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...]
L.A. based Marijuana magazine lets domain expire sells for $10,500
The 420 Times allowed it's domain to expire and it closed at $10,500 on GoDaddy auctions on Tuesday. From the Huffington Post, THE 420 TIMES is a Los Angeles homegrown medical marijuana and natural healing magazine, distributed throughout Southern California. The 420 Times covers activism, advocacy and legal issues, cultivation, medical research, as well as news and feature stories. The 420 … [Read more...]
No waiting til the end of this auction
Usually the action gets hot toward the end of an auction, most don't want to show their hand early. That's not the case for 636.cc which hit GoDaddy auctions last night. The name is already at $30,000. Bid Date Bid Expires Bidder Bid Amount 2018/09/15 06:31 PM (PDT) 2018/09/26 11:29 AM (PDT) Bidder 9 $30 000 Comment: 2018/09/15 06:33 PM … [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...]