HUGE DOMAINS SNIPING GODADDY CLOSEOUTS

[wwwweb]

So annoying Godaddy hasn't stopped Huge Domains from sniping Godaddy Closeouts with their automated tools, no way a human bidder can win a even closeout.

First they were sniping with the backorders, now you cut that out, and you are letting them snipe via automated tools.

So what do you say @Joe Styler , you want to even the playing field a bit, as your partners are bidding everything in a split second, from $12, to $11, and bidding everything else into the hundreds from a simple bid. I would rather pay a Huge Domains surcharge at checkout.


Huge Domains has an unfair advantage on the auction platform, essentially taxing every user for using it with their automated access advantages given to them thru the house.

 

[wwwweb]

@Joe Styler

I guess that there is a peacemaking solution for this issue.

Minutes ago I received a status change E-Mail by Godaddy Monitoring:

" The following domain changes happened between September 17, 2019 and September 18, 2019:
The domain name servers have been changed: OLD: NS1HNX.NAME.COM NS2FGV.NAME.COM NS3NPV.NAME.COM NS4LRT.NAME.COM NEW: NS1CRV.NAME.COM NS2JQZ.NAME.COM NS3NRZ.NAME.COM NS4JPZ.NAME.COM
for the following name(s):
ECIGTECH.COM "​

My theory is that the domain was obviously recovered in the last moment with Name.com. Possibly during my order process or shortly before that, though my shopping happened on the 16th and your monitoring says status change was later.

Possible process: I found the domain still listed in your system. However, the domain was no more really available because of the recovery with Name.com. Your system did not yet "know" this but rely on its own database listing which doesn´t seem to be updated in realtime. So your system wanted to sell the domain to me but wasn´t able to do so. Not aware of the recovery your system believed that I was playing around.

The registrant of this name is viewable in public Whois. It´s not me.

Is this theory reliable?

Maybe they saved you $15, this whole ecig, vape sector looks to be headed south really quick, as more kids end up in the ER. All in all, not a bad eye, for a sector that will incorporate a lot of tech into their product going forward, certainly worth a gamble at that price.

 

[xyo]

Good job on whoever is bidding them up on an***.com since like half an hour
Edit: Auction ended, HD paid $338 for anepa.com instead of getting it for $38

 

[Dave]

The HD bot is still running rampant, day in day out. Bidder 913932.

@Joe Styler How can bots be allowed to operate on your expired auctions platform? This gives an unfair advantage to the bot owners vs manual bidding.

 

[wwwweb]

The HD bot is still running rampant, day in day out. Bidder 913932.

@Joe Styler How can bots be allowed to operate on your expired auctions platform? This gives an unfair advantage to the bot owners vs manual bidding.

Don’t forget closeouts also, the bot loses a lot also, but forces people to pay 5-15x more, that’s why they allow it.

Just bid the bot up, it likes to pay about 10% of appraised value.

 

[Joe Styler]

The HD bot is still running rampant, day in day out. Bidder 913932.

@Joe Styler How can bots be allowed to operate on your expired auctions platform? This gives an unfair advantage to the bot owners vs manual bidding.

You can do the same thing if you want. You can enter a proxy bid if you want or you can use the app to be alerted and re-bid, or you can hire programmers to create a program to bid in your account if certain rules are met that you make up in the code. We provide a platform that is available to everyone. We do limit the amount of times someone can ping us or try and place bids etc so that the auctions run smoothly and everyone gets a chance to participate. No one is doing anything anyone else cannot do.

 

[wwwweb]

Huge domains operated under bidder 913932 & 913933

They don't like you taking their closeouts, and will fight for them, so far today I have made them spend $800 on domains that had no bids before they were headed to closeouts in the last 1 min, this caused a quick response bidder, with a proxy wall bid, I kept in the $1xx range, and lost them all. but made them pay about $700 more then they would have as nobody else wanted the domains at $12.

It's ok they can make the money back on dropcatch as I see the auction for RitzCarltonJapan com is close to $1xxx.

 

[wwwweb]

The more I watch godaddy auctions, the more I notice how little outside competition there is without Huge Domains bids. Also they keep falling for the $12 single bid like a lemming. I place a $12 bid on a dead auction headed to close, soon enough a bidder pops up with a proxy bid, and they continue to to pay $1xx, most likely they have been getting outbid, but I have been flipping it on them, making them pay $1xx for the roll the dice going to closeout names. Try it out, you will be surprised how quickly a dead auction all the sudden becomes so popular, and valuable. They are pretty much running up every auction in contention, time to make them pay also.

 

[griff]

The more I watch godaddy auctions, the more I notice how little outside competition there is without Huge Domains bids.

That's the worst part for sure, nearly always 1v1 against them despite some very good names on offer.. manage to land 1 out of 20 names without them jumping in.. otherwise I do my part by constantly making $5 bids until another bot comes in and they pay $700+.. either way godaddy is winning

 

[wwwweb]

This is the most annoying part of all, it's nearly always just me vs them on a ton of solid names with loads of end users.. manage to land 1 out of 20 names without them jumping in.. otherwise I do my part by constantly making $5 bids until another bot comes in and they pay $700+.. like just now either way godaddy is winning mind

What was the bidder # of the bidder who you made pay $700, they are inflating the aftermarkets for sure, they are alot strong artificially then they are on paper.

 

[griff]

What was the bidder # of the bidder who you made pay $700, they are inflating the aftermarkets for sure, they are alot strong artificially then they are on paper.

I didn't bid near that amount myself, but keep going till more other autos jump in with $100/200 increases. the bidder id's you posted above + a couple of others i notice always fighting against them, once both are in it's goodbye to getting it without a massive overinvestment. Would be snatching up so many good names if not for them

 

[wwwweb]

I didn't bid near that amount myself, but keep going till more other autos jump in with $100/200 increases. the bidder id's you posted above + a couple of others i notice always fighting against them, once both are in it's goodbye to getting it without a massive overinvestment. Would be snatching up so many good names if not for them

It’s a double edged sword given Huge Domains owns 6 million domains and growing daily, they are protecting their market by keeping aftermarket prices high so they can’t be undercut also within their own sales marketplace.

If you take the portfolio of Frank Schilling, and Mike Mann you won’t even break the 1 million domain mark to put their 6 million names into context.

They are not only using Godaddy to play offense, but defense also. You can liken it to manipulating a stock to protect your large holding position. I just don’t know what incentives godaddy is providing as they are making them tens of millions more by making $11 closeouts worth hundreds of dollars.

 

[lennco]

Huge domains operated under bidder 913932 & 913933

They don't like you taking their closeouts, and will fight for them, so far today I have made them spend $800 on domains that had no bids before they were headed to closeouts in the last 1 min, this caused a quick response bidder, with a proxy wall bid, I kept in the $1xx range, and lost them all. but made them pay about $700 more then they would have as nobody else wanted the domains at $12.

It's ok they can make the money back on dropcatch as I see the auction for RitzCarltonJapan com is close to $1xxx.

Amazing. I was reviewing all of my auctions going back 4 years and I have battled with this number 913932 many times since Aug 2015, and yes the battle usually started after I placed the first bid of $12.

Sometimes they backed off around $30 and sometimes I battled them up to $500.

Had it not been for them I would have possibly saved my self several thousand $$$$ in auctions.

 

[anunt]

GoDaddy secretly owns HugeDomains.
They bidding on their own auctions to bid up prices.

 

[Dave]

GoDaddy secretly owns HugeDomains.
They bidding on their own auctions to bid up prices.

I don't think even GoDaddy are that stupid to risk that. Their shares would plummet and they would go out of business over night if that sort of truth ever came out.

 

[jideofor]

I don't think even GoDaddy are that stupid to risk that. Their shares would plummet and they would go out of business over night if that sort of truth ever came out.

They wouldn't admit that sort of information in public, most likely a denial will suffice

 

[Recons.Com]

They wouldn't admit that sort of information in public, most likely a denial will suffice

Godaddy is a public company, what it owns is a public info. So, no, they don't have ownership in HD.

 

[jideofor]

Godaddy is a public company, what it owns is a public info. So, no, they don't have ownership in HD.

I didn't mean they own it. What I meant is that, if they have a hand in HD, like we have been speculating and suspecting their unfair relationship, they will NOT reveal that to the public.

 

[CDM]

Godaddy is still quoting higher appraisals in auction, than they have on their beta appraisal page which is very strange, but I guess it adds to people paying more in auction by looking at that inflated number.

Yeah that’s not fishy at all

 

[Sutruk]

Amazing. I was reviewing all of my auctions going back 4 years and I have battled with this number 913932 many times since Aug 2015, and yes the battle usually started after I placed the first bid of $12.

Sometimes they backed off around $30 and sometimes I battled them up to $500.

Had it not been for them I would have possibly saved my self several thousand $$$$ in auctions.

Me too...

 

[anunt]

Of course godaddy is not that stupid to own huge domains directly and put it in their own godaddy name.

I’m saying...John Doe probably came upto godaddy and said I can make u guys millions in profit per month.

godaddy said ok...I’m listening...

John Doe then said I will create a company Huge Domains and bid up prices on your godaddy auctions.

No one has to know.

It’s a win win...godaddy wins and John Doe wins.

Done...simple as that.

No one gets caught.

And in the end, when things do get hot...Godaddy will pretend to buy out huge domains for $2.1 Billion with fake news.