Five aged GoDaddy domains for October 26: Poetic.net leads, and last week's ceilings all lost
A valuation-first screen of five aged GoDaddy domains closing October 26, with live bids, dated comparable sales from this week's GoDaddy and DropCatch closes, hard 1.5x bid ceilings, and a candid reckoning with the nine of ten ceilings that lost over the past two weeks.
The seven-day auction climate
GoDaddy ran six sessions from October 19 to October 24 and turned over $515,683 across 482 lots. 123456
The six sessions before that took $634,886 over 467 lots. Average price slid from $1,360 a lot to $1,070, and 128 of this week's lots still cleared $1,000.
The top of the market held. traderx.com closed at $25,550 on 106 bids, bee.org at $24,505 on 69, and 33567.com at $21,500 on 97. 235
Bidder count and price pulled apart. ylgj.com drew 242 bids and closed at $8,988; sparklepay.com drew 241 and closed at $8,786. 25
The fortnight's TLD story is Slovenia. DNJournal's new chart, covering October 5 to 18, leads with Clarity.com at $3.5 million and TradingCards.com at $2 million. 7 Its first .si entries, OpenRouter.si and Staffing.si at $50,000 each, mark the ccTLD's arrival at that level.
DropCatch published five recaps for the week, totalling $333,750, led by Arturo.com at $15,500, TradeConnect.com at $8,500 and BetterBrave.org at $8,000. 89101112
Today's board is the richest in a month: 45 lots at an average bid of $330, against $106 last Monday. 13
Last week's five, settled
Five names ran here a week ago, each with a 1.5x ceiling. All five closed above it. 1
- DynamicMarketing.com closed at $3,036 on 134 bids, against a $367.50 ceiling.
- RoboticCars.com closed at $1,213 on 56 bids, against $525.00.
- ColorHaus.com closed at $768 on 42 bids, against $340.50.
- JClick.com closed at $959 on 73 bids, against $150.00.
- PowerEmail.com closed at $661 on 45 bids, against $175.50.
Four of the previous five broke their ceilings too: nine of ten across two weeks.
Closing prices ran 3.4 to 12.4 times the 8 a.m. bid. A ceiling at 1.5 times that bid is a decision to pass, and two weeks of results are the clearest evidence this channel has.
Set your number against what the pattern closes at, or accept that these lots are for watching.
The screen in one minute
Every figure below was read at 8:08 a.m. on October 26, 2026, in UTC-08, and all clocks use it. ExpiredAuctions had refreshed two hours before, so treat each bid as a floor. 13
The filter: a current bid of $50 to $1,500, at least eight years of registration, one comparable-pattern sale at three times the bid or better, and one comparable above $1,000 in the past 18 months. Every comparable below sold this month, so each carries a date.
| Domain | Pattern | Bid / bids | Ends, UTC-08 | Age | 1.5x ceiling | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POETIC.NET | Single dictionary word, .net | $222 / 33 | Oct. 26, 9:50 a.m. | 28 yrs | $333.00 | high-confidence |
| STARTUPFINDER.COM | Two-word startup-directory compound .com | $430 / 31 | Oct. 26, 1:47 p.m. | 15 yrs | $645.00 | coin-flip |
| EASYSHEET.COM | Adjective plus noun software compound .com | $305 / 21 | Oct. 26, 1:48 p.m. | 22 yrs | $457.50 | high-confidence |
| NANOI.COM | Five-letter brandable .com | $338 / 20 | Oct. 26, 12:28 p.m. | 22 yrs | $507.00 | coin-flip |
| RBRM.COM | Four-letter consonant string .com | $862 / 16 | Oct. 26, 11:54 a.m. | 20 yrs | $1,293.00 | coin-flip |
All five show zero Domain Authority, Page Authority and Trust Flow, so each qualifies on keyword or brand value alone. 1415161718
Three board leaders did not make it. WaterDamageDefense.com drew 73 bids to $1,025, but its best comparable this week, seattlepestcontrol.com at $3,000, stays under three times the bid. 619 HirePlumber.com closes at 8:26 a.m., eighteen minutes after this read. 20 BoxDeal.com closes at 10:00 a.m. and sits one word order from a live registration. 21
NameJet and DropCatch still supplied no live row carrying both a bid and a clock. NameJet's own pages answer with an anti-bot challenge. The public listing that carries its prices shows minimum bids of $39 to $80, with end dates like "in 2d" and no clock. 22 Today's list at DSAD names NNRH.com, Borsen.com and BeyondSight.com among the NameJet lots, with no price and no closing time. 23 Both platforms enter this issue through completed results.
POETIC.NET: single dictionary word
POETIC.NET carries a $222 bid from 33 bidders on 28 years of registration, closing at 12:50 p.m. Central, or 9:50 a.m. UTC-08 — the first clock on this slate. ExpiredAuctions rates it 73/100, the best of these five, and appraises it at $4,948. 14
One word, six letters. The extension is the discount: on .com this word would sit far above this price band.
Comparable sales: state.net at $5,901 on 53 bids and surfaces.net at $1,050 on 45 bids, both GoDaddy on October 21, plus progresso.net at $750 on October 22. 34 Three times the $222 bid is $666, and all three clear it.
Appraisal logic and ceiling. Aged dictionary .net names trade at a discount to their .com twins, and this week's range of $750 to $5,901 is that discount. $333.00 holds the entry to about a fifteenth of the estimate. List on DAN and Sedo at $2,400 and pitch creative agencies, literary journals and poetry presses. A six-month exit needs a publisher renaming that quarter; 18 months matches the .net comps; a five-year hold costs five renewals. Confidence: high-confidence. Ceiling: $333.00.
STARTUPFINDER.COM: two-word startup-directory compound
STARTUPFINDER.COM stands at a $430 bid from 31 bidders on 15 years of registration, closing at 2:47 p.m. Central, or 1:47 p.m. UTC-08. ExpiredAuctions rates it 64/100 and appraises it at $4,223. 15
Comparable sales: newdiscovery.com at $1,675 on 65 bids in GoDaddy's October 20 close, and VentureScanner.com at $1,420 in DropCatch's October 23 close. 28 Three times the $430 bid is $1,290, and both clear it by a narrow margin.
Appraisal logic and ceiling. Thirty-one bidders have already found a generic pair of words, which is the argument against paying more for it. $645.00 keeps the entry to about a sixth of the estimate. List on DAN and Afternic at $3,400 and pitch startup databases, venture platforms and accelerator directories. A six-month exit needs a directory launch that quarter; 18 months is realistic; a five-year hold pays five renewals. Confidence: coin-flip. Ceiling: $645.00.
EASYSHEET.COM: adjective plus noun software compound
EASYSHEET.COM shows a $305 bid from 21 bidders on 22 years of registration, closing at 2:48 p.m. Central, or 1:48 p.m. UTC-08. ExpiredAuctions rates it 72/100 and appraises it at $4,719. 16
It reads two ways at once: spreadsheet tooling, or bed linen. A name with two plausible buyers is worth more than either buyer alone will pay.
Comparable sales: DataTalks.com at $2,800 in DropCatch's October 21 close and CloudClarity.com at $1,100 on October 23, with datasoc.com at $726 on GoDaddy on October 24 as the floor. 6811 Three times the $305 bid is $915; two of the three clear it, and datasoc.com sits below.
Appraisal logic and ceiling. A clean two-word software name at 22 years, with three dated comps inside one week. $457.50 holds the entry to under a tenth of the estimate. List on Atom and DAN at $3,200 and pitch spreadsheet-automation tools and home-goods brands. A six-month exit needs a product launch; 18 months is the normal cadence; a five-year hold parks it. Confidence: high-confidence on the words, softer on the 21-bid field. Ceiling: $457.50.
NANOI.COM: five-letter brandable
NANOI.COM carries a $338 bid from 20 bidders on 22 years of registration, closing at 1:28 p.m. Central, or 12:28 p.m. UTC-08. ExpiredAuctions rates it 69/100 and appraises it at $5,359. 17
Five letters, no dictionary meaning, pronounceable both ways. This is brand inventory rather than keyword, and the most liquid pattern on this board.
Comparable sales: Azabu.com at $2,649 and Cadox.com at $1,330, both in DropCatch's October 22 close, plus Svale.com at $1,401 on October 23. 812 Three times the $338 bid is $1,014, and all three clear it comfortably.
Appraisal logic and ceiling. Short brandables close near wholesale as often as near retail, so the ceiling carries more weight than the story. $507.00 holds the entry to under a tenth of the estimate. List on Atom at $3,600 for the end-user price and on wholesale boards for the investor bid. A six-month exit needs another investor watching that week; 18 months is likelier for an end user; a five-year hold pays five renewals. Confidence: coin-flip. Ceiling: $507.00.
RBRM.COM: four-letter consonant string
RBRM.COM carries an $862 bid from 16 bidders on 20 years of registration, closing at 2:54 p.m. Central, or 11:54 a.m. UTC-08. ExpiredAuctions rates it 74/100 and appraises it at $8,340, the widest spread in this issue. 18
Four consonants, nothing to pronounce and nothing to explain. Twenty years of registration is the product; anyone who is not a logistics firm is buying the floor.
Comparable sales: ylgj.com at $8,988 on 242 bids on October 23 and hrbs.com at $3,710 on 90 bids on October 21. 35 Three times the $862 bid is $2,586, and both clear it.
Appraisal logic and ceiling. Sixteen bidders at $862 is thin for a four-letter .com, which says the field expects the letters to be worth the floor and no more. $1,293.00 holds the entry to about a sixth of the estimate. Sell through the wholesale channel — NamePros, DAN, GoDaddy's four-letter auctions — and skip the end-user campaign. A six-month exit depends on another investor at the next auction; 18 months is the realistic window; a five-year hold costs five renewals on an asset that does not decay. Confidence: coin-flip. Ceiling: $1,293.00.
The trademark gate and bottom line
A search restricted to a public mirror of USPTO records returned no registration on the exact terms STARTUPFINDER, EASYSHEET, NANOI or RBRM. POETIC returned only compound marks — CATHERINE'S POETIC LIFE and POETIC NEUROSCIENCE among them — and nothing on the word alone.
The near miss is worth keeping. BoxDeal.com was cut partly because DEALBOX has been a live registration since 2017, No. 5,186,262 in Class 36, held by Deal Box, Inc. 24 A reversed word order and a different class both need a lawyer's opinion before anyone builds on that name.
What was run is a records check on exact terms. Close variants, and the classes each live mark covers, remain your own pre-bid work at the USPTO's own search. 25
Ranked by what the money buys:
- POETIC.NET, $333.00 — a dictionary word priced as a .net, and the first clock to move on.
- EASYSHEET.COM, $457.50 — two plausible buyers, three dated comps, one below the line.
- NANOI.COM, $507.00 — the most liquid pattern on this board.
- STARTUPFINDER.COM, $645.00 — real keyword, weak brand, the narrowest margin on its comps.
- RBRM.COM, $1,293.00 — the biggest cheque for the least explanation.
Four of the five close after noon UTC-08. POETIC.NET closes at 9:50 a.m., so it is the one to decide on first. Recheck every clock before you bid.
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