The SnapNames “entertainment & sports” showcase auction just closed a few minutes ago. It was the usual one week long auction, starting on March 9th and ending today, March 16th at 3:15 pm EST. There was a total of 523 domains listed of which approximately 40 sold.

1. playfree.com closed at $26,300.00
2. hghsupplements.com closed at $2,950.00
3. concertseats.com closed at $2,500.00
4. igiftcards.com closed at $1,710.00
5. arcadegames.org closed at $1,060.00
6. americapoker.com closed at $1,050.00
7. millionpoker.com closed at $1,001.00
8. ballroomdanceclasses.com closed at $1,000.00
9. gotrucking.com closed at $800.00
10. espending.com closed at $750.00
11. ilovedriving.com closed at $650.00
12. musclerelaxer.com closed at $525.00
13. fortyniners.net closed at $525.00
14. now.biz closed at $500.00
15. iloveflying.com closed at $500.00
16. nowz.com closed at $475.00
17. netslots.com closed at $450.00
18. nyam.com closed at $450.00
19. krsp.com closed at $425.00
20. npia.com closed at $400.00
21. sportslinks.com closed at $325.00
22. bestclick.com closed at $325.00
23. mexicansalsa.com closed at $325.00
24. luckyvideo.com closed at $325.00
25. unbt.com closed at $325.00
26. 5rl.com closed at $300.00
27. viewgames.com closed at $300.00
28. thesportpages.com closed at $300.00
29. pcxp.com closed at $300.00
30. signedfootballmemorabilia.com closed at $300.00
31. basketballweb.com closed at $300.00
32. baseballweb.com closed at $300.00
33. sohocafes.com closed at $300.00
34. vnss.com closed at $300.00
35. chicagosportsmemorabilia.com closed at $300.00
36. crouched.com closed at $300.00
37. ecpl.com closed at $300.00
38. allstarpicks.com closed at $300.00
39. cocktailsets.com closed at $300.00
40. ojva.com closed at $201.00
41. cqrr.com closed at $201.00
42. ixyy.com closed at $201.00
43. yyiw.com closed at $201.00

It was interesting to see HghSupplements.com fetch $2,950. The domain looked very familiar when I was browsing through all of the listed domains, and that is because I sold it exactly a year ago on a domain forum for less than $500.

Now that I think about it, I probably let it go too cheap but it was the usual quick flip after only owning it for a couple of month’s. I purchased it for $100 from another domainer originally… So I got an OK return of a few hundred bucks for literally 2 minutes of work which involved listing it for sale on a couple of domain forums.

The new owner immediately went to work on the new domain acquisition and built out a website on HghSupplements.com and that increased it’s value… Slowly but surely. A little bit of development always pays off… Congrats on the nice sale!

For those of you wondering about the current setup of HghSupplements.com, it’s powered by WordPress and a cool little plugin called ReviewAZON which basically lets you add as many amazon products to your blog as you want and earn a commission on every referred sale.

I personally always review the results of these “showcase” auctions and you should too… REALLY!! But why??! Because you can find buyers for your domains… For example, I will e-mail the new owner of HghSupplements.com and offer them TestosteroneEnahncers.com at a fair price.

It’s a similar domain and they may be interested in it. We actually developed that domain a while ago, so now it ranks at the top on Google for the root keyword “testosterone enhancers” and many other longtail keywords so it already has some nice and consistent traffic and relevant content. Has a lot going for it.

I’ve sold many domains this way and you can too! Just gotta pay attention to what’s going on around you. I follow the results of GoDaddy auctions, SnapNames auctions, NameJet auctions daily as well as all of the big live auctions happening during the conferences… The best way to review all of these sales is at the DNJournal weekly sales publication put together by Ron Jackson.