domain ebike.com @ DropCatch upto $20k

[stewmath]

This is crazy, eBike.com had dropped and was caught by DropCatch, its upto $20k with 167 bids and still over 1 day left to go.

https://www.dropcatch.com/Domain/EBike.com

 

[lambo.com]

I'm surprised that a domainer could find eBike.com to be a "horrible domain"...

I'm more discerning than most. 'e' and 'i' prefixes are dated. That said, now someone pointed out the electric bike connection, I think it would be a sweet brand.

 

[wwwweb]

I've sold low quality two keyword eBikeKEYWORD.com domains for $1000+...

I'm surprised that a domainer could find eBike.com to be a "horrible domain"...

Looks like it's Western domainers rather than the Chinese pushing up the price atm. Leading the bidding at $20,100 is Takes2ToTango (Media Options/Andrew Rosener), followed by danny9 (Danny Sullivan). Can't recall seeing DomainMafia1 and rushing in any auctions recently, so I guess they're not that active usually. Not sure who's behind 420domains but they pay up when they win. So the bids in the five figure range seem legit so far.

Maybe Take 2 got his wish to Tango, last 5 minutes we will see if anyone else wants to play. Otherwise Freeman Media or whoever can bang on all the doors he is going to.

 

[Jasonn]

You would think seasoned bidders would be smarter than to push it so fast, and quick, to get all that buzz out there, but that is exactly what they did. Nobody is going go win on day 1.

You've got to wonder what the thinking is behind that.

 

[wwwweb]

You've got to wonder what the thinking is behind that.

Ego?

Usually some 3rd wheel comes, and swoops it up in the end.

 

[werty]

IMO ebike is an awesome domain....

About seasoned bidders bidding early it could be that the price is already close to the max they are willing to spend.

It wouldn’t surprise me to see this domain needing to be reauctioned. If front runners are behind it, I guess some are willing to just bid bid bid until they win. Then they have 5 days to get a buyer or lose their dropcatch account. I’ve seen this happen with other auctions in the past.

 

[Recons.Com]

I'm more discerning than most. 'e' and 'i' prefixes are dated. That said, now someone pointed out the electric bike connection, I think it would be a sweet brand.

ebike is a dictionary word in itself by now and huge industry.

There are many ebike startups that routinely raise $xxx,xxx to $x,xxx,xxx on crowdfunding sites and owning this generic name would be huge for any of them.

 

[lambo.com]

ebike is a dictionary word in itself by now and huge industry.

There are many ebike startups that routinely raise $xxx,xxx to $x,xxx,xxx on crowdfunding sites and owning this generic name would be huge for any of them.

cool

 

[Weber]

Revolution is happening with powered bikes.
I would give an appraisal but I don't want to get a nasty email if the bidding gets to high.

 

[Bannen]

Now it's over $32K

It is a superb domain... but this is now way into end user pricing...

 

[Arca]

Now it's over $32K

It is a superb domain... but this is now way into end user pricing...

Chinese bidder "reasonreason" in the lead at $35,000 now...

And when the auction is over, DropCatch/HugeDomains will take that $35,000 and use it to compete against us at GoDaddy Auctions. Nothing like funding your competition/competing against your own customers.

 

[werty]

Until payment goes through, it's just a number. Awesome domain. Not awesome price though. Like many auctions in their platform, domainers end up paying end user prices. Or who knows if there are end users in the auction as well.

 

[wwwweb]

Over $40k now and climbing

 

[wwwweb]

Chinese bidder "reasonreason" in the lead at $35,000 now...

And when the auction is over, DropCatch/HugeDomains will take that $35,000 and use it to compete against us at GoDaddy Auctions. Nothing like funding your competition/competing against your own customers.

Yes, these people are feeding the ecosystem that essentially puts them out of business, only in America.

 

[wwwweb]

Until payment goes through, it's just a number. Awesome domain. Not awesome price though. Like many auctions in their platform, domainers end up paying end user prices. Or who knows if there are end users in the auction as well.

Media Options and big whale of Chinese bidder going head to head, that’s it so far, both would likely close based on their past history.

 

[Mahouni]

Will be a grand show at the finale. 4h 30 min left.

 

[werty]

The best bids are usually at the end though... Still a bit early... i think 50k is reasonable for a long term investor... Not awesome but doable.

 

[wwwweb]

Will be a grand show at the finale. 4h 30 min left.

I been up against reasonreason he does not back down, almost unreasonable

From a domainer point of view, I can’t see much more point to this, especially after $50k.

It’s funny how one bidder can totally F up your day.

 

[Mahouni]

I been up against reasonreason he does not back down, almost unreasonable

From a domainer point of view, I can’t see much more point to this.

It’s funny how one bidder can totally F up your day.

Of course he does not. Any sensible bidder will every now and then bid beyond reason to establish terror on his name. But you need deep pockets also.

The best bids are usually at the end though... Still a bit early... i think 50k is reasonable for a long term investor... Not awesome but doable.

I don't think 50k is enough unless media options drops out (and another chinese bidder doesn't come on).

 

[werty]

I wouldn't pay 50k. It's not a good reseller deal. But if you have cash eating dust in the bank, and are willing to hold long term, then its okay I guess. But yeah, I think its going to go too high and then not close. Unless a reputable bidder wins. I am skeptical with their too open/public auction model. Don't like it nor support it. It's made to screw you more often than not. They don't really care about the domain community imo. They want to be the whole community.

 

[Arca]

I wouldn't pay 50k. It's not a good reseller deal. But if you have cash eating dust in the bank, and are willing to hold long term, then its okay I guess. But yeah, I think its going to go too high and then not close. Unless a reputable bidder wins. I am skeptical with their too open/public auction model. Don't like it nor support it. It's made to screw you more often than not. They don't really care about the domain community imo. They want to be the whole community.

Bidding into five figures at DropCatch is risky. For example, auteur.com sold for $15,100 towards end of Jan this year. Winning bidder was "auteurist" - probably an end user who signed up just to buy the name and realized that he would not be able to win, but just kept bidding regardless. He didn't pay and the auction was restarted. In the restarted auction, the second higher bidder from the first auction (daeliro or something like that) won it. But when the fraudulent bidder "auteurist" was no longer in the mix, the domain sold for just $6710 earlier this month, less than half of what it reached two weeks earlier.

So if "auteurist" had stopped bidding one moment earlier than he did, daeliro would have ended up paying $15,000 for the name first time around.

This kind of thing happens often at DropCatch. So you go to be really careful. Fraudulent bidders can literally make you pay twice as much as you would have paid in an auction among legit bidders.