.mobi mTLD says: “Sedo Auction - Third and Final Round!” &"last online auction for a while"

[Mobi Cheap]

Not breaking news, the above headline is just in case anyone hasn’t seen mTLD’s official blog post.

Already posted the link and commentary in my other thread (the one that turned out surprisingly analytical) here:

http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/393711-sedo-3-100-more-mtld-premiums.html#post2354750

To keep the above thread focused on the issues being discussed, I’ll try to post here periodic updates as more and more domains exceed their reserve prices.

'Running commentary' posts are welcome here from anyone, preferably free of foul language

This is the '1k and above reserve-met' list (hence there are many more bids than shown here) two hours before the scheduled regular end time for all premium auctions - prices as at 2PM EST:

games.mobi 352,500
music.mobi 152,500
sports.mobi 61,000
juegos.mobi 36,000
game.mobi 29,500
movies.mobi 27,500
videos.mobi 22,000
entertainment... 16,500
photos.mobi 15,500
play.mobi 15,000
video.mobi 13,000
sport.mobi 12,042
radio.mobi 11,150
movie.mobi 10,603
horoscopes.mobi 10,600
job.mobi 10,100
restaurant.mobi 10,100
art.mobi 9,750
musica.mobi 9,600
fashion.mobi 8,400
dictionary.mobi 8,300
freegames.mobi 8,100
soccer.mobi 7,800
vodka.mobi 7,750
spiele.mobi 7,470
jokes.mobi 7,400
horoscope.mobi 7,000
flower.mobi 6,800
photo.mobi 6,600
beer.mobi 6,250
easy.mobi 5,655
fitness.mobi 5,600
hiphop.mobi 5,300
clubs.mobi 5,200
coffee.mobi 5,200
classifieds.mobi 5,100
film.mobi 5,100
fotos.mobi 5,100
gift.mobi 5,100
comics.mobi 5,000
videogames.mobi 5,000
florist.mobi 4,307
phonebook.mobi 3,750
nightclubs.mobi 3,661
bar.mobi 3,400
magazine.mobi 3,400
yoga.mobi 3,400
astrology.mobi 3,200
funny.mobi 3,200
chocolate.mobi 3,150
deportes.mobi 3,050
club.mobi 3,000
roses.mobi 3,000
dance.mobi 2,850
magic.mobi 2,700
comedy.mobi 2,550
florists.mobi 2,500
sportsbetting... 2,272
joke.mobi 2,150
song.mobi 2,150
chef.mobi 2,050
drink.mobi 2,000
resume.mobi 1,800
celebrity.mobi 1,750
sendflowers.mobi 1,700
rose.mobi 1,650
horoscopos.mobi 1,600
alcohol.mobi 1,500
phonecards.mobi 1,500
phonenumber.mobi 1,500
freemusic.mobi 1,350
freevideo.mobi 1,350
flores.mobi 1,250
sportwetten.mobi 1,100

Exactly one hour now till the NEW auction end times.

 

[connections]

5.2k USD has just been spent and I only get 2 domains!!!!

oh well hopefully this pays off...I did my research and I am happy...

 

[fixxation]

How annoying, I couldn't even place a bid at all in the last 5 mins... domain went dirt cheap to someone else!! You'd think Sedo would have a decent number of servers to handle an auction like this... you'd never see anything (technically crappy) of this sort on eBay! :td:

 

[quasar1138]

this is bs!!!!!!!! its still loading!

sedo f*cking up again!!!!

they are gonna have to run the last 5 mins again.
but how?

Last bid I saw for games.mobi was 300,000 before everything went wacko! Anybody else know anything?

 

[connections]

I don't know in the last 5 min's I didn't have any problems?

many I am running off a different data center or something??

 

[Pred]

if their tech department isn't watching this then heads need to roll at sedo.
how can they be this tight to have servers etc this crap?

if they are not extending this and sorting, mtld need to walk from sedo and a load of us too.
friggin' amateurs

 

[ajkula]

Page refresh does not work -- Can you hear the bidders screaming????

Sedo auction is one big joke!

I didn`t know that Sedo use eBay type of auction

Congrats to all buyers, especially for some bargains (eg. spiele.mobi - IMHO this is a much better domain then juegos.mobi)

 

[allnicksgone]

I believe the auction is over. Nothing was extended past 12:00. Just imagine all the money left on the table because nobody could place last minute bids like we have seen in past auctions. Some people got great deals on some of the lower priced names.

 

[qO_Op]

you have got to be kiddin me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[accent]

First there were irregularities in Moniker auctions
Now SEDO crashes and burns.

Houston, we have --- ---

People's businesses depend on these auctions, this is totally unacceptable.

 

[NewWorldArk]

GAMES.MOBI

Bidder 16
Dec/05/07 11:54 AM EST

300,000 USD
203.804 EUR
147.228 GBP

Winning Bid!
Bid automatically placed by Sedo.

 

[qO_Op]

this is simply 'a f*cking nightmare'. NICE WORK SEDO!!!!!!!!!!!

music.mobi for $66k....r u having a laugh?

 

[Pred]

i suggest sedo come online and try to explain what they're gonna do.
i would imagine mtld will be furious and/or walk from sedo and use a professional platform, as sedo keep failing in too many areas.
unless there is a genuine reason? were they getting hit from an attack? surely too conspiracy theory.

either way, how are they gonna rectify?

 

[SKG]

Sedo should take the fall for this. Those who had the highest bids at the time the servers went down should get there names, it is only fair.

 

[accent]

I bet they do not care.
With all the questions about the Geo auction, Moniker never responded.
and auctions are a bigger part of Moniker than they are of SEDO.

Yet another part of the domain industry where someone can come in and make some serious money by doing it right.

 

[qO_Op]

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[tophatter]

I bid & then increased the bid & the DAMN F***KING thing crashed.. Now What????????????

 

[Pred]

:td:

 

[accent]

Sedo should take the fall for this. Those who had the highest bids at the time the servers went down should get there names, it is only fair.

I do not think it would be fair - either to the other bidders who thought they had 5 minutes to decide/bid nor to Mtld, the owner of the domains.

Not that I really care how much Mtld gets, but if it were my domain being sold I would be furious.

 

[fixxation]

God even running those domains on eBay would've been better!!

(I know that my second post about eBay... I don't work for them! :hehe: )

 

[Pred]

sedo need to get some decent hardware. they're making money hand over fist. no excuses