People have picked up on the cheating. Everyone but Godaddy that is. Godaddy has a few policies that have to change. One is rewarding the second highest bidder if the bidders defaults. I outlined why in a tweet
There are some other things that Godaddy is getting taken advantage on. We get robbed of commission by people that run the cookies ahead of payments. Godaddy pays out cookies on the payment rather than the end of the auction. Costs us 5 figures a year. We also noticed a lot of reversals on our commission payments and got less than an honest answer from Godaddy as to why. I figured it out and I’m pretty sure they know it. Its the above. And some of those players must come through our site or our twitter account. All in all Godaddy is good for the industry and the people there are some of the nicest people in this industry. I hate to seem scammers get the money. I’d rather see Godaddy get it and the domain in the hands of someone that didn’t cheat. I’d also like to see it in ours if someone came through our site and bought a domain. 😂
Domain of the Day: SaferAi.com This is at top of mind right now and probably will be for a while
Quote of the Day: Write to help yourself, publish to help others -Jack Butcher
Namejet, Sedo, and Catched.com Names at Auction
ILPH.com Illinois Property Holding. Made that up. Reserve is under $500 so might sell
GEFC.com Ends in C and no reserve
PPHN.com Another great 4L.com with no reserve. A few nice ones this week
Yiko.com Haven’t seen a CVCV.com expire and get to Namejet in a while. Nice name
Duo.net Better than your average 3L.net
SFCO.com and Appreciate.org Two names that come up in a week or so if they make it through the expiry. Really love appreciate because its double meaning
Presumptuous.com A little tough to spell but most people know the word
Arbitration.ai Do You think AI will be able to provide legal arbitration? I guarantee it will be part of it eventually
Alpha.House Not a bad name for $450 Memorable and shorter than AlphaHouse.com
Difficult.ai. Reserve on this one is under $500. Would probably go for more than that at the expiring auctions
If you like keywords in alt tlds for cheap, check these out
Mortgages.us and Vacations.us. Only Mortgages are beating these dot US that Catched caught
Technology.us A pretty good keyword, a bit boring but HUGE category of course
Odyssey.fi. Sounds like a defi platform
Hosting.us Leading all domains at catched right now
Godaddy Domains With Bids
FitPlace.com Top number of bids on the Godaddy board. No history or backlinks. Just a name in the hot fitness category. A category hot for decades
DWSports.com This one on the other hand is at almost 5 figures because of the history
Patex.com You’re probably wondering why this is getting such a high price. The dot io is a blockchain ecosystem in Latin America being used by half a billion people. Maybe not used but offered to
AuthorStream.com Was a company that had a tool so you could stream your powerpoint on the net. $5million in funding. Ouch
XVault.com Sounds tough and Web3ish
Plundr.com Already stole the E
MCS.org Taken in 345 extensions but the big price says I’m missing some info
LawnStars.com I am going to try and buy this one
LocallySourced.com Very important to many people. Local is a big place
ElectricAll.com Millions of electric everything maxis out there
CoinDoctor.com Hundreds of millions to be made if you can help people recover their coins
DataKind.com Taken in 28 extensions has some value
DataHorse.com Might as well get a horse to go along with it
SocialPassport.com What we are all trying to avoid. China already has it
HealthyInvesting.com Lots of angles with this one. One a morale investment company or a company that invests in health conscious markets
FunList.com A list I’d like to make
Detoxicated.com Pretty cool brand. Not sure what for but I like it
TheFullLife.com What most are searching for
Readiness.org Prepper site
MakeStation.com What we making ?
NeonMonkey.com If it makes a good IPA name its a good brand too
BadTree.com Looks like we’re about to get some firewood
Godaddy with One Bid or Fewer
The Rest of the Godaddy Names with Bids
1bbs.info
25395.com
3dmockuper.com
3x3x.com
77969.com
79595.com
abbike.com
ArtistDesign.com
AutoSpaExpress.com
Be-At.tv
BigShotGolf.com
Cad-Addict.com
ChrisRyanFitness.com
delrosaspizza.com
DroidNerds.com
dumbu.com
FormulaSports.com
fplo.com
fuserly.com
FusionCraft.com
GiftJewelry.com
GlobalEmergencyResponse.org
gwmw.com
hg663.com
historicbennermansion.com
IllinoisRentalAssistance.org
kastenchase.com
listovative.com
MallBuy.com
MilkyMilkyMiami.com
mylgphones.com
MyTrueStory.com
netaji.com
ngho.com
onzd.com
ownk.com
pafipcbantaeng.org
Ploughing.com
predu.com
RainforestNatureHikes.com
RoommatesBudapest.com
rrvx.com
skinster.com
socaloceanfishing.com
sombrahomes.com
spiveyscatfishhouse.com
StellarFoundation.org
takhinihotpools.com
Text2.com
thedogandparrotpubfl.com
ThePetPlus.com
TorrentPier.me
TrainingFit.com
VasMartScale.org
w0t.com
Water-Damage-Restoration.com
xgsa.com
yetagainuk.com
YogaOneHouston.com
zesto-ice-cream.com
zsax.com
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Hey Shane,
It looks like patex.com is a perfect example of the BS that is going on with GoDaddy. The last real bid is $303 by bidder 20. Bidders 19 and 21 ran up the price yesterday morning to where it stands now. BTW… the scam has evolved to where they sometimes will use a third shill bidder. I don’t know what commission you are paid but you have missed out on over $50K worth of domains won at auction this month from me alone. My GD rep tells me they are working on it but that is exactly what my old rep told me 9 years ago. Cheers
Are you guys saying that multiple accounts are refusing to pay until it falls to some lower level real bid? Using two accounts to bid an auction sky high with just the winning account not paying doesn’t work – the 2nd bidder is also sky high. If multiple accounts are refusing to pay, then maybe the fix is only the 2nd highest bidder has a chance to purchase the domain. If one and two don’t pay, then GoDaddy takes possession of the name (if it’s an expiring domain) and puts it up for auction to qualified bidders since there isn’t time to auction it the normal way again.
Travis,
From what I am getting from these comments, the 2 sham bidders are the same guy using different accounts. They keep bidding untill everyone else drops out. Then the guy controlling the 2 sham high bids doesn’t pay the high winning account. GD then gives it to the second highest bidder (same guy) at some point where he entered the bidding process. Correct me if I am wrong.
Hey Tom, I agree with your take on it. I’m just saying that the 2nd highest bid is also way inflated. If so, the person doing this wouldn’t be helping themselves out. Don’t they give it to the highest bid from the 2nd bidder, or is it the highest bid from the 2nd bidder after any bids from other bidders than the highest bidder? If the latter, then I see the issue now.