The Official BQB.com Thread

[VURG]

I think I started the first BQB.com auction ever. I'm not sure but it looks like it's up and running.

 

[Sufyan]

Reece , thank you for showing us ToiletMonster's real face. Very well deserved ban! Shame on him!

 

[Standout!]

He meant nnnnn.com (5 numbers.com) not "N5.com"

Oh man, sorry I'm a lazy typer... looking forward to the day when I *do* list it though...

Thanks VURG! A 14-day auction goes right down to 10-days?

 

[-REECE-]

Hi Jason,

Yes, 10 days is the default length once bids on auctions with 10+ days remaining are made.

Oh man, sorry I'm a lazy typer... looking forward to the day when I *do* list it though...

Thanks VURG! A 14-day auction goes right down to 10-days?

 

[Standout!]

Thanks Reece... Oh, if I wanted to make an RSS widget out of my current auctions (and put it on my blog, etc...), is there a way to do it with one of the BQB feeds? ... use parameters to only show a members current auctions?

 

[-REECE-]

That's a great question Jason.

RSS is still pretty new to me - the developer thought it would be a "nice Web 2.0 touch". I'll get back to you when I have an answer

Thanks Reece... Oh, if I wanted to make an RSS widget out of my current auctions (and put it on my blog, etc...), is there a way to do it with one of the BQB feeds? ... use parameters to only show a members current auctions?

 

[Tim Schoon]

sigh.. okay okay.. I spose it wasn't a nice thing to do.

I was just trying to get the deal off anyway I could.

I know this wasn't the right thing to do, but I really didn't want to make a $400 loss as I'm really low on cash atm.
I just couldn't affort to sell the domain for that.

I've offered some money to make up for wasting his time, but I didn't get any reply to that.

Anything else I could do to make this a bit better?

 

[VURG]

I don't think that OWEW.com is worth as much as you want to believe.

 

[AussieDomainer]

I don't think that OWEW.com is worth as much as you want to believe.

I second that actually. Definitely would've been much better off selling to mibworld as I don't believe it is worth a huge amount more and it definitely isn't worth ruining your reputation for a few more dollars which is what has happened.

I think the best thing you can do now is personally apologise to both Carlos & Reece as well as offering Carlos a similar name for the price he paid for owew.com like uruh.com that you have advertised in your signature.

 

[Michelle]

Oh man, sorry I'm a lazy typer... looking forward to the day when I *do* list it though...

I think now you carved it in writing you must now sell 5l.com at a $1 start...


JK :p

Good luck with the nnnnn.com ill be watching

I think the best thing you can do now is personally apologise to both Carlos & Reece as well as offering Carlos a similar name for the price he paid for owew.com like uruh.com that you have advertised in your signature.

:tu: good idea

 

[-REECE-]

Have a second developer helping out now, so improvements should be made even quicker

Changes over the last couple days follow:

I've gotten rid of the "No Image Available" icon and gotten rid of images entirely from the categories section -- images are welcome in the store section still however.

I've added a Recent Sales section to the BQB homepage listing the 30 domains which have sold most recently. A sales archive (previously called "recent sales") containing past sales is still available just underneath on the grey navigation bar.

BQB now lists the time remaining on items in the Popular Auctions section.

Changes being worked on at the moment:

1 - Resolving auctions being removed from being "Watched" when outbid.
2 - Resolving Safari / OS X related issues.
3 - Resolving problems with emails sometimes not going through or ending up in junk folders.

 

[Semtex]

The Sleeping Giant !!

I can't even imagine how much time and heart you've put into this new juggernaut Reece. Hopefully, a few years from now you will be able to sit back and laugh at all the little things that you have had to do to make the majority happy. Maybe the other big auction sites will wonder where 10% of their business went, when BQB, the sleeping giant has awoke. :hehe:

 

[thetruman]

33%

 

[-REECE-]

Thanks Jeremy

I just hope at the end of the day it makes the "big guys" realize that many of us little guys want to see some things change in this industry.

I can't even imagine how much time and heart you've put into this new juggernaut Reece. Hopefully, a few years from now you will be able to sit back and laugh at all the little things that you have had to do to make the majority happy. Maybe the other big auction sites will wonder where 10% of their business went, when BQB, the sleeping giant has awoke. :hehe:

 

[Marck]

I was browsing BQB just now the server isn't sending a response, it's just churning. That shouldn't be happening given your server specs.

Possibilities:

1. ISP is messing with the routers.

2. Server has been compromised.

3. Something very poorly coded in the PHP scripts.

4. PHP is leaking session files or similar. See #3.

 

[-REECE-]

Hi Marck,

I'm in the process of deleting 7000 auctions which have closed over the past month from the server. It should be back to normal within 5-10 minutes.

I was browsing BQB just now the server isn't sending a response, it's just churning. That shouldn't be happening given your server specs.

Possibilities:

1. ISP is messing with the routers.

2. Server has been compromised.

3. Something very poorly coded in the PHP scripts.

4. PHP is leaking session files or similar. See #3.

edit: Should be back up now.

 

[Marck]

Hi Marck,

I'm in the process of deleting 7000 auctions which have closed over the past month from the server. It should be back to normal within 5-10 minutes.



edit: Should be back up now.

Ah that's a relief. I'll chalk that up to #3 though, if deleting 7k records has that effect.

 

[-REECE-]

Will take a look and see if anything seems wrong

I will do my cleaning weekly instead of monthly from now on so downtime from this should be at most 5 minutes/week.

Ah that's a relief. I'll chalk that up to #3 though, if deleting 7k records has that effect.

 

[rick123]

have sold my first domain on bqb for .85 :kickass:
anyway, i like the new layout without the icons. Makes It looks cleaner.

And reece i have sent you $5.00 via paypal for verification

 

[-REECE-]

Thanks Rick! :great:

Have refunded you the $5 and marked your account verified + added you a free store.

have sold my first domain on bqb for .85 :kickass:
anyway, i like the new layout without the icons. Makes It looks cleaner.

And reece i have sent you $5.00 via paypal for verification

 

[rick123]

hello reece,
thanks for the store, i accidentally hit the 'proceed' buttion on the store prefferences page thinking that the settings were located there. Indoing so I removed the defalt store. Is there a chance you could reinstate the store.