DropCatch’s Quietly Strong Day: bmvc2020-conference.com Leads at $4,600

DropCatch didn’t throw any five-figure punches today, but it quietly stitched together a very respectable mid-tier sales sheet. The top lot was an old conference domain, backed up by a mix of brandables, local business names, and hobby niches that tell you exactly what type of buyers are still active in late 2025.

Conference Throwback Tops the Chart

bmvc2020-conference.com — $4,600

The highest sale of the day is a time capsule: a 2020 conference domain selling in 2025 for $4.6k.

This is almost certainly about backlinks and authority, not the year in the string. Academic and AI/ML conferences tend to pick up citations, PDFs, and deep links from universities and research labs. When those domains expire, investors and SEO operators know they’re not just buying a name — they’re buying a chunk of embedded trust.

If you’re wondering whether “old conference domains are still a thing”… this one answers yes.

Short & Multilingual Brandables Still Get Love

Two names in particular show how short strings and cross-language meaning continue to support mid-four-figure pricing:

• mmqb.com — $2,327
  A chunky, consonant-heavy four-letter .com. Not exactly a radio test darling, but in an era where any halfway decent LLLL.com is scarce, the floor is slowly rising. Someone clearly believes they can make this an acronym brand.
• shkola.com — $2,155
  “Shkola” is “school” in several Slavic languages. This is a clean, global education keyword wrapped in a .com — a natural fit for online learning, tutoring, or language-learning plays.

Geo & Local Business Plays: Real Operators at Work

Away from the brandable crowd, we see steady demand from operators who want something immediately usable:

• mymallmyrtlebeach.com — $2,305
  Myrtle Beach is tourist-heavy, mall-heavy, and franchise-heavy. A name like this screams directory, local ecommerce hub, or lease-a-storefront marketplace.
• cincinnatizooeats.com — $700
  Hyper-local, oddly specific, and kind of fun. This could be a food blog, delivery brand, or local guide piggybacking on zoo traffic and nearby restaurants.
• cleanair-europe.org — $850
  Perfect fit for a non-profit, green initiative, or ESG-flavored campaign. The “Europe” tag plus “clean air” makes it an instant policy or advocacy brand.

These aren’t investor-only chips; they look very much like names that can go live as projects.

Hobby, Food & Lifestyle Niches Keep Quietly Paying

Hobby and lifestyle categories remain one of the most dependable segments of the aftermarket:

• wildtextures.com — $1,700 – A dream name for a design asset library, 3D texture marketplace, or stock-content brand.
• myhotwings.com — $750 – Perfect for a food brand, chain, or YouTube channel based around wings and sauces.
• horizonbbqsmokers.com — $625 – Barbecue hardware plus a horizon-style brand = very on-trend for DTC brands.
• sublimealehouse.com — $420 – Craft beer, gastropub, or tasting room ready.
• whiskyhunter.com — $419 – Under $500 for a whisky-collectors / review brand is quietly good value.

Niche passions still pay for good matching .coms.

Dev, Learning & SaaS: Quiet Workhorse Segment

A few names clearly speak to developers, learners, or SaaS founders:

• learnbyexample.com — $619
  This fits right into the coding-tutorial / documentation ecosystem. “Learn by example” is a phrase engineers already use; now it’s a brand.
• occom.com — $1,100
  Short, chunky, and corporate. Very usable for a SaaS or infra brand. Symmetry helps; it “looks” like a logo already.
• hpxpw.net — $604
  Not pretty, but it might be tied to an existing project or acronym. Sometimes the story is off-screen.

Solar & Sustainability: Still Looking Undervalued

One sale stands out as arguably cheap given the macro trend:

• solar-x.com — $477

Solar installers, component brands, SaaS for installers, even YouTube education channels could use this. Given how much capital is flowing into renewables, anything “solar + modifier” under $500 feels like a good pickup.

Full Sales Snapshot — DropCatch (19 Nov 2025)

Here’s the complete list from the board you shared, formatted in one glance for TIGM readers: