For Sale godaddys backorder?!

[peter]

This is new today right? I have not seen it before.

18 bucks... does anyone know if it is good or not?

 

[sponk]

hmm this looks interesting.. only $18, thats pretty inexpensive, however I would like to see some statistics of their catching success. But anywayz, $18 is damn cheap.

 

[Kid Kool]

i have seen them grabbing some names. nothing spectacular, but it works

 

[RMF]

Can godaddy's backorder service beat snapnames or namewinner?.

RMF

 

[timechange.com]

When I first registered domains with GoDaddy 3 years ago, my wife saw the CC records and thought it was porn

Imagine doing that now and it says "BackDaddy" or something like that LOL

 

[TooMuch2AM]

Well I just backordered a name at GoDaddy that has a snap and a $145 bid on namewinner. We shall see how good this system is in 3 days!

M

 

[Mr Webname]

"...if your backorder is not successful, it can be reassigned to another domain name. If it is not reassigned to another domain name within 10 days after notification that we were unable to acquire the domain name being backordered, the back order will expire.

 

[peter]

that's just bullshit. screw them, I am staying with NW

 

[888]

I backordered businesswoman.com with godaddy and lost. I've changed to another name, will see again in a few days. But for $18 what can you expect?

 

[beatz]

I just signed up at godaddy for a backorder - but where in my account can i actually tell them the name i want?
As the backorder purchase procedure didnt ask me which name i wanted.
Confused...

 

[888]

Hi beatz, after you login, you can find an option in the drop down box, it's a bit tricky.

 

[Sharpy]

the email you got will show you where to go.

BTW, I'm 0 for 23 aganst nw/sn with the daddy

 

[beatz]

888 and sharpy - thanks, found it

A bit hidden indeed...

 

[Edwin]

One good use of GoDaddy's drop service is as added protection. If you already have the Snap, the high bid at NW etc. it's then crazy to leave open the chance - however small - that GoDaddy will swoop under your nose and get the domain for somebody else for a mere $19!

 

[TheBansche]

I'm trying the service out too. Just lost JCA.com, but that one had a $10,000 bid on NW, so I can't talk shit yet. Waiting to see if any of my sneaky back-orders go through to test the success. That said, I'm also using it to close the loop on some names I REALLY want and have snaps and bids on. I agree, it makes no sense to leave a back-door open if you're serious about getting a name.

 

[Steen]

I talked to GoDaddy today on the phone and she would not give me a straight answer about thier performance against SN etc.

She would just tell me "at 11am we try to register the name if it becomes avail, and if we dont you get credit towards a new backorder"

I asked her at least 3 times if they beat snapnames or other services..

 

[TheBansche]

They try at a fixed time every day? Dude, that completely sucks. WHat a rip-off. OK, sounds like we need to verify their methodologies. A backorder is bullshit if it doesn't ping the registry like a hacker launching a denial of service attack.

 

[sasu]

They failed to get me a name 3rd of may ..the name had 1k+ bids in NW and a backorder in SN no luck but well I thought I would give it a try....

sasu

 

[TheBansche]

Just lost a name with no snap and an $8.75 bid on NW. FORTUNATELY the $8.75 NW bid was MINE!!!

 

[sponk]

Originally posted by TheBansche
Just lost a name with no snap and an $8.75 bid on NW. FORTUNATELY the $8.75 NW bid was MINE!!!

LoL nice, well this proves that as of now the GoDaddy backordering system is not very efficient. Maybe they will improve after they see their sales going down for that.