Simple question, place your vote and feel free to leave a comment expanding on your vote if you like. There have been many bidding scandals, GoDaddy's refusal to show bidder id's etc... Do you trust GoDaddy Auctions, NameJet, Snapnames and DropCatch when it comes to platform integrity, fraud detection systems in place, etc...? Please note this vote should only be based on auctions, not … [Read more...]
Hetian.com closes at $46,500, will GoDaddy get full payment this time?
Hetian.com closed at $46,500 today on GoDaddy auctions. After last week's flurry of information on Dispute.com, it will be interesting to see if GoDaddy needs to take a haircut here. Will the buyer get the wire in on time? This could be a new gameshow for every high priced auction close on GoDaddy. There is a good chance the buyer here is from China. Some background info on the name … [Read more...]
If you know you can’t pay on time- Don’t Bid
The dispute.com sale did not go through at $65,000 but rather $38,000. The unfurling of the story and subsequent comments on DomainInvesting.com tell a lot. It also seems that GoDaddy needs to make some changes. Joe Styler who works for GoDaddy left a comment: The reason for default was not that there were not legitimate bids. We are pretty good at making sure that the bids are good on our … [Read more...]
iBanks.com takes another price cut
iBanks.com has been around the block, the domain closed today on GoDaddy auctions at $4,550. This is the second time the name has taken a price cut over the last decade. The name registered in 1997 sold on Sedo for $38,000 on 4-3-2008. Then on this day 3 years ago the domain closed at $7,877, now to be fair it did not change hands, I have emailed Michael Sumner as he might want to remove that … [Read more...]
Dispute.com expired where will it close?
Dispute.com a 22 year old, one word premium domain name has expired and hit GoDaddy auctions yesterday. The bidding is already over $30,000 with the auction not closing until 8/7. Post where you think the auction will close and the guess closest to the closing price will have a $25 donation made in their name to Elliot Silver's Pan Mass challenge. The post will be closed for comments on … [Read more...]
NameJet June sales led by QWE.com
NameJet released their monthly sales for June and QWE.com was the top sale at $31,400. There were 101 sales reported that met the $2,000 minimum price. There were only 8 sales that were five figures. 89.tv was the only cctld that hit five figures at $10,000. 5. orgs and 7 .nets made the list. NetWellness.org was the highest of those at … [Read more...]
NameJet May sales led by Yig.com
NameJet released their May sales data and there was nothing over $16,100 for May. 94 sales in total 22 numeric sales 10 3L.com and 4L.com sales. Yig.com the top sale … [Read more...]