I reported last week that the domain name oomi.com sold for $130,650 in a DropCatch.com auction. It seems that the winning bid was false, as the auction has been re-started at $59. In an email from DropCatch.com, auction participants were told:
The initial auction was won by a user with the alias "eagleon". This user will no doubt be banned in accordance with DropCatch.com's policy.
In the original auction, there were three users bidding up to $130,000; two of which are still able to participate in the auction. It'll be interesting to see whether the domain name sells for anywhere near the price of the previous auction, or whether the auction participants will have been put off the domain due to the "potentially fraudulent activity" that DropCatch.com reported.
To place a bid on any auction over $59 at DropCatch.com, you're required to manually submit a form of identification such as a drivers license or a passport.
DropCatch.com can also ask to verify a person's identity in cases of high bid values and suspicious bidding. At this stage it isn't clear whether DropCatch.com implemented those verification processes during the course of the OOMI.com auction.
Update on Jul 9, 2015: The new OOMI.com auction has closed at $22,050
Update on Aug 7, 2015: OOMI.com is now owned by OOMI Smart Home according to its WHOIS record.
Due to complications involving potentially fraudulent activity, one or more auctions you had participated in (oomi.com) are being restarted. All participants of the original auction are being included automatically with their initial bid placed automatically.
The initial auction was won by a user with the alias "eagleon". This user will no doubt be banned in accordance with DropCatch.com's policy.
In the original auction, there were three users bidding up to $130,000; two of which are still able to participate in the auction. It'll be interesting to see whether the domain name sells for anywhere near the price of the previous auction, or whether the auction participants will have been put off the domain due to the "potentially fraudulent activity" that DropCatch.com reported.
To place a bid on any auction over $59 at DropCatch.com, you're required to manually submit a form of identification such as a drivers license or a passport.
DropCatch.com can also ask to verify a person's identity in cases of high bid values and suspicious bidding. At this stage it isn't clear whether DropCatch.com implemented those verification processes during the course of the OOMI.com auction.
Update on Jul 9, 2015: The new OOMI.com auction has closed at $22,050
Update on Aug 7, 2015: OOMI.com is now owned by OOMI Smart Home according to its WHOIS record.
