One thing that has alluded me in the domain business is why eBay doesn't do even better - I mean why is it that snap and tdnam seem to have so much market share on auctioning domains.
Good question, btrader.
TDNAM has an endless supply of domain names thanks to papa, GoDaddy. They also do a tremendous, and at times false, job at pushing their own names to the limelight while ignoring private seller's needs. They will literally bury you in their own hyped up, icon laden, number inflated hype.
Ebay is becoming an absolute mess lately. Recently, 75% of my buyers did not pay. That is 3 out of 4 buyers! That is absurd and a monumental waste of time. It will be a long while before I sell on ebay again (not circa1850 on ebay).
In regards to buying: verify, verify, verify and then verify the ownership.
One word of caution: when paying for a domain name with paypal, make sure you are buying from a trusted seller. Once paid, your money is gone.
PayPal considers domain names as intangible property and therefore, non refundable. I know, I know...there is a registry...PayPal has proof of my payment...they have proof of the sale taken place...I can show them that the WHOIS has not changed...but they just don't get it, will not listen, and refuse to budge on this.
You will learn the hard way if you are not careful.
I know this firsthand because this happened with one seller on 19 domain names. More than 140 days later after I contacted his registrars' legal team and contacted & filed with the internet fraud division of the United Kingdom did I finally get the domain names. I would have taken either one, the domain names or the money back, but I think the real issue is PayPal needs to get with the program.
If I bought it on ebay, paid for it with paypal, it's on record as having been sold and paid for, what more proof do you need that a transaction has transpired? Don't tell me it is intangible goods.
ya misquoted me, irishmat. 
Waiting for dot biz to break out of the fracus and it appears it just might be. I've seen them recently breaking the $100 mark on TDNAM with a few reaching the $200 mark.
My reference was to the dot biz (.biz), not the dot us (.us) which I had already supported as doing very well in my text.
