aus11
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Netfleet are showing a green tick next to it, so I'm guessing they got it.
WeddingInvitations.com.au & ChristmasCards.com.au
- Thread starter Chris.C
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Netfleet are showing a green tick next to it, so I'm guessing they got it.
Chris.C
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Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they are kicking themselves about today in general as well. Sounds like they left a couple of grand on the table, not just with the main two domains, but no doubt quite a few other bids didn't make it onto a number of domains today.
One of these days I'd love NetFleet to try testing an auto-extension model, whereby they end the auctions about 5 minutes earlier, but if a domain received a bid in the last 20 seconds, the auction is automatically extended for another 20 seconds, and if there is another bid it extends for 20 seconds again and again, until their are no more bids.
I think a feature like this would give people a few extra seconds to decide if they have just been outbid whether they want to go a bit further and has the potential to squeeze another 20% out of buyers.
snoopy
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Having read it I wouldn't call this bad luck, I'd say you lost for the two reasons, bad strategy and/or inadequate budget. The people who put "little bits on at the end" usually just increase the price for the eventual winner. Go to any realestate auction and watch the type of bidder who hum and huh and put on little bids, they rarely win because they don't know what they are bidding to & they haven't done adequate homework, they are on the back foot trying to react to what the leading bidder is doing instead of having a clear idea of what their budget really is.
With the site going up an down that increases the difficulty, it really requires people to be careful to get their bid in with enough time to allow for problems.
So as was said the other day, know what you budget is & go to it as late as possible. If the site is having problems then obvious that needs to be allowed for.
Drop.com.au
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Congrats Tim!
Andrew
Andrew
Blue Wren
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There's only one thing that can help Drop become more successful, and it is Drop themselves. I'm sure they have their reasons for using their current plan of catching domain names, which we all know is not overly successful. They get the big ones sometimes but it is rare.
Cooper Mills DomainLawyer
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congrats Tim, very nice name, big industry!
johno69
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Have to agree. Bid your absolute highest you are willing to pay, if you win great, if you lose so be it.
Congrats Tim.
morganp
Regular Member
Well done Tim!
Great domain
Did you buy to develop? If i had any artistic ability whatsoever i may have bid. But i doubt there is a big market for crappy looking wedding invitations.I've learnt a valuable lesson today and will certainly make sure to bat with 100% of my swing in every instance going forward. I left far to much to chance by relying on the auction system remaining online. I got too comfortable with a method that had appeared to work for me on a number of previous occasions!
Well done Tim and congratulations on besting me with that one.
Well done Tim and congratulations on besting me with that one.
aus11
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chris
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This is the quietest you have ever been!
Don't have a story to add for us?
Hehe!
You owe us all 2 stories about Byron Bay tomorrow to make up for it.
Cheers,
Chris
Data Glasses
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This is the quietest you have ever been!
Don't have a story to add for us?
Count your blessings ................there will be many wedding invitation stories down the road
......then there was the time i ....
