I think GoDaddy is lying to me

[gotasale]

I won an expired domain auction at godaddy . There was no reserve. I was the higher bidder.
They emailed me congratulations you won. I paid by PayPal.
Two days later I got a refund!
Online support had no clue.
I sent email asking them what happened
They replied to me that this expired domain was with another registrar and it is not available!!. Sorry!!

But when I check the whois of the name I find that godaddy is the registrar and it renewed for another year!!

I sent them email asking for explanation but received no reply yet

I do not know , anyone has explanation? .

 

[dntaps]

Yes, that happens, owner moved name from Enom to GD.

Forget about that one, on to the next.

 

[Kostas]

I've lost 4L.com names because I forgot to renew them in time(actually they were expired for many days ~30) and when I emailed them, the auction wasn't even finished but they denied my request to renew. Apparently the same policy doesn't hold for names THEY auction that come from different registrars.

 

[Internet.Domains]

Simply, something should not be in an auction unless there is 100% assurance it goes to the winning bidder.

 

[DomainRecap]

Simply, something should not be in an auction unless there is 100% assurance it goes to the winning bidder.

But with non-GD auctions that would mean GD would have to wait until the expiry period elapsed, renew all the domains and then put them up for auction.

That would cost a lot of money, and it's much easier and cheaper to just refund buyers for the odd renewal or transfer that takes place right at the end.

 

[Internet.Domains]

But with non-GD auctions that would mean GD would have to wait until the expiry period elapsed, renew all the domains and then put them up for auction.

That would cost a lot of money, and it's much easier and cheaper to just refund buyers for the odd renewal or transfer that takes place right at the end.

Sometimes the easiest and cheapest way out is not the best. I would argue that GD would make more from the auctions if there was assurance and dependability. Although, active bidders may not enjoy the increased auction prices.

 

[DomainRecap]

="Internet.Domains, post: 7328907, member: 995424"Although, active bidders may not enjoy the increased auction prices.

That's nothing compared to the money GoDaddy will have wasted renewing the hundreds of thousands of domains that don't get a single bid, each and every day.

The numbers that flow through GD are insane.

 

[Internet.Domains]

[QUOTE="Internet.Domains, post: 7328907, member: 995424"Although, active bidders may not enjoy the increased auction prices.

Elon Musk is successful because he works past the road blocks. He comes up with solutions for problems with no easy answer. He doesn't allow people to say, "thats impossible."

If he can land a rocket in the same position it takes off, there should be, at minimum, an expired domain auction that is assured, dependable and one that bidders can have confidence in.

 

[DomainRecap]

If he can land a rocket in the same position it takes off, there should be, at minimum, an expired domain auction that is assured, dependable and one that bidders can have confidence in.

Of course there would be, it would be soul-crushingly expensive to make happen, and almost certainly result in massive losses.

There are no roadblocks other than money and potentially going out of business.

 

[dirk]

I've always found it interesting that when it comes to domains we accept and are fine with the fact that registrars auction off assets that technically speaking are not theirs to sell.

It's not just GD, a lot of registrars operate this way. Just because we all agree to their TOS that doesn't make it right.

 

[DomainRecap]

I've always found it interesting that when it comes to domains we accept and are fine with the fact that registrars auction off assets that technically speaking are not theirs to sell.

Agreed, but it wasn't always this way, and back in the day, people used to sit around their PCs trying madly to manually grab the drops, then they used bots and automated programs, and then the drop catchers came, leading to the final evolution of expired domains, the registrars themselves utilizing a quirk in their agreements to auction or sell these domains off right before they are dropped.

 

[Paul 11]

I won an expired domain auction at godaddy . There was no reserve. I was the higher bidder.
They emailed me congratulations you won. I paid by PayPal.
Two days later I got a refund!
Online support had no clue.
I sent email asking them what happened
They replied to me that this expired domain was with another registrar and it is not available!!. Sorry!!

But when I check the whois of the name I find that godaddy is the registrar and it renewed for another year!!

I sent them email asking for explanation but received no reply yet

I do not know , anyone has explanation? .

Wow... how frustrating... stressful... I look forward to updates in future... Lightbear.

 

[Josytal]

That's nothing compared to the money GoDaddy will have wasted renewing the hundreds of thousands of domains that don't get a single bid, each and every day.
The numbers that flow through GD are insane.

Nope! It's a Win-Win game for them.
They get refund from the registrar, I think within 30 days.
That's why they're always eager to re-new your domain for you (unsolicitedly) and always in a hurry to sell it off at a price higher than renewal cost.

For example, I've observed that Namesilo renews my expired domains, publish them on their marketplace for $65. They sell - they gain; they don't sell - they get refund from the registrar.

 

[DomainRecap]

Nope! It's a Win-Win game for them.
They get refund from the registrar, I think within 30 days.

Registrars don't really like this "domain tasting" technique (especially if it results in mass-refunds) and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the reseller agreements they signed with GoDaddy preclude the old "mass-renewal/mass-refund" trick.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

If it was a .CO it might have been held back by the registry.

I won GDN.co at Godaddy and they refunded me saying the name was 'no longer available'. It's now months since that happened and it's still in 'expired' status and hasn't been renewed.

It's frustrating when that happens....

 

[xynames]

Yet another thread title jumping the gun giving bad press before doing due diligence.