Automatic bidder

[miklcct]

I'm trying to bid on an LLN.com on Godaddy Auction, however whenever I make a bid it is outbid automatically by a bot.

It seems that bots are interested in these kinds of domains.

 

[Thomas Metscher]

That's interesting...didn't know there were bots or auto replies set up in the auction process...are they automatically trying to drive up the domain costs...someithing I need to keep an eye on.

 

[EmpireNames.com]

automatic bidder means not bot.... suppose if domain bid is 12$ now and if i place bid of 100$ but it will be 17 usd in auction until somebody else do bid on that now if third person comes and do bid of 23$ he will be outbid by me and will see message automatic bid.i will be outbidding everyone until bid reach at 101$

 

[NamesAgent]

They are not "bots". It's called proxy bidding. It's the same as bidding on eBay. If buyer 1 places a maximum bid of $100 for an item that is currently bid $20, the current bid will advance to $21, but the maximum bid stands in the background. If bidder 2 then places a maximum bid of $30, it will be immediately outbid and advance to $31, based on the outstanding maximum bid of bidder 1, etc.

There is nothing crooked about proxy bidding, as it's fairly standard auction practice. It has nothing to do with bots.