$16.2k and other expired domain name sales — Westland.com at
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales.
Our planet’s dirt must be popular. At NameJet the prior week, 3 of the top 4 auctions contained words like “earth”, “world”, and “land”. Let’s not read too much into that coincidence, though. Westland.com ($16.2k) is both a city in Michigan and a distillery in Seattle. EarthTech.com ($15.3k) could be an upgrade for solar gear; Florida sinkhole repair; Albuquerque landscaping; or Austin physicists researching gravity, cosmology, and electrodynamics. Take your pick!
CaiQi.com ($13.0k), the #3 expired domain auction, is Chinese Pinyin – probably 才气 / cái qì, meaning “artistic talent”, although it could also be read as 彩旗 / cǎi qí, “colored flag”. MobileHomeInsurance.com ($4.3k) shows why some domains NEED to be long. There is no shorter way to spell that topic. And – wow! – somebody got a great deal on BuildingInspectors.com ($3.8k). Every time any condo, house, apartment building, or commercial property changes hands anywhere, building inspectors get paid. Well, not every time. EarthTech needs a few buildings to be swallowed by sinkholes!
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westland.com | 16,200 | EarthTech.com | 15,300 |
| CaiQi.com | 13,020 | WorldPages.com | 6201 |
| MobileHome Insurance.com |
4300 | Building Inspectors.com |
3755 |
| Allegria.com | 3600 | AGER.com | 3550 |
| DailyDollar.com | 3433 | FraudCheck.com | 3000 |
| FireLily.com | 3000 | BKBank.com | 2600 |
| HFCU.com | 2306 | MakeupGuide.com | 2166 |
| Grattage.com | 2150 | WebBiz.com | 2055 |
Got to love the name FireLily.com ($3.0k) as an edgier take on the placid water lily. In their less edgy more matter-of-fact way, FraudCheck.com ($3.0k) and MakeupGuide.com ($2.2k) are both good names too. Part of the fun of DailyDollar.com ($3.6k) is speaking its repeating consonants aloud. Language was music ahead of it was script; so we humans remember sound.
Most of the English words I’d use to translate the Italian Allegria.com ($3.6k) sound old fashioned or even archaic: gaiety, glee, jollity, mirth. “Joy” is too strong; that would be “gioia”. In contemporary English, there is no direct translation better than “cheerfulness” or a lively good mood. Now if I tell you that Grattage.com ($2.2k) is French for “scraping”, that hardly helps. But if I mention that un “jeu de grattage” – literally a “scrape game” – means a lottery scratch card … eureka!
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catsup.com | 1925 | CConsulting.com | 1900 |
| 999928.com | 1700 | GrandHotels.com | 1621 |
| Silma.com | 1535 | WGPT.com | 1420 |
| SeeHere.com | 1400 | Flying.info | 1328 |
| DrillTeam.com | 1310 | XFYG.com | 1309 |
| HG2223.com | 1211 | HG1113.com | 1211 |
| LPM.org | 1160 | MicroNetwork.com | 1125 |
| Inspection Service.com |
1013 | NYEX.com | 1009 |
Catsup.com ($1.9k) is a quaint alternative spelling for “ketchup”, but it would actually make a great brand name for something cat-related – a pun we’d smirk not groan at. Another pun-based brand name is SeeHere.com ($1.4k). Normally the phrase “now see here” is used in a stern critical way to call someone out and make them pay attention. But with a lighter mood SeeHere.com can be used for link sharing or anything visual.
Do drill teams exist outside the USA, I wonder? The phrase DrillTeam.com ($1.3k) applies both to military marching displays and female dance groups associated with sports teams. Here again, the domain could become a pun-based brand for mechanical drills.
Flying.info ($1.3k) is worth pointing out, since single-word .INFOs haven’t been seen much in these charts lately. As a followup to BuildingInspectors.com, InspectionService.com ($1.0k) is also noteworthy. GrandHotels.com ($1.6k) would be a very different sort of hotel booking site, wouldn’t it? Emphasis on luxury and history rather than bare essentials and cost.
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73278.com | 930 | 52395.com | 920 |
| FertilityWeb.com | 918 | XEKE.com | 918 |
| BrilliantChoice.com | 898 | BrandsClub.com | 890 |
| AQPS.com | 890 | NYExpress.com | 880 |
| HandsHigh.com | 880 | Breakfast Delivery.com |
829 |
| CoreWeb.com | 825 | Vanguard Health.com |
821 |
| PGZL.com | 820 | CFOJobs.com | 758 |
| BootKnife.com | 751 | 13447.com | 750 |
| BPXQ.com | 749 | LBFX.com | 741 |
| QNHH.com | 730 | FJFR.com | 720 |
| NJFG.com | 720 | 8OA.com | 720 |
| JHCB.com | 720 | NWQP.com | 700 |
Speaking of BreakfastDelivery.com ($829), who doesn’t want breakfast in bed of a morning? Bring me my pancakes! Sounds like a startup idea that might actually take off. Worked for evening pizza, following all. CFOJobs.com ($758) ought to be a great lead-gen domain for recruiters. At BrilliantChoice.com ($898), maybe I’ll be able to hire a yes man to follow me around through life saying, “Brilliant choice, sir!” as I pluck shirts from hangers or weigh the pros and cons of coffee versus tea … or choose dubious fresh keywords as TLDs.
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| SuperKick.com | 700 | ShakeDiet.com | 672 |
| Wormers.com | 626 | EEIA.com | 610 |
| 9020.net | 602 | HisAndHer Health.com |
601 |
| Synthetic Pages.org |
601 | WaterUse.com | 580 |
| Healing Device.com |
553 | Rainbow Grocery.org |
527 |
| LeanProducts.com | 523 | AsWell.com | 520 |
| AudioGallery.com | 510 | FriendsUnited.com | 506 |
| Cheque.org | 490 | TheWineGuy.com | 466 |
| HumanRights Torch.org |
460 | Promotional Media.com |
454 |
| UBAA.com | 453 | 42767.com | 431 |
| Total Spectrum.com |
415 | Africa- Research.org |
410 |
Some of the standouts from this $400 – $700 group, I’d say, are AudioGallery.com ($510) for music, voiceovers, sound samples, and effects; WaterUse.com ($580) for water rights, conservation / efficiency, and technology; Wormers.com ($626), which are a medication for pets, horses, etc.; and ShakeDiet.com ($672) for all the liquid diets out there.
Cheque.org ($490) I like as well, given its financial meaning; but it is the British spelling, and Brits tend to prioritize their ccTLD, .UK. If Canada, Australia, and India share that spelling, then having a gTLD makes for a much wider market. SuperKick.com ($700) is a good brand name for those who don’t take themselves too seriously … and for Mortal Kombat arcade characters, who do. Oh, AsWell.com ($520) sold as well. For wellness, it’s another fun pun. 4 and counting …
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joohe.com | 389 | Changing Careers.com |
378 |
| XUAU.com | 360 | JadeMagnet.com | 355 |
| WolfStudio.com | 350 | W5P.com | 335 |
| WeBuyFast.com | 333 | X7Q.com | 331 |
| JobsIn RealEstate.com |
330 | TDomain.com | 314 |
| iSawThis.com | 311 | JobsIn Finance.com |
309 |
| Cosic.org | 300 | Growth Industries.com |
300 |
| Mister Teacher.com |
300 | JobsIn Marketing.com |
299 |
| ZUAE.com | 295 | JobsIn Accounting.com |
291 |
| AAKPE.org | 289 | JobsIn Advertising.com |
278 |
| FFInsider.net | 275 | SnowHotel.com | 275 |
The biggest group of domains to sell the prior week centered around jobs. CFOJobs.com was the highest sale (see above). ChangingCareers.com ($378) is another strong, straightforward domain. Alongside those, at least 8 additional “Jobs in [Field]” domains sold between $159 and $330: Real Estate, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Advertising, Retail, HR, and Insurance. JobList.net also fetched $200. That could become quite the job-search network.
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| WROB.com | 267 | ClusterOne.com | 260 |
| MarketCreative.com | 259 | JobsInRetail.com | 258 |
| Campaigns ToGo.com |
255 | BoobJobs.org | 250 |
| TheBluePlanet.com | 250 | MassGreen Energy.com |
246 |
| Combine.net | 245 | DonorAction.org | 243 |
| AirBest.com | 232 | Property.mobi | 220 |
| Strapping Systems.com |
220 | BabyName Train.com |
220 |
| ReggaeSource.com | 219 | Future-Fab.com | 218 |
| S5Y.com | 210 | JobsInHR.com | 209 |
| YunfoShan.com | 205 | X7J.com | 202 |
| LeadersUp.com | 201 | Equity Refinancing.com |
201 |
BoobJobs.org ($250) certainly doesn’t belong with the other “job” domains. Obviously it goes with USPlasticSurgeons.com ($69). People have no trouble discerning such differences, but they’re hard to anticipate when writing the algorithms used for choosing PPC ads on parked pages or for auto-appraising domains. Meaning is a slippery toad.
TheBluePlanet.com ($250) is the name of an acclaimed BBC nature documentary narrated by the irreplaceable Sir David Attenborough. If you’re anything like me, then you’d never heard of StrappingSystems.com ($220). Yes, the industry is exactly what it sounds like – straps and equipment for fastening straps. That sale tied with a .MOBI: Property.mobi. Given Rick Schwartz’s sale of Property.com, there’s no faulting the keyword; but it’s apparent that TLDs are not all going to replicate .COM’s success.
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| JobList.net | 200 | eBYU.com | 199 |
| 04914.com | 195 | UNBConnect.com | 179 |
| TheSkellig.com | 162 | QLQE.com | 161 |
| BYAE.com | 160 | UKGJ.com | 160 |
| LehaOnline.org | 160 | OPXQ.com | 160 |
| JobsIn Insurance.com |
159 | OZQY.com | 159 |
| EDMGT.com | 153 | RULQ.com | 150 |
| IEWZ.com | 150 | VDSJ.com | 150 |
| SMCHealth Wise.com |
145 | SueLeBeau.com | 143 |
| OWYW.com | 141 | YOZW.com | 140 |
| OKLodge.com | 135 | NedTech.com | 135 |
| ChickenLover.com | 133 | Relationship Training.com |
132 |
| Betting ForProfit.com |
131 | ZVZF.com | 130 |
eBYU.com ($199) seems to target Brigham Young University, but I suppose it could be an acronym for something else. TheSkellig.com ($162) matches an Irish pub (now closed) in Waltham, Massachusetts. OKLodge.com ($135) isn’t just ok; it’s probably Oklahoma. (Readers outside the USA can’t be expected to know 50 state abbreviations.) Henceforward, I will denounce anybody who disagrees with me as a ChickenLover.com ($133). Watch out!
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 222AA.com | 129 | ATrueReview.com | 122 |
| NYCReal.com | 119 | Enderlin Independent.com |
111 |
| VWEM.com | 105 | MountanBikes.com [sic] |
100 |
| TradeCFDs.com | 90 | VosElSoberano.com | 90 |
| PennyTour.com | 90 | UTCFuelCells.com | 89 |
| All-Species.org | 82 | MilitiaOf Montana.com |
81 |
| MyHome Heating.com |
81 | TheLondonArt BookFair.com |
81 |
| WebmasterTools Central.com |
79 | Incorporation Store.com |
79 |
| WeberService.com | 79 | Adeology.com | 79 |
| NassauCounty FLA.com |
79 | Digitonik.com | 77 |
| USPlastic Surgeons.com |
69 | NewAutoInsurance Quotes.com |
69 |
| RuinedCast.com | 69 | ACWANet.com | 69 |
As a .ORG, Vos el Soberano is a protest site within Honduras. Literally, it translates as “You, the Sovereign”. The dissonant effect of plural + singular is lost in English. But I’d translate the sentiment as “We the People”; and you’d get the idea from Lincoln’s “government of the people, by the people, for the people”. VosElSoberano.com ($90) might go to them.
We’re up to 5 puns with Adeology.com ($79), where ideology meets advertising. RuinedCast.com ($69) suggests a failed casting of some bronze sculpture. It’s also the name of both a play by Lynn Nottage that won the 2009 Pullitzer Prize for Drama and a sci-fi animated short. Then again, maybe it can serve as the filmography of Leonardi Di Caprio.
