Fake or False auctions,what gives?

stilllearnin · 03-31-2008, 06:53 PM

New to domains but I checked out Sedo (nothing against them,admin can remove that name if needed) the other night on the suggestion of a few other people but at least 5 of the domains I looked at on auction weren't registered.
How can a domain be auctioned by someone who doesn't own it?

Or am I missing something?

I checked 3 different places for registration and all 3 said the domains were avaliable.

I almost registered the domains just because they were on auction

but don't know enough about domains yet to get into some domain mess.

maximum · 03-31-2008, 07:18 PM

Sedo only checks whois (registration records) when they first enter the domain into their account (done by Sedo system, not humans) - and this is not a perfect system either

. They never check it afterwords. Perhaps the domains expired and were deleted from the registry without anyone knowing.
Still available? Try https://nameservice.net/whois/registry.php - If domain comes back with "Not Found", "Available", "No Match", or the like, without owner details - go get busy registering them

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/451870-fake-or-false-auctions-what-gives.html
Even if this is the case, and you do register them, you still have to go through the proccess of showing (easy to do...contact them and they can do a whois search on the domain and see your email as that of the owner) Sedo that you own the domains, so they will move them to your account.

stilllearnin · 03-31-2008, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Still available? Try https://nameservice.net/whois/registry.php -

Two still are and that search gives
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=451870
"No match for "

Not good names though

Thanks for the explanation of how sedo works.

maximum · 04-01-2008, 02:44 AM

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maximum If only you knew... Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Inside your head... Posts: 998	Sedo only checks whois (registration records) when they first enter the domain into their account (done by Sedo system, not humans) - and this is not a perfect system either . They never check it afterwords. Perhaps the domains expired and were deleted from the registry without anyone knowing. Still available? Try https://nameservice.net/whois/registry.php - If domain comes back with "Not Found", "Available", "No Match", or the like, without owner details - go get busy registering them ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/451870-fake-or-false-auctions-what-gives.html Even if this is the case, and you do register them, you still have to go through the proccess of showing (easy to do...contact them and they can do a whois search on the domain and see your email as that of the owner) Sedo that you own the domains, so they will move them to your account.

04-01-2008, 02:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
maximum If only you knew... Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Inside your head... Posts: 998

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