CALIFONIA.COM - up for auction
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...9747 382&rd=1

:-)

Alex

Answer to question on email:

yes, there is a reserve, no the reserve isn't out of site, and yes, the auction is for 7 days.

time to find my ebay password :)

Come on down. I can say that a number of people have bookmarked the auction already, so that is a sign of interest. :-)

Alex

Count Search Term
48 califonia.com



Yea, something I am sure everyone is real excited about.

Steen, if you can't see the value, don't waste your time. Your negative comments and vibe are just not welcome here.

I search Ebay and found 20-25 people have typed califonia in their item descriptions alone. That isn't a big sample, but every little bit counts in the end.

Oh yeah, overture does a correction so they won't show results for the misspell, but here are some stats for california:

793946 california
355354 california lottery
229663 california dmv
125888 california vacation
106429 california travel
95480 california hotel
93336 map of california
81869 california job
76930 california earth quake
75461 california lotto
66310 state of california
65306 california bed breakfast
59657 california health insurance
51250 california lodging
44269 university of california
41509 california secretary of state

Value is what you make it.

Alex

What's the reserve? how much do you want for it?

The miniimum bid starts at $500... I have a reserve price n there, which I might drop if the bids get close enough for my liking, otherwise I will re-run this in a couple of weeks.

Make a bid, you could get it. :-)

Alex

*Bump* for the morning crew.

nice domain name :thumbsup

good domain for listing school locations that teach ebonics

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

That would actually equate to quite a few type-ins per month. That's how many people are actually typing in the domain name into the overture search engine. So you know plenty more are typing it into their browser. Could be nice for somene who knew what to do with it.

yeah, I actually think that 48 is a very good sign of the number of people typing it in in various places each day. The type in / bookmark traffic (awstats) is 156 / 332 for the first three days of the month. As I know most people wouldn't bookmark the ads, I am assuming that it is all type ins and such.

A couple of thousand type ins each month is a nice way to start something :-)

Alex

Worth alot of $$ !

I have started to get a number of email questions from people I know are not in the adult indsutry... going to be interesting to watch this one.

Alex

Not worth $500 IMHO.

Starting bid:
US $500.00 (Reserve not met)

Time left:
5 days 20 hours
7-day listing
Ends Nov-10-04 07:23:45 PST

Start time:
Nov-03-04_07:23:45 PST

History:
0 bids


0 bids tells the story. The value of anything can easily be measured by how much someone is willing to pay for it.

Ebay is the wrong site for domain selling :2 cents:

Try Afternic, Sedo etc. and you'll get way better results.

True that.

I went to some of those places, and looked at what they are getting price wise, and I honestly was NOT impressed. Their listing fees seemed to be very high as well.

This is a test the water thing, I own over 1000 domains, I have never actively tried to auction any of them. I will see what comes of it if people bid this thing up enough.

Alex

You obviously don't know how ebay bidders work, most bids are made during the last day / hours / minutes / seconds of the auction.

The fact that there are no bids yet doesn't mean shit.

alex,check your mail

I'll tell you again eBay is the wrong place to sell domains, no listing fees at sedo, afternic, greatdomains etc.

Do you really want to sell that domain for peanuts at eBay?

Anyway it's your choice and not my problem.

You will notice there is a reserve on the auction, and $500 ain't near it.

What can I say? I want to see what the market it, and then move on from there.

Alex

Two offers by email today, thanks guys...

as I said, go ahead and bid, that will make it easier to track.

:-)

Alex

A good ebay tip is to start the bidding at something like $1. It gets people to keep checking back. If you put it at $500, you scare people off right away. With a $1 starting bid, you would probably start getting some early bids too.

chodadog: In the case, I didn't want to get anyone excited into thinking this was going to be a $20 domain. There are a number of people watching the auction now, and I don't really expect much action until maybe 2 days to go.

I have other domains I might go the "no reserve start at $20" routine, but those won't have the type of traffic and potential this domain has.

Alex

Lol, this is GFY, remember? I do know how Overture tool works, thank you. 48 is not impressive.

Worth about that IMO. Give or take $200.

Steen, overture will only return results for "CALIFONIA" if you specify CALIFONIA.COM - that means 48 people in that month, on overture (and it's forced feed partners) actually TYPED AND CLICKED on something from that term.

That is only people who can't seem to type into an address bar, typing into a search box instead.

Actual type ins? Well, for 4 days, I am seeing 201 pages, 427 hits from bookmarkers / directs. that is 50 a day, or 1500 this month on the lowest number.

18,000 a year low number... probably closer to 25-28k.

Value is what you make it. Trust me, the two offers by email were both much higher than your "estimate".

Alex

*bump thud* for the weekend people.

Alex

Obviously you have reading comprehension problems. Reread my post please.

However in the end, Overture is just a judgement tool. Raw traffic (and ultimately the mighty net $) is what really matters.

I just don't see it getting that much traffic.

My advice: Get as much money as you can for the domain, while you can.

Steen, those stats ARE my stats, pretty consistant ones at that. There are that many people slightly confused on the subject.

Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 58,800 for califonia.

58,800 pages in google with the mis-spell too.

If I don't get my price, I keep it, that's all.

What has no value to you has value to others, that's life.

Alex

#1 google result is a literacy site. Fitting for a misspelling :1orglaugh

Other Available Cali Typos:
cwlifornia.com
cxlifornia.com
czlifornia.com
caoifornia.com
capifornia.com
cal8fornia.com
cal9fornia.com
callfornia.com
caljfornia.com
calitornia.com
calivornia.com
calicornia.com
calif9rnia.com
califkrnia.com
califo4nia.com
califo5nia.com
califognia.com
califodnia.com
califorhia.com
califorjia.com
californ8a.com
californ9a.com
californla.com
californja.com
californiq.com
californiw.com
californix.com
californiz.com

who the fuck would buy a typo in the domain? :Graucho

that is the lamest auction i've seen in a while

now if that was'nt typo...

if it was only a typo domain with random letters, it would be worthless.

A huge number of people don't know that there is an R in califoRnia... that is why it is valuable. People mistype it all the time, in exactly this manner.

They don't acccidently type calimnhia, now do they?

If you don't see value, don't bid. Useless haters don't need to participate.

Alex

what is the reserve, I am interested in the name, but if you have a ridiculious reserve I dont want to waste my time. Sorry to be blunt, but most domainers share the same opinion.

The reserve is reasonable, obviously higher than the opening bid (and I have turned down offers higher than that).

Considering the traffic and the potential, the reserver is VERY low... domain has been evaluated between 1k-5k, and the reserve is on the low end of that scale.

Alex

Another bidder in the same, watches are up pretty good too... 3 more days (not even!)

Keep your eyes on this one.

:-)

Alex