Folks, you are treading on thin ice with your accusations.
I'm going to keep this short. I haven't decided whether or not I want to post a more formal response. Unlike you savages, I'm waiting for NameJet to provide a detailed response of their findings.
But to defend myself and my company's reputation here are all of the answers you want:
1.
We have NOT engaged in shill bidding. PERIOD. STOP THE BULLsh*t. There have been mistaken and accidental instances where an old backorder resulted in our participation in an auction we were running. There have been instances where we bid on a name we were selling without knowing and then it was pointed out to us and we contacted Namejet and it was immediately removed. Accidents happen. But we have never knowingly and intentionally bid up an auction, shill bid or anything else that folks are accusing me of. Anyone who has ever sold large volumes of names on Namejet knows that it is a very messy and arduous process with lots of room for error. Namejet is not as sophisticated as folks think they are. Its a small team with multiple stake holders. It takes them years to implement changes and updates to their technology. It wasn't until this year that seller's could even track their own auctions without backordering their own names! Success breeds envy and I have a target on my back the size of Texas. I accept that. I'm an aggressive trader and aggressive business person. But I am NOT a criminal and I am NOT engaged in fraud.
2. Gibraltar Address: Yes, the address for Internet Real Estate Ltd (a completely different company from Media Options by the way, completely separate business) has the same mailing address as Oliver Holger's company. It is a corporate registration address in Gibraltar.
There are more than 39,000 companies with the same address (
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/s...e%2C+Gibraltar). I believe there is something like 2 million companies in America that share the same address in Delaware. I guess half of the companies in America are colluding because they have the same corporate registration address! We have NO tie to Oliver Hoger whatsoever or his company other than being friends with him for many years and doing lots of business over those years. Just like MANY of you.
3. Wi.com: I believe we exhausted this theme after Michael Berkens negligently posted an incredibly slanted blog post at TheDomains questioning the value or validity of
wi.com and warning people to bid at their own risk. All of this while he was the 2nd highest bidder! But for some reason people attacked ME and nobody questioned the ethics of Berkens posting something at that conspicuous time. Fine, I'm over it. But THAT POST is what caused the buyer to back out of the sale of
wi.com. It hit reserve at $501,000 with a valid bid. It should have been sold. We should have walked away with $501,000 (minus commission). But the buyer "Index" contacted Namejet and told them they want to back out of the sale because they read Michael Berken's post and didn't feel comfortable moving ahead. Great, I'm over it. Gut check. That kind of hit would have CRUSHED most of you. We keep on trucking like we always do. Our million dollar asset (
wi.com) was immediately devalued by half or more. Great. I'm over it. Just another day in domaining.
You folks should truly be ashamed.
Michael Sumner is doing great work with his investigation. Posting facts. Making observations. Discussion. Debate. NOT making accusations. That is productive. That will get answers. But throwing around unwarranted accusations only makes things worse. Some of you are guilty of libel.
I'm done now. If you want more answers from me and are a respected member of the community then please contact me by email or phone.