It's hard being all things to all people and trying to get paid by all sides as well. NameMarket wrote a post on Namepros that shined light on something I had not come accross before, and neither did GoDaddy's Paul Nicks and Joe Styler. While searching one of his names on GoDaddy he got a message that said, Sorry, word1word2.com is only available at auctions. "Not up for a bidding war? … [Read more...]
Undeveloped.com decides to step up and help domainer
I wrote a post a couple days ago about a complicated situation that took place across multiple platforms. Two 5N.coms were purchased on GoDaddy auctions in early September, that person actually used a credit card that was no good. That person sold the names to a Namepros member for $550, on Undeveloped. $190 less than they won the names at GoDaddy.T That member then sold those names for $700 to … [Read more...]
8833.com looks to be stolen
TrueDN posted on Namepros that 8833.com was listed at Sedo for $9,000. The member spoke to the previous owner and they said it was stolen from their account at GoDaddy. The name is no longer showing for sale, and since this happened after regular business hours for Sedo, it might have been purchased. The name moved from GoDaddy to NameSilo. … [Read more...]
So this is happening, AmazonCars.xyz at $33,510
I have had a bunch of emails over the last week as to why this auction has not been cancelled? Some believe it's bogus and others are focusing on the TM aspect of Amazon. When discussing the last crazy auction for 6666666.com on Namepros Joe Styler said: First these kinds of bids are rare as we have a bidder verification process and manual and automated checks. In the few cases that something … [Read more...]
After backing out some bids 6666666.com closes at $71,000
After backing out 35 bids and removing 3 bidders, the auction closed at $71,000 as a new bidder came in at the end and bid $71,000. Joe Styler replied to me on Namepros earlier about walking back some bids. We verify all bids especially high value ones. There's two bad bidders on this auction. The bidders were banned from bidding again and other more secure steps were also taken but the bids … [Read more...]
6666666.com now up to $99,999, will it get paid?
Last week I wrote about 6666666.com (7x) at GoDaddy. 6666666.com is off to the races. It was up to $78,777 after 2 days. While that price seemed outrageous the auction has gone higher and now sits at $99,999 and closes today. GoDaddy educated everyone on the Dispute.com auction how fast payment needs to be made. This is the best case scenario closing on a Monday, so do you think this … [Read more...]
636.cc comes back down to earth as GoDaddy wipes out some bids
A few days ago I posted about 636.cc hitting the auction block and immediately taking off to $30,000. Well it looks like GoDaddy went in and wiped out a lot of bids from 9/15 and the price was back down to $1,175. The name is now up to $5,100 with a couple big bids. Hopefully there are no games the second time around. You can see the bidding from the first group of bids … [Read more...]