Bids and backorders?

[Yasin.ismail]

Sorry for the newbie question but here it is...
I was watching a domain on Dropcatch for a few days. It ended with zero bids. After it ended I checked the 'who is' and it said Dropcatch caught the domain.
So am I right in saying that you can't see how many people have already backordered the domain? What is the difference between bids and backorders?

 

[karmaco]

Bids come into play when more than one person backordered. If only one person backorders they get it right to their account.

 

[biggie]

Hi

everybody who wants a particular domain has to backorder it, at the respective service they use.

some may charge upfront to place a backorder and some charge only if you win.
(if you win at backorder cost, then nobody else backordered it but you )

a bid, typically is placed after the domain is caught by the service and more than 1 person backordered it....
so, it goes to auction and highest bidder wins.

a seller can also auction a domain, where the highest bidder wins

imo...