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Domain Roundtable (DRT) 2009 is a little over a month away. The conference is in Washington, DC, June 14 – 17, 2009, at the centrally located Grand Hyatt. Laura Schmidt, Director of Corporate Events for Thought Convergence, is creating a exceptional event following the origins of DRT bringing together diverse interests.

This year’s show is shaping up to be an exciting one! In addition to the knowledgeable speakers, we’ll have sessions covering topics such as:

• domain valuation
• technology trends
• alternative monetization
• legal policies
• online tools

Discount Registration is only available for a few more days! Register by May 15th online and pay only $895; registration increases to $995 on May 16th. We’ve come up with 5 great reasons why you should attend Domain Roundtable:

1) You need to know what your domains are worth in order to get top dollar for them
2) Industry experts will brief you on all issues and policies facing the industry
3) We’ll provide information on all domain monetization options
4) There will be opportunities to network with industry insiders, as well as, influential people in related industries
5) All the cool kids will be there!

Be sure to submit your domains for the Aftermarket.com auction taking place on June 16th. Submission deadline is May 31, 2009.

Check out the Domain Roundtable site to register – now while discount is still available. It is easy to follow DRT on all the latest progress on Twitter or Facebook! We made it easy for you to not miss a beat.

Fresh Names, Reserve.com, Domain Madness Winner – To Be Announced!

The GEO-Domain Auction is heading into its last day with a full head of geo-steam and a pocket full of bidders – final auction begins Tuesday, May 5, at 12pm PDT and ends when all the lots are closed and the deals are gone.

Here is the latest news:

Fresh GEO’s
A few names had to be removed due to conflicts with other ongoing auctions – regrettable of course but prudent nonetheless. So we’ve added some stellar replacements while other sellers have approached us to include their inventory as well. Additions include:

The full inventory with data, valuations and comments is available for download.

Reserve.com Bidding at $12,000
We expect many more bids for this premium with uses in tickets, travel, hunting, money, military and beyond – a true premium generic without the premium price tag. Don’t miss this chance to grab it cheap, valued at $500,000 by DomainConsultant. Over 30 bids so far.

Domain Madness Winner!
It took some extra time, given the complexity of the scoring system, but we have found a winner – a domainer who beat all the other domainers in guessing the results of the auction.

The winner is to be announced tomorrow during the auction starting at 12pm PDT.

Bidding in action
Bidders can enter their ‘proxy’ bids up to that time after which they can only bid on individual names as they come up. Usual auction format will be used — going once, going twice, last call and sold. Once virtual gavel drops, it is sold and lot is closed.

Head to the auction page to bid – GeoDomain Auction.

Big thanks again to all who have helped and supported and been there for us. We love you all! Yeah, I said it!

DomainConsultant.com

“Ironically-Priced” Superstar Heads ” Featured GEO’s”

Of course, we understand that standard Extended Protocol is to lock up anything even mildly good in our inventory, announce it ten weeks in advance and then let them rot in a bargain bin while domainers pick away.

No thanks – we’ll sling out Reserve.com at ‘No Reserve’ instead. And you thought Ad.com was a deal? Or how about owning the whole country for far less?

Truth is we decided to release our full inventory in three phases – giving us the ability to promote and market each name, in each phase accordingly. All names are given 100% due effort, each one gets its moment in the sun – from A to Twitter.

And during each phase, any and all remaining names are given fresh eyes, perhaps fresh interest from someone who missed the small, live window.

And so we are happy to break protocol (again) and announce that we have indeed saved or ‘reserved‘ the best names for last: one-of-a-kind Reserve.com

So first came the Catalog, then the Showcase, now our soon-to-be-famous or infamous Featured GEO-Domains (22) – including six new cities and a slew of other No Reserve generics:

The above generics are now available for bids along with other stellar inventory including SantaClarita.com, Mundo.com, Miss.com, Augsburg.com, Longhorn.com and more. Many have bids already and will sell.

Open lots will begin to close at 12pm PDT on May 5th in alphabetical order – get your proxy bids in now and then join us for the conclusion of our GEO-a-thon. Bid NOW at the GeoDomain Auction online!

Ten Names Including Miss.com, Mundo.com, SantaClarita.com, Ticket.com Added
SAN DIEGO, CA - In honor of the new Miss USA, the gorgeous and talented Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, we are proud to announce the Showcase names for the GEO-Domain auction - yes, including Miss.com.

The auction is going on now until Saturday with live finale at 4pm PST from San Diego. We think this is an event you shouldn’t “miss” - could be the best auction in the “world” (pun intended) - en el “mundo”! Or at least Armonk, NY.

In the final tally, ten (10) premium names have been added to the other names released last Thursday via the GEO-Domain Map. The showcase includes No Reserve names like FrenchKissing.net and CannesBeach.com on up to Ticket.com for seven figures. There are a few additions/changes to the inventory as well.

GEO-Domain Auction Showcase:

• Ticket.com
• Miss.com
• Mundo.com (Spanish for “world”)
• FrenchKissing.net
• SantaClarita.com
• ChicagoTravel.com
• TexasPersonals.com
• AsiaMaps.com
• CaribbeanSea.com
• Armonk.com

Additions/Changes

• StPaulRealEstate.com (no reserve)
• eChart.com (no reserve)
• Pics.travel ($1500 reserve)
• SkiingLessons.net (no reserve)
• CannesBeach.com (no reserve)

GEO-Domain Map

All of the above domains, along with the other GEOs, are open now for bidding. Or, you can “explore” the auction inventory and location info and demographics by visiting and clicking on our updated GEO-Domain Map:
http://domainconsultant.com/geo-map.php

Live Auction Finale On Saturday

To start bidding or to verify your bidding eligibility, visit the Auction headquarters:
http://www.domaintools.com/domain-auctions/live/GeoExpo2009

Make sure to join us on Saturday at 4pm PST for what promises to be an entertaining event.