I recently purchased a domain (uranian dot com) via Godaddy Auctions and was pretty confident it would actually be delivered since previous whois information listed NameFind which is one of GoDaddy's portfolios.
I've had Auctions domains cancelled after purchase due to original owners transferring or renewing at other registrars. But my understanding is that domains that are with GoDaddy can no longer be renewed after they go to auctions.
This is a particularly strange one because it had been listed on NameFind (and still is) for $1999.
The auction price didn't go anywhere near that, which makes me question - is GoDaddy selectively sending domains from its NameFind portfolio to Auctions, only to take them back if they don't meet their expectations?
Don't want to read into this too much, but it already seems like a conflict of interest when you run an auctions platform for expired domains, and a platform like NameFind, and I believe GoDaddy doesn't bid against its customers but what happened here is strange to say the least.
Has anyone here seen or grabbed a name previously seen on NameFind through their Auctions platform?
I've had Auctions domains cancelled after purchase due to original owners transferring or renewing at other registrars. But my understanding is that domains that are with GoDaddy can no longer be renewed after they go to auctions.
This is a particularly strange one because it had been listed on NameFind (and still is) for $1999.
The auction price didn't go anywhere near that, which makes me question - is GoDaddy selectively sending domains from its NameFind portfolio to Auctions, only to take them back if they don't meet their expectations?
Don't want to read into this too much, but it already seems like a conflict of interest when you run an auctions platform for expired domains, and a platform like NameFind, and I believe GoDaddy doesn't bid against its customers but what happened here is strange to say the least.
Has anyone here seen or grabbed a name previously seen on NameFind through their Auctions platform?