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An update on yesterday’s post about career theme domain names . . . MyCareer.com has bounced to $10,001 with 6 bids over at Sedo.com, with only 3 hours left on a 7-day auction.  Resumes.com is still sitting at $50,000 with 3 hours left on its auction.  Chances are high that neither one of these domains will touch their reserve price before the close of the auction, but it will be interesting to see what happens.

WorkatHomeJobs.org sold for $1,575, not bad for a .org domain, but then again this is a highly searched phrase and is worth far more to the lucky buyer that landed this domain. 

I own about 175 or so 4-letter domains and plan to begin selling them soon.  If you have an interest, use my feedback form to send an inquiry and I’ll send you a list.

JUW.com has one day to go on a 7-day auction and aleady had its reserve price met at $4,100. It’s almost shocking to me that a 3-letter dot com domain name would have the reserve price set so low, particularly for a 3-letter domain name you can pronounce. It’ll be interesting to see what the final number this domain goes for tomorrow. To look it up, click here.

As for recent sales, none as nice as EOB.com and WMR.com, but YRX.com sold for only $3,000, OQD.com sold for 2,610 Euros and ZVI.com sold for 2,602 Euros. All surprisingly low in my book. However, E-14.net sold for an astounding $7,000, living a mixed bag. So why is E-14 so popular, other than being a British submarine from World War I era? Beats me. If you’ve got a handle on this one, let me know.

1. Dollars.com is back on the market again and has a bid of 302,500 on Sedo.com’s 7-day auction.

2. Thailand.org is currently at $6,500 and has 9 bids with over 6 days to go on Sedo.com’s 7-day auction.

3. Courier.net recently sold for $25,000 on Sedo.

4. Transfers.com sold on Sedo for $7,500 recently.

5. HotelBarcelona.es has a bid of $5,200 with several days left on the auction.

6. TPE.org has a bid of $7,500 with several days to go on a 7-day auction.

7. TapShoes.com sold for $12,000 on RickLatona.com

8. Another RickLatona.com sale, PapuaNewGuinea.com, went for $25,000.

9. BoutiqueHotels.com sold for $40,000.

10. Slots.eu sold for $31,200.

However, other than the 1-bid auction of Dollars.com, no truly big ticket domain sales were made in the high 5-digit to 6-digit range, signaling the economy is having some impact. One area that still looks good is the low to mid-range domain name sales. I’m talking low 4-digits to low 5-digits. These still appear to be moving a nice clip.

3-digit number domains are still holding value. 360.org sold for $25,000 on Sedo and Sedo also scored big on the $30,000 sale of CaptchaCreator.com and the $25,000 sale of PokerPals.com

After doing a little research I’m happy to say that the premium market for high end domains still looks good, but one might question if the value of less than premium domains, ones that might typically be purchased for less than $10,000, might be slipping a bit.  Why? Because so many of these domains are purchased by small businesses and individuals. 

But Sedo scored big last week on some really high-end domains that gives us hope and encouragement that the domain name marketplace is still doing well overall.  Consider the following sales and see if you agree with me. 

• LowFares.com sold for $365,000 on Sedo
• Banners.com sold for $360,000 on Sedo
• Pisos.net (Spanish for “Apartments”), sold for $187,500 on Sedo
• Alice.com went for $250,000 in a private sale

Now consider the following to see if you agree with me on some disappointing sales for one-word domains lately:

• Sleeper.com sold for $10,100 on NameJet.com
• Sisterhood.com sold for $10,000 on Moniker
• NowHired.com went for $2,588
• WorkingLife.com sold for $2,000
• GolfMerchandise.com sold for $3,626

I was astounded that Sleeper.com didn’t go for higher.  There is immense revenue potential from all five of these domains, they the last 3 on the list went for $3,626 or less.  This gives me a lot of concern over the value of 2-word domains with commercial appeal that are often picked up by entrepreneurs and small business owners.  Take for example, LawAdvice.com, currently up for auction on Sedo with only 2 bids and resting at $2,050 with 4 days left to go on a 7-day auction.  This domain will be a good barometer to check out the value of highly commerical 2-word domains. 

If there’s a lawyer in the house, listen to me.  You’ve got to jump on this domain — we’re talking about a highly searched phrase in “law advice.”  Nope, its not my domain name and I don’t know the owner.  But watching this domain should give us a good indication as to the strenght of the domain name market during this economic downturn.

Earlier, I was pondering writing this article about the negative impact of the economy on domain names sales and values. But this is not the case quite yet. Why? Because the results of several big special auctions closing just before or around the same time the stock market started plummeting reflect the fact that big investors are still willing to cough up big bucks for domain names that hold great potential. Take for example the recent sale of our domain names in the six-figure area. Moneywatch.com recently sold on Sedo for $125,000. Camps.com sold on Moniker for $110,000. LT.com sold on Moniker.com for $100,000 and Cleaning.com sold on Moniker.com for $100,000.

Most of the Moniker.com sales I will talk about in this article were made at last month’s Live Auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York. Although they were booked this week, one can’t hardly label them as “sales after the economic collapse.” Thus, the court may still be out on what the eventual outcome will be regarding the economy’s toll on domain name sales.

Currently, the highest bid existing on Sedo.com for a domain name is $12,000 for Pet.Asia and 7,000 British Pounds for VLX.com. Two domain names I’m keeping an eye on at the Sedo.com auction is Selfish.com which has 9 bids and currently stands at $3,690 and Gold.mobi which has 27 bids and is up to $3,100. Both will go for much higher values, thus its important to watch those 2 closely to see where they cap out at to get a grasp of the economic toll on domain name sales.

A look at domain names sold this week at Sedo.com finds the highest domain name sales price was only $4,999 for 3-D.com. Other domain name sales worth noting at recent auctions include the sale of Literature.com for $60,000 at Moniker’s Live Auction and Searching.com for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event for $85,000. Worthy of mention also is the sale fo SpaResorts.com on Snap Names for $70,590 and HelpMe.com for $75,000 on DN Strategy.

On a personal note I continue to find great deals in the expired domain name market. Examples of today’s purchases include: EzineDollars.com, DropshippingDollars.com, SavingMoneyOnline.com, ParttimeLabor.com, ParttimeTraveler.com and HomeProductsBusiness.com.

Two other great domain names that went for big bucks were the 2-letter wonders of YB.com and BJ.com. YB.com sold on Sedo for $125,000, while BJ.com went in Moniker’s live auction for $200,000. Who says no BJ is worth six-figures. (Sorry, but I couldn’t help myself).

Nothing big has been announced other than these 3 over the past week. Still leading the pack for 2008 is the sale of Fund.com which went for $9,999,950 in a private sale back in March. This price is much higher than the 1999 sale of Business.com for $7.5 million, which later turned out to be a $2 million dollar sale after the value of the illiquid Internet incubator and buyer of the domain, eCompanies, was recalculated in 2004.

Today was no exception. I just registered two great domain names that one could quickly and easily monetize. They were HomeownerProperties.com and HomeownersForums.com. If you’re interested in buying them before I get around to taking them live and monetizing them, make an offer.

Yesterday’s collection of domain names I registered included two great 3-word domain names, TonerSalesOnline.com and CasketSalesOnline.com. I know what you’re thinking, “How morbid can I be, right?” But low income people and people with limited funds increasingly go online and to purchase caskets to help self money on the costs of a funeral. Such a domain name is easy to monetize because several casket companies sell caskets online and have affiliate programs that pay commissions averaging around 10%. Most of the sales you would make will net commissions ranging from $200 to $500.

Other valuable two-word domain names I’ve purchased recently include CashflowEnterprise.com (one could argue its a 3-word domain), AmazingCarpets.com, AmazingSeeds.com, AmazingThongs.com, AmazingTires.com and AmazingCalendars.com.  If you see any of these you like send me your best offer.

Affiliate.com could either be used by an affiliate software or affiliate program management company, competing against the likes of a Commission Junction, for example. Or, Affliliate.com could be used as a giant web portal that matches potential affiliates with companies having their own affliate program. If they go this route they will more than likely end up pushing work from home Internet entrepreneurs that have ruled this segment of the affiliate business for a long time.

In a time-sensitive sale of a domain related to the upcoming presidential election, the domain name Electoral.com sold for $8,700 on Sedo. It seems like a rather disappointing sales price for a single dictionary word domain name, but when you think of how infrequent the subject comes into play and how difficult it would be to monetize this domain name, perhaps not.

Lastly, the 2-letter domain name OD.com sold on Sedo.com for $220,000, while Weddings.org was sold in a private sale for $34,500.

Another .de (German) domain name, Nepal.de, sold for €38,000 Euros, or approximately $59,000 U.S. dollars.  Interesting sales of one-word domains with other extensions included Baseball.us, which sold for $25,000 on Sedo, Income.ca (a Canadian domain name), which sold for $26.242 at MyID.ca. 

Other at Moniker.com we saw Closings.com sell for $25,000.  But the real winners at Moniket was the sale of Track.com mentioned heretofore for $92,000, and our favorite, ComputerParts.com, which sold for $80,000. 

In the area of 2 and 3-letter domains we saw CV.ca sell at MyID.ca for $54,977 and NWN.com sell at Sedo.com for $22,500.  One that puzzled us until we looked up the name, was the sale of Alpari.com for $65,000 on Sedo.com.  We did did some research and found a very popular Forex Trading software program that went by the same name and heretofore did not own the dot com version.  We can only assume that they were the lucky buyer of this domain name.

Shreveport.com, named after a city I once lived in for 15 years, was sold on RickLatona.com for $70,000 in May.  The number domain, 249.com, sold for a whopping $92,000 on Sevent.com.  That one buckled my knees.  I can’t tell you how any times I had an opportunity to buy a number domain 5 years ago and thought “Who would want a number over a name?”  Reminds me of the time in 1981 I had $19,000 to blow and thought — “Should I buy Microsoft or invest in a computer store?”  Yep, you guessed it — I put all the money in the computer store, shutting it down 6 months later for lack of sales.  That little 19 grand would be worth over $6 million dollars today.

GiftRegistry.com sold for $64,000 on Sedo last week.  You can see how that domain name will be used, a great one at that!  A private sale of WallStreet.info went for $25,000 — a super sell for a .info domain name.  Lastly, Anonymous.net sold on Sedo for $35,000 — not bad for a dot net domain name.