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Right after the DomainFest auction came to a close, Moniker.com sold the domain name DayTrading.com for $200,000.

While the domain did not officially sell in the auction (it was passed) a deal was struck immediately after the close of the auction.

With the rest of the domains that sold at the Live auction I get an UNOFFICIAL total of $458,200

Interesting that 3 top Wall Street financial type domains have now sold in the last few weeks, Daytrading.com and ETFs.com today and IPO.com two weeks ago.

Here are the full UNOFFICIAL results:

Moniker.com will be holding a live domain name auction from the Epik Development Conference tomorrow September 16, Thursday at 4:30pm ET / 1:30pm PT.

Remote bidding will be available on SnapNames.com and actually pre-bidding on the auction is still opened.

The conference starts today and tuns through the 17th.

First of all, here are some of the more interesting, higher priced domains:

etf.com                      $5M+

patents.com             $1MM – $5MM

poster.com               $1MM – $5MM

slideshow.com        $1MM – $5MM

wifi.com                   $1MM – $5MM

co2.com                   $500,001 – $750,000

collision.com           $250,001 – $500,000

haircare.com           $250,001 – $500,000

harddrives.com       $250,001 – $500,000

hobbies.com            $250,001 – $500,000

Out of these my pick is Patents.com of course depending on where it falls in that very broad range of $1M-$5M.

Here are the other domains I like in this auction:

complain.com $50,001 – $100,000

spoons.com $50,001 – $100,000

downline.com $10,001 – $25,000

drapes.net $10,001 – $25,000

brakes.net $5,001 – $10,000

hearing-aids.com $5,001 – $10,000

whoworeitbest.com       $2,501 – $5,000

pillows.net                       $ 201 – $500

Quotes.com just sold at the DomainFest extended auction on SnapNames.com for $1,150,000

Its a great domain and can be used for insurance, stocks and other financial markets.

Compete.com shows the domain having over 20K visitors a month and Alexa ranks the domain as 450,000 most visited site.

In all 19 domain names sold totally $1,261,905.

With the Live DomainFest auction, and the sale of the TShirts.com domain package the night before the show, the total haul for DomainFest was just over $3 Million.

Not bad as the overall economy seems to be melting down again.

Here is the full list of sales from the extended auction:

Moniker.com has just released the official results from today’s DomainFest.com auction.

Although some have reported that TreasuryBonds.com and Hobbies.com sold under reserve, that does not appear to be the case.

dating.com                      $1,750,000
boardgames.com           $  450,000
therapists.com               $  50,000
antidepressant.com      $  30,000
golfresorts.com             $   22,500
efp.com                           $   9,950
gj.net                               $    7,200
bjh.com                           $   6,500
birth.net                         $   6,000
patiotables.com            $   5,500
sentimental.com           $   5,250
taunt.com                       $   5,000
vinyl.net                         $   4,000
artappraisal.com             $   4,000
qwz.com                            $   3,850
carsecurity.com               $   3,500
lasvegasdiscounts.com   $  3,500
usedhybridcars.com        $  3,250
cakestand.com                  $  3,000
caribbeancruises.net       $  2,500
stonefurniture.com         $  1,500
divorcerecord.com          $  1,500
schooltutors.com             $  1,200
aac.co.uk                           $   1,000
cherrytrees.com               $     950
budgetonline.com            $     900
sportssites.com                 $      850
micromanaged.com         $     600
lateshows.com                   $     500
lowerutilitybills.com        $     500
day.me                                $    400
taxtube.com                       $    300
cdcollection.com               $    300
nyc.asia                               $   300
personalbanker.net          $   250

Add this to the Slots.com sale of $5.5 Million yesterday (we wrote about this right after the auction on Facebook only, so “like” us and you will get the scoop)  and the .Me snapnames.com auction, the Oversee.net gang is having a very good week.

The No/Reserve live auction from Domainfest just concluded with a total of $152,750 in sales.

Love.info lead the way tied with FamilyCounselor.com at $12K each.

Here is the full list of domains that sold:

Moniker announced the inventory with reserve prices for the Domain Fest live domain auction that will take place in Santa Monica on Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 2:00 – 6:00 pm PST. Bidding can also be done online at Snapnames. Below are my top 10 domain names (along with the reserve prices) that are included in the auction. You can see the full list on the Moniker website.

• CardCollection.com     $2501 – $5000
• ElectricFences.com     $2501 – $5000
• FigureSkaters.com     $2501 – $5000
• FiveStarHotel.com     $1001-$2500
• Paper.com     $500,001 – $750,000
• Performances.com     $10,001 – $25,000
• Spoilers.com     $50,001 – $100,000
• TaxPreparers.com     $25,001 – $50,000
• Watchmaker.com     $10,001 – $25,000
• WoodCabinets.com     $25,001 – $50,000

I didn’t check the Whois info on the names, so I don’t know if I know the owners or not.

What are your favorites in the auction?

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During the past year, a few people have mentioned that they received emails from other bidders competing on domain auctions, although primarily involving drop auctions. The competing bidders reached out in an attempt to thwart their bidding, to keep their own acquisition cost down. Judging by the fact that I was told about this, it’s obviously not something that’s appreciated.

There are a number of reasons people reach out, most of which seem to BS. Sometimes it may be to ask the other bidder(s) to stop bidding since it’s a domain name they really want for “personal” reasons. Others may threaten that they are prepared to bid very high, so they may offer their competitor a cut to step aside – or consideration on a future auction. Some may even ask to stop competing and make a joint bid – to be partners in the domain name (a humorous idea considering the situation).

Whether these actions are illegal or just unethical aren’t for me to decide since it probably differs in each jurisdiction and to each person’s values, but there is one thing I can say for certain. It makes some people very uncomfortable to receive emails with requests such as these. Although some recipients may be too polite or politically correct to call someone out in public, it bothered a couple of people enough to mention it to me.

So… if you are involved in an auction, don’t reach out to other bidders. You may think the other guy doesn’t mind or won’t care, but I bet you are probably wrong.

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