Month: November 2009

With many of the Big Time domain portfolio owners slow to develop many of their category-killers, National A-1 is expected to be launching several.  The launch of their category-killer domain Antiques.com, is expected this month. 

According to the page that’s online right now, it looks like Antiques.com will be a fully developed, Antique MEGASITE. 

The megasite will help you find dealers, local shows, auctions, flea markets and more.   It will offer resources such as Appraisals, a glossary, free listings and who knows what else. 

You can get a sneak peek of the website by going to Antiques.com to learn more. 

99 percent of the links don’t work, but if you’re an Antiques vendor the Free List Form does work, while National A-1 builds up their online Directory so they  have resources available for visitors at Launch. 

Writers of High Quality Antique Content Wanted

Are you an author with expertise in the field of antiques? We require unique, original content from authors/columnists/dealers/appraisers/etc. such as articles, how-to’s, FAQ’s and book chapters from published authors.

Antiques.com has Two Goals

Antiques.com is brought to you by National A-1 Internet, a leading provider of Internet content since 1995. Antiques.com will be launching in November 2009 with two goals; to be the premiere resource for shoppers in search of antiques and various antique resources and to be a marquee venue for antique dealers, shows, auctions, flea markets and appraisers.

List Your Antique Business for Free!

We invite all antique dealers, shows, auctions, flea markets and appraisers – whether you have a showroom or work out of your home – to take advantage of the Antiques.com free directory.

YummyNames owns dozens of them, Mike Berkens owns literally hundreds of them.  “The” niche names are the focus of many buyers, even selective ones. 

In this week’s DNJournal Sales Report there were some four figure sales of “The” names including theintroduction.com and thethesis.com.

Is there interest?

According to NameBio, notable sales in 2009 included:

thePrivateDetective.com $1,000
theJob.com $15,000
theExpert.com $2,560
theShapeofDays.com $1,655
theLove.com $11,000

Have you taken a look at Mike Berkens’ MostWantedDomains.com? He owns tons of them.  And there are some good ones, even some funny ones.

TheBartender.com
TheBastards.com
TheBestShit.com
TheBeerBong.com
TheBlonde.com

Mike owns hundreds more and of course, it’s probably no suprise to many since he runs the popular blog TheDomains.com.

YummyNames owns dozens of the names ranging from theHills.com to theOpera.com.

You Can Still Find Plenty of Them for Hand-Registration

A lot of “The” domain names definitely have potential, even if it’s longer term down the road.

Most of the big domain sales boards like Namebio rely on feeds from Sellers like Afternic or NameJet in order to report domain sales.  And the feeds that are provided, aren’t always complete. 

While we’re definitely interested in what’s selling for serious money so we can better adjust the value of similar names we might own, we’re also very interested in what’s been selling on the cheap, especially when the names have a lot of potential – from development to flipping to long-term holds.

That might sound like small-time thinking, but we think within our budget – and any given day with thousands of names dropping – there are a lot of deals.  And any day we can buy names like PoliticalScientist.com or LoanHeaven.com for under $100 (which we did, like dozens of other names) – is a good day.

Of course, publishing all the names that sell each and every day would be almost as challenging as pouring through all the various drop lists every night – but it could give you an indication as to what’s been slippling through the cracks.

Domaining, is unlike any other Business

Like many domainers, we’re curious about domain sales – especially when you compare the sales price to the price paid.  It’s unlike any other business.  When you can hand-register a name or get a bargain on the aftermarket – and sell if for much more, it’s definitely encouraging. 

Though we’d probably never get around to reading through a Sales list of names each and every day, it’s fascinating when you find out that names purchased for $$$, sell for $$$$ or more.

While SnapNames, Lawyers, and Domainers sort out The Halvarez MESS, our guess is that many people who would otherwise be buying-up Domains on SnapNames, are avoiding it like the Plague.

That’s GREAT news for Domainers like us, on the hunt for deals.

You don’t need a big-wallet approach to get in on Domain Names.  That’s a myth.  A BIG myth.  And with a MASS amount of names regularly deleting now because of the fears of the economy, it’s the perfect time to see what you can find.

With Bloggers, news organizations and others creating so much buzz about the SnapNames scandal — many are staying far far away from the Aftermarket platform. Despite the situation, RIGHT NOW SnapNames is still up and running – and you can still buy names.

Many won’t touch SnapNames with a 10 foot pole

The SnapNames platform has obviously lost credibility among Domainers at all levels, but fewer buyers, creates a BUYING opportunity for others.

The current November Showcase Auction at SnapNames, only has 7 bids, with nearly 240 names listed — and reserve prices may come down.

It’s important to tread carefully no matter what you do, but right now at least, we’re hunting around to see what we can find.

Have you ever taken a look at the portfolio of Mike Berkens over at Most Wanted Domains?  It’s chock full of premium names and it’ll give you insight into what some of the Big Time Domainers purchase themselves. 

In the most recent DNJournal Sales – Mike Berkens had 3 Sales in the Top 20:  SeePuertoRico.com, Taboo.org, and YourDiscovery.com – all selling for $20,000 each.  And those were only the sales that made the Top 20.

Mike not only brings years of experience in the Domain Industry, but he also writes a popular Domaining blog (http://www.thedomains.com/) which is also included in Google News Search.  Mike is connected – with a complete business site, involved in Conferences, a Twitter account, a blog, and much more.

Gain an Insight

By taking a look at his portfolio over at Most Wanted Domains (http://www.mostwanteddomains.com/) you might be able to gain an insight into what names he purchases and sells.  At a glance, you might even say to yourself, “I’d never register that name…”, but with Mike’s trackrecord over the years, he’s got a formula that works.  You might even get encouraged about your own portfolio.

His names are truly interesting all over the board ranging from .MOBI names to Dotcoms to Typos and more.  Names like Baptized.net, Awol.com, AmateurFights.com and thousands more.

Visit Most Wanted Domains and gain insight into one of the most prolific and successful Domainers on the Net.