The .info domain flip: is it really possible? (finance.info sold 3 times in 6 months, Asbestos.info $6,750)

Afilias has auctioned off 300+ premium .info domains in the past 6 months and lately a lot of these domains are popping up in auctions or sales reports.

I get a lot of questions from readers on how to sell their .info domains fast. I always tell them that selling fast is not the best option and that they will almost never get the price they are looking for and/or an end user price. A couple of domains proved me wrong.

Especially domains that were bought in the 3 high profile .info auctions have reached their reseller ceiling and most of the time an auction at this time will lose money. These prices were not prices for an easy flip. By flip I mean getting at lease double of what you paid for.

Tax.info was a good flip but most of the other domains got almost half their original price. finance.info was auctioned off losing $4,447 and then it was auctioned off again earning $945. Asbestos.info was the biggest success story… Here are the flip results on 8 of these .info domains:

loan.info
Go Daddy: $8,293 (1st .info auction in December)
Namejet: $6,200 Reserve Not Met (May)

loans.info
Go Daddy: $12,205 (1st .info auction in December)
Namejet: $9,655 Reserve Not Met (May)

tax.info
Go Daddy: $5,005 (1st .info auction in December)
Namejet: $10,805 (May)
Result: $5,800 profit

bank.info (1st .info auction)
Go Daddy: $5,060 (1st .info auction in December)
Namejet: $2,600 (May)
Result: $2,460 loss

engineering.info
Go Daddy: $2,693 (1st .info auction in December)
Namejet: $1,488 (May)
Result: $1,205 loss

home.info
Go Daddy: $5,615 (2nd .info auction in December)
Afternic: $7,500 (May)
Result: $1,885 profit

finance.info
Go Daddy: $9,002 (December 15, 1st .info auction in December)
Namejet: $4,555 (May 9)
Result: $4,447 loss
Flippa: $5,500 (May 21)
Result: $945 profit

And here is the biggest success story:
Asbestos.info
Namejet: $1,040 (May 6, 3rd .info Afilias auction)
Flippa: $6,750 (May 23)
Result: $5,710 profit

Maybe you can make the .info flip after all! Congrats to Luc-Andre BIGGS (aka Federer) for the finance.info and asbestos.info sales!

This probably also proves that if you put a lot of domains for auction at the same time, you will get lower prices.

PS I bought engineering.info for $1,488. I was in the first auction but didn’t buy it because the price was a bit high for a reseller. I am glad I waited and finally got the domain but that is not good for the first buyer.

Report of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: 79 domains sold for $239,317 (wine.info $13,600)

Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. Each name was listed with No Reserve. The auctions ran from May 3rd to May 10th.

Here are some quick stats:

  • The 79 domains sold for a total of $239,317
  • All 79 domains listed were sold
  • The average sales value was $3,029
  • The mean sales value was $2,500
  • 21 domains had a value up of up to $999
  • 55 domains had a value between $1,000 and $9,999
  • 3 domains got a $10,000+ price

The 3rd auction had fewer domains but better quality and that resulted in a higher average and mean domain name prices. Here is a quick comparison of the 3 auctions so far.

1st Auction 2nd Auction 3rd Auction
Domains Sold 103 131 79
Total Value $279,502 $264,280 $239,317
Average Price $2,714 $2,017 $3,029
Mean Price $1,365 $810 $2,500

See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction.

Here are the results of the 79 domains sold in the 3rd auction:

wine.info $13,600
games.info $11,500
gold.info $10,099
creditcards.info $9,323
tickets.info $9,100
hosting.info $8,532
shop.info $8,500
trip.info $7,210
auto.info $6,800
jobs.info $6,800
game.info $6,301
casinos.info $6,000
herpes.info $5,800
hiv.info $5,400
immigration.info $5,300
hepatitis.info $4,988
mortgage.info $4,600
job.info $4,466
impotence.info $4,000
golf.info $3,802
books.info $3,800
mortgages.info $3,600
lottery.info $3,488
gifts.info $3,369
furniture.info $3,360
schools.info $3,300
work.info $3,212
pain.info $3,200
auction.info $3,105
match.info $3,101
new.info $3,100
pension.info $3,000
vacation.info $3,000
maps.info $2,900
stocks.info $2,718
jesus.info $2,611
soccer.info $2,511
bargains.info $2,510
baseball.info $2,500
restaurant.info $2,400
trucks.info $2,111
storage.info $2,050
hypnosis.info $2,025
calendar.info $1,999
energie.info $1,925
god.info $1,900
yachts.info $1,601
shops.info $1,588
space.info $1,530
retirement.info $1,500
ideas.info $1,400
more.info $1,400
boxoffice.info $1,200
general.info $1,100
optician.info $1,100
asbestos.info $1,040
genetics.info $1,019
bachelor.info $1,010
gems.info $840
rheumatism.info $760
bollywood.info $731
stemcells.info $730
kings.info $600
can.info $500
galaxy.info $498
aviation.info $468
prize.info $460
quote.info $460
relocation.info $410
byte.info $398
springbreak.info $383
only.info $350
resources.info $308
matrix.info $286
optometry.info $210
whitehouse.info $170
flute.info $131
cellularphone.info $110
usopen.info $110

NameJet auctions 97 Yummy Names (Tucows) domains: Pope.org, Ballerinas.com, Drummers.com, etc.

NameJet announced a partnership with Yummy Names (owned by Tucows) to auction an exclusive list of 97 premium domain names. These domains are available exclusively at NameJet, all priced to sell at no or low reserves. Naturalists.com, Pounds.com, Pope.org, USSR.com and many more are all listed at No Reserve and will sell to the highest bidder.

NameJet is offering 97 individual auctions, each running for three days. The first auctions start May 17 and the final auctions end June 12. The domains cover a wide range of categories from premium .ORG domains (pope.org and rock.org) to GEO domains (usparks.com, Dominicans.com and thecaribbean.com) to premium 3 letter .COM domains (mui.com and bui.com).

Get your backorders in before May 16th so you can participate in these featured auctions. See here the full list of the 97 domains:
ballerinas.com
caving.com
indiachat.com
learnenglish.net
naturalists.com
meyerscapital.com
minis.com
railroad.org
usparks.com
thecaribbean.com
sleepwalker.com
mandarintranslation.com
basketballplayers.com
bridge.net
dominicans.com
drummers.com
greencomputing.com
gravel.net
duong.com
chee.com
parent.org
pounds.com
roomplanner.com
soccerplayers.com
tennisplayers.com
widower.com
recyclingcontainers.com
piano.org
lithograph.com
actresses.com
afghanistan.net
evolution.net
hashish.com
dice.org
budgies.com
blogrolling.com
chin.net
chinesehistory.com
pcfax.com
vintagechina.com
vampires.net
teatimes.com
mui.com
macaws.com
mennonite.com
polarbears.com
cancerdoctor.com
cyclers.com
huie.com
scrambled.com
looper.com
learnmandarin.net
learncantonese.net
thehospital.com
xiong.com
woo.org
studfarm.com
jumper.com
phonecall.net
genova.com
goldendragon.com
economist.net
animaltrainers.com
alligators.com
listener.com
luong.com
moonlighting.com
puppysitters.com
snowboarders.com
tamayo.com
vong.com
swig.com
ussr.com
thetower.com
tsao.com
securitiesdealer.com
shim.com
choy.com
flyfishermen.com
guitarist.net
chun.com
autoracers.com
skihill.com
rock.org
san.net
mathteachers.com
thenightclub.com
thecircus.com
internationalbanking.com
sheikh.com
rattler.com
pope.org
bui.com
chiu.com
hatter.com
horseracers.com
finches.com

5th day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Wine.info $13,600, Tickets.info $9,100 etc

Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. The list includes domains such as books.info, gold.info, casinos.info, shop.info, stocks.info and a lot more. Each name is listed with No Reserve and will sell to the highest bidder.

Here are the results of the 15 domains auctioned on the 5th day:

wine.info $13,600
tickets.info $9,100
trip.info $7,210
work.info $3,212
vacation.info $3,000
stocks.info $2,718
soccer.info $2,511
trucks.info $2,111
storage.info $2,050
yachts.info $1,601
space.info $1,530
stemcells.info $730
springbreak.info $383
whitehouse.info $170
usopen.info $110

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day, the 16 domains from the 2nd day, 16 domains auctioned on the 3rd day and the 16 domains auctioned on the 4th day.

See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction.

4th day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Shop.info $8,500, Schools.info $3,300 etc

Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. The list includes domains such as books.info, gold.info, casinos.info, shop.info, stocks.info and a lot more. Each name is listed with No Reserve and will sell to the highest bidder.

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 4th day:

shop.info $8,500
schools.info $3,300
pain.info $3,200
new.info $3,100
pension.info $3,000
restaurant.info $2,400
shops.info $1,588
retirement.info $1,500
optician.info $1,100
rheumatism.info $760
prize.info $460
quote.info $460
relocation.info $410
only.info $350
resources.info $308
optometry.info $210

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day, the 16 domains from the 2nd day and the 16 domains auctioned on the 3rd day.

See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction.

3rd day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Hosting.info $8,532, Jobs.info $6,800 etc

Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. The list includes domains such as books.info, gold.info, casinos.info, shop.info, stocks.info and a lot more. Each name is listed with No Reserve and will sell to the highest bidder.

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 3rd day:

hosting.info $8,532
jobs.info $6,800
immigration.info $5,300
mortgage.info $4,600
job.info $4,466
impotence.info $4,000
mortgages.info $3,600
lottery.info $3,488
match.info $3,101
maps.info $2,900
jesus.info $2,611
hypnosis.info $2,025
ideas.info $1,400
more.info $1,400
kings.info $600
matrix.info $286

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day and the 16 domains from the 2nd day.

See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction.

2nd day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Games.info $11,500, Gold.info $10,099 etc

Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. The list includes domains such as books.info, gold.info, casinos.info, shop.info, stocks.info and a lot more. Each name is listed with No Reserve and will sell to the highest bidder.

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 2nd day:

games.info $11,500
gold.info $10,099
game.info $6,301
herpes.info $5,800
hiv.info $5,400
hepatitis.info $4,988
golf.info $3,802
gifts.info $3,369
furniture.info $3,360
energie.info $1,925
god.info $1,900
general.info $1,100
genetics.info $1,019
gems.info $840
galaxy.info $498
flute.info $131

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day.

See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction.

1st day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: CreditCards.info $9,323, Auto.info $6,800 etc

Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. The list includes domains such as books.info, gold.info, casinos.info, shop.info, stocks.info and a lot more. Each name is listed with No Reserve and will sell to the highest bidder. The 79 auctions will not all end on the same day. The auctions run from May 3rd to May 10th. You need to backorder in advance so you will be able to bid.

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day:

creditcards.info $9,323
auto.info $6,800
casinos.info $6,000
books.info $3,800
auction.info $3,105
bargains.info $2,510
baseball.info $2,500
calendar.info $1,999
boxoffice.info $1,200
asbestos.info $1,040
bachelor.info $1,010
bollywood.info $731
can.info $500
aviation.info $468
byte.info $398
cellularphone.info $110

Here is the complete list of the 79 .info domains with the backorder deadline:

Domain: Backorder by:
asbestos.info 5/2/2013 20:00
auction.info 5/2/2013 20:00
auto.info 5/2/2013 20:00
aviation.info 5/2/2013 20:00
bachelor.info 5/2/2013 20:00
bargains.info 5/2/2013 20:00
baseball.info 5/2/2013 20:00
bollywood.info 5/2/2013 20:00
books.info 5/2/2013 20:00
boxoffice.info 5/2/2013 20:00
byte.info 5/2/2013 20:00
calendar.info 5/2/2013 20:00
can.info 5/2/2013 20:00
casinos.info 5/2/2013 20:00
cellularphone.info 5/2/2013 20:00
creditcards.info 5/2/2013 20:00
energie.info 5/3/2013 20:00
flute.info 5/3/2013 20:00
furniture.info 5/3/2013 20:00
galaxy.info 5/3/2013 20:00
game.info 5/3/2013 20:00
games.info 5/3/2013 20:00
gems.info 5/3/2013 20:00
general.info 5/3/2013 20:00
genetics.info 5/3/2013 20:00
gifts.info 5/3/2013 20:00
god.info 5/3/2013 20:00
gold.info 5/3/2013 20:00
golf.info 5/3/2013 20:00
hepatitis.info 5/3/2013 20:00
herpes.info 5/3/2013 20:00
hiv.info 5/3/2013 20:00
hosting.info 5/4/2013 20:00
hypnosis.info 5/4/2013 20:00
ideas.info 5/4/2013 20:00
immigration.info 5/4/2013 20:00
impotence.info 5/4/2013 20:00
jesus.info 5/4/2013 20:00
job.info 5/4/2013 20:00
jobs.info 5/4/2013 20:00
kings.info 5/4/2013 20:00
lottery.info 5/4/2013 20:00
maps.info 5/4/2013 20:00
match.info 5/4/2013 20:00
matrix.info 5/4/2013 20:00
more.info 5/4/2013 20:00
mortgage.info 5/4/2013 20:00
mortgages.info 5/4/2013 20:00
new.info 5/5/2013 20:00
only.info 5/5/2013 20:00
optician.info 5/5/2013 20:00
optometry.info 5/5/2013 20:00
pain.info 5/5/2013 20:00
pension.info 5/5/2013 20:00
prize.info 5/5/2013 20:00
quote.info 5/5/2013 20:00
relocation.info 5/5/2013 20:00
resources.info 5/5/2013 20:00
restaurant.info 5/5/2013 20:00
retirement.info 5/5/2013 20:00
rheumatism.info 5/5/2013 20:00
schools.info 5/5/2013 20:00
shop.info 5/5/2013 20:00
shops.info 5/5/2013 20:00
soccer.info 5/6/2013 20:00
space.info 5/6/2013 20:00
springbreak.info 5/6/2013 20:00
stemcells.info 5/6/2013 20:00
stocks.info 5/6/2013 20:00
storage.info 5/6/2013 20:00
tickets.info 5/6/2013 20:00
trip.info 5/6/2013 20:00
trucks.info 5/6/2013 20:00
usopen.info 5/6/2013 20:00
vacation.info 5/6/2013 20:00
whitehouse.info 5/6/2013 20:00
wine.info 5/6/2013 20:00
work.info 5/6/2013 20:00
yachts.info 5/6/2013 20:00

See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction.

.org Project 94 combined results: 50 domains sold for $143,661, not a single 1 character .org sold

In a terrible PR move PIR, the .org registry, managed to not sell a single 1 character .org domain from the 31 domains that were auctioned off in the 2 auctions run by Namejet/Enom and Go Daddy. In total 50 2 character .org domain names were sold for $143,661. None of the 31 1 character .org domains were sold because the reserve prices were not met. PIR could have easily earned close to 1 million if there were no reserve prices. Namejet alone had $327,142 of bids that were not realized because the reserve was not reached. And of course a lot of bidders get frustrated and stop bidding when they end up bidding against a reserve. Go Daddy could have had more than that as it had some very good quality letters.

Of course the prices would have been higher if end users were involved which in this case it’s obvious they weren’t. The prices below are reseller prices.

Go Daddy had a 50k USD reserve price on all 1 character .org domains. Namejet got a 60K USD bid on u.org but the reserve was not met. Were the reserve prices chosen by PIR? I would guess so.

Namejet didn’t help much either as it run a competing auction event at the same time the Project 94 auctions were running with several 3 letter .org domains and a few 2 letter .org domains. Some of the top prices were:
md.org $555,650
tx.org $19,100 Reserve Not Met
fl.org $15,333 Reserve Not Met

Go Daddy auctioned off 42 1 and 2 character .org domain names. 27 of 42 domains sold for a total of $88,642. The average sales price for the 27 domains was $3,283.

Namejet/Enom auctioned off 39 1 and 2 character .org domain names. 23 of 39 domains sold for a total of $55,019. The average sales price for the 23 domains was $2,392.

Domain Name High Bid Auction House
fs.org $9,250 Go Daddy
ts.org $9,065 Go Daddy
nh.org $8,600 Go Daddy
yo.org $7,806 Namejet
lo.org $7,400 Go Daddy
ur.org $6,006 Namejet
75.org $5,654 Namejet
bp.org $5,325 Go Daddy
hb.org $5,223 Go Daddy
e3.org $4,900 Go Daddy
zl.org $4,155 Namejet
zi.org $3,650 Go Daddy
zp.org $3,554 Namejet
pj.org $3,500 Namejet
31.org $3,425 Namejet
57.org $3,411 Namejet
cq.org $3,300 Go Daddy
yk.org $3,100 Namejet
qd.org $2,827 Go Daddy
3g.org $2,800 Namejet
wz.org $2,627 Go Daddy
b3.org $2,550 Go Daddy
2c.org $2,500 Go Daddy
nq.org $2,500 Go Daddy
zq.org $2,500 Go Daddy
zg.org $2,175 Go Daddy
7d.org $2,001 Go Daddy
c2.org $1,803 Go Daddy
3p.org $1,800 Go Daddy
xq.org $1,725 Go Daddy
d3.org $1,550 Namejet
r4.org $1,339 Namejet
5v.org $1,325 Go Daddy
i6.org $1,125 Go Daddy
2w.org $1,026 Go Daddy
h9.org $1,025 Go Daddy
6g.org $1,009 Namejet
7e.org $910 Go Daddy
0d.org $857 Namejet
0n.org $855 Namejet
5c.org $832 Namejet
k4.org $810 Go Daddy
1w.org $764 Namejet
o7.org $760 Namejet
z9.org $755 Namejet
0t.org $753 Namejet
0p.org $743 Namejet
z8.org $741 Namejet
6j.org $700 Go Daddy
9q.org $650 Namejet
Domain Name High Bid Reserve Auction House
u.org $60,000 Reserve Not Met Namejet
j.org $31,000 Reserve Not Met Namejet
1.org $30,300 Reserve Not Met Namejet
b.org $30,000 Reserve Not Met Namejet
r.org $29,100 Reserve Not Met Namejet
p.org $25,000 Reserve Not Met Namejet
8.org $23,000 Reserve Not Met Namejet
0.org $16,643 Reserve Not Met Namejet
7.org $15,100 Reserve Not Met Namejet
l.org $12,300 Reserve Not Met Namejet
2.org $10,600 Reserve Not Met Namejet
6.org $10,200 Reserve Not Met Namejet
9.org $10,000 Reserve Not Met Namejet
4.org $9,099 Reserve Not Met Namejet
5.org $8,100 Reserve Not Met Namejet
3.org $6,700 Reserve Not Met Namejet
a.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
c.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
d.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
e.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
h.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
i.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
k.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
n.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
o.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
q.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
s.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
t.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
v.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
w.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy
z.org $0 $50,000 Reserve Not Met Go Daddy

NameJet offers for sale Afternic’s premium domains with “Buy it Now” prices

Afternic yesterday announced that NameJet will join the Afternic reseller network as a Premium Partner. NameJet, a domain name aftermarket auction company co-owned by eNom and Web.com, will now offer Afternic’s portfolio of high quality premium domains with “Buy it Now” prices to its rapidly-growing customer base. Eligible Afternic domains will be transferred via its leading Fast Transfer technology to NameJet customers, giving them immediate control of the domain and providing an optimal user experience.

“We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with NameJet beyond our work in the gTLD space and to welcome them into the Afternic network as a reseller of premium domains,” said Jason Miner, Chief Operating Officer for Afternic. “Our goal is to continue to increase our value to Afternic members by creating more liquidity in the aftermarket. The addition of NameJet to our reseller network increases our reach to new audiences and gives our sellers unprecedented exposure to buyers worldwide.”

Matt Overman, NameJet’s General Manager said of the partnership, “Afternic’s high-quality domain portfolio and incredible Fast Transfer capabilities was a key reason we selected them as a partner. We are committed to providing our expanding customer base with more choices and the best user experience for acquiring premium domains, and Afternic was a natural choice.”

Afternic’s inventory is already being displayed in search results on NameJet.

About Afternic

Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) is the world’s largest domain marketplace, offering millions of currently registered domains for sale through leading registrars worldwide. Through DLS, domains are promoted for sale to millions of active domain buyers worldwide.

Afternic is part of NameMedia, a leader in the acquisition, development and trading of digital real estate through a network of highly targeted websites and a marketplace for premium domain names. The company’s website development focuses on creating compelling online communities in niche categories. The company’s marketplace allows owners of premium domain names to sell domains, and for domain buyers to review the largest available inventory. Through its ownership of one of the largest domain portfolios in the world, its innovative website development platform, and its broad distribution, NameMedia now serves more than 50 million visitors to its network of websites and sells domains to customers in more than 100 countries. Headquartered outside Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts, more information is available at www.namemedia.com.

About NameJet

NameJet is a joint venture between Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) and Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWWW), who together own four leading ICANN-accredited registrars (eNom, Name.com, Network Solutions and Register.com). Launched in 2007 with core auction software and technical infrastructure operating since 2004, NameJet serves domain investors, Fortune 500 companies and their representatives, small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as a diverse and global mix of individual investors. It has processed more than 200,000 domain auctions, establishing itself as a trustworthy and transparent auction platform that is customer-focused and user-friendly. For more information, go to www.namejet.com.