Comments on: J.P. King Auction – No Show For 2,600 Domains

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:25:18 +0000

Johnny. In Australia, the word \nob\ has a different meaning, thus the smiley face. Agree with Craigs comments in that now isn’t the time to be selling!

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:13:04 +0000

As someone who really understands online real estate marketing, I think this is an impressive assemblage of geotargeted domain names. True, many are quite long, but they are very Google friendly for localized real estate search, and that’s how nearly 90% of homebuyers shop for houses.

What surprises me is that the auction was attempted in such a crappy market – for both domains and real estate.

I think the owner will probably be better off sitting on them for a few more years and selling them to Realogy or a similar company. I guess we’ll see…

By: Armando Rodriguez

Armando Rodriguez — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:59:15 +0000

I thought this auction was the most absurd auction ever. I feel sorry for the guy but somebody should have advised him. I would have bought one really good name instead of 2600 crappy domains. 8(

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:26:14 +0000

“I had to have the courage…….” I’ve felt that way before years ago when buying domains before domain parking or other monetization methods existed. But seriously, just look at his domains. Every one is exceptionally long and worthless because nobody will ever type that in

Did you put the smilie face next to “Nob Hill” because the word is close to “Noob” ? At least that is how I read it.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:03:16 +0000

I saw your list and I have to say, they names were not premium or valuable. You would have had more success paying for a booth at a realtor convention. I have been in this for 12 years and selling domains is hard work. You have to have short names that mean something.