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The Lowdown
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Feb. 13, 2009 Post
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Here's the The
Lowdown from DNJournal.com! Updated
daily to fill you in on the latest buzz going
around the domain name industry!
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Bido.com
is set to make a comeback next week. The
one-name-a-day auction platform debuted early last year
but went dark after some technical snafus interrupted
auctions in
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progress. In an email the
company sent out today they said "We will be making
a splash again on February 16th when we load all
the upcoming auctions into the system, with the first
auction being on February 19th."
The letter told potential
sellers, "If you have a premium domain (or several)
that you would like to auction with us, please submit
them here.
The best time to setup your auction with us is |
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now, prior to our relaunch.
The earlier your domain is chosen for auction, the quicker
we can complete the contract, escrow, and listing process
with you... if they are chosen for auction, we will be in
touch with you."
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While Bido is ramping
back up, another player in the auction game, Aftermarket.com,
is getting ready for their live auction a
week from tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 21) at
the Domainer
Mardi Gras conference in New
Orleans. Aftermarket.com just gave people
interested in bidding in that event a major
incentive by announcing a six-month
0% interest payment plan for domains
purchased for $5,000 or more. |
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The
financing terms require a 30% down payment
at the conclusion of the auction with the balance
paid off in five equal monthly payments. Payments
are non-refundable and if the buyer fails to make
all payments, those that have been made will go to
to seller. Aftermarket.com will hold the domain
until the last payment is made then transfer it to
the buyer, however during the finance period the
DNS will be pointed to the nameservers selected by
the buyer so they can immediately begin monetizing
the domain. Sellers have the option of excluding
their domain from the financing program but given
how much it could increase the potential pool of
buyers most are expected to utilize the option.
Incidently,
Aftermarket.com plans to release their final
auction catalog for the Domainer Mardi Gras sale
on Monday (Feb. 16).
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One other
note before we head into the weekend,
giant registrar eNom.com
and CentralNic.com
have announced
a new partnership arrangement
meant to grow the use of CentralNic domain
extensions and enhance CentralNic's
reseller channel.
CentralNic
owns some of the world's best geocentric
2-letter .com domains (US.com, UK.com
and EU.com to name just a few).
They have leveraged those by making
sub-domain registrations available to the
public, names like Cars.us.com for
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In
order to increase CentralNic domain
registrations and generate greater
awareness among their resellers, eNom is
offering their resellers the lowest
wholesale prices ever for CentralNic
domains and making one-year
registrations available for the first
time (replacing the previous two-year
default).
(Posted
Feb.
13, 2009) |
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