.us DNJ weekly sales

[duceman]

For the first week in months there were more than a couple of .us sales to make the ccTLD list. Although :imho: the sale prices are very very low.


Cinema.us $4,000 Galcomm
Appraisal.us $3,205 TDNAM (This was definitely a steal)
Spyware.us $3,030 ( ARE YOU F***** KIDDING ME!!!!!)
Greenwich.us $1,205
Novels.us $1,004

 

[mulligan]

Public allegations are not something I would do normally ..Not unless I had retained the services of a good lawyer!

 

[DomainNameWire]

The DomainNameWire article about auction service employees bidding up the prices of their own auctions notes that NameJet may allow the practice juts as GoDaddy (TDNam) does. However, the phone rep Andrew spoke to may have been wrong. According to a DomainNameNews entry, Enom Sr. VP Taryn Naidu says:

"I have no idea how anyone got the ‘information’ that Namejet allows employees to bid but I can tell you that it not the case. We definitely do NOT let employees compete in auctions. Even if controlled, that practice has bad news written all over it."

I'd be surprised if the phone rep were actually wrong. They confidently answered the question for me after I identified myself and what I was writing about. They even said, without my prompting, "but they have to pay for the domain just like everyone else".

I realize NameJet is a deal with NetSol and eNom, but I'm surprised to see different information from both entities. And eNom hasn't personally contacted me about it. So we'll see.

 

[copper]

If he doesn't personally have access to see other people's max bids on TDNam, he damn sure has people working for him that do.

This is flat out wrong.

You sound SO sure about it.
I am sure you have PROOF.
So, let's see it.

 

[strong]

What can't be proven one way or another is if an employee does or doesn't get a privilege that outsiders don't get because they are working for the auction company. The smart thing to do would be to avoid this line of questioning and just not have your employees bidding.

The other question that comes up is : how do you stop employees from bidding on names ? They can all have spouses, friends or other 'proxy agents' bidding on their behalf. . . Really there's no way to stop it .

Think about this as well : if I'm in charge of the aftermarket or an employee (likely rewarded on performance of the area I manage) and sales are a little down I would sure know of an easy way to boost my sales numbers. I'll just bid. Why wouldn't I . . . I meet my quotas, I keep my job and I get some good domains.

 

[Bobo Bobo]

The Fox in charge of the chicken pen.

 

[domainica]

Seems like GoDaddy's changed their policy...

Seems like GoDaddy's changed their policy:

GoDaddy policy change

 

[DN BROKER]

That was a quick change from GD, nice job GD!

 

[Lasher]

Actually it was pretty offensive from GD all round. When it was just domainers asking about it, GD's response was basically "suck it up".

Once it hit Slashdot/Reddit/etc they changed their policy.

Now unless they have a sudden overnight epiphany, they knew it wrong all along but didn't care until the story went mainstream.

 

[ddaybofb]

Baseball.us $25,000 Name.com 6/24/08

Video.us $18,500 Pool 2/12/08

Computer.us $17,000 Moniker/T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 5/28/08

 

[DnFloorCEO]

This week Top.us went for $2,725