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Bido Down?
I am curious if this is just happening to me?
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me too- are they in florida?
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Last email I got was at 1:10 telling me I was outbid...
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site crashed due to the chat beta & the extra traffic, and will plan on re-running the auction tomorrow is what I've heard.
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Originally Posted by smashfactory me too- are they in florida?
yes...in FLA
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Originally Posted by TLDnetworks site crashed due to the chat beta & the extra traffic, and will plan on re-running the auction tomorrow is what I've heard.
thanks for clearing that up.
Now SitePoint is acting up... must be one of those days. ( I am going go watch some olympics)
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Originally Posted by arnie
i joined to see what it was about and the pile of xxxx names that arrive in my email every day are staggering
in agreement here
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FixedLoans is a nice one and should be an interesting one to watch, he just paid 10k for it and its going up for $1 no reserve
That must take nerves of steel and some Big Balls
Hope it works out well for them
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the pings are ok, but i can't access it here.
it says on mozilla tab "loading..." like it's taken too long.
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Originally Posted by gazzip FixedLoans is a nice one and should be an interested one to watch, he just paid 10k for it and its going up for $1 no reserve
That must take nerves of steel and some Big Balls
Hope it works out well for them
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Totally agree! Huge Balls on that guy!! I've done it with maybe a $2k domain, but never more than that.
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Originally Posted by Bido Team
They went down obviously
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Originally Posted by gazzip FixedLoans is a nice one and should be an interesting one to watch, he just paid 10k for it and its going up for $1 no reserve
That must take nerves of steel and some Big Balls
Hope it works out well for them
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hope it works out for him but i doubt it will
in any case, bido guarantee up to a certain amount i think, so they cover the loss
wrong venue for a good name like that, bido seem to deal in average names that get 2k - 5k from what i've seen
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Originally Posted by arnie hope it works out for him but i doubt it willin any case, bido guarantee up to a certain amount i think, so they cover the loss
from what i understand, not anymore
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thanks for the headsup, im not a member of them so i never received it, i only rely on pings and tracert results.
Originally Posted by Ross They went down obviously
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Originally Posted by arnie in any case, bido guarantee up to a certain amount i think, so they cover the loss
No, Bido removed that minimum guaranteed price a while ago, which means that it's now very risky for sellers as it's a no-reserve auction starting at just $1.
Quote: wrong venue for a good name like that, bido seem to deal in average names that get 2k - 5k from what i've seen
When their site is up again, check their auction archive :
http://www.bido.com/AuctionArchive
You'll see that they've sold very few names in the 2k-5k price range.
Most ended in the $xx-$xxx price range, with several as low as $11.
Moreover, domains on auction at Bido must be registered at Moniker, which means additional transfer fees for sellers who don't register their names there.
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michaeldotcom that list is showing as empty for m, is it only available to members?
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Originally Posted by Peter michaeldotcom that list is showing as empty for m, is it only available to members?
According to Sahar's blog, Bido has closed down (at least for now). That's probably why they emptied this list which listed all the previous auctions.
Most of them were $xx or $xxx with only a few slightly higher.
They're closing down because of the major technical problems they're having, but I guess they may be reviewing their business model too.
I don't see them making any money if they're only selling one domain per day at such relatively low prices.
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No offense but they are only selling one domain name... How is it that it is taking down there site ? (shared server or something)
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It's not about how many domains you are selling but how many concurent connections you are getting per second.
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Originally Posted by michaeldotcom According to Sahar's blog, Bido has closed down (at least for now). That's probably why they emptied this list which listed all the previous auctions.
Just do the math to find a ballpark for Commission income pa.
Assuming av auction price = $500 (generous), commiss % = 8%
Commish = $500 x 8% x 365 days
= $14,600 pa
= better working in McDonalds
(and that's IF all the domains are from external sources - not like the mostly previous "house listings"
(** Basically BIDO is a venue to offload the founders' domains that they don't want **))
Business model Sucks balls.
No wonder Ron J left this sinking ship
Ever since they withdrew the guaranteed floor price, the whole thing lost whatever USP it had and became just another auction site among the many
The best thing about it was reading the comments from the so-called "experts" (johnny-come-latelys trading under crappy domain names).
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Its funny how so many people are giving "bido" the benefit of the doubt. Would be any other joe or even one of the real significant/historical players (snapnames, namejet,...) and people would be all over them.
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i feel they have been flawed from the beginning ..... i soon lost interest , late starting date , no newsletter after i regged for one , one hour bidding time and so on ?????
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Originally Posted by Aggro Just do the math to find a ballpark for Commission income pa.
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