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Jennifer · Mar 11, 2007

The auction forum rules were updated in February to provide a safe, and fair domain auction system for both buyers and sellers.

Many of the rules are being consistantly ingored despite the contract that you agree to prior to posting an auction.

The 2 most important rules being violated are :

1. Do not use a reserve price. This is a forum, and there is no way to automate a reserve system, therefore, setting a reserve price is not allowed. If you need to have a reserve on your auction... start the bidding at your reserve price. This will be enforced to make the auctions fair for everyone.

and

3. Do not post multi-forum auctions. If you would like to utilize NamePros to hold a domain name auction, please make sure the auction is exclusive to NamePros for the duration of the auction. Please feel free to make use of the "fixed price" and "make offers" forum for multi-forum sales.

Multi-forum auctions will be closed if the seller does not comply with this rule.

and also (from the "general sales forum rules)

NEW RULE (effective April 1, 2006) - Sales Thread Limit - There is a limit of one new thread per member, per marketplace forum, per day. You may have two active threads per marketplace forum at any given time.

From this point on, violation of rule number 3 will result in having your auction deleted. You will be allowed to repost your auction as long as it complies with the auction rules.

If you have questions, comments, or need help with setting up your auction, you can review the auction forum rules below in my sig, or contact a member of the staff for help.

Thank you very much-
Jennifer

Jennifer · Mar 16, 2008

Malaysia said:
does this apply only to the auction section or for sale section as well?
joey

This applies to any transaction, anywhere on the forum... not just the auction forum.

producer007 · Mar 16, 2008

Nice one ManicGirl. Question from a newbie. Terms that are not clear to me - can anyone make them clearer pelase?

Bumps
Crashing
Any other terms related to Namepros domain auctions .
kind of understand but needs clarification to be sure.
Thanks

Jennifer · Mar 16, 2008

Bumps - also known as replies, or posts... In any "marketplace" forum (auction, fixed price, make offers, cctlds for sale, adult domains for sale etc...) you are allowed to bump your own sales thread once every 24 hours.

For example, if you post a sale/auction today at noon, you can bump that thread again at noon tomorrow.

Crashing... this is when you post any comment, whether it be derogatory or otherwise in someone elses sales thread. The only posts that should be made in another persons sales thread is and offer/bid or question regarding what is for sale. Comments like "great name" , or "good luck" or "this name isn't worth that much" are all crashes.

For an in-depth explaination of the auction rules/guidelines you can click the link below in my sig.

If you have any specific questions regarding the rules, please let me know.

producer007 · Mar 16, 2008

ManicGirl, you are the best - thanks. I think it might be a good idea to add to the rules to encourage people not to only speak in Tech terms for none techie/newbie like myself...lol I hadd to ask about NNNNN.com and LLLL.com before because I did no thave a clue what they meant.....funny right? Thanks

ownthisdomainnow · Mar 24, 2008

No offense intended, but the regular changing of the auction rules is quite an inconvenience. Just thought you might like some input.

bricio · Mar 24, 2008

T2H.org said:
Can we ask that buyers use Paypal masspay then?

when we use paypal masspay fee is just $1
if you ask buyer to add $1 on the price he will pay i understand you are charging him/her the fee, so it is against their TOS
otherwise if you ask for paypal masspay payment (which requires you have funds in your paypal balance) fee would be only $1 and, lets say, if you sell a name for $500 you will have $499

hope it helps

Jennifer · Mar 24, 2008

The auction rules haven't been changed since Feb 07. We are simply observing Paypal's TOS..

Jennifer · Mar 24, 2008

bricio said:
when we use paypal masspay fee is just $1
if you ask buyer to add $1 on the price he will pay i understand you are charging him/her the fee, so it is against their TOS
otherwise if you ask for paypal masspay payment (which requires you have funds in your paypal balance) fee would be only $1 and, lets say, if you sell a name for $500 you will have $499

hope it helps

That does help... and seems like a great option. Thank you so much bricio! One dollar is a small price to pay for a bit of security! IMO

bricio · Mar 26, 2008

ManicGirl said:
That does help... and seems like a great option. Thank you so much bricio! One dollar is a small price to pay for a bit of security! IMO

you are welcome Jennifer
i agree $1 is a small fee

Jennifer · Apr 23, 2008

Bid retractions, and bid changing is out of control.

You should never, ever, under any circumstances place a bid on an auction unless you are 100% certain that if you win... you will transact.

Placing bids, only to retract them is a huge waste of everyone's time.

I have requested a lock be placed on a posts in the auction forum... this will make you think before placing a bid.. because you will not be able to edit your bid threads to either remove or change your bids without contacting a member of the NP team.

In the meantime... I will start issuing warning points for bid changes, or bid retractions...

Jennifer · Apr 30, 2008

It is done!

When you post a bid... the thread will lock.

You will not be able to edit, or remove your bids.

So I ask... please make sure you are 100% certain that if you post a bid... you are prepared to pay, if you win.

The sellers are asked to abide by a strict set of rules to be fair... now we are asking bidders to take some responsibility. If you post a bid... it is a binding contract. Remember that!

accent · May 4, 2008

I understand locking bids and that seems fair.
However if a domain does not sell, the thread and thread title remain available by search, both Namepros search and, I think, Google. This can limit the seller's options.

Self bumps (> 24 hours, of course) count as bids and lock the thread. The work around is to replace the thread rather than bump, hope that is OK.

Jennifer · May 5, 2008

It's not going to be possible, so be sure to use strategy when doing your daily bump. You'll have to plan, and make sure to post everything you need to in that one bump.

seven · May 5, 2008

Question: After what amount of time is a posted thread soliciting (offers, bids, or firm prices) domains - in auction or any other marketplace forum - considered no good? For example, if I had an auction post that has not been bid on for 6 days and is on page 7, is that original post still live if someone decides to bid on it?

The reason I ask is just out of the courtesy that I don't want to bump a post to the first page that 99.5% of the time was not going to get bid on anyway (when it was on page 7) just to say the offer has been revoked. Furthermore, a cumulative effect of a few posters doing this could take up front page space and push down newer posts before they get the exposure they deserve.

If no rule is already in place, I propose that 4 days is a reasonable amount of time in a forum auction for solicitation of bids to be open and after that it can no longer be assumed the domains are available and an inquiry should be submitted before any first bids are made.

It's pretty safe to assume that after 4 days, it is significantly unlikely that the name(s) will be bid on and therefore reasonable to assume (by sellers and potential buyers) that the auction is over. This also allows sellers to move on and look to other avenues of sale.

Thanks for your response.

Jennifer · May 6, 2008

Question: After what amount of time is a posted thread soliciting (offers, bids, or firm prices) domains - in auction or any other marketplace forum - considered no good? For example, if I had an auction post that has not been bid on for 6 days and is on page 7, is that original post still live if someone decides to bid on it?

It is active as long as it is open. If you simply post a reply with "closed" - people will know not to bid. If you don't, and they do place a bid... it could get ugly if the domain name is no longer available... as the seller, it is your responsibility to keep your auction thread updated to your satisfaction. When I do my rounds, and see that a seller has posted "closed" I will lock the thread for you.

The reason I ask is just out of the courtesy that I don't want to bump a post to the first page that 99.5% of the time was not going to get bid on anyway (when it was on page 7) just to say the offer has been revoked. Furthermore, a cumulative effect of a few posters doing this could take up front page space and push down newer posts before they get the exposure they deserve.

If no rule is already in place, I propose that 4 days is a reasonable amount of time in a forum auction for solicitation of bids to be open and after that it can no longer be assumed the domains are available and an inquiry should be submitted before any first bids are made.

It's pretty safe to assume that after 4 days, it is significantly unlikely that the name(s) will be bid on and therefore reasonable to assume (by sellers and potential buyers) that the auction is over. This also allows sellers to move on and look to other avenues of sale.

Sellers are only permitted to post 1 new auction every 24 hours with 2 auctions running at any one time. So with that said... it's not a difficult task to keep 2 auctions at most updated.

The key is seller responsibility. Some people like to run their auctions consistantly, and update accordingly until they get bids, or the domain name sells. I would rather focus on seller responsibility rather than shutting auction down after a certain period of time.

Also, a bidder... if you happen to come across an much older thread... it's a good idea to PM the seller to see if the auction is still in play. Just use common sense, and don't be afraid to communicate with fellow members...

Thanks for your response.

You are very welcome

dinopermana · May 9, 2008

agree

tfking · May 9, 2008

I have a question on bidding. Is it acceptable to limit the time of your offer in an open/make offer thread? I have seen "offer valid for 24 hours" in many places. I have to admit, I just did this on an offer. I didn't want to tie up my funds for an unreasonable length of time or be a the mercy of a non-responsive seller.

Krossat · May 9, 2008

bricio said:
you are welcome Jennifer
i agree $1 is a small fee

one small correction, the $1 you mentioned is charged to the buyer and not the seller.l So if the transaction is $500, the buyer is charged $501. So thats esentially charged as a one transaction fee.

Good thing about masspay is that its scamproof. No chargebacks can be done by the buyer.

Jennifer · May 9, 2008

tfking said:
I have a question on bidding. Is it acceptable to limit the time of your offer in an open/make offer thread? I have seen "offer valid for 24 hours" in many places. I have to admit, I just did this on an offer. I didn't want to tie up my funds for an unreasonable length of time or be a the mercy of a non-responsive seller.

No. That is not acceptable in the auction forum. It is perfectly fine to do in the "make offers" forum... that is why when you place a bid in the auction forum.. you should be 100% certain that you will be able to follow through once the auction ends... whenever that may be.

tfking · May 14, 2008

Agreed! I just wasn't sure about the protocol even for the "make offer" threads.

Thanks!

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