A decade ago it was the scandal that rocked the domain industry, the Snapnames Halvarez bidding scandal. Mike wrote The 5 Most Surprising Things That Came Out Of The SnapNames Scandal Michael Arrington wrote at TechCrunch: SnapNames: Apologies Shouldn't Be Conditional, Especially When You Steal From Customers Mike again posted 12,000 Auctions, 8,900 Bidders and 350,000 Bids: We Conclude … [Read more...]
4600.com closes at $68,000 and another interesting 4N.com story
4600.com expired at GoDaddy auctions and just closed at $68,000. This sale should go through at some price at least it can't be renewed. Back in September 4065.com closed at $14,294 but apparently some people didn't pay and the name was eventually settled at $504. Someone I know confirmed the non paying bidders and must have shared it with Namebio. The name sold back in 2009 on the cheap too, … [Read more...]
The HD bot and GoDaddy Auctions
It's no secret to anyone active in the expired auction scene that Huge Domains and their bot are a big deal on GoDaddy auctions. A thread titled, HUGE DOMAINS SNIPING GODADDY CLOSEOUTS got things going on Namepros. The thread has 21,000 views and 430 replies. It's a long read and an informative read, if you have not read it you should bookmark it. Today Namepros member Dave put forth an … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – GoDaddy Auctions 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
Defunct news site Examiner.com now heating up at GoDaddy expired auctions
The expired auction for Examiner.com is already flying, closing in on $70,000 with over a week to go. From wikipedia: Examiner.com was an American news website based in Denver, Colorado, that operated using a network of "pro–am contributors"' for content. It had various local editions with contributors posting city-based items tailored to 238 markets throughout the United States and parts of … [Read more...]
BPS.com closes at $51,000 in late night auction on GoDaddy
A couple of days ago I mentioned there were 3 public auctions closing at 2am Eastern time on Sunday. These were three letter .coms, ZTD.com, UDA.com and BPS.com. Only one met reserve and that was BPS.com. ztd.com $9,588 not met uda.com $17,600 not met BPS.com $51,000 met at $50,000 I emailed Michael at Namebio for BPS.com so it can be listed. I am surprised that ZTD.com could not do better … [Read more...]
Not the best time to auction off valuable domain names
You usually don't see three 3L.coms closing at once on GoDaddy auctions, yesterday SWP.com was a public auction that met reserve at $14,500 and I saw it at $15,500 but did not see the close as my browser crashed. This was a public auction so there is no record on Namebio. Tomorrow there are three separate 3L.com public auctions, UDA.com, BPS.com and ZTD.com. Looking at the histories here it … [Read more...]
