discuss Bidding Battle with 913932 aka Huge Domains

MapleDots · Sep 18, 2020

Was bidding on a domain and ended up going head to head with Bidder 913932 aka Huge Domains.

I figured if I just posted there would be skeptics who would not believe me, so here is the evidence.

Huge Domain bid $1255 USD for CanadianRed.com
I had to go to $1,280 to get the domain.

By comparisons you can see the domain one above I picked up for $12 bucks.

I posted this for all the folks that keep saying Huge Domain bots stop bidding at $150-$250

There you have the evidence.... they have definitely increased the amounts they are bidding at.

NickB · Sep 22, 2020

Such a blatant case of unfair competition...

Does anyone know many people or companies have access to the API?

pb · Sep 22, 2020

Lord Antares said:
It is well known that the HD bot snipes all of the closeout names. It's been known since before their auction shenanigans. You have a better fighting chance in auctions them closeouts. There's a large thread about this.

I disagree. They have less chance of snapping closeout domains, in fact, if you check whois of such domains (after they're transferred), you will rarely see HD there. Closeouts are mostly snapped by other domainers with API access, but it's still possible to grab many of them by hand. IMO you have a better chance with closeouts than with auctions, and save a lot in the process.

[edit] See this post by a guy who previously believed bidding is his only chance of getting a domain (vide his previous posts for comparison).

Lord Antares · Sep 22, 2020

Ok, thanks for the info.

To be fair, when comparing closeout catch rates, you can't tell which names HD were going to catch. With auctions, you know what they want to bid on. Any domains with bids but there is no such metric with closeouts.

Still, that doesn't change the fact that you might have a higher chance of sniping a domain you want. You might not catch a domain that both of you want, but nobody can know for sure.

ThatNameGuy · Sep 22, 2020

MapleDots said:
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Was bidding on a domain and ended up going head to head with Bidder 913932 aka Huge Domains.

I figured if I just posted there would be skeptics who would not believe me, so here is the evidence.

Huge Domain bid $1255 USD for CanadianRed.com
I had to go to $1,280 to get the domain.

By comparisons you can see the domain one above I picked up for $12 bucks.

I posted this for all the folks that keep saying Huge Domain bots stop bidding at $150-$250

There you have the evidence.... they have definitely increased the amounts they are bidding at.

Hey stranger....welcome back. Stupid Question? Is CanadianRed for red maple or red wine?

Samer · Sep 22, 2020

pb said:
I've never seen that one in the wild, any examples? Or maybe they don't use this ID any more?

I’ve been following this saga for a long time
913932 is the well known
i dont want 913933 to be lost on the wayside.

There are multiple threads Dont forget; 913933

Recons.Com · Sep 22, 2020

Lord Antares said:
Ok, thanks for the info.

To be fair, when comparing closeout catch rates, you can't tell which names HD were going to catch. With auctions, you know what they want to bid on. Any domains with bids but there is no such metric with closeouts.

Still, that doesn't change the fact that you might have a higher chance of sniping a domain you want. You might not catch a domain that both of you want, but nobody can know for sure.

You'd be surprised. Besides the usual metrics for each name they use, they also use the data on the listing viewing. And even clicking on "+" sign next to names counts as a view. The more views, the more chance that someone is considering the name, which indicates higher chance for quality.

So this is another way our brains is picked up for free by GD/HD alliance.

My advice to all, never use the view function.

domainer111 · Sep 23, 2020

GreatBrand.in said:
That's tricky and we did this experiment too...If you let it go without bidding with an assumption that it will go to closeout; many times we found it doesn't appear on closeout which means already acquired by someone even before.

Ok but if you run the API script you can just set the time and it will complete in one or two seconds?

domainer111 · Sep 23, 2020

Lord Antares said:
It is well known that the HD bot snipes all of the closeout names. It's been known since before their auction shenanigans. You have a better fighting chance in auctions than closeouts. There's a large thread about this.

Okay so they only target certain domains that hit closeout, but not all of them?

Bob Hawkes · Sep 23, 2020

You would think, with all the domains they have, HD would at least register 913932.com as a vanity name. It is available to hand register as of now.

LUP · Sep 27, 2020

Proven, they did

https://www.namepros.com/threads/go...ins-com-cheating-on-expired-auctions.1209232/

PapaTama said:
to all, please take a look

https://www.whois.com/whois/ngantor.com
https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=ngantor&e=com

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They fawking awesome, right?

MapleDots · Sep 30, 2020

NameDeck said:
Welcome back @MapleDots !

Thank you,

Home schooling two kids, running multiple online stores, domaining, clinic manager, keeps me a bit busy.

Spent the past few months installing software and automating a lot of the processes.
Starting to see the benefit now as I actually get to enjoy down time.

MapleDots · Sep 30, 2020

Bob Hawkes said:
I mainly wanted to say welcome back @MapleDots - was so happy when noticed you had posted.

Do the other big operations have recognized bots, or just HD?

Bob

I knew it was Huge Domains right away but I wanted the domain and it caught me by surprise when they bid that high.

Thanks for the kind words

LUP · Oct 3, 2020

again

Domain Monk · Aug 16, 2022

now foing to closeout you have to pay 70 usd and with hugedomains 100 + usd for below average name ..how do u survive

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