Internext FL Adult List posted

[BELLC1]

Which was???

 

[Raider]

At TRAFFIC NY

 

[BELLC1]

Well, I just got the word of which of mine made it to Live and Silent. I guess we will see the final list soon like Monte mentioned.

 

[typeins]

i have no idea how a lot of these domains got accepted.. should be interesting to see what the current climate is for adult domains at these auction events given the prices of generics over the last few mainstream auctions.

 

[BELLC1]

Actually, the last one 6 months ago brought in over $6 million if I remember.

It looks like the Live list is up:

http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/detail.html?auction_id=142

 

[chois]

Hmmm... Yes, it looks like the final list(live+silent) is up. It says inventory is subject to change, though...

I've submitted seven domains including one premium(I claim :heh: ).
I got a reply from John at Moniker asking reduce the reserve for that premium(again, I claim :heh: ), and I refused.
Today, I looked up the final list and find only that premium(once again, I claim :heh: ) in silent, not in live.

The deadline for submission for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami is August 1st.
I think it is time to submit again, with my fingers crossed. :?:

Cheers

 

[Raider]

Many great domains on the live list, also many repeats from past auctions, my prediction is the auction will be a huge success over the last Internext auction in Vegas last Feb., which was Moniker's first auction at a Internext convention.

Anybody DNF members attending?

 

[BELLC1]

We all knew the list needed refinement and it has now had that.

I have a few in Live and a few in Silent. Oddly, several of the ones I agreed to reductions on didn't make it to Live or Silent. I believe many (not all) of the names chosen for each auction were pre-selected as well as a number of domains were categorized under an "if only" column somewhere. "If only" he reduces the reserve, this one will move forward to Silent or Live. Clearly, the criteria used has not been publicly defined and seems all over the board. I doubt it is an automated selection process as well as several of my really good names were not chosen for Live or Silent.

I was kind of surprised to see no bundles this time. I put together some really interesting bundles but none were approved. Had I known they were not going to do bundles like last time, I would have included some of the names individually. This was disappointing and I'm still hoping that changes before the auction.

Hopefully, I don't lose my shirt again on the reductions I did approve.

 

[MinionDH]

Here's a small sample of names I submitted (with reserves) that WERE NOT chosen.

Fellatio.mobi ($5,001 - $10,000)
Muff.mobi ($5,001 - $10,000)
Plus 40 others with much lower reserves (BigButts, MaturePorn, etc)

Here's a small list of names (with reserves) that WERE chosen:

AdultsOnly.mobi ($100,001 - $250,000)
DVDs.mobi ($50,001 - $100,000)
america.mobi ($25,001 - $50,000)
Beers.mobi ($25,001 - $50,000)
Boyfriends.mobi ($25,001 - $50,000)
calls.mobi ($25,001 - $50,000)
HESHE.MOBI ($25,001 - $50,000)
NakedWife.mobi ($10,001 - $25,000)
livecams.mobi ($10,001 - $25,000)

The screening process definitely needs some tweaking.

 

[RatherGood]

I have a few in Live and a few in Silent. Oddly, several of the ones I agreed to reductions on didn't make it to Live or Silent. I believe many (not all) of the names chosen for each auction were pre-selected as well as a number of domains were categorized under an "if only" column somewhere. "If only" he reduces the reserve, this one will move forward to Silent or Live. Clearly, the criteria used has not been publicly defined and seems all over the board. I doubt it is an automated selection process as well as several of my really good names were not chosen for Live or Silent.

I got a few in the live and a good amount into the silent. My best names and names with revenue didn't make it in however.

The absentee bid fee for the silent auction is $299 this time so hopefully the buyers are now 3 times richer than they were in January.

 

[barefoot]

My best names and names with revenue didn't make it in however.

Same here. In fact, I never heard back from anyone, even after I followed up a few weeks after submitting my names. One of the domains on my list earns between $200-$300 a month at ND, so apparently revenue is not a factor in the selection process.

Oh well. I'll just keep submitting domains to the auctions and hopefully one day I'll get a response. Good luck to everyone whose domains were accepted!

 

[Raider]

The screening process definitely needs some tweaking.

Not as far as .mobis are concerned, Moniker is doing the right thing here, less other TLD's and more .coms. The only .mobi that made it live is pussy.mobi, if you look at the last Internext auction in February, they had 31 .mobis in live!, what happened 6 months later to make Moniker change? My position is, why contaminate the list with other TLD's when .com remains the dominate TLD?

 

[Gramma]

I was told by a rep at Moniker that having your domains hosted there gives them a leg up on getting listed.
He also told me that the choices were done by an outside company.
He said he would push harder for someone who had 5000 domains registered with moniker that he is making a commission on, rather than someone like me that is only using moniker's free services. (I use trafficclub.com and the marketplace, both which profits them)
To me - a $9 a year fee should not keep a domain name that could make them $1000+++ from getting on the list - but who am I to argue their formula evidentally works for them - we all want on the list :-/

 

[MinionDH]

Not as far as .mobis are concerned, Moniker is doing the right thing here, less other TLD's and more .coms. The only .mobi that made it live is pussy.mobi, if you look at the last Internext auction in February, they had 31 .mobis in live!, what happened 6 months later to make Moniker change? My position is, why contaminate the list with other TLD's when .com remains the dominate TLD?

Raider I agree 100% with you but you missed the point of my post. Lower quality names with high reserves are making it to auction over higher quality names with low reserves. My examples were for .mobi but I've noticed this with other extensions as well (com, net).

Moniker is doing a great a job sorting through large lists of names but as I said before, "The screening process definitely needs some tweaking", which I believe/hope will get better with time.

 

[Theo]

I was told by a rep at Moniker that having your domains hosted there gives them a leg up on getting listed.
To me - a $9 a year fee should not keep a domain name that could make them $1000+++ from getting on the list - but who am I to argue their formula evidentally works for them - we all want on the list :-/

There are people that own thousands of names; do you seriously expect them to move them to Moniker just to get fair access to the auction?

There is more than meets the eye, such as the background games that are being played. It happens every time there is one guy in town offering services. The key is to have competition.

 

[Raider]

Raider I agree 100% with you but you missed the point of my post. Lower quality names with high reserves are making it to auction over higher quality names with low reserves. My examples were for .mobi but I've noticed this with other extensions as well (com, net).

Fair enough, If we put the TLD's aside I agree with what your saying, the selection process obviously gives a lot of weight to how much keywords rank in a domain, but its not clear what other factors they use, I think if a domain was listed in a previous auction and did not sell, they are "less" likely to list it again, which appears to be the case with your domain Fellatio.mobi that made it to live at Las Vegas Internext with a 25K-50K range, and now is rejected with a lower reserve range, I had a .com that made Las Vegas Live, it received 1 bid and did not sell, I resubmitted it for this auction and it was rejected, same reserve, BUT then we were contacted by Moniker asking if we would consider relisting the domain again, this was after they rejected it, Whether they sub one part of the selection process out, I really don't know, but it appears they have different selection processes going and each one has its own stage....They stated the past Internext auction domains were reviewed and are being considered for this auction.

Many factors.....I wish I knew them all.

 

[Gramma]

There are people that own thousands of names; do you seriously expect them to move them to Moniker just to get fair access to the auction?

There is more than meets the eye, such as the background games that are being played. It happens every time there is one guy in town offering services. The key is to have competition.

I don't expect anything - i'm only repeating what this rep told me on two separate occassions on the phone. <shrug>

 

[BELLC1]

I see the Live auction order is now up. My seven are spread all around. They do have some really nice names this time and only a couple .mobi and .net names. If the buyers are out there and aware of this auction, the sales potential is higher than the last Internext if the reserves aren't out of line.

http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/detail.html?auction_id=142

 

[BELLC1]

So...is anybody going and is anyone available to feed us live info from the auction floor?

 

[GoPC]

Just my luck, I finally get a dozen domains put into the auction, including 3 into the LIVE auction... and I DON'T own them any longer!!!

Well that sucks.

good luck to all.

GoPC