Drops today - July 2014
- Thread starter Cal
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eBranding.com.au
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Yeah I thought the same thing when I first saw it!
findtim
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training.com.au
well the elephant in the room ! its now at $1500.
if this is purchased by the government dept that let it drop then i'll be looking for a tax refund for their stupidity !
WTF is this and every gov before them doing ? just wasting our tax money.
i think this is a $10K domain at least, maybe more,
training, gov grants, rebates, apprentice concessions , long term unemployed......... etc , its a high income earner ESPECIALLY if an end user is bidding.
just my opinion.
if you are not bidding, have some fun and predict the end result.
tim
well the elephant in the room ! its now at $1500.
if this is purchased by the government dept that let it drop then i'll be looking for a tax refund for their stupidity !
WTF is this and every gov before them doing ? just wasting our tax money.
i think this is a $10K domain at least, maybe more,
training, gov grants, rebates, apprentice concessions , long term unemployed......... etc , its a high income earner ESPECIALLY if an end user is bidding.
just my opinion.
if you are not bidding, have some fun and predict the end result.
tim
neddy
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Having watched domains like this over the years, these initial bids mean stuff all imho.
Fair "suck of the sav"; why would any serious bidder get in there the day before and bid it up so high? Doesn't make sense.
Currently 7 bidders - now $1781. And still about 14 to 15 hours before close.
There are potentially three types of current bidders:
- Heroes - these bidders place early bids knowing that they'll never bid high enough to win. But they can always claim to have participated (but had to bow out).
- Shill bidders - happy to chase the price up for their own reasons. Say no more.
- Genuine bidders - probably not many at this stage - but if they are there, they won't be chasing the price up yet. No sense in doing so.
As always, just my considered opinion. I may well be wrong.
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findtim
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as always , "well said ned"
maybe i should bid $1782 so i could add myself into version 1 and 2 ( but i'd never do that )
i think you are correct on version 3 and i am sick of repeating the same rhetoric of "blind auctions" ( yes i know we are looking at drop dot com au ) as that is all we can look at.
i think this is one domain that doesn't need shill bids, what will happen will just happen.
for domain sanity i hope it gets shilled to $50k on drop but gets a realistic price when FN pick it up...... YES I SAID IT....... oh my god !
the industry should be killing the shill bidders not the snipers.
tim
maybe i should bid $1782 so i could add myself into version 1 and 2 ( but i'd never do that )
i think you are correct on version 3 and i am sick of repeating the same rhetoric of "blind auctions" ( yes i know we are looking at drop dot com au ) as that is all we can look at.
i think this is one domain that doesn't need shill bids, what will happen will just happen.
for domain sanity i hope it gets shilled to $50k on drop but gets a realistic price when FN pick it up...... YES I SAID IT....... oh my god !
the industry should be killing the shill bidders not the snipers.
tim
MelbourneDomainer
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Agree Ned. No serious bidder would show their head yet.
MelbourneDomainer
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What domain are we talking about 
eBranding.com.au
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Fantastic domain
I think $8k-10k is the floor price it will hit. If there are some serious bidders then $25-30k.
I think $8k-10k is the floor price it will hit. If there are some serious bidders then $25-30k.
MelbourneDomainer
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I think on days like this Drop is always cringing.. If they win, they then see the fixed bid opportunity cost on NF (usually significantly higher) if they don't win, even more depressing.
FirstPageResults
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Nice domain. Seems like one of those domains that could have its value inflated by an auction though.
findtim
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depends who is running in the race, i'm sure the NF phones OUTbound have been running hot since it got listed
tim
Any chance of the Government lodging a dispute against the domain?
I know of an ongoing saga where the Gov are repeatedly filing against the owner of a .com.au version of a .gov.au domain, just because they are using it in the same industry space.
Given training.gov.au covers the exact topics I'm sure training.com.au would be used for, perhaps some issues there?
I know of an ongoing saga where the Gov are repeatedly filing against the owner of a .com.au version of a .gov.au domain, just because they are using it in the same industry space.
Given training.gov.au covers the exact topics I'm sure training.com.au would be used for, perhaps some issues there?
FirstPageResults
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Who are they filing it with - auDA? Surely they'd go to auDRP if they had beef.
I'm not sure of the specifics to be honest.
I chatted with the owner a few times some months ago, and since then the domain has continued to pop up regularly as a PD on Drop.
FirstPageResults
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Ah right. Sounds like they aren't eligible to hold the domain, or they aren't contesting the complaint with auDA.
Pretty funny that they keep picking it up. The Govt. should really push for it to be on the misspellings list if they are that concerned.
Pretty funny that they keep picking it up. The Govt. should really push for it to be on the misspellings list if they are that concerned.
