Domainers: Because NameJet Hates Us and We are Dumb

[DU]

Once again I notice the odd domain auction.

It's invariably at NameJet. I guess they love to make money off of the dumb.

lnvestor.com

Here's my advice.

1) Use a word processing software or spreadsheet and have it translate the domain to UPPER.

Would you bid $1800 on LNVESTOR?

NameJet should do this for you (and assume we're dumb) - but instead it sells names like this by the truckload.

2) Search for it on Google

You will get something like:

Searched for Investor did you mean lnvestor

3) Use common sense. IF Investor.com was to drop (hardly likely being MSFT) but assume it was... do you think that it would be sitting at a PreRelease for $1800?

No. Erdy and myself would be more likely to believe that it would be "magically held back" and never reach the light of day until it was sold much later for a huge number by a close registrar partner.

Common Sense people.

Unless, of course, lnvestor is worth that much and I'm the dumb one?

Be careful what you bid on.

 

[the_poet]

lol

 

[bmugford]

LOL. I wonder how high it will go.

Brad

 

[orca]

52 people did not bother to click on "View UpperCase".

 

[silentg]

Edqe sold for $2,xxx on NJ recently. They are sneaky.

Edqe

http://www.domaintools.com/buy/sales-history/?q=Edqe

 

[DU]

52 people did not bother to click on "View UpperCase".

That would be the even easier solution!

I never noticed that.. Oh well.. Thanks for pointing it out.

 

[Steven]

I guess Lnvestor is a good typo worth $1,800?

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I wonder how surprised the winning bidder will be when he finds out.

 

[cache]

I paid a few times for q thinking it was g.

 

[silentg]

I paid a few times for q thinking it was g.

Do you use the bulk bidding process?

I bid on few of these typos but removed it just in time. I scan all my names for quality in My Backorders page after adding them through bulk bidding process.

 

[theSun]

The winner will be epic pwned.

 

[the_poet]

The winner will be epic pwned.

I wonder what the buyer's face will be like, when they find out the actual name.

 

[rmg]

Bad luck for the winner :S

 

[stormshield]

The winning bid was $6,300. How can people be so stupid?

BTW lnvestors.com is free

 

[Sparhawke]

I do not see a winning bid...all I see is it being up to $1800 but that hardly matters..

It is difficult to feel sorry for these idiots...if they cannot even be bothered to check fully what they are bidding on then why should I lose any sleep over it?

Specifically registering names like this to screw over auction users is unethical in my mind, but if it is simply a happy coincidence that so many are really that stupid then why care?

 

[Toni]

Mean!



ldiot.com is available but not the plural :D

 

[the_poet]

Mean!



ldiot.com is available but not the plural :D

Would you imagine if it were in place of lnvestor.com on NJ?

 

[Kate]

As usual, more money than common sense in this industry

 

[JB Lions]

It would be funny if the winner came to this forum afterwards, all excited, about the great deal they just got for such a premium domain.

 

[snaptivate]

sometimes vv and w are missed too,
including me...

 

[cache]

if Namejet simply does not display lowercase (only cap), then a lot of problems would be solved. Why they love lowercase so much?