP.org | 399 | NJ |
| Entellect.com | 395 | NJ | Trashionista.com | 384 | NJ |
| VisualExpressions.com | 380 | NJ | VOIPExpert.com | 370 | NJ |
| AthenaWeb.org | 360 | NJ | CareerMarketing.com | 360 | NJ |
| 360180.com | 355 | SN | MaltaNews.com | 344 | NJ |
| WaterDream.com | 336 | NJ | PIFX.com | 330 | NJ |
| 866336.com | 330 | SN | HealthEase.com | 329 | SN |
| LaSpecula.com | 326 | SN | TBooks.com | 325 | SN |
| CabCab.com | 325 | NJ | PressBar.com | 325 | SN |
| GreenGold-OroVerde.org | 325 | SN | FastComm.com | 320 | NJ |
| CityElite.com | 310 | NJ | MuseoSantaSevera.org | 300 | SN |
| HarmonySpa.com | 298 | NJ | APWQ.org | 291 | SN |
| JohnHampton.com | 284 | SN | 735899.com | 280 | SN |
Trashionista.com ($384) I quite like as a pun on “fashionista”. Achieving inner harmony is why people go to spas; therefore HarmonySpa.com ($298) is a strong name. And for Malta, MaltaNews.com ($344) makes perfect sense. Wonder what a PiratePartyCyprus.com ($409) entails? Abduction? Walking the plank?
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BabyDo.com | 275 | NJ | UnicornRestaurant.com | 269 | SN |
| EliteUniforms.com | 262 | NJ | VRSale.com | 260 | NJ |
| 633567.com | 249 | SN | KZFU.com | 235 | NJ |
| AlesAndMeads.com | 230 | SN | Nagwa.com | 221 | NJ |
| 655668.com | 220 | SN | Hibbet.com | 214 | SN |
| MandurahAccommodation.com | 212 | SN | eTill.com | 212 | SN |
| WereLoveMeat.net | 211 | SN | FortWaynePhilharmonic.com | 211 | NJ |
| GSFG.org | 211 | NJ | XSF.co | 210 | NJ |
| Iowava.org | 210 | NJ | 187387.com | 209 | NJ |
| 1683999.com | 208 | SN | ABCComputers.com | 205 | NJ |
| EntrepreneurSky.com | 204 | SN | SuperVet.com | 200 | SN |
| 983167.com | 199 | NJ | GetEMoney.com | 191 | NJ |
BabyDo.com ($275) would be a good choice to brand a site regarding babies. Nagwa.com ($221) is a woman’s name in Arabic. The UnicornRestaurant.com ($269) is a popular spot in my old Seattle neighborhood, but the buyer may intend a different city.
The “till” in eTill.com would mean “cash register” to a British audience. Given that interpretation, it was a great buy – almost robbing the till. GetEMoney.com ($191) mines a similar niche. VRSale.com ($260) might interest those domainers who collect “virtual reality” domains. Yes, WereLoveMeat.net ($211) was a porn site. Don’t bother checking.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quercorb.com | 191 | SN | IDHD.org | 191 | SN |
| MozartGroup.com | 190 | SN | OrcaWebsites.com | 189 | SN |
| L2AELBA.com | 182 | SN | ThinkOfThe.com | 180 | NJ |
| PKTB.net | 175 | SN | Intenuity.com | 174 | SN |
| CacaoTrails.com | 170 | SN | BPTD.net | 164 | NJ |
| GTBP.net | 164 | NJ | Appraisals.info | 161 | NJ |
| AtlanticHeritageCenterNJ.org | 161 | NJ | Conversia.com | 161 | SN |
| BornShorts.com | 161 | SN | PlanB-London.com | 160 | SN |
| KZKC.net | 160 | SN | Koppeling.com | 159 | NJ |
| ZBSM.net | 156 | SN | MediasLibres.com | 155 | SN |
| SZJF.net | 155 | SN | PartyCateraars.com [sic] | 151 | SN |
Localization consultants are paid for a reason. Still excellent this French craft beer may be, Quercorb.com ($191) is probably doomed in the USA, thanks to its name. Most of my countrymen will pronounce it “queer korb” or “quirk orb”. Right now their website is BrasserieDuQuercorb.com; so this may be an upgrade. Another French domain, MediasLibres.com matches a .ORG site (“free media”) that aggregates articles with an “alternative” perspective.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYZD.net | 150 | SN | CWKW.net | 150 | SN |
| MXDW.net | 150 | SN | MHMB.net | 150 | SN |
| SeaMeWe4.com | 150 | NJ | MadisonMarketing.com | 145 | NJ |
| GDKN.net | 144 | SN | QKZG.net | 144 | SN |
| Degeco.com | 141 | SN | MNR.co | 141 | NJ |
| MiamiohPsychology.com | 140 | SN | CMQD.net | 135 | SN |
| GRKX.net | 135 | SN | FXBD.net | 135 | SN |
| WFTP.net | 134 | SN | FJLJ.net | 134 | SN |
| 33578.net | 134 | SN | BathsPampa.com | 131 | SN |
| BDWL.net | 130 | SN | ZSJT.net | 124 | SN |
| Go2USA.com | 122 | SN | DemelzaHouse.org | 121 | SN |
| 211929.com | 119 | NJ | Copywriting.info | 118 | NJ |
Looking at TLDs other than .COM, what’s the first thing you notice? Two dozen LLLL.net domains selling between $104 and $175. That’s China for you. And I would stress that this wasn’t happening until very recently. Naturally, there are .NET and .ORG domains of other kinds selling above that range; but they’ve always been in the charts. This market demand for LLLL.net is a fresh phenomenon – spilling over from LLLL.com, which has been driven up into the $527 – $2.4k range, as you can see.
Apart from those, you’ll notice a couple of quality .INFOs – Copywriting.info ($118) and Appraisals.info ($161). SnapNames also sold a pair of .CLUBs: FiveStar.club ($110) and CareGivers.club ($110). Being a care giver can be a hard lonely experience; and .CLUB gives the job a much needed element of social support.
| Domain | End $ | At | Domain | End $ | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GalleryBarNYC.com | 114 | NJ | WCSK.net | 114 | SN |
| GSSW.net | 114 | SN | 565893.com | 114 | SN |
| YouTubeOnline.com | 114 | SN | 251255.com | 112 | SN |
| UrageISPO.com | 111 | SN | ChaDemoCharge.com | 111 | SN |
| Akikan.com | 110 | SN | FiveStar.Club | 110 | SN |
| CareGiver.Club | 110 | SN | FindAJobOnline.com | 110 | NJ |
| 189552.com | 109 | NJ | 200876.com | 109 | SN |
| GCTZ.net | 104 | SN | DZZQ.net | 104 | SN |
| 33596.net | 104 | SN | StrataCorp.com | 102 | NJ |
| ColorFlash.com | 100 | NJ | ForLiberty.com | 100 | NJ |
| EliteBuilder.com | 100 | SN | 002002.com | 69 | SN |
Unless the buyer’s name is Jack Daniel, JackDaniel.com ($505) is flirting with a future UDRP, it seems to me. The whiskey brand is not unknown. Difficult to imagine how YouTubeOnline.com ($114) could be defended from allegations of cybersquatting …
002002.com first sold at SnapNames for $720, but it was apparently re-auctioned the next day for $69. Possibly the original winning bidder didn’t pay. In these weekly articles, I endeavor to exclude seller-run auctions and only note results that are part of the normal expiration cycle. For NameJet, I act as a first-hand observer; but this isn’t true of SnapNames. If you notice any non-expired domain auctions, please let me know.
