There is an art to negotiation, a risk taken by turning down an offer and countering for more. You may end up turning down an offer you believe is fair for the prospect of a better price. I kept most of my names at Sedo and over the years I have had my fair share […]
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GoDaddy To Acquire Main Street Hub
GoDaddy is looking to expand it’s offerings in social media with the acquisition of Main Street Hub. I have looked into them before, I had someone who wanted to start a competitor since they were already doing this stuff on an informal basis. I want to see what the pricing will be when GoDaddy runs […]
Continue ReadingAfter checking out GoDaddy appraisal tool, I would like to sell them some names
So GoDaddy released their appraisal tool for anyone to use. Doron from Efty and DNGeek tweeted out this morning: I’m pleasantly surprised with the quality of automated domain name appraisals of @GoDaddy‘s new appraisal tool https://t.co/7yr7VfMkDB and plan on using it for some end-user negotiations in the future. — Doron Vermaat (@doronvermaat) December 1, 2017 […]
Continue ReadingGoDaddy has no plans to implement bidder id’s
So by now most have heard the news from GoDaddy about 30 being the new 42. Good morning, We are making a change to our domain name expiry process and wanted to give you enough notice to make decisions on your portfolio. GoDaddy is changing the domain renewal timeline from 42 to 30 days for […]
Continue ReadingGoDaddy really needs to scrap these valuations
Anyone who has been in this business for just a solid year, knows that artificially generated valuations are crap 99% of the time. I had an interesting conversation about a week ago where someone asked me about the GoDaddy valuations. I said they are mostly for entertainment purposes but I do think they do harm […]
Continue ReadingIt’s time for GoDaddy to initiate bidder id’s to GoDaddy auctions
A lot of info is coming to light on Namepros and to a lesser degree on TheDomains where people are commenting on NameJet bidding practices. It seems to me that another company should also be working to get their act together, GoDaddy. At least at NameJet we have bidder id’s, and I think it’s very […]
Continue ReadingGoDaddy aftermarket not getting paid out on Ebates
There was some discussion last month about GoDaddy auctions and Ebates. As many know ebates allows members to receive cash back from their selected partners. Most companies have some exceptions. For GoDaddy that restriction is aftermarket products. You cannot win a name for $500 and get 10% back if you are using Ebates. Now there […]
Continue ReadingWhatAboutWatermelon.com closes at $1,975
Sometimes you see a name close at auction and you just say, “Wait, what?” WhatAboutWatermelon.com closed on GoDaddy auctions at $1,975, GoDaddy had a valuation of $1,294. The domain was actually developed into a website about what else? Watermelon. Solid backlink profile, data courtesy of Majestic SEO External Backlinks 11,408 Referring Domains 541 Referring IPs […]
Continue ReadingSomeone really wants WorldAirways.com
The action has really picked up on WorldAirways.com. The 19 year old domain is expired and the auction closes today on GoDaddy. The price was at $1,525with bidder 1 in the lead, then bidder 10 came in and shook things up. The prices started jumping by the thousands, the price is now $66,000, will be […]
Continue ReadingSale completed, 5111.com moves to Hong Kong
Well it looks like GoDaddy cashed their winning ticket and collected $218,000 for 5111.com. Many were convinced the domain would be renewed and the owner was just seeking a real world appraisal. Someone emailed me Saturday about the whois not updating and pondered if the domain got renewed. Well the whois has now updated and […]
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