GoDaddy Auctions -- Discussion, Acquisitions, and Sales

[Ms Domainer]

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I searched the forum and could not find a thread dedicated solely to Godaddy auctions, which seem to be heating up lately.

I envision this thread as a place for discussion regarding YOUR sales and acquisitions, and general discussion about the auction venue itself, and, perhaps, some domain oddities that are popping up on the auction site, for example, high-priced domains that should be regfee.



One caveat, though: for your own good, PLEASE do not reveal your auction win (or anyone else's, for that matter) until the domain has landed in your account because the original owner still has the option to renew it, and I know how vexing that can be. In other words, don't count your chickens until they're hatched.

On the other hand, if you're having second thoughts about your auction win, by all means tell us all about it.

I suppose that if an auction win is high profile, it's already out there, but, still...

Anyway, I'll start with three comments:

1. I won my first (and maybe last) intentional typo, and it's getting clicks (no $ so far, though): Forwx.com. I could not find a live TM on this term, but one never knows. I have mixed feelings about this one.

2. I accidentally clicked on a BIN that I didn't want (I wanted the one above it), but I decided to honor the bid anyway. Grrr..., so be careful before hitting the submit button. It's not in my account yet, so I can't really reveal it right now.

3. Currently, there's a weird .co domain at over $9,000, with three bidders duking it out. Again, I don't want to reveal what it is, but if you go to the most active auctions, it's number 1 (as of this posting).​

Mods, I hope this thread is okay.



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[polyromcom]

The whole things seems now centric on fixed pricing and that's what they've been trying to encourage.

With that said, of the different listings I have had more success with the premium listings so I'm willing to stomach the 30% commission. Just adjust your pricing accordingly, to end up with an amount you'd be happy with.

Agreed the premium listings sell well for me and they do a good job with displaying that. Just wish they would have a normal auction for non-expired domains so we could sell things for $xx-$xxx in between the larger premium sales.

Its a missing link. The namepros auctions are a good example of how that can work well :>

 

[ibidu]

With that said, of the different listings I have had more success with the premium listings so I'm willing to stomach the 30% commission. Just adjust your pricing accordingly, to end up with an amount you'd be happy with.

Do you happen to have recorded the ratio of "the numbers of your enteries" to "the numbers sold"?

 

[Ms Domainer]

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I acquired heow.com at GD auction.

It wasn't cheap (low xxx), but I thought it was worth picking up and holding for the right price.

I thought maybe it would be renewed and was surprised it was not.

It's currently at Sedo.

I think I'm finished picking up LLLL coms, at least for now--that is, unless the right one comes up at the right price.



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[equity78]

Paully you can do a regular 7 day auction. Bra.com right now is just a regular 7 day auction (non auction)

 

[cdboard]

a couple months back the godaddy CEO resigned. this was about the same time Danica was (briefly) replaced on the home page with some dude.

I figured the CEO was forced out because of that. :gl:


now, here is a rumor/story that Danica's godaddy future is uncertain!

http://news.cincinnati.com/usatoday/article/1637271

 

[polyromcom]

Paully you can do a regular 7 day auction. Bra.com right now is just a regular 7 day auction (non auction)

How do you do this? When I choose a domain and select to add to Godaddy auctions I only get the following options:

Offer/CounterOffer
Offer/CounterOffer w/ Buy Now
Buy Now Only

I dont see an option for setting a 7 day auction that is bid only... Would love to know.

 

[equity78]

How do you do this? When I choose a domain and select to add to Godaddy auctions I only get the following options:

Offer/CounterOffer
Offer/CounterOffer w/ Buy Now
Buy Now Only

I dont see an option for setting a 7 day auction that is bid only... Would love to know.

When you are looking at the auctions page

Click Selling list

then click list a domain

You should see a drop down box and 7 day auction at the bottom of the list.

Screenshot attached

 

[polyromcom]

When you are looking at the auctions page

Click Selling list

then click list a domain

You should see a drop down box and 7 day auction at the bottom of the list.

Screenshot attached

Thanks! Really appreciate that. Major oversight that this isn't available from the Domain Control options when you 'add to auction'.

 

[polyromcom]

I sold a premium listing in the middle of August. It's been more than 45 days since the end of August. Shouldn't I have received a check by now? Does anyone know specifically which department to call? When I call through customer support, I just get a stonewalled explanation of when I should expect the check (45 days after the end of the month in which it was sold)... Pretty frustrated and they can neither confirm/deny that the check has gone out... Thanks for any advice!

 

[equity78]

I would call back and say if you don't the answer, I will hold the line while you speak to a supervisor or whoever else can give me the right answer.

 

[Ms Domainer]

The New and "Improved" Godaddy Auction Platform--Bah!

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Has anyone else noticed how awful the new Godaddy auction platform is? I wrote the following to my GD rep:

This new and "improved" platform is not very user friendly: too many extra clicks.

First of all, it takes too long to navigate. It's busy, busy, busy, and I'm too busy to deal with that nonsense.

Second, the user can no longer choose among displaying 50, 100, 200, 500 entries at a time. This feature was very important for the user.

Third, whatever has happened to the "enable page navigation" feature? This was a kick-butt feature that allowed the user to start one's search from the back of the list.

Fourth, saved searches often disappear, just like that, and reverts to that awful list that sellers pay to be on (I NEVER search those domains--bad, bad, bad stuff).

Fifth, even when I click a domain for watching, it doesn't appear on my list, or will simply disappear from my list, even when the auction is still running. Sometimes, it comes back, sometimes not.​

Believe me, these unfriendly changes have affected my buying experience at Godaddy auctions, meaning I'm buying fewer domains these days, for if I can't easily find info, I'm simply not going to bid.

Sometimes less is more.

What do you think?

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[equity78]

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Has anyone else noticed how awful the new Godaddy auction platform is? I wrote the following to my GD rep:

This new and "improved" platform is not very user friendly: too many extra clicks.

First of all, it takes too long to navigate. It's busy, busy, busy, and I'm too busy to deal with that nonsense.

Second, the user can no longer choose among displaying 50, 100, 200, 500 entries at a time. This feature was very important for the user.

Third, whatever has happened to the "enable page navigation" feature? This was a kick-butt feature that allowed the user to start one's search from the back of the list.

Fourth, saved searches often disappear, just like that, and reverts to that awful list that sellers pay to be on (I NEVER search those domains--bad, bad, bad stuff).

Fifth, even when I click a domain for watching, it doesn't appear on my list, or will simply disappear from my list, even when the auction is still running. Sometimes, it comes back, sometimes not.​

Believe me, these unfriendly changes have affected my buying experience at Godaddy auctions, meaning I'm buying fewer domains these days, for if I can't easily find info, I'm simply not going to bid.

Sometimes less is more.

What do you think?

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Jennifer you can still select 20 50 100 200 500

I agree the look is not appealing.

 

[lennco]

Yea I am not happy at all.
I dont like the fact that you can see the domain age anymore when clicking on the name, I now have to go to the whois. Too much navigation.

If it ain't broke dont fix it!

 

[equity78]

I agree Lennco I just wrote an article and that was one of the biggest problems that I mentioned. Not seeing age sucks,even if you use the advanced search it does not show each one individually.

http://www.hybriddomainer.com/2012/10/go-daddy-rolls-out-new-look-go-daddy-auctions.html

 

[lennco]

I agree Lennco I just wrote an article and that was one of the biggest problems that I mentioned. Not seeing age sucks,even if you use the advanced search it does not show each one individually.

http://www.hybriddomainer.com/2012/10/go-daddy-rolls-out-new-look-go-daddy-auctions.html

Thanks equity,
Some people love to buy older domains.
I just picked up this 15yr old hyphenated .com

 

[cdboard]

I want domain age, traffic, price, and time left.

any chance we can customize our viewing to show what we want?

I hope they are monitoring auction revenue for changes.

 

[equity78]

I did a Tweet to Go Daddy and it got a lot of retweets and Go Daddy replied

@hybriddomainer Thanks for the feedback on this! I will bring this to the right peoples attention and pass it on. ^C

 

[equity78]

Paul Nicks commented on Hybrid Domainer today,

Thanks for the feedback all, Age being left out was an oversight and will be fixed today. We'll also be making the font size on the domain a bit bigger to utilize the additional space better. Tom, we didn't change anything about the bidding or selling management areas, so you shouldn't be seeing any loss of data or functionality there. To see past purchases, just go to your won items and click the "advanced" link and set the date back to the beginning of the year (or whatever start date you want). Brad, I'd love to hear what your issues with the new design are, you can post them here or reach out to me personally paul -at- godaddy.com -Paul Nicks

 

[Ms Domainer]

Jennifer you can still select 20 50 100 200 500

I agree the look is not appealing.

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You're right. I found that button.

Thanks!

But how do you change that into a default mode?

Everytime I refresh a page, I have to redo that setting.

Grrr....

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To Paul Nicks:

PLEASE bring back enabling page navigation.

In fact, I'd love to see that as the default setting, or at least as a personal choice setting.

Also, when you add too many "snazzy" features, you compromise easy functionality and speed, which, imo, are more important.

It just looks like IT having fun with geeky stuff rather than the customer being served.

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[equity78]

I know Jennifer refreshing and redoing gets a little old. The default mode should stay one way until the customer changes it.