Rick Latona Auctions now accepting submissions
August 29, 2008 by Rick Latona
Rick Latona Auctions, LLC is now accepting domain name submissions for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Conference and Expo to be held in Brooklyn, New York.
First off, let me explain. We have limited space and we won’t be running a silent auction like our competitors do. We only have 75 slots! Please only submit premium names at reasonable reserves. Currently, our site [www.RickLatona.com] is being redesigned, so until the form is complete, email David Clements at david@davidclements.com with your submissions.
I guarantee you our auction will be loud, energetic, fun, but above all, the place to be to buy domain names for good prices. Bid first and keep bidding, you are going to be surprised at how low the reserves are going to be.
There are several other things that we are doing, but I am not going to discuss them here, not yet. I will say this though. Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu made a controversial decision for this upcoming auction. They invited more companies to the table. They knew that it would be good for competition, good for individual domainers like you and me, and good business for our industry.
In that role, I am happy to play my part. Rick and Howard invited me to New York and I plan on showing up ready for the action. It is going to be the event to watch. Not just our auction, but the entire convention. By the way, if you have been on the fence about going and you haven’t booked it yet, do it right now. Go to http://targetedtraffic.com/ny_show.html and set it up. If you just attend one convention for the rest of the year, come to New York. I look forward to seeing many old friends once again, and I look forward to making new ones, too.
See you in September!
Hi Rick,
Glad to hear you are accepting a couple domains. Do you have a TOS so submitters know what they are getting into? Commission, Exclusive Period etc.
Thank you in advance.
If we submitted most of our premium domains to Moniker to be examined for the Traffic Auction, can we resubmit them to you or no? Since it is going to be part of the whole Traffic Auction.
when’s ‘the date of cut-off ??
cheers thank ye , 2w
Only top level extensions? I know you recently got into IDNs!
Please post TOS for interested party.
Cheers and good luck.
Emil
It doesn’t make sense that there are 5 auction providers but no final selection has been made from any of the providers - only preliminary lists. Are we expected to submit to all providers and decide who we’ll sell with based on the final selection? Does a committee review all of the names so if they are rejected at auction house A they are automatically passed at the other auction providers?
Thanks
You guys are certainly asking valid questions. Reality is that the auction companies are not collaborating.
You’ll need to look at the TOS when you submit names. I think Moniker just dumps everything that they don’t accept into their live auction into their silent auction, thus holding every domain to a 60 day exclusivity clause.
For our part, we won’t hold you to anything unless the name is accepted and we sign an agreement with each other.