Terrible situation with GoDaddy stealing searches!

[tasaki25]

Hello guys, today was the forth time in this week that godaddy steal the domain exactly at the moment of buying. This time was a deleted domain which was available. I used the Godaddy appraisal tool and in same moment I was logged in with everything in my basket and it was only one step....proceed to payment.
After I used this damm tool, it was a nice appraisal price and I am 100% sure that these guys get informed about nice domains.
Suddenly the price changed ! Some thousands of dollars. This domain was available ! I took a screenshot. This is robbery !
Ok!!!! I can understand that this is about who is fast and who is not but they play really dirty game! Is not that 2,3,5 or 100 persons fight to grub the domain....this is like inside job and organized well. Like this is almost impossible to grab something . Godaddy you are the most terrible and dishonest registrar I ever saw.
This is the fourth time in a week, you guys be careful ! If you want to keep your idea safe don’t don’t don’t do what I did.
And if godaddy is honest I wait for an answer right here in public , and to reply and explain if I am wrong or not. I called customer service and answer was mmmmm, aaaaa’ maybe, maybe someone bought it .....how is possible ? Every time with nice domains happens this . Only with nice domains .
Pm after I received the slap with the no available anymore in 5 seconds I looked at least 6 registrars and was available . After some minutes everywhere was not available which means that this happened in that moment

 

[tldboss]

Wish OP a speedy recovery.

I guess there was a bit of excitement when offer was made, probably details of the pending sale were shared prematurely. Negotiations can take several weeks.

I think it is up to OP to decide what they want to share.
Don't think another thread is necessary, main issue was addressed (name reg'ed successfully), title can be updated. Mentioning the name here several times, comparing it with other .tv names or discussing the price is not helpful.

Let us be patient. Hopefully, the sale will be completed soon. Good luck!!

 

[equity78]

So is the deal done?

 

[Ammudamus]

So is the deal done?

The WHOIS still hasn't changed. As time goes on, looking like the chances are decreasing.

 

[Ramchandra Gole]

I have observed this on GD

 

[Vito]

this particular transaction are little slower than normal because the seller (NamePros member) is in the hospital recovering from a surgical procedure. So, send him good thoughts.

How is seller doing?

Its been almost 2 weeks now since you wrote about him in recovery. Hopefully seller is our of hospital and doing better now.

Any updates?

 

[equity78]

Did the payment come in @Rob Monster

 

[equity78]

Any update @Rob Monster did it finally sell?

 

[ecomslice]

Here is one for yas , dimoc.com I grabbed from expired auctions 2 or 3 months ago, next day it was pulled out of my account, GD agents said one thing, Joe said another, he said there was another bidder who grabbed it just a fraction of a second before I did. ( there was no bids, and I snapped it right after ending )

keep in mind it was in my pending that night, the purchase went through successfully.

anyhow , I have tracked this as I never believed the stories, and now the domain doesnt even appear in who is , any of the who is for that matter. I am new to domaining, but I think this one smells like old fish also. any and all input welcome.

 

[equity78]

So @Rob Monster any update on this sale?

 

[Ammudamus]

So @Rob Monster any update on this sale?

Don't think it ever happened as the nameservers have changed a while ago to another parking provider as well.

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[Canote100]

That would be dirty pool if it happened. It is a big company so it may not be the company but perhaps a staff member who has visibility to search activity. After all, it is a big company and it would not be the first case of a big company where a single employee has a side venture. Anyway, I would be happy to review the case and investigate. PM me the domain and will look into it and report back without disclosing the domain unless you authorize.

Rob, My company's domain expired a month ago. When I realized that it was not active anymore I went to GoDaddy.com to see what had happened and they had my Domain for auction. I placed a bid and was the only one bidding. I waited until last minute before the auction ended and made sure that nobody else outbid me. However, when the auction ended, I received an email from GoDaddy notifying me that I had been outbid and offered me a broker service for $69.99 to put me in contact with the "new owner" of the domain. I checked who the "new owner" of the domain was and it says that Afternic, LLC is acting on behalf the owner. I check who owns Afternic, LLC and it says that as of September 19, 2013, Afternic.com, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC. So, it is clear that GoDaddy is taking advantage of those clients that miss the renovation date and take over of their domains and then charge them for broker service + the new cost of the Domain (inflated) + their commision on the deal. My question: is this legal? If not, I would like to sue GoGaddy to get my company's domain back which I owned for 5 years. Thanks in advance for your thoughts about this.

 

[xynames]

This is just a long thread from 2018, with a misleading title that includes a lot of posts about a sale that never closed.

By the way, the domain in question that didn’t sell in 2018, is currently parked with Sedo nothing to do with Epik anyway.

 

[equity78]

@Rob Monster whatever happened here, there were multiple bidders at the time and now it's being auctioned on Flippa, did all the buyers back out?

 

[equity78]

This is just a long thread from 2018, with a misleading title that includes a lot of posts about a sale that never closed.

By the way, the domain in question that didn’t sell in 2018, is currently parked with Sedo nothing to do with Epik anyway.

Had everything to do with Epik, Rob was the one who posted:

Fun fact. The registrant who bought this domain on Friday at Epik has the domain listed at the Epik Marketplace:

https://marketplace.epik.com/how.tv

They received a 5 figure offer this morning via the Epik Marketplace. Love that.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/te...stealing-searches.1103587/page-2#post-6924989

 

[tasaki25]

This is just a long thread from 2018, with a misleading title that includes a lot of posts about a sale that never closed.

By the way, the domain in question that didn’t sell in 2018, is currently parked with Sedo nothing to do with Epik anyway.

Domain was abandoned in sedo platform, that sale in 2018 never happened as buyer stepped back. I know the things as I am the owner of the domain.

 

[tasaki25]

@Rob Monster whatever happened here, there were multiple bidders at the time and now it's being auctioned on Flippa, did all the buyers back out?

The domain was abandoned in sedo without keywords without to be even a basic parking setup. In any case I started again to recover my domains that I never used and Is listed in some basic marketplaces like everyone do. To be honest Rob In that time (2018) was the person that helped on everything. The fact that was not listed or abandoned with sedo nameservers means nothing bad about epik. To be honest I was almost buying without to park nowhere. Some weeks ago that I started again to try and sell I also decided to try on flippa. No brokers no nothing, just a listing. Main marketplace is epik and it would be epik from the first time if things was allowing me to continue and. It to abandon the domains here and there.

 

[tasaki25]

Had everything to do with Epik, Rob was the one who posted:

Fun fact. The registrant who bought this domain on Friday at Epik has the domain listed at the Epik Marketplace:

https://marketplace.epik.com/how.tv

They received a 5 figure offer this morning via the Epik Marketplace. Love that.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/te...stealing-searches.1103587/page-2#post-6924989

I don’t understand the reason of this comment. Rob announced something that didn’t had a nice and happy ending. This is not a reason for saying that everything has to do with epik. Epik is a company like all othe me companies and in ceo of this company announced something. Is this the first time that a deal didn’t finish ? I can paste here a least 10-15 deals that was announced and didn’t finish. I think that some people are looking for a reason to make damage. I personally never saw better after sale service or the most simple, friendly environment etc.

 

[xynames]

Exactly. Had nothing to do with Epik (in that there was no sale). I stand by my original comment which was just now corroborated by the domain owner himself.

 

[richasis]

I may have posted on this thread before but, yes, this very thing has happened to me...more than once.

 

[equity78]

Exactly. Had nothing to do with Epik (in that there was no sale). I stand by my original comment which was just now corroborated by the domain owner himself.

What are you talking about? Whether it was parked at Sedo or not, Rob was asked what was going on with the sale for months.

I asked Rob because Rob not the domain owner posted this:

Well folks, the news here just got better.

We have a confirmed buyer for How.TV closing at $75,000 *. For those who are new to the story, this was a new hand registration on Friday. The transaction is currently in escrow at Epik. Congratulations in advance to the registrant for some outrageous ROI. Love that. I hope the registrant consolidates all their domains at Epik so we can keep closing big exits for them for many years to come.

* Note: Traditionally, Epik does not disclose customer domain sales. This is in line with our positioning as the Swiss Bank of Domains. However, because this is such a "David vs. Goliath" story, it had to be shared. The Domaining industry is alive and well. I think the key in this sale negotiation was that instead of saying "make offer", the prospects were invited to either (1) lease the domain, or (2) pay the full asking price. The buyer choose option 2.

Later down the road this was posted:

The buyer is in the UAE. The transaction should close within this week. I just spoke to the buyer via phone now to review closing mechanics. Looks good.

This sale got a lot of publicity at the time and many were watching to see if the deal did in fact close.

 

[equity78]

I don’t understand the reason of this comment. Rob announced something that didn’t had a nice and happy ending. This is not a reason for saying that everything has to do with epik. Epik is a company like all othe me companies and in ceo of this company announced something. Is this the first time that a deal didn’t finish ? I can paste here a least 10-15 deals that was announced and didn’t finish. I think that some people are looking for a reason to make damage. I personally never saw better after sale service or the most simple, friendly environment etc.

What is it you don't understand, no one said anything bad about Epik, the question kept being asked if the name sold. @Rob Monster posted

Well folks, the news here just got better.

We have a confirmed buyer for How.TV closing at $75,000 *. For those who are new to the story, this was a new hand registration on Friday. The transaction is currently in escrow at Epik. Congratulations in advance to the registrant for some outrageous ROI. Love that. I hope the registrant consolidates all their domains at Epik so we can keep closing big exits for them for many years to come.

* Note: Traditionally, Epik does not disclose customer domain sales. This is in line with our positioning as the Swiss Bank of Domains. However, because this is such a "David vs. Goliath" story, it had to be shared. The Domaining industry is alive and well. I think the key in this sale negotiation was that instead of saying "make offer", the prospects were invited to either (1) lease the domain, or (2) pay the full asking price. The buyer choose option 2.

That's why the question was directed at Rob

No one said Epik was to blame, what was being asked for months was any update? Then asked if the sale was still moving forward, there were no replies.

Good luck on the Flippa auction.

 

[tasaki25]

What is it you don't understand, no one said anything bad about Epik, the question kept being asked if the name sold. @Rob Monster posted

Well folks, the news here just got better.

We have a confirmed buyer for How.TV closing at $75,000 *. For those who are new to the story, this was a new hand registration on Friday. The transaction is currently in escrow at Epik. Congratulations in advance to the registrant for some outrageous ROI. Love that. I hope the registrant consolidates all their domains at Epik so we can keep closing big exits for them for many years to come.

* Note: Traditionally, Epik does not disclose customer domain sales. This is in line with our positioning as the Swiss Bank of Domains. However, because this is such a "David vs. Goliath" story, it had to be shared. The Domaining industry is alive and well. I think the key in this sale negotiation was that instead of saying "make offer", the prospects were invited to either (1) lease the domain, or (2) pay the full asking price. The buyer choose option 2.

That's why the question was directed at Rob

No one said Epik was to blame, what was being asked for months was any update? Then asked if the sale was still moving forward, there were no replies.

Good luck on the Flippa auction.

Ok ok man, misunderstanding. English is not my main language. Let’s say that I misunderstood. It was no update because I am not a full time domainer and because Of nature of my job and limited time I said ok didn’t sell let it sit and we will see after. So domain was abandoned. Thanks for flippa, we will see. Till now nothing as I didn’t make any kind of marketing. No knowledge . About robs announcement in 2018 I can understand, I can say that I could do the same as it could be a nice sale. Same could do godaddy representatives etc. in any case bad luck. Life continues and sales is not the only thing, correct ? So, good luck on everyone and if sales happens, cheers !!!!

 

[xynames]

Equity why do you keep going on and on about a year old attempted sale that never happened. I posted that it didn’t happen and buyer corroborated that. End of that chapter, other than for you?

 

[TheConqueror]

Why dont you update the story and tell people that the sale was not done??!!!

Well folks, the news here just got better.

We have a confirmed buyer for How.TV closing at $75,000 *. For those who are new to the story, this was a new hand registration on Friday. The transaction is currently in escrow at Epik. Congratulations in advance to the registrant for some outrageous ROI. Love that. I hope the registrant consolidates all their domains at Epik so we can keep closing big exits for them for many years to come.

* Note: Traditionally, Epik does not disclose customer domain sales. This is in line with our positioning as the Swiss Bank of Domains. However, because this is such a "David vs. Goliath" story, it had to be shared. The Domaining industry is alive and well. I think the key in this sale negotiation was that instead of saying "make offer", the prospects were invited to either (1) lease the domain, or (2) pay the full asking price. The buyer choose option 2.


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