I have been on the boards for a couple years, but only mess with domains on a limited basis... but thought I would post my experience on my first backorder...
There may be a noobie, like me that doesnt have a full understanding on the process.
ANYWAY...
I was trying to get nclo.com - ( I am a loan officer in NC )
so I was entering domain names on Godaddy and if they were taken already, I would look at the whois info, well this one had expired in April, and after reading here, that it takes a couple months to actually drop, so I thought I would take my chances and try to get it.
again, with the great info shared here... I decided to go with POOL to backorder it, since I have read they seem to have the best chance at grabbing it when it drops.
After about 10 days, I get an email saying " Auction Notice " so they bid was on... it sat for a while and then a few bids, I took a chance and entered the amount I was willing to go ( $179 ) but another bidder already went above that... the final price ended up at $230...
Not sure how much it should have gone for, I know that I bid the most I was willing to pay. ( at least with my wife knowing about it :lol: )
If there is anything else I could have done better... please let me know.
Thanks again for all the info everyone has provided here in the forums.
ROB
There may be a noobie, like me that doesnt have a full understanding on the process.
ANYWAY...
I was trying to get nclo.com - ( I am a loan officer in NC )
so I was entering domain names on Godaddy and if they were taken already, I would look at the whois info, well this one had expired in April, and after reading here, that it takes a couple months to actually drop, so I thought I would take my chances and try to get it.
again, with the great info shared here... I decided to go with POOL to backorder it, since I have read they seem to have the best chance at grabbing it when it drops.
After about 10 days, I get an email saying " Auction Notice " so they bid was on... it sat for a while and then a few bids, I took a chance and entered the amount I was willing to go ( $179 ) but another bidder already went above that... the final price ended up at $230...
Not sure how much it should have gone for, I know that I bid the most I was willing to pay. ( at least with my wife knowing about it :lol: )
If there is anything else I could have done better... please let me know.
Thanks again for all the info everyone has provided here in the forums.
ROB