Charity Auction Raises Over $5,600

I want to once again thank all of those who bid on domain names and services in the Domain Boardroom and Escrow.com sponsored auction that will benefit the American Red Cross. I especially want to thank the people who offered up their domain names and services. The auction raised a total of $5,655 in bids.

Donna Mahony from Domain Boardroom is going to contact all of the winning bidders via email to let them know they won. Sellers will be instructed to begin transactions at Escrow.com with each buyer as soon as they can. As mentioned before, Escrow.com is NOT charging anyone for their services for this, and the company will distribute all proceeds collected to the American Red Cross. There might be a bit of a lag due to the Memorial Day holiday and TRAFFIC  conference  (depending on the plans of sellers who are starting these transactions).

You might notice a difference between the final tally on the original auction and the number posted here. On the guest post lot, JP bid $600 at 4:59pm and Ammar bid $750 right on the dot at 5pm. I spoke with both parties and offered them both the guest post slot for $600/each, so that raised an additional $450.

I really appreciate all of the domain industry support with this. The people in Oklahoma are going through a horrific life event right now, and I am sure the funds will be used by the American Red Cross in a meaningful way.

Here are the final results… if you see something funky, please let me know ASAP! I am human, and it’s possible that a mistake was made in my recording:

Services / Gifts:

Lot 1:  SEO Audit  from SEO Expert Bill Hartzer*  High Bid $1,250
Lot 2:  $250 gift certificate to Bobbleheads.com**  High Bid $300
Lot 3:  Guest post on ElliotsBlog.com  valid anytime in the next 6 months  High Bid $600
Lot 3a:  Guest post on ElliotsBlog.com  valid anytime in the next 6 months  High Bid $600

Domain Names:
Lot 4:  StartupLenders.com  Donated by Donna Mahony  High Bid $160
Lot 5:  ToiletMats.com  Donated by Donna Mahony  High Bid $400
Lot 6:  Equine.co  Donated by Penny and Terrell Miller  High Bid $175
Lot 7:  HomeImprovementSeminars.com  Donated by P & T Miller  High Bid $100
Lot 8:  Buildathon.com  Donated by Brendan Wells  High Bid $610
Lot 9:  NewsCasters.net  Donated by Brendan Wells  High Bid $30
Lot 10:  PinkOpal.com  Donated by Charlie Gilbert  High Bid $460
Lot 11:  CompositeCountertops.com  Anonymously Donated  High Bid $100
Lot 12:  ClimateProofing.com  Donated Anonymously Donated  High Bid $300
Lot 13:  PrivateCabanas.com  Donated by Ira Zoot  High Bid $200
Lot 14:  RomanticBars.com  Donated by Ira Zoot  High Bid $150
Lot 15:  BackToSchoolCenter.com  Donated by Ira Zoot  High Bid $100
Lot 16:  MilitaryTrainingAircraft.com  Donated by Ira Zoot
Lot 17:  PaintballWeekly.com  Donated by Ira Zoot  High Bid $20
Lot 18:  KidsAndInfants.com  Donated by Ira Zoot  High Bid $100

Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
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6 COMMENTS

  1. As a follow up to Andee, if your escrow email address is different than the email you used to post your bid/comment, please let Donna know ASAP so the seller sets it up correctly.

  2. I big virtual “high five” to the entire domain industry on this one!! A special thank you to Elliot, Andee and Brandon and all of Escrow.com staff who had their own parts to handle. Thank you to the donors, the bidders, the shares, likes, tweets and blogs. And last but not least by any means…thank you to the members of DomainBoardroom.com for rallying round to jump start this entire event! Purrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

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