- Feel bad for Rick. Development is VERY difficult.

- My overall feeling on much of the inventory for both auctions is that they really lack what domainers and buyers are looking for: premium and brandable generics. Guavas.com is just not going to excite anyone but perhaps Guava.com would because it is also a brandable.

- Two great deals: losangelespersonals.com and lasvegasinsurance.com both went SUPER cheap.

- Not crazy about names like “catfood.com” anymore.

- In regards to above note on GEO domains, it reminds me of last years GEO auction in San Diego. I have a buddy who is working to build his domain business and he asked me for advice. I said michigancarinsurance.com was going to go for a song and he should make sure to snap it up. He bought it for $750 and sold it in a few months later for 5x that amount.

- Despite the flaws in Latonas inventory, the Moniker catalog is worse. LOTS of names we’ve seen over and over again. It is becoming a reoccuring theme and good sign for domainers holding high quality, low exposure domains.

- I’ve been saying it for years, a successful auction relies on ONE thing: quality of inventory. Yet keep in mind that the definition of ‘quality’ is in constant flux.

- These days access to quality inventory is a matter of trust.

- DDN oversaturated and underpriced the GEO market, leading to sales as mentioned above which are well below what an end-user could afford or is willing to pay.