T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Auctions and NY.BIZ
Beginning October 26 in New York City the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain conference will get underway. Two separate live auctions will be held during the week. The Rick Latona auction will occur on Tuesday, October 27 and the Moniker auction will be held Wednesday, October 28.
The Moniker auction has had some interesting late additions in cooperation with the .biz Neustar Registry. Of particular interest is the two letter domain name ->NY.biz.
This is perfect for New York based businesses. The real question is just how effectively the Moniker auction staff will be able to advertise and promote the availability of this premium domain name to the local business community. The pool of potential New York buyers is astronomical, but it will be impossible to notify such a large group without mass media advertising.
The Rick Latona auction has several top notch domains up for grabs. Rio.com is an incredible geodomain portal in waiting. Would love to see that sold for $500,000 or more. Other Latona listed domains which caught my eye were Detroit.info, Coed.com, GolfClubs.com (which is a fantastic domain but overpriced and likely will not sell).
In addition to NY.biz, other Moniker listed domains I will watch are: NYC.info, Arizona.info, Photo.com, SanBernardino.com, and OfficeSupply.com.
My chief criticism of both auctions is the continuing inclusion of lower quality domains in the LIVE auction while much better quality domains get relegated to the bargain basement online silent auction. For example, such Moniker names as Flatulance.com, ConciergeDoctor.com, GraduateClasses.com, and NewCarQuotes.com will be LIVE auctioned while these better domain names were placed into the silent auction: Accountant.info, America.US, Concerts.info, Jets.biz, and NewYork.biz.
With a limited number of LIVE auction slots available in a New York auction, NewYork.biz should be at the top of the LIVE list, not Flatulance.com! Looking forward to the auction results.
