GoDaddy gTLD pre-bids being refunded

[NameGroove]

Hello all,

I put in a bunch of pre-bid one-word domain names last year and they went through. But today I got this message from GoDaddy:

"An error occurred when you placed your order, so we will be refunding your cost. Please contact us at [email protected] for additional assistance.

We apologize for any inconvenience."

My guess is that means they either pulled these names from sale - or someone bid at the higher level than me. Anyone else get a message like this? Do you agree this means it wasn't really an "error" but rather that someone else bid higher or they pulled it?

 

[mjnels]

havn't pre-registered anything myself but just check directly at the registry whois..

the only 7 ASCII domains out now are by donuts.co registry so heres the link to their whois:

http://whois.donuts.co

 

[NameGroove]

havn't pre-registered anything myself but just check directly at the registry whois..

the only 7 ASCII domains out now are by donuts.co registry so heres the link to their whois:

http://whois.donuts.co

Thanks, that was helpful. Yes, it appears these names are all registered. Weird that GoDaddy writes error as opposed to something like "you didn't win the domain". Nevertheless at least I get it now. Thanks again.

 

[johname]

Its probably zero to do with anything you did or how much you bid, but instead sponsor of a new gTLD change in the terms. The new gTLD are all about extracting the most the first week or so they each come out.

 

[mjnels]

Thanks, that was helpful. Yes, it appears these names are all registered. Weird that GoDaddy writes error as opposed to something like "you didn't win the domain". Nevertheless at least I get it now. Thanks again.

yea, godaddy are doing some weird stuff with their registration of these 7 new gTLD from donuts registry....

i dont know for sure if itll continue like this but as it stands, when you check the registration of certain domains it will sometimes say "priority register right now for $1,200"

but sometimes it will ONLY offer you the pre-register $39.99 option.... its weird and random.

however this priority registration thing is allowed by donuts... so if somebody paid $1,200 or $3,000 yesterday, this is the prodecure set up by the registry, not godaddy allowing backdoor access or anything..