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Future Trend Domain Auction™ Updates! – Series #1

Greetings to FT Domainers and Buyers, and the domain industry as a whole.  BIG NEWS: SuccessClick has now secured the auction company we confirmed is the best-suited for producing a successful “Future Trend Domain Auction™”.

It’s been a long haul to get here, but we had to consider every option and consider all factors in giving this new domain category the important promotional attention it needs to establish it as a viable niche. It is important for all FT domain investors to determine which sub-niches have matured to allow the generic domains for all the niches to find their value point at this time (what your “Future Trend” (FT) domains are worth right now). It doesn’t mean that your FT domain values won’t increase/decrease in the near future, just that discovering what they could be worth at the beginning of this “new category phase”. Please consider the previous sentence as your mantra, because I’ve waited over five years for many of my FT domains to reach even this type of attention, so you also can expect a possible waiting period beyond this auction to find the high end of value for your FT domains.

First and foremost, some background information and credit.  This auction was kicked off by SuccessClick after seeing the incredible insight of Michael “EmBee” Berkens of TheDomains.com writing an article about 3D.  When I saw that his blogpost (July 2010) regarding 3D domains caught on fire (the little flame started after about 250 quick response comments, with no sign of slowing down), I was confident that 3D domains were maturing. So kudos to EmBee – the unchallenged King of FT Domain Promotion. As of this date, Berken’s blog article is reaching an astounding 2,500 comments.

I’ve been in this business for over a decade, and I’ve worked with almost every domain industry company there is. That fact was paramount in my final decision on which auction company was actually the most trustworthy, technologically and financially capable of providing domain investors with the best services for our auction. The company we chose is heads above all others to be able to produce, promote and administrate the Future Trend Domain Auction™ to the level of success that our company (and particpants) expect.

That said, SuccessClick is pleased to announce that our domain auction company of choice is Moniker.com.

Moniker is owned by Oversee.net. Their Showcase auctions, either produced live or online, have proven to be the most reliable and profitable service for domainers worldwide. We are happy to announce our agreement with them to produce SuccessClick’s Future Trend Domain Auction™.

WHAT HAS OCCURED SO FAR: There have been over 50 domainers offering up their domains for sale on the upcoming Future Trend Domain Auction™.  Almost every domain submitter has provided at least one domain that can be included in this auction from our initial review. This isn’t confirmed, but I’m impressed with the quality of domains submitted. I hope the auction site experts we’re using feel the same. Over 500 domains have been submitted to date.

The news on 3D and Hologram technology is exploding everywhere.  Be sure to SAVE THOSE IMPORTANT LINKS if you’re submitting domains in this auction! This is an important part of participating in the Future Trend Domain Auction™. More instructions about this will be forthcoming if any of your domains are accepted into the Moniker Showcase auction.

NOTE: You can still submit your domains to the Future Trend Domain Auction™ if you haven’t already. (We’re sorry, but if you want to change your initial listings with new domain submissions, we have to charge a $15 administrative fee to do so. (This fee is not required for submitting your first ten domains, only if you want to change your initial list). If you want to change your list,  you can make your payment to our Verified Paypal Account at: dotplanners@yahoo.com and then inform us of your request and payment at Successclick ((at)) g mail . com.

Please submit your domains to Successclick.com FIRST. Moniker will contact you to inform you if your domains have been accepted.

Here are some other particulars:

1) You can submit 10 domains of your choice, but the domains must be based on emerging or new technology. This includes: Solar, Robotics, 3D/Holo, Cellphone apps, alternative energy, communication (telepresence) and transportation technology. If you have found another FT category you feel is going to explode, please email with your request to consider that category immediately.

2) Submitting your domains does not lock you down to this auction. If your domains are reviewed and accepted, Moniker will send you all the necessary information they need from you, including the requirements to participate. At that point, you can choose to participate or not. The first step you want to take is just submitting your ten best domains.

3) Domain submission requirements:  Please create a two column separate file for your ten best domains. You can do this simply by typing the domain, comma, then the reserve price (or the word “zero” if there is no reserve). Or create a spreadsheet with two columns, the first column featuring the domain name, the second column showing your reserve or no reserve price.

4) Wait for the email/phone call notifying you that one or more of your domains have been accepted into the Future Trend Domain Auction™.   You may or many not be asked to reduce your reserve price. That is entirely up to you. It may or may not affect your domain being accepted into the auction. The goal is to get the best Future Trend domains listed with reasonable reserves to get the bidding started. As I’ve said many times, don’t think a domain name is going to make you a millionaire. Talk about it later if it did!

5) Moniker Showcase and Successclick.com will be working hard to connect to New Media marketing editors to inform them of the auction, the domains featured, and the importance of their readers to consider owning generic descriptive domains for their new technology prodservs.

This effort isn’t a slam dunk. It’s not going to be easy (we’ve discovered this already).  However, the amazing part of our effort to produce this auction is the many domainers wanting to help in every way. The biggest accomplishment that all Future Trend domain investors can hope for is the recognition at any level of our FT domains, their relationship to current media, prodservs, and entertainment focus.

We will have weekly updates on the progress and further information of the Future Trend Domain Auction™, such as the date and other tips to succeed in getting your domains listed.

As always, we welcome feedback, and we thank everyone for their patience and faith that this auction would come to an exciting reality! Our heartfelt thanks go out to Michael Berkens, the fantastic team at Moniker and Oversee.net (Craig Snyder, Michele Van Tilborg, Larry Martinez, Esq., and others), and the multitude of loyal FT domainers who have supported and believed that we’d get to this point! You know who you are!

More info to come. Stay tuned to the Future Trend Domain Auction™ blog series on Successclick.com!

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