POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - (Business Wire) Moniker.com (
http://www.moniker.com), an Oversee.net company and provider of
Domain Asset Management® services, today announced the availability of premium domain names for purchase via its live and extended online auction at the
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York 2008 domain conference. The Moniker premium live auction takes place Thursday, September 25 at 3 p.m. EDT (noon PDT) at the New York Marriott, Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, NY. Additionally, Moniker will also produce the live auction on opening night featuring approximately 50 names from the private collection of Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu.
More than 97,000 domains were submitted for consideration in the premier live domain auction, but only the very best domains will make it onto the auction block. Preliminary contenders for inclusion in the final auction catalog are:
- Ad.com
- Adware.com & Adware.net
- Alligators.com
- AncientArt.com
- Ankle.com
- Bilingual.com
- BirthdayPresents.com
- Blend.com
- Bond.com
- Calls.mobi
- CancerResearch.com
- Carolyn.com
- Chop.com
- Cleaning.com (domain, website)
- Condominiums.net
- Conferences.com
- CreditScores.com
- CTR.com
- Cuban.net
- Daisies.com
- Debbie.net
- Deposits.com
- Doug.com
- EnglandVacations.com
- Europe.mobi
- Fees.com
- Fired.com
- Floor.com
- FootballJerseys.com
- Forget.com
- FunniestComedians.com
- FunniestJokes.com
- FunniestMovies.com
- GolfGame.com
- JF.com
- KeywordSelection.com
- LoanCalculator.com
- Male.org
- Marilyn.com
- Marriages.com
- MedicalBilling.com
- Microphone.com
- MMM.mobi
- MovieRentals.com
- Must.com
- Mutual.com
- NYBanking.com
- Orlando.mobi
- ParentalControl.com
- Pathologist.com
- Pay.com
- PhotoDeveloping.com
- Poem.com
- Policy.com
- PressConference.com
- ProBasketball.com
- PromQueen.com
- Property.net
- QR.com
- Races.mobi
- Rebate.com, and Rebates.com
- RestaurantSupply.com
- Santa.net
- Sax.com
- Searching.com (portfolio)
- Sleep.com
- So.net
- Stock.com
- StockInvestments.com
- Stores.mobi
- Susan.com
- Technology.net
- TeenCenter.com
- TelevisionShow.com
- TicketSales.com
- Trumpet.com
- Trusted.com
- US.org
- ValueFlights.com
- VideoDownloads.com
- Warez.com
- Warrantied.com
- WhiteRoses.com
Moniker also plans to auction off more than a dozen unique .ME domain names during the live and extended online auctions:
- Ask.me
- Buy.me
- Date.me
- Kiss.me
- Loan.me
- Love.me
- Marry.me
- Meet.me
- Play.me
- Rent.me
- Show.me
- Watch.me
These new domain assets were introduced to the marketplace last month, and have attracted high levels of interest from domain investors and the general public, reaching record-setting levels of registration in the first few weeks after launch.
Special Opening Night Auction Set to Kick Off the Show
Moniker has partnered with T.R.A.F.F.I.C. organizers to produce a special opening night auction on Tuesday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. EDT. This live domain auction will feature approximately 50 well-priced cherry-picked domains from the private collection of Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu. These are excellent domain values, with very low reserves. Featured domains from this auction include: DiscountAutomobiles.com, DarkChocolates.com, GetScores.com, JapaneseVideos.com, Men.net, IrishWhiskey.com, and JewishDeli.com.
The complete catalog will be released soon. For more information, visit: http://www.moniker.com/auction.
Multiple Bidding Opportunities Available
Registered T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NYC attendees are automatically eligible to attend the private live auction. Bidders not attending can place bids live online through SnapNames Live™, an integrated live and online auction platform developed by SnapNames®, another Oversee.net company. Interested bidders may also submit an absentee bid form to the auctioneer, or sign up for telephone proxy bidding.
Moniker will also host an extended online auction in conjunction with the live event in New York, offering thousands of additional names for sale. The online auction will be running for a full week starting on Thursday, September 25 and closing on Thursday, October 2 at 12:15 p.m. PDT (3:15 p.m. EDT).
To learn more about bidding options for this event, see a complete list of rules and procedures for all Moniker auctions or review all live and online domain auctions throughout the year, visit the Domain Auction page on the Moniker website at http://www.moniker.com/auction. You may also contact sales@moniker.com or call (800) 688-6311.
Domain Name Financing Available
Moniker has contracted with Domain Capital for Domain Capital to offer financing to leverage domain purchases made at this event or for other transactions. Please contact a sales representative at sales@moniker.com for more information.
About Oversee's Aftermarket and Registrar Division
Led by Monte Cahn, Oversee's Aftermarket and Registrar Division, through Moniker® and SnapNames®, offers businesses and individual investors a complete array of Domain Asset Management® services to protect and grow the value of their internet domain names. Services include name creation, registration, acquisition, portfolio management, appraisal and escrow services as well as after-market sales and live auctions. Oversee provides a single point of contact over the entire life cycle of domain ownership, including name procurement, management, monetization and sales.
Moniker is a top 10 domain registrar and an industry pioneer who introduced the concept of live domain auctions and the industry's first domain appraisal formula. SnapNames operates the largest auction of expired and deleting domain names and gives its customers exclusive first access to the world's largest inventory of high-traffic, brand-able and investment-grade domain names every day. For more information, visit www.snapnames.com and www.moniker.com.
About Oversee.net
Founded in 2000 by Lawrence Ng and Fred Hsu, Oversee.net is a technology-driven online marketing solutions company, with two primary divisions - Oversee Domain Services and Oversee Marketing Services. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Portland, Oregon, and Pompano Beach, Florida, the company has over 200 employees. Some of Oversee's key brands include SnapNames®, Moniker®, DomainSponsor™, LowFares.com™, Low.com™ and IdentityTheft.com™. Please visit http://www.oversee.net.
Euro RSCG Worldwide PR for Moniker.com
Matthew Luzuriaga, 212.367.6847
matthew.luzuriaga@eurorscg.com
