So I'd like to share my recent experience with Godaddy auctions where HD bot was a participant. I must say everything written in this thread works without fail most of the time.
I just went thru my lost auctions at GoDaddy and compiled a simple stats.
Period: 17 Mar 2020 - 31 Mar 2020
littleserver.com - HD bot won
I personally pushed it from $12 to $82
charityassistance.com - HD bot won
I personally pushed from $12 to $17
villastar.com - HD bot won
me and couple more bidders pushed it from $12 to $55, and then HD bot joined at $65 just to be pushed by
someone great all the way to $266
trustenterprise.com - HD bot won
few bidders at the beginning, and then another
great bidder pushed HD bot from $63 to $123
bbelt.com - HD bot won
I haven't started this one but I was amongst the first few bidders, then another
nice bidder took over and pushed the HD bot from $50 to $100
roserestaurant.com - HD bot won
four legit bidders from $12 to $85, then HD bot joined at $95 and it was pushed by another
great person to $163.
yomart.com - HD bot LOST
legit bidders from $12 to $150, then HD joins at $155 and pushes another bidder to $338. Sad.
archbone.com - HD bot won
I pushed the bot from $12 to $110
emotivecreative.com - HD bot won
I pushed the bot from $12 to $60
roofanchor.com - HD bot won
I was fighting with the bot from $12 to $110, then another bidder joined and made HD bot pay $155
clouddirection.com - HD bot won
I pushed the bot from $12 to $62
bestforlife.com - HD bot LOST
legit bidders from $12 to $185, then HD joins at $190 and pushes another bidder to $361
pressconsulting.com - HD bot LOST
legit bidders from $12 to $60, then HD joins at $65 and pushes another bidder to $130
greendock.com - HD bot won
legit bidders from $12 to $258, then HD joins at $268 and another
great bidder to forces HD to pay $403 for this domain
thinksupply.com - HD bot LOST
legit bidders from $12 to $120, then HD joins at $137 with this only bid, then myself and another bidder continue to $182. I wonder why HD bot didn't participate longer.
kristaupher.com - HD bot won
HD bot joins at $27, and wins the domain in a bidding war with another bidder at $137
whatworksnow.com - HD bot won
my bid $12, and HD won at $17
brainstrength.com - HD bot won
quite a few bidders participated up to $285, and HD bot won with a single bid of $290
studioday.com - HD bot won
legit bidders from $12 to $228, then HD joins at $233 and another
great bidder to forces HD to pay $303 for this domain
ourhealthylife.com - HD bot won
legit bidders from $12 to $51, and then I pushed HD bot to win it at $200
art-i.com - HD bot won
legit bidders from $12 to $32, then HD joins at $37 and another
great bidder to forces HD to pay $77 for this domain
presentationlab.com - HD bot won
legit bidders from $12 to $63, then HD joins and outbids another bidder's proxy bid of $222 to win the domain at $227
kidearth.com - HD bot won
legit bidders from $12 to $24, then HD joins at $29 and pushes another bidder to win at $167
exceptionalleadership.com - HD bot won
few bidders, including HD bot brings the auction to $120 mark, and then another
great guy forces HD to pay $215 for the domain
gentley.com - HD bot LOST
legit bidders from $12 to $245, then HD joins at $250 and continues a bidding war with a single bidder till $356 (at this point HD exits), then the third bidder joins and wins the domain at $366 mark.
Remarks:
- by legit bidders, I mean anyone, but 913932 and 913933.
- all above auctions had no bids 15 minutes prior to auction end
There was no auction that started by me or someone else, where HD bot wouldn't join.