DomainTools Live Auction

We are very excited about the live auction on Monday, April 21. There are excellent domains on the list with a broad appeal. The auction will start at 11:00am PDT and ends at 4:00pm PDT. whether you are in San Francisco, please come join us for the live event at Palace Hotel the auction day is FREE to attend. You can find the details at: www.domainroundtable.com/2008/venue. It is additionally available on line at: www.domaintools.com/live-auction/bid.html

We had to assemble some rigid decisions at DomainTools about the Live Auction. Reviewing the submissions to determine value and strength of a name is both interesting and challenging. With by 35,000 domain submissions, we identified roughly 350 domains that we would like to have in the auction.

With the top names selected, we thereupon worked with a domain consulting team to review the auction list. The group, Domain Consultant is a collection of top domainers in the community. Their experience in the industry and knowledge of domains is impressive as you can see from the list of appraisers. With their input, adjustments were made to the list of onsite Live Auction versus those in the Extended Live Auction. We appreciate their perspective and input on the final auction list. And, believe working with that team will prove favourable to buyers and sellers in that auction.

Recognizing auction fatigue occurs, we have continued to trim the list. additionally, we have a hard close moment of 4:00pm PDT of the onsite Live Auction. However, we have an Extended Live Auction for additional domains submitted that were identified as potential for Live. The names that sell in the Live Auction will immediately close. Any domain not sold will remain open for 1 week following the live in the extended online auction. In addition, those names that we originally acknowledged as potential listed domains for the Live Auction are going to be available in the Extended Live Auction. That auction closes on Monday, April 28^th at 1:00PDT.

Do not wait for the last minute to figure out whether you can bid. Visit the bidding page and look in the second yellow box. whether the auctioneer is telling you that you are not eligible go through the wizard and become eligible. whether you have ever purchased ANYTHING on domaintools thereupon you are eligible, just sign the contract. whether you have never shared your credit card with us and we do not know who you are, we ask that you purchase a $1 verification item prior to the auction so that we can verify your identity and compose certain you are a real person.

The latest list of domains in full auction are available at: www.domaintools.com/live-auction/bid.html

LIVE AUCTION: starts at 11:00am and the last lot will be called at 4:00pmPDT. Anything not sold or called out in Live Auction will go to the extended Live Auction.

EXTENDED LIVE AUCTION: Monday, April 28^th at 1:00PDT.

[Source] Jay Westerdal