Let’s try to cram over a hundred users into a single domain auction event & see who wins or chats the loudest.

Since then, the platform has evolved. It has found a new home at Epik.com. You can visit the link here: http://auctions.epik.com While Epik is a newer commodity to the domain industry, I feel my auction technology landed in a good hands to not only auction your domains DNKO style, but also help you park & develop your domains. Epik is really shooting to be every domainer’s “best friend”.

Since my development of DNKO, Epik decided to twist things up & instead of a “knockout theme” they are proactively collaborating with me and approaching auctions with a more subtle movement. Instead of forcing you to liquidate all the domains in your portfolio, why not take it easy? If you have a good domain for sale, the buyers will come. If there are bidders, the 60 second technology timer reset is ready to draw it out until it’s over.

I am compelled to find another service that offers the same – cross compatible across any browser without any downloads or slow meltdowns. Thus far, it is free to submit your domains & rest assured that your domains submissions will get noticed & traffic! Who knows, you may even sell a bunch of your domains for more than you thought they’re worth.

This blog post was mainly to update my followers about DNKO & the Epik acquisition. I am still pro-actively developing the Epik domain auction and feel the team is great at – Epik. If you have any suggestions or gripes with the auction technology, let myself or Rob Monster from epik know. We can’t make this possible without your domaining help & feedback.

1.) DNKO now shows the full sales history. Since the first sold domains to the latest, you can view the full list by clicking the sales history link at the top:

I know the sales aren’t the best & that it will take time for DNKO  to “mature”. However, the sales history will be an easy way for visitors to view the sales going on over there. Plus it helps to add the appropriate reserves to your domains (if you plan to auction them @ dnko).

2.) Another tweak added is the capability to host $1 reserve auctions – with an eBay style bidding mechanish. Basically offering a hidden reserve for the seller, who would not be forced to sell if his or her reserve is not met. It should help drive up the bids to see what the bidders are offering to pay. Also, with this system, if the seller’s reserve is met, he is forced to sell the domain to the highest bidder.

3.) More wording around the site to explain how the timer works. The DNKO 60 second auctions are meant to filter domains. The ones that noone wants to buy will last only 60 seconds. If the domain is good & bids come in, the timer will be reset back to 60 seconds. So technically an auction could last a while – depending on the reserve & bids, resetting the timer back to 60 seconds over & over again until bidding is done.

4.) The Prebid link was changed to: “Prebid & Vote”. Your votes at DNKO will only change the positions of the domains. The voting is not meant to vote domains to auction, but instead the placement of each. Mostly all domains submitted (other than trademark & adult) domains make it to the DNKO auctions. After being approved, you can vote on the position they are auctioned.

5.) Bidder certification. Bidders must now become certified to bid.  By default, all users become certified to bid & sell domains. However, if you fail to complete a single transaction, Your account will be flagged & you will be penalized with bad trader feedback. Credit card or PayPal authorization. Your thoughts are welcome in improving this system.

More tweaks & changes to come. Most importantly, DNKO needs advertisement & promotion. I am not going to sit here & ask you to spam the forums in hopes of advertising the auctions. I would recommend you don’t do that! It seems like domain auction competitors are also facing the same issue. DNKO is free – pretty much I am paying for everything out of pocket. I am not in a hurry & understand it will take months and years to help the auction site mature.

Realtime Domain Auctions

I hope you can join us today at the DNKO (Domain knockout) auction! The auction boasts a sleek 60 second timer which gives all the domains a chance to get bids. As the timer counts down – if a bid comes in, the timer is brought right back up to 60 seconds again!

There is a live chat and everyone is welcome to come in and join the fun.

You can view the auction schedule here.

If you feel like selling your domains, then you should submit them here.

I hope to see everyone there this evening!