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Shane's Domain Auction Picks for Friday October 10th
Shane Cultra
October 10, 2025
I was in Chicago for the first day of the Chicago Marathon expo to pick up my race packet and visit a few companies I work with that were there for the event. Most people wait until Friday night or Saturday to get their packets, since the race is on Sunday. By then, it can take hours just to park. Once you’re inside, lines for race gear or free giveaways can stretch an hour or more per booth, all for a chance to win a sticker or a beanie. You’re exhausted from being on your feet for 5 hours and walking around.
Thursday was a much better call. I still waited about 15 minutes, but I walked out with a pile of great swag. I’d guess around 10,000 people were there, and it felt like 7,000 of them were from outside the U.S. I barely heard English as I walked through the expo. I knew Chicago was a destination race, but I didn’t realize it was on the same level as London, Tokyo, or Berlin. Based on Thursday’s crowd, it definitely is. Most of the international runners arrive early or make a week of it, so it makes sense they’d hit the expo on the least crowded day.
It also got me thinking. This is absolutely not the weekend to be running ICE operations around Chicago. There are tens of thousands of travelers in town for the marathon, and checking IDs would be a terrible look. Chicago is a melting pot any day of the year, but with all the visitors, it would be impossible to tell who’s who—and the optics would be awful. If the goal is to get people to come back, the last thing you want is National Guard patrols on the streets. With the marathon in town, the city is about to see thousands of skinny South American and Spanish men running through the streets anyway.
Quote of the Day:“In a city like Chicago, every accent is part of the music.” — Studs Terkel
Domain of the Day: BuildBots.com It says exactly what you will do. Now we have to decide AI or physical robots
Please Note: The list below contains affiliate links and/or names that have been posted for a fee. It is how we pay for our time since it is a free site. More details at bottom of page. Can go to any of the auctions by adding the names at the end like this one
Godaddy Domains with Bids
AxonAi.com Start it out with a top tier KeywordAi.com name. Many of these go for way more than I think they should. This one is solid
Winf.com Most bids on the “raw” (no backlinks) domain today. Win or pronounceable 4L
Update.io Is this a K retail name? Bidders think so
RingLights.com Big enough category it can stand alone. Hard to beat amazon but maybe you just affiliate and curate that
Godaddy Names with 1 or NO Bids
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
SwapWallet.com Closes today. Swap site and wallet all combined
Intensions.com The proper spelling is IntenTions, so keep that in mind
AIModels.xyz Even the xyz has a little value with these keywords
Wand.org Magic. As seen on Domain Sherpa and we all loved it
LegalPoint.com Love this as a legal zoom type name
Learn2Code.com Says exactly what you are going to learn
TASE.com Nice CVCV
Postpone.com Not sure of the business case but solid one word dot com
Gape.com The biggest use case is adult and had to use AI to find that out 😃
SOT.com Reserve is actually fair. Never seen this one up for sale before
Huddle.app Great football app name
BZH.ai the cheapest BIN at SEDO right now at $288
Whois.fo Always room for another Whois site
Strike.es Great keyword
Simple.email One of the better dot email names. Haven’t seen many I like but this is one of them
Wallet.solutions Top SLD and it works well with TLD
Aroma.me I think a restaurant or cafe could be a call to action