Recent auctions show that platform can deliver good prices.

I’ve been a fan of domain name auction platform Bido for awhile, even though I’ve had my reservations. My most recent complaint was domain quality. But Bido seems to be picking up the slack in that category. And a funny thing has happened as quality has improved: domains are starting to sell for “good” prices.

Just moments ago TechSupport.mobi sold for $540. As an outside observer of .mobi, I’d say this is a nice sale for the owner of this domain. Today.us sold for a very strong $2,409 last week. And nize.com sold for a solid $2,142.

Bido has tweaked the formula to enhance the community experience. It has invited industry professionals to join the web chat during each auction. It even had a video chat with Rick Schwartz during the Today.us auction, which no doubt affected the ending price for the domain name. (The domain was sold by Schwartz’s TRAFFIC business partner Howard Neu.)

It’s exciting to see a new platform starting to shake up the industry.

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Recent auctions show that platform can deliver good prices.

I’ve been a fan of domain name auction platform Bido for awhile, even though I’ve had my reservations. My most recent complaint was domain quality. But Bido seems to be picking up the slack in that category. And a funny thing has happened as quality has improved: domains are starting to sell for “good” prices.

Just moments ago TechSupport.mobi sold for $540. As an outside observer of .mobi, I’d say this is a nice sale for the owner of this domain. Today.us sold for a very strong $2,409 last week. And nize.com sold for a solid $2,142.

Bido has tweaked the formula to enhance the community experience. It has invited industry professionals to join the web chat during each auction. It even had a video chat with Rick Schwartz during the Today.us auction, which no doubt affected the ending price for the domain name. (The domain was sold by Schwartz’s TRAFFIC business partner Howard Neu.)

It’s exciting to see a new platform starting to shake up the industry.

© DomainNameWire.com 2009.

Review and rate domain name parking companies at Parking Judge.

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