Drops today - October 2012

[ScottNugent]

DogsOnline.com.au for $1521 on NF... quite a surprise. There was some intense last minute bidding today, I had good proxy's on 3 domains and lost em all in the last 5 seconds

 

[findtim]

DogsOnline.com.au for $1521 on NF... quite a surprise. There was some intense last minute bidding today, I had good proxy's on 3 domains and lost em all in the last 5 seconds

congrats morgan, another feather in your bow

tim

 

[morganp]

Thanks Tim,

A great domain to go with my dog/pet portfolio.

 

[snoopy]

DogsOnline.com.au for $1521 on NF... quite a surprise. There was some intense last minute bidding today, I had good proxy's on 3 domains and lost em all in the last 5 seconds

Thought this was funny until I saw the massive site with the crazy "z" spelling in it. Probably a good name for PPC, limited outside that.

 

[chris]

Thanks Tim,

A great domain to go with my dog/pet portfolio.

Congrats Morgan! Nice one

 

[findtim]

todays drops was a typical example that if you want it then you want it, the last 5 seconds was firefworks on NF, seogoldcoast going from almost zero to $1400+

just shows you " work out your best proxy and sit back and hope "

tim

 

[Blue Wren]

todays drops was a typical example that if you want it then you want it, the last 5 seconds was firefworks on NF, seogoldcoast going from almost zero to $1400+

just shows you " work out your best proxy and sit back and hope "

tim

Yes, the fireworks were great at the end. Finally scored a domain or two today.

 

[findtim]

i thought schoolies would go for more?

interesting thing that some might of missed is iselectmyloan.com.au bought by Iselect director for $10.

if i had bought it would i probably have issues ?

tim

 

[zhenjie]

Any privately run schoolies site would have trouble ranking over the 'official' government backed sites imo. Still, a nice market to tap into and domain sounds nice.

 

[snoopy]

i thought schoolies would go for more?

I think it is about right given the popularity. Some stiff competition especially with schoolies.com (who also own the .com.au). It is an usual term, with a couple of strong bidders and then nobody else, suspect it is a pretty tough market to make work.

 

[findtim]

schoolies2012.com.au through to @ 2018 are already taken so its strong market so if anyone wants schoolies2020 handreg its up for grabs

tim

 

[BenWalker]

I think it is about right given the popularity. Some stiff competition especially with schoolies.com (who also own the .com.au). It is an usual term, with a couple of strong bidders and then nobody else, suspect it is a pretty tough market to make work.

Its a very hard market to make work. To put it in to perspective even the second biggest provider in the space is struggling to keep up with Schoolies.com.

The two main reasons being that Schoolies.com has very strong brand recognition amongst the kids and they also have exclusivity over most of the venues in the hot locations.

And the bottom line is, its only 3 weeks out of 52 weeks.

 

[James]

Its a very hard market to make work. To put it in to perspective even the second biggest provider in the space is struggling to keep up with Schoolies.com.

The two main reasons being that Schoolies.com has very strong brand recognition amongst the kids and they also have exclusivity over most of the venues in the hot locations.

And the bottom line is, its only 3 weeks out of 52 weeks.

But the thing is People book school all year from January up until October (late rush) so with the right affiliate set up it can work for 10 months not just 3 weeks.

 

[jam]

Its a very hard market to make work. To put it in to perspective even the second biggest provider in the space is struggling to keep up with Schoolies.com.

The two main reasons being that Schoolies.com has very strong brand recognition amongst the kids and they also have exclusivity over most of the venues in the hot locations.

And the bottom line is, its only 3 weeks out of 52 weeks.

Schoolies are booking up to 20 months in advance. It's something you need to work on full time to make work.

I have had a lot of interest in my schoolies related domains, but I haven't seen anyone give schoolies.com a run for their money. 1800schoolies are doing well. These are the only 2 that are really involved with Gold Coast schoolies.

 

[findtim]

cheapshirts.com.au ? whats going on? someone bids $1 on drop then someone backs up with $2 and then nothing happens?

but on NF there is a bunch of bidding up to $74, thats a strong message to drop that people don't really believe they can capture the domains.

tim

 

[ScottNugent]

Snagged LevelUp.com.au via hand reg and was planning the same for EyelashExtensionTraining.com.au... Until my 20 minutes of distraction playing Flight Sim made me miss out!

Here's a lesson newbies; At 1:50pm everyday, DROP EVERYTHING!

EDIT: No, I didn't even get levelup.com.au.. came back from the registry as taken!!! ARGH

 

[FirstPageResults]

SkateboardingGames.com.au is dropping tomorrow.. has a $10 bid:
http://www.dntrade.com.au/skateboardinggames-com-au-t5492.html


fail

 

[Drop.com.au]

SkateboardingGames.com.au is dropping tomorrow.. has a $10 bid:
http://www.dntrade.com.au/skateboardinggames-com-au-t5492.html


fail

Wouldn't be the first time that this happened - go figure.

Andrew

 

[johno69]

I guess DNT's reach isn't as big as we'd like.

 

[DavidL]

I think it's the ease as much as anything. Just put your price in and forget about it.

COR's, dealing with sellers, possible registrar transfers just put people off I think.