Bido.com Picks of The Week 7/20/09 – 7/24/09
July 19th, 2009 | 
Author: Alright i am finally back on track with the picks of the week. I had some other non-domaining business last Monday so i could not make that post. Anyways, i have taken some time away and have come up with a better strategy to make it worth while to read these Bido.com posts. In the coming weeks i will be doing video posts for select auctions that i think everyone should check out. Hopefully they will be entertaining and not boring.
Anyways on to this week’s picks. Yes that is right i said pickS! Bido.com has recently evolved its platform and has moved to more than one auction a day. The really cool thing about the times of the auctions is that they are picked by the seller themselves. That’s right instead of having the auctions always start at 1pm Eastern time it is now up to the seller. It seems that the trend has been to stick around that 1pm Eastern time but just knowing that they auctions can literally take place at any time is a big step for bido and only opens up more doors for them.
On top of just having multiple auctions bido.com has also moved on to putting the auctions in the Bido.com Experts hands. This means that us, the experts, control what goes on to the auction block. This is also a big move for Bido.com since it opens up on transparency, basically letting us in on the back-end and stop the complaining that you hear around the industry about Bido.com.
Bido.com Expert Voting
In addition to these major steps on the Bido.com platform there are many many subtle changes that have taken place from quick bid options for all auction in one place, found this one out first hand lol, and even video integration right on top of the auction. Previous the videos were filed under the media tab but this now allows more people to see the video and notice why that domain might be up for auction.
Alright now that we got that out of the way here are my top 3 picks for the week:
SuicideHelp.org – July 22, 1:00 pm EDT
I am not picking this one because of the generic nature of this one. I am pointing it out because the use that can be put in to this domain name. This is an insane and awesome domain that can potentially heal and help many lives out there, especially in tough times. I just hope this one lands in the right persons hands that will do the right thing with it.
Trips.mobi – July 23, 1:00 pm EDT
Wow what a great .mobi! This domain has endless potential in the travel industry. This would be a perfect domain to offer a service where you help people plan itineraries and keep them on schedule while on the go. There are many many ideas that can be poured in to this domain not to mention the value on such a generic domain name. With people on the go and using they cell phones a lot more this domain could take off even from a domainers investment standpoint. Should expect this one to have some heat on it sky rocketing it right in to space. Killer domain to watch!
Bankrupt.us – July 23, 3:00 pm EDT
Now i know some of you may be thinking that this domain was already on bido.com. Well you are right but it looks like it fell victim to a non-paying buyer. Anyways, my opinions about this killer domain in an awesome ccTLD have not changed. This went for $3+ last time. Would not doubt it gets around that range again. Hopefully will sell this time. Also it looks like the only domain that is being auctioned with a reserve, expect it to be around where it sold last time.
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I disagree with most of those picks. First of all Basketball.fm has more interest than any other domain this week. Dot FM is more memorable than Dot mobi and Dot US. Dot org is a better extension than Dot FM but Basketball is more marketable and it is a major sport and played all over this world than SuicideHelp. The 3 I pick for this week is Basketball.fm, Trips.mobi, and BridalGowns.de.
I wonder,
Victor
Yes we all know that basketball is a huge sport and all of that. I just do not see the .fm taking off really at all unless it is picked up by a large company or a start up dedicated to the site itself. Which in all reality would take a lot of money and time, little of which domainers usually have. I just do not see it blowing peoples socks off.
Everyone is obviously entitled to their opinions but may i ask why you pick BridalGowns.de?
I had also stated that i picked SuicideHelp.org because of the use that it can bring to people. Not because of money and i think this domain would be wayy better off in a non-profit org than a domainer’s parked page. I just wanted to include it because of that reason, get the word out
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I don’t understand how an english word with a german extention makes any sense.
Also, bankrupt.us probably has higher paying keywords than any of the other names all week. .FM is only good in the short-term as terrestrial radio (am/fm) is quickly being replaced by satellite (not am/fm). While .us is a ccTLD with long-term value.
If you can’t see that, then don’t quit your dayjob.
SuicideHelp.org looks like the best of your top 3 to me….
later!
MideastTourism.com is being auctioned on Friday 7/24 at 1:15pm.
I may be biased, but this is the pick of the week because of the large Mideast travel industry. From Israel to Dubai, the area attracts tourists from around the globe. By developing this asset you will have the opportunity to create a gold mine. The travel affiliate marketing industry is very lucrative with airline, cruise and hotel reservations. Not to mention tour packages, luggage and gear, and other advertising.