debate NudeKids.com Auctioned ($134 at GoDaddy)

So I know this is going to start another heated discussion where people think I'm trying to stifle Free Speech .. so I just ask that you read open mindedly until the end so you'll understand that isn't the case at all. I'm actually a staunch supporter of Free Speech. Anyhow .. to the point ...

Late last night / early this morning as I was going through domains making my daily list of names to watch, I noticed "NudeKids.com" on auction at GoDaddy with one bid. In the past I have reported domains on their platform like GasTheJews.com and KKK.info as well as a few other clearly racist/inappropriate domains. So after getting most of my list done, as I've done in the past, I simply sent an email around 9am informing them of the domain NudeKids.com.

Hello,

Just wanted to let you know that NudeKids.com is on auction on the GoDaddy Platform today .. which means it’s been listed for a week and a half.

https://auctions.godaddy.com/trpItemListing.aspx?miid=247522700

Thanks,

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I checked every now and then, but sure enough it was still there .. and it got more bids and finally ended at 1:36pm (10:36am in Arizona) at $134 after a relatively short battle between 2 bidders. The last time I checked there were only a few seconds left in the auction.






Then .. literally within 2 minutes of the auction ending at 10:38am Arizona time I received the following email:

Support Staff Response

Thank you for contacting Aftermarket support. We appreciate your feedback. That listing now closed.

Please reach out to us if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Aftermarket Support

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I'd go into details on my thoughts on this .. but I think my response is rather clear on my opinions ...

Hello,

It’s (the auction listing) no longer there because the auction ended literally 2 minutes before you sent me this email. Unless you closed it with literally under 5 seconds to go, the auction was not closed, it completed uninterrupted, with a winning bid of $134.

It doesn’t affect me directly .. and I’m also an extremely strong believer in freedom of speech. However .. I’m also a believer in freedom of choice .. and that your choices determine and show your values ... I do realise it can be difficult to catch all such names, even if in all honesty you should indeed be responsible for everything you sell on your platform. But I did notify you several hours ago, and thus, in my eyes GoDaddy chose to profit on a domain that will likely end up being used for child pornography.

Not much more to say .. you guys have the largest selection of expiring domains so I’m not going to start some big boycott! I just find it a little sad. More importantly I also find it personally distasteful that you sidestepped the issue by telling me it’s closed in a way that if I were not paying attention would leave me to believe that GoDaddy took progressive action to actually remove the auction .. the choice of open ended / deceptive language is a surprise .. as despite the numerous bugs and issues I face using the GD platform on a frightfully regular basis .. I never doubted the good intentions of GD to do the right thing if they could, nor the integrity of individuals working at GD. Today is an unfortunate exception.

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That's it .. figured it's something to be shared as I'm sure these sort of issues are important to many of you ... be it the lack of action .. or the ambiguous sidestepping response. Because if I got a reply in 2 days stating that they were sorry they missed it, I probably would only have been half as frustrated and just would have forgotten about it.


Even sadder .. are the actual stats behind the domain ...

NudeKids.com: 0.83 cpc | 33875 Exact Monthly Searches | 429000 SERP