After the first attempt at a live auction for Domain Madness 3 encountered technical difficulties last week, the auction is going to conclude live again today. DNN will be was live blogging the auction events without any guarantees on accuracy. Unsold domains will remain in auction on Boxcar until tomorrow 3pm EDT. There were no major technical difficulties aside from a small problem with the live stream.

The winner of the $1,000 from the auction pool will be announced on April 30th.

The auction sold 12 of the 64 names for a total of $161,605.

Sold domains in order of price were:

1. Ocean.com, $100, 000
2. Irons.com, $38,000
3. Ocean.net, $5,000
4. SmoothLegs.com, $3,500
5. BroadbandProviders.com, $3,050
6. BaseballTrainer.com, $2,500
7. ImpoundAuction.com, $2,500
8. Waikiki.me, $1,750
9. GasDeals.com, $1,605
10. EliminateDebts.com, $1,500
11. OnlineTheft.com, $1,200
12. Cradle.net, $1,000

The top 3 names, along with at least one additional name were all bought by the same buyer without contesting bids.

One name, FamilyVacation.com, was removed from the auction during the auction as per the request of the buyer and seller. The reserve for this name was listed at $38,000.

See the full live auction results after the jump.

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While at DOMAINfest we were surprised to meet Miguel Fiol, the founder of Boxcar and main brain behind DomainConsultant, at an early breakfast. Those who know him know that he usually does not hit the conference circuit before noon. But it was even more interesting to see him bear gifts – a Boxcar domain auction mood light along with a “ticket” that allowed to join Boxcar for a promotional price. He also told us that the site had recently undergone a redesign and today his team also added an auto-refresh for auction listings, thus eliminating the tedious page reloading as auctions come to a close. The site sold its 100th domain name on February 14th earlier this week.

Recent Sales include: VacationHouses.net, Plowing.net, StandingMRI.com, Tasers.com, NoLimitHoldEm.com, StreamingTV.com, MoneyGamer.com, CompanyCreditCard.com, Convection.net, Telescopes.org, AroundTheHorn.com, DomainName.com, DiamondRings.com, CamRoulette.com, SecurityGuards.com, PalmSpringsHomes.com

Following the lack of sales in the Epik DevCon Live Auction, DomainConsultant announced an auction selling a number of domains pointing to a developed e-commerce website – the Saltwater Dreams Action Spots Network.

According to DomainConsultant action sports is “a $7b industry“. Auction organizer Mike Fiol goes on to say:

But it gets even better as ALL the names have been developed with e-commerce and profit from $5000 to $7000 per month, every month, without the slightest hint of promotion or marketing.

Built over the last 13 years, this network also includes thousands of images, members and over 500 affiliate websites. It is AUTOMATED and requires little to no maintenance. Expenses for the whole network equate to $25/mo.

Price is absolutely right and should attract ALOT of interest, seller has agreed to a price equal to less than $325 per name.

This would bring the asking price for the package to about $400,000. If we take the monthly average of profit to be about $6,000 from the quote above, meaning the starting price is close to a 5.5 times multiple annual profit.

Here are some of the 1,244 domain names included in the package:

• Bodyboard.com
• SurfShops.com
• SurfboardWax.com
• SurfPicture/s.com
• SurfForum.com
• BoardBags.com
• Bodyboarders.com
• BoogieBoards.net
• Tailpads.com
• SurfingReports.com
• Shortboarding.com
• SurfRacks.com
• SurfboardLeashes.com
• SurfingSchools.com
• SWD.com
• BoogieBoarder.com
• SurfingAccessories.com
• SurfboardRepair/s.com
• SurfboardFins.com
• Wavecams.com
• Noseguard/s.com
• BoatingShops.com
• BigIslandSurf.com
• SkateboardTools.com
• SkateboardForum.com
• SkiingPasses.com
• BoogieBoard.net
• Streetboarders.com
• SurfingClubs.com
• SurfingWax.com
• WindsurfingBoards.com
• TubeRiding.com
• SwimmingFin/s.com
• SurfingApparel.com

Some of the names are run of an e-commerce engine, displaying customized sites under a number of domains, while others include a forum and a picture hosting site. All domains are in a single registrar account and all the websites are hosted on a single server with RAID, so an ownership transfer should be a straight forward process.

If interested, please email mike@domainconsultant.com and ask him for the prospectus. The information available to bidders also includes the full catalog of names/sites, information about revenue, industry, payment, labor, auction and transfer.

Disclaimer: Adam Strong, Managing Editor of DNN, also is a consultant with DomainConsultant.com.

According to a post on DomainConsultant’s site, the registrar DomainName.com and related assets have been sold today. The buyer and final selling price have not been disclosed. At the same time the company announced an upcoming auction with an 8% commission and is now accepting domain submissions via email to mike (at) domainconsultant.com.

Disclaimer: Adam Strong, Managing Editor of DNN, also is a consultant with DomainConsultant.com.

[Update] The registrar has been sold.

DomainConsultant.com, mostly known for their Domain Madness auctions so far have a special item that is being auctioned today – an entire domain registrar business. The business is an ICANN accredited company that has about 8,000 domains under management and uses “DomainName.com” as their brand. You can find a breakdown of their existing registrations, for which they currently charge $29.95(!) per year, below. The customer base also includes 200 hosting accounts with an annual revenue of $200 each.

While the Buy It Now price of $3,000,000 USD expired yesterday, bidders are welcome to bring forward their bids by visiting DomainConsultant or send an email to Mike Fiol at mike (at) domainconsultant.com.

The auction started at 9am EDT today and will end at 3pm EDT.

Disclaimer: Adam Strong, Managing Editor of DNN, also is a consultant with DomainConsultant.com.

Thought Convergence in association with DomainConsultant has announced the domain selections for the Aftermarket.com Domain Roundtable 2009 Live Auction which will take place both online and on-site in Washington, DC,  on June 16 at 4pm Eastern Time.

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The GeoDomain Extended Auction has just added another 22 domains to its roster, which will be open for bidding until May 5th. Names include Reserve.com, ironically listed at no reserve, Zodiac.com, PalmCity.com and Fargo.net.

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The Geo-Domain Extended Auction is continuing until May 5 – and there are still over 30 premium domains available to bid on including…

• Augsburg.com – $15,000 – Augsburg, Germany, is a city with a population of 270,000.
• Albuquerque.us – $3500 – Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the 34th largest city in the US with a metropolitan population of nearly 850,000.
• BeachHaven.com – $14,000 – Beach Haven is a beach-front resort on the southern part of Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The median home value there is over $600,000.
• Ponce.com – $21,000 – Ponce is the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area with a population of nearly 200,000.
• SantaClarita.com – $35,000 – Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated city population of over 175,000.
• And many more.

As Andrew Allemann at Domain Name Wire points out, several names have already received active bidding (LongHorn.com, Ponce.com, Money.travel) after the live event closed and that means these domains will sell.

Click here to visit the GeoDomain Extended Auction and check out the discounted prices that will only be around until 12:00pm PDT on May 5.

Extended Auction Page: http://www.domaintools.com/domain-auctions/live/GeoExpo2009

More Info/Geo-Domain Map: http://domainconsultant.com/geo-map.php

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Disclaimer: Adam Strong is affiliated with both Domain Name News and Domain Consultant.

We will be were live blogging the auction results of the auctions at the GeoDomain Expo in San Diego for the Aftermarket.com Auction. As always we do not guarantee the accuracy of these results. The live auction sold 29 names for a total of $101,089.00 with SierraMadre.com being the highest priced sale at $15,000. The average sales price was $3,485.83.

The names unsold today (marked with “pass”) will continue to be listed for a silent auction until May 1st at Aftermarket.com‘s site.

You can see the results after the jump.
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The Domain Madness auction event by DomainConsultant will end with a live finale video broadcast from the Palms hotel in Vegas on March 31st, 2009 at 1pm CDT. The event starts in the DC suite and will continue  in the pool area after the conclusion of the auction. Any domainer is welcome to participate, but should RSVP before the event.

Disclaimer: Domain Consultant Adam Strong also is an editor and owner at DNN.