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Live and Online Domain Auctions

January 30, 2020 / 4:30pm CST- 7:30pm CST

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RightOfTheDot™ is happy to announce that we will be conducting a live and online domain premium auction during NamesCon Global on January 30, 2020 in Austin, Texas. The live domain auction will take place January 30, 2020 at 4:30pm CST – 7:30pm CST.  Pre-bidding / Extended Auction  started on December 1, 2019 and is running through February 14, 2020.

The RightOfTheDot / NamesCon Premium domain auction is known for being an excellent opportunity to buy and sell some of the best domains curated specifically for this event. This is one of the very few domain auctions with a live auction component, complete with a real live auctioneer at the NamesCon Conference along with live remote internet bidding!

Live Auction

The premium live domain name auctions held during NamesCon over the last several years had many really great sales such as:

  • Lawn.com $240,000                      Wine.club $140,000
  • Tuscany.com $157,500                  Single.com $290,00
  • Penis.com $110,000                       Fort.com $66,500
  • Erotica.com $80,000                     HomeCare.com $350,000
  • 88.xyz $70,000                                Sportscars.com $48,000
  • Web.hosting $52,500                     YEA.com $44,500
  • Super.com $1,200,000                  OL.com $900,000
  • Great.com $900,000                     Leads.com $435,000
  • Stop.com $110,000                        DJs.com $130,000
  • DomainNames.com $370,000    MyWebsite.com $70,000

and many more that totaled Multiple Millions in the Live and Online Auctions sales!

Domain name submissions will remain open from now until just prior to the auction! If you are interested in submitting your premium domains, you can do so here on auction submission page.  Only premium domain names will be considered for this event.  You can also contact Monte@RightOfTheDot.com

How does the auction work?

  • Approximately 600 great domain names are chosen from tens of thousands of submissions. If you currently own a domain you’d like to be considered for auction, you can  submit the domain for review.
  • In early December through Feb 14th, names are loaded into the special event auction for pre-bidding and testing on GoDaddy Auctions. You can place pre-bids on domain names through the special RightOfTheDot / NamesCon Premium Domain Auction.
  • On January 27th, approximately 125 of these premium names will be selected to go to live auction on January 30th at NamesCon Global in Austin, Texas.
    • Not going to be in Austin but still want to bid on the domains? RightOfTheDot’s special Proxibid system will be the live bidding platform used for the event auction. You can visit http://www.proxibid.com/rightofthedot to sign up for an account, then bid on domains online during the live auction. The Live Auction Catalog will be posted there prior to the event.
    • You can sign up to bid with http://www.proxibid.com/rightofthedot NOW.
    • If you’ve been bidding on a domain that gets selected for the live auction, we will email you about the change. You will need to continue bidding through the live auction at that time.
  • After the live auction ends, any unsold domains that were selected for the live auction will be returned to GoDaddy’s event auction.
    • You can continue to bid on these domains until this extended auction ends on February 14, 2020.
    • Any qualified names not selected for the live auction on January 27th will remain on GoDaddy Auctions for bidding until February 14, 2020.

Who can place a bid?

Anyone with a valid GoDaddy auction membership can bid on domains while they’re on the GoDaddy auction. If you wish to bid on domains over $1,500 you’ll need to verify your bidding account. If you’re bidding during the live auction remotely http://www.proxibid.com/rightofthedot you will need to complete verification here:  http://www.proxibid.com/rightofthedot according to our rules for high dollar bidding. You can also register to bid live at the RightOfTheDot / NamesCon Premium domain auction event at the NamesCon Conference. RightOfTheDot and GoDaddy representatives will be on site to help you sign up correctly and register you for your paddles.

If you cannot attend the conference or the live auction, you can sign up to bid and participate through our live auction platform here: http://www.proxibid.com/rightofthedot

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