GoDaddy Auctions -- Discussion, Acquisitions, and Sales

[Ms Domainer]

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I searched the forum and could not find a thread dedicated solely to Godaddy auctions, which seem to be heating up lately.

I envision this thread as a place for discussion regarding YOUR sales and acquisitions, and general discussion about the auction venue itself, and, perhaps, some domain oddities that are popping up on the auction site, for example, high-priced domains that should be regfee.



One caveat, though: for your own good, PLEASE do not reveal your auction win (or anyone else's, for that matter) until the domain has landed in your account because the original owner still has the option to renew it, and I know how vexing that can be. In other words, don't count your chickens until they're hatched.

On the other hand, if you're having second thoughts about your auction win, by all means tell us all about it.

I suppose that if an auction win is high profile, it's already out there, but, still...

Anyway, I'll start with three comments:

1. I won my first (and maybe last) intentional typo, and it's getting clicks (no $ so far, though): Forwx.com. I could not find a live TM on this term, but one never knows. I have mixed feelings about this one.

2. I accidentally clicked on a BIN that I didn't want (I wanted the one above it), but I decided to honor the bid anyway. Grrr..., so be careful before hitting the submit button. It's not in my account yet, so I can't really reveal it right now.

3. Currently, there's a weird .co domain at over $9,000, with three bidders duking it out. Again, I don't want to reveal what it is, but if you go to the most active auctions, it's number 1 (as of this posting).​

Mods, I hope this thread is okay.



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[Dave]

Ha!

I was just posting based on equity's comment....

I guess Dave's post about the names really was an influence of the inflated bidding!!!

Brad was already well aware of Cloud.us before I posted.

Congratulations on grabbing an amazing name Brad.

 

[DU]

But in this market I think he paid a hefty price (if that is auction price), .us being what it is. Yet I would really want to be proven wrong.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't already sold on.

As I said earlier, there are better sharks.
As I said earlier before that, not all emails bounce.

 

[bmugford]

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I suspect that the Cloud.us deal was in the works long before the auction ended.

Perhaps the "winner" will jump on this thread and crow about his acquisition.

The domain acquisition started far before the auction process. I noticed it was expiring awhile back and contacted the owner about it and was told it was not for sale.

After the auction the owner told me they were going to renew the domain, and asked me if I was still interested.

I never bid on the actual GD auction.

I think the price agreed to was fair for both parties.

Brad

 

[Blitz]

Congrats Brad....great name, good luck with it :tu:




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[Name Trader]

For all who hate Godaddy, they ARE doing their best to comply with ICANN rules, even when you change your Whois, and they place that transfer lock in place.

If you call, they will remove it because it is an ICANN rule that you be allowed to transfer your domain away.

Have you done that recently? My rep tells me that if you want the lock removed you have to contact legal dept. Whereas before, what you said was true. But it's not been like that for about 1 year already.

 

[Ms Domainer]

Have you done that recently? My rep tells me that if you want the lock removed you have to contact legal dept. Whereas before, what you said was true. But it's not been like that for about 1 year already.

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No, I haven't lately.

Has anyone else had this issue?

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[DU]

I think the price agreed to was fair for both parties.
Brad

When a buyer says that I always have a hard time believe it's true for the seller. When a seller says it I have a hard time believing it's true for the buyer (though I've said it before myself)..

If I sent them an email saying I saw the name was renewed and offered them the auction price would they still think the offer was fair?

Don't worry, I'm not going to

Nice "catch".

 

[equity78]

Ms.Domainer I had bought a name from Blademaster on here and he was able to transfer the domain way to Dynadot, the name was actually showing on Go Daddy Auctions for like two days, so it was expired over 30 days. I don't think he called anyone to unlock he just transferred it. I will say when I called Go Daddy they told me he could not before he transferred it, but it went through ok to Dynadot.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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I find it very irritating when I win a Godaddy auction, only to find that the domain has been transferred somewhere else or sold to someone else.

It's not only the diappointment, but Godaddy hangs onto your money (making interest) for 5-6 days.

I would like to see the entire system be reformed, but I suppose it won't happen in my lifetime.

And, no, I was not bidder 17 of Cloud.us, but I can only imagine what he/she is thinking about now.

Actually, I think #17 missed a bullet, especially if she/he is a domainer and not an end user.

Way overpriced.

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[bmugford]

Well, I won Wrestling.us and it was just renewed.

It appears a forum member acquired that one and several other domains from the same owner.

An entire other batch of domains has been renewed and sold also.

It seems like letting domains expire is just a great way to attract interest.

Brad

 

[Blitz]

Well, I won Wrestling.us and it was just renewed.

It appears a forum member acquired that one and several other domains from the same owner.

An entire other batch of domains has been renewed and sold also.

It seems like letting domains expire is just a great way to attract interest.

Brad

Is the whois updated? It still shows expired with no update for me. That couple had toy.us and mattress.us also. They live in my same town as me and I tried to initiate an email negotiation, but never heard from them.

 

[domainacrobat]

Well, I won Wrestling.us and it was just renewed.

It appears a forum member acquired that one and several other domains from the same owner.

An entire other batch of domains has been renewed and sold also.

It seems like letting domains expire is just a great way to attract interest.

Brad

Thank you for sharing information!

It is a real sham...

Godaddy definately won't be trying to stop it either... THey make money no matter what happens, to them its all the same as long as they are not breaking any laws.

 

[bmugford]

Is the whois updated? It still shows expired with no update for me. That couple had toy.us and mattress.us also. They live in my same town as me and I tried to initiate an email negotiation, but never heard from them.

The whois is updated on my end.

They owned most of the top tier domains in the auction - Wrestling, Toy, Mattress, Bedding, etc.

Brad

 

[Blitz]

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I find it very irritating when I win a Godaddy auction, only to find that the domain has been transferred somewhere else or sold to someone else.

It's not only the diappointment, but Godaddy hangs onto your money (making interest) for 5-6 days.

I would like to see the entire system be reformed, but I suppose it won't happen in my lifetime.



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I'm sure Godaddy will take notice if they keep missing out on getting paid for these prime keyword auctions

 

[bmugford]

Thank you for sharing information!

It is a real sham...

Godaddy definately won't be trying to stop it either... THey make money no matter what happens, to them its all the same as long as they are not breaking any laws.

Yeah, I am sure GD is not too upset about only getting $80/each in redemption fees.

Brad

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I'm sure Godaddy will take notice if they keep missing out on getting paid for these prime keyword auctions

There are two easy solutions -

1.) Do what a registrar like Dynadot does.
When a domain expires the whois publicly shows -

Administrative Contact Name: Pending Renewal or Deletion
Administrative Contact Address1: PO Box 701
Administrative Contact City: San Mateo
Administrative Contact State/Province: CA
Administrative Contact Postal Code: 94401
Administrative Contact Country: United States
Administrative Contact Country Code: US
Administrative Contact Phone Number: +1.6502620100
Administrative Contact Email: [email protected]


2.) Start the auction 7 days later. That way when the auction ends you receive the domain.

Brad

 

[Blitz]

The whois is updated on my end.

They owned most of the top tier domains in the auction - Wrestling, Toy, Mattress, Bedding, etc.

Brad

Ok...just used another whois and they all went to the same person.

 

[domainacrobat]

Yeah, I am sure GD is not too upset about only getting $80/each in redemption fees.

Brad

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There are two easy solutions -

1.) Do what a registrar like Dynadot does.
When a domain expires the whois publicly shows -

Administrative Contact Name: Pending Renewal or Deletion
Administrative Contact Address1: PO Box 701
Administrative Contact City: San Mateo
Administrative Contact State/Province: CA
Administrative Contact Postal Code: 94401
Administrative Contact Country: United States
Administrative Contact Country Code: US
Administrative Contact Phone Number: +1.6502620100
Administrative Contact Email: [email protected]


2.) Start the auction 7 days later. That way when the auction ends you receive the domain.

Brad

I am no .US expert.... But in my opinion the only real deal there was Wrestling.US

Worth every bit of your high bid.

I would be upset, its almost as if they reached into your pocket and plucked out $$$$-$$$$$ in potential earnings.


I literally just paid for CoffeeBeans.Us - It appears that no one cares about my name except for me!

I am applying to become coffee /taster/smeller!

Recently someone suggested it because I have a seriously exceptional sense of smell! Certain smells make the capilaries in my nose explode because they are so sensitive!

I'm using the domain as my website

Unless someone wants to buy it from me for an exorbitant amount

 

[m-i-k-e]

There are two easy solutions -

1.) Do what a registrar like Dynadot does.
When a domain expires the whois publicly shows -


2.) Start the auction 7 days later. That way when the auction ends you receive the domain.

Dynadot isn't a perfect system either. A huge percentage of names I win there get renewed. I agree that removing whois info will take away the opportunity for most people to contact the owner's directly, but, Dynadot allows owners to renew at standard renewal fee. Many will renew with a single bid. After the name is renewed, bidders can then contact the owner directly and negotiate a private sale.

I think the ideal situation would be to mask whois info like Dynadot does, and not start the auctions until 7 days later. The auction would have to have a system similar to NameJet where domains are backordered before the auction starts otherwise godaddy would lose money on renewals paid to the registry on names that don't sell.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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In another Namepros thread, member cdboard has revealed that Godaddy has clawed back an auction domain after it had landed in his account and the whois had shown his contact info.

See

http://www.namepros.com/753370-heres-a-new-one-for-me-2.html#post4323496​

Has this happened to anyone else?

If so, please tell us!

The only way we can keep these registrars honest is to drag their their dirty business out into the open.

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[bmugford]

Dynadot isn't a perfect system either. A huge percentage of names I win there get renewed. I agree that removing whois info will take away the opportunity for most people to contact the owner's directly, but, Dynadot allows owners to renew at standard renewal fee. Many will renew with a single bid. After the name is renewed, bidders can then contact the owner directly and negotiate a private sale.

I was just talking specifically about the whois.

I am not a huge fan of Dynadot's auction venue. Dynadot allows the original registrant 3+ days to registrar at normal rates. It leads to ridiculous renewal rates on quality names.

However, even at GoDaddy you can transfer the domain to another registrar for standard fee up to 42 days past expiration. People do that frequently.

Brad

 

[DU]

Some names appear to be for sale on Sedo for lower than the GoDaddy auction price... See Advise.us

Listed at $495 (make offer) Sold for $1200+ I think at GD.

Just food for thought.

 

[bmugford]

I am no .US expert.... But in my opinion the only real deal there was Wrestling.US

Worth every bit of your high bid.

I would be upset, its almost as if they reached into your pocket and plucked out $$$$-$$$$$ in potential earnings.

It is frustrating, but what can you do.
GoDaddy allows it to happen and I can't blame people for taking advantage of it.

Is it any worse than registrars selling domains and keeping the profits?

I literally just paid for CoffeeBeans.Us - It appears that no one cares about my name except for me!

I am applying to become coffee /taster/smeller!

Recently someone suggested it because I have a seriously exceptional sense of smell! Certain smells make the capilaries in my nose explode because they are so sensitive!

I'm using the domain as my website

"Coffee Beans" is a good term.

It is a very popular product to look for online as there are many unique choices not available locally and it is something that is easy to ship.

Brad

 

[m-i-k-e]

However, even at GoDaddy you can transfer the domain to another registrar for standard fee up to 42 days past expiration. People do that frequently.

Yup, 401Kplan and 401kplans (.us) are now registered at Fabulous.

 

[Ms Domainer]

I am no .US expert.... But in my opinion the only real deal there was Wrestling.US

Worth every bit of your high bid.

I would be upset, its almost as if they reached into your pocket and plucked out $$$$-$$$$$ in potential earnings.

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Well, turnabout is fair play, considering what Brad did to someone else with Cloud.us.

Karma has a way of biting one in the butt.



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[bmugford]

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Well, turnabout is fair play, considering what Brad did to someone else with Cloud.us.

Karma has a way of biting one in the butt.

I basically knew the Cloud.us owner was going to renew the name also.

The auction itself was pretty much irrelevant.

In general though I don't have a huge problem with contacting the owner.

Technically until day 43 after expiration the original registrant still owns and has the right to renew the domain.

If GoDaddy wanted to address the issue they could.

Brad