BTCForums.com auction experiment

[petrosc]

My original asking price was 0,5BTC but noone offered as much, even though there was an offer somewhat close to that. So I decided to experiment a bit. I am putting it on auction here on bitcointalk.org

Auction rules:
BTCForums.com - one of the few quality bitcoin domains available for sale
Starting bid 0,05BTC
Auction ends 7 days from now
Highest bidder gets the name. To encourage early bids, I will be increasing asking price by 0,01BTC every 24 hours until the first bid is received. Afterwards price stays as is until someone outbids the last bidder. If you are lucky enough you can get the name for 0,05 BTC

Happy bidding:)

P.s. Proof of ownership: domain redirects to this thread.

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[want0sell]

.05

[petrosc]

Thank you for the first bid.

[petrosc]

Bump. 6 days to go, current price just 0.05BTC

[dArkjON]

0.06

[superiorus]

Ha ha

Nice proof of ownership: I tried to access the url and I was redirected to this thread
Well... is not a bad name, I might be interested.
Where is the domain registered?

[electronicash]

its going to be hard to develop a forum when bitcointalk exist. anyone could figure this out before starting one which is probably the reason why no one offered such. i myself have developed a forum using mybb back then but sold it to someone interested. there are tons of btc forum nowadays not to mention the altcoin forums.

[petrosc]

Ha ha

Nice proof of ownership: I tried to access the url and I was redirected to this thread
Well... is not a bad name, I might be interested.
Where is the domain registered?

It is registered at Dynadot. Superb regsitrar, I hold all my domain names there. The domain transfer between dynadot accounts (which are free) is instant and free

[petrosc]

its going to be hard to develop a forum when bitcointalk exist. anyone could figure this out before starting one which is probably the reason why no one offered such. i myself have developed a forum using mybb back then but sold it to someone interested. there are tons of btc forum nowadays not to mention the altcoin forums.

This is exactly why this domain has value!
If someone ever wanted to create such a forum, it needs to at least stand out , the domain name should be generic, preferably .com and directly related to the forum´s subject. If you are starting a new forum with a domain name like bitcoindiscussionplace.com you have a handicap from the start

So BTCForums.com is a really great name, lots of forums, it is generic, it is on spot, it is a .com and most importantly..... it looks like someone is going to get a great deal

[electronicash]

its going to be hard to develop a forum when bitcointalk exist. anyone could figure this out before starting one which is probably the reason why no one offered such. i myself have developed a forum using mybb back then but sold it to someone interested. there are tons of btc forum nowadays not to mention the altcoin forums.

This is exactly why this domain has value!
If someone ever wanted to create such a forum, it needs to at least stand out , the domain name should be generic, preferably .com and directly related to the forum´s subject. If you are starting a new forum with a domain name like bitcoindiscussionplace.com you have a handicap from the start

So BTCForums.com is a really great name, lots of forums, it is generic, it is on spot, it is a .com and most importantly..... it looks like someone is going to get a great deal

that is not true. if you create a forum this time, you'd have a hard time find a user loyal enough to stay on your forum unless bitcointalk.org dies which unlikely to happen. you'd just add up to the long list of bitcoin forum that aren't active enough.

[superiorus]

Besides the fact that it is very difficult to develop a successful project in this niche, there is one more thing I did not mention in my first post: do not forget that it's  btcforums.com, not  btcforum.com
In my opinion there is a very big difference between these two domains (that extra "s").

[MARCUS0000]

i did not see it  untill superious mention it..

its true with the S make the domain name has no value..

but if you cant get btcfurum.com just get this one



 

[petrosc]

Ok guys. Its nice that you have an opinion on whether the domain is worthless or not, but this is not the place to discuss it. However, since some seem to have an issue with the letter "s" at the end, let me remind you that many, many successful forums have the "s" at the end.

For example.
ubuntuforums.org - global rank 3,797
tenforums.com - global rank 4,282
sevenforums.com - global rank 5,178
leakforums.net - global rank 9,023
india-forums.com - global rank 9,522
englishforums.com - global rank 8,984
physicsforums.com - 6,057
androidforums.com - 9,957
hackforums.net - 11,598
freeforums.net - 10,523

The list goes on and on. The above are just a few of the top 10,000 websites in the world.


And here are some domain name sales(not website) of "worthless" domains with the word forums (with "s")in it.

forums.com   399,990 USD   2009-02-26   Sedo
forums.de   35,750 USD           2009-08-27   Sedo
nineforums.com   25,000 USD   2013-10-09   Sedo
eightforums.com   15,000 USD   2010-04-14   Sedo
forums.org   14,886 USD   2009-03-24   Sedo
indiaforums.com   11,000 USD   2015-12-29   Uniregistry
forums.cn   10,000 USD   2009-08-19   Sedo
forums.co.uk   8,908 USD   2006-05-02   Sedo
forums.co   8,908 USD   2006-04-25   Sedo
forums.co.uk   5,000 USD   2011-04-26   Sedo
forums.jp   4,950 USD   2011-01-20   Sedo
forexforums.com   4,887 USD   2016-05-23   Sedo
outdoorforums.com   4,800 USD   2014-04-16   GoDaddy
anime-forums.com   4,000 USD   2015-01-14   Sedo
muzicforums.com   3,705 USD   2008-09-09   Sedo
healthcareforums.com   3,125 USD   2013-06-17   Afternic
forumshelp.com   3,000 USD   2011-01-16   Sedo
consumerforums.com   2,888 USD   2007-07-10   Afternic
footballforums.com   2,850 USD   2008-07-16   Sedo
cityforums.com   2,750 USD   2009-09-02   Sedo
dentistryforums.com   2,688 USD   2013-09-23   Afternic
rvforums.com   2,600 USD   2011-05-05   NameJet
photoforums.com   2,600 USD   2009-06-30   NameJet
muzicforums.com   2,555 USD   2011-01-18   Sedo
vegasforums.com   2,500 USD   2012-04-23   Sedo
industryforums.com   2,470 USD   2006-11-14   Private
forumsearch.com   2,400 USD   2007-04-03   BuyDomains
aceforums.com   2,300 USD   2014-02-05   Sedo
coolforums.com   2,288 USD   2008-04-29   Afternic
wirelessforums.com   2,155 USD   2012-01-14   NameJet
businessforums.com   2,090 USD   2006-10-24   SnapNames
consoleforums.com   2,000 USD   2011-08-03   Afternic
forums.co.in   2,000 USD   2011-01-22   Sedo
webmastersforums.net   1,900 USD   2008-05-02   Sedo
thephoenix-forums.com   1,700 USD   2011-11-22   Sedo
foodforums.com   1,650 USD   2011-06-14   Sedo
footballforums.co.uk   1,540 USD   2010-04-21   Sedo
eforums.com   1,505 USD   2012-04-25   GoDaddy
equipmentforums.com   1,500 USD   2013-05-13   Afternic
eforums.com   1,499 USD   2013-09-17   NameJet
unitedforums.com   1,420 USD   2011-01-26   Sedo
forums.at   1,349 USD   2009-08-05   Sedo
seoforums.com   1,300 USD   2016-09-29   NameJet
houstonforums.com   1,250 USD   2011-01-28   Sedo
forums.us   1,225 USD   2015-05-28   GoDaddy
dietforums.com   1,201 USD   2016-11-25   GoDaddy
animeforums.net   1,200 USD   2014-11-26   Nokta
seoforums.com   1,195 USD   2014-06-04   GoDaddy
cityforums.co.uk   1,120 USD   2010-02-10   Sedo
motorcycleforums.net   1,115 USD   2011-02-02   Sedo
blackhatforums.com   1,112 USD   2009-03-30   Afternic
workoutforums.com   1,088 USD   2012-10-14   Afternic
freeforums4u.com   1,016 USD   2008-07-20   Sedo
egadforums.com   1,015 USD   2009-09-30   GoDaddy
nameforums.net   1,010 USD   2011-01-20   Sedo
monsterforums.com   1,000 USD   2012-12-16   Afternic
cityforums.org   1,000 USD   2012-03-28   Afternic
footballforums.co.uk   1,000 USD   2011-01-18   Sedo
gamesforums.com   1,000 USD   2010-11-30   Sedo
securityforums.com   1,000 USD   2004-12-09   Afternic

[glerand]

Domain is good, but can you give us more informations on it, like when it was created, number of visits, potential visits?
If someone is interested to buy it, these informations can be helpful.

[electronicash]

Domain is good, but can you give us more informations on it, like when it was created, number of visits, potential visits?
If someone is interested to buy it, these informations can be helpful.

even if those details exist. it won't stand a chance against the existing forums it will be buried down the pages of search results. there is a reason why you can't find the existing bitcoin forums when you search "bitcoin forum". mainly, bitcointalk wins it all. site wide links going to cover the first pages lol

[petrosc]

Domain is good, but can you give us more informations on it, like when it was created, number of visits, potential visits?
If someone is interested to buy it, these informations can be helpful.

It was created in 2013 - unfortunetely I forgot to renew it and expired, but I managed to re-register it right after expiration again in 2014. So if you check the whois now, you will see it is registered since 06.2014 .
Number of visits, I dont keep stats because it does not get much type in traffic. Regarding potential visits, well that depends on development.
I did receive a few offers in the past, which I rejected, the highest being 900 USD.

[petrosc]

Hey but let´s get back to the point:)
The current bid is 0.06 BTC. Which is pretty cheap right now. Auction ends in about 5 days

[dArkj0N]

This Bid is from a hacked Account -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1977634.0
Its not me or my account so this bid is not valid...

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account dArkjON - UID: 132212 has been hacked/lost. The current Timestap is 1498037413 - 06/21/2017 @ 9:30am (UTC).
-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNATURE-----
Version: Bitcoin-qt (1.0)
Address: 1DarkjoNMkafK31ATYkQbtp8gg5ymCteja

GxvDve9fNW7DB1AtBf29unERwubgTwWJ2QZGQK6r9oFQLw8ZAj/qDQebcMWQAfDJ/8fpj6dzv13uHPCsEm4KPzE=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNATURE-----

0.06

[petrosc]

Ok. Thank you.
So current bid is 0.05 BTC

[petrosc]

I forgot to mention that you can pay me the equivalent of the winning btc amount in USD, stratis, zcoin, NEM, Sia, waves, and nexus. Equivalent at the time of auction end