Enom jumping into the pool.com

[bocajohnh]

:angry:

Just got sucked into Enom's new private auction. I thought I had won 7+ domain names today as I was high bidder, and they were caught by enom. But NOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOhhhh... Their new Pool.com-like PRIVATE AUCTION has gone into effect, and now I have to join the bidding over the next 3 days on the names.

Man, ain't it the case that their sweet little "New" article doesn't mention, "Hey don't bother with pricing and prioritizing and budgeting and the 1:00 PM auction time. Just get a $2 bid in and screw the high bidder."

Okay, so I might have noticed this if I had actually read the notice. I thought it was just for "resellers" who bid, enom caught (surprise!) and then the "reseller" didn't pay. No, after a fine reading, that's their "public" auction.

And I've got some non-auction ones that I won at values greater than $2. Do you think I'll get my money back? Time will tell.

Any law against posting the names here, and deciding who gets what? There's less than 5 bidders on most of mine. Can we at least agree to not go poolstal on the prices?

[/VENT]
Okay, so I guess you just bid $2 now, and you'll get in the auction, no?

Anyone else seen this coming? Obviously I was blindsided. Guess its been a hot topic in the Exclusive forum :cheesy: , I missed it in the Platinum one...

 

[Togoodhlth]

Man they must not catch ANYTHING that I put on my list as I have never gone to the new auctions with enom!!!!

 

[izoot]

I wasn't even aware enom has put anything other than a bidding process into effect... thought the person with the highest bid at the closing bell wins. Is this something new? I guess I missed it.

 

[StockDoctor]

Going "poolstal"

Loved that line as much as I do the "comies"

 

[Biggie]

Going "poolstal"

Loved that line as much as I do the "comies"

I like it too!

always read ......the fineprint!

 

[puravida]

:angry: Just got sucked into Enom's new private auction.

Yeah, I don't bother with their stupid little auction service.

I didn't use it when it was $99/mo (and never caught anything), and I don't use it now.

I did, however, try it once -after it went to the auction format ...but something about just throwing out a high number that bugged me. That is a lame way to hold an auction. And now, with the new, double-auction. C'mon.

I already sent a flame email to the VP of Marketing over at eNom and spelled out what was wrong with their process and how they need to fix it.

But this wasn't what I had in mind. Very disappointed in the marketing minds of businesses today.

-Wesley

 

[Nameable]

Just started using club drop once it became free. The $99 fee was absurd.

Actually won a few of the private auctions today. Also noticed yesterday that there are dozens of domains in public auction that I can't imagine anyone actually picked... makes me wonder if they don't just take their list and reg all the name then put whatever they got up for public auction.

 

[adoptabledomains]

Enom beat NW on the only two names I had listed today at NW, with no enom competitors. I picked up WeekendCamping.com today for reg +$2 when it was up to $40 bid at NW. I wouldn't have paid the $60 at pool for these, but it was worth what I paid today. The other one was PickYourWebName.com. Not exactly worth pool prices, but I can easily get $40-50 for it. You just need to have use restraint. If these went to auction I would probably have let them go.

Yes there is an auction, but it's still more in the price range of NW than pool with the chance to get a name for reg plus $2 when there are no other bidders. Just DON"T bid more than +$2 before they grab the name and it's no problem. You can always up it if they catch the drop. I think it's overly complicated, but you just have to learn the rules and play them. I just started using club drop this week in hopes to beat the higher pool prices.

You do have to be a reseller on enom to participate still, but there is no longer a monthly fee. I'd be happy set anyone up as an $8.95 subreseller if interested in participating. Just PM me with a requested username. No charge from me, but you do have to fund the enom account with $100 to start when you activate the account for registrations or club drop.