Bidder with unlimited pockets and ubiquitous or is there any other explanation?

I generally place backorders at a specific provider and regardless of the name I backorder, there is another "client" of the same service that has already placed the backorder for the same name. But, that's not all. When I check every single auction of backordered names with the same company, the same user has placed the backorder before anyone else. This user is present on every auction I have checked. I am not talking about backorder auctions active now, but every backorder auction since I started using the service.

Is this just a regular buyer with deep pockets and faster than everyone else or do you find anything suspicious about it?

 

How are we supposed to answer this if we do not know what registrar?

 

Sounds like insider trading to me...or at least special/early access by an employee and/or 'friend'.

I don't want to say publicly or privately who (service) I believe you are talking about but I've noticed something similar happening at one 'provider' in particular. Maybe others have as well.

 

I have no intention of bashing any registrar at the moment. I am asking about the specific circumstances that happen on the one I use, which may also happen somewhere else. So, for the purpose of discussing the question, I don't think the name of the registrar is relevant now.

 

Does this person win auctions? If he does, it's probably not shilling.

I notice shady stuff with pretty much every auction site but people might consider you a conspiracy theorist if you suggest something. All in all, shilling is never a far fetched possibility IMO.

 

With auctions; easiest to get lost in emotion;

Some credit some sort of algorithm “secret”
LOL. I think that’s giving them too much credit

Who knows, man who knows.

 

Could be his full-time job

 

@infosec3

you talk of two things:
1. a bidder
2. a service
you don't name either.

How can we possibly help?

For example, if that 'provider' you are talking about:
a. is a niche auction house (ie. for very specific type of domains)
b. offers special low base bidding for Elite/VIP members (eg. starting at cost $8) or offers tasting similar to Dynadot.
c. offers API or some other form of automation

then it makes some sense for that individual to play his chances through bulk catching. Maybe just 1-2 domains sold/monetised might bring back all his losses and more.

What I'm trying to say is,
there are lots of possibilities to consider when we know nothing of what you are talking about.

In my experience though,
every time (and I mean, *every time*) I thought of some 'magic' or some 'shady' thing went on on any auction, after a while I came to realise that I was missing something. I always missed something that was obvious to me after x months or even after x years.

 

Bidder with unlimited pockets? sounds like hugedomains.com

 

You are obviously talking about SN/ NJ. There are guys that bid on everything good almost automatically. In most cases they never win but they secure their spot.

 

I am sure you are taking about dC , I am also facing same situation , Yesterday i placed 30 discount clubs backorders some of which are non premium names , All catched by standand backorder or partners one , Strange for me... Looks like discount clubs are totally insider game

 

full time job of his 10 dollar script

 

If it’s not the Federal Reserve the pockets are limited

 

Have to know the platform to give an accurate answer as they all operate slightly differently. As an example some platforms will take backorders from a single account that represents a whole host of Chinese backorder companies. So potentially that one account represents a large proportion of the Chinese market. Just one possibility.

I belive I remember hearing that was the case with "First" over at NJ but I could also be remembering that wrong (a lot of blows about the head).

 

Hyperbole, of course...

 

Maybe you're just getting better at picking domains or competition is spammy harsh 🍻

 

On the right lines, quite probably. Add to that, if somebody reserves their place but only picks up the ones without competition (first in, nobody else bids) they may be "winning" some good names very cheaply.

 

I never ever win a discount BO. It is simply that there are way too many eyes now.