Comments on: NameJet Bidding: I Wish There Was a Reminder Email

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:46:33 +0000

elliot@
Thanks to this post i bought VisitWindyCityDotCom from GD few minutes later.It was on the drop list.
When i sell it i would like to donate to “Ronald Mc Donald House” to show my thankx
I’m telling 3 day later after the domain got in to my account.

By: Brand

Brand — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:42:52 +0000

Nice domain but for I won’t bid for more than $2k for this domain.

@Daryl, I have lots of 1 word .co.za domains. I believe you are brokering one of my .co.za domain

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:23:40 +0000

@ Acro

Not really, because that wouldn’t be a sunk cost. The name has significant value.

By: Acro

Acro — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:22:45 +0000

On the other hand, you just saved $3,523 Elliot!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:04:43 +0000

Yeah right. That would require people at namejet caring about adding value lol. They barely answer their phone let alone develop

By: WeBuyThe.Com

WeBuyThe.Com — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:13:56 +0000

Why not contact the winning bidder and see if they would consider selling for a quick profit. If it was a deal at $3500 you can’t go too wrong adding a grand or two over for the chance to buy it.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:37:56 +0000

I’ve lost count of how many auctions I’ve missed out. I usually set reminders on my phone, but it’s easy to forget to do that. I’m not sure if reminders are a feature in Protrada (which I haven’t tried and am not affiliated with), but it would be a great service to provide. NJ should look into this. With GD, at least you have the benefit of a “watch list” and outbid notices, although sometimes there’s a lag with those.

By: Abdu

Abdu — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:58:49 +0000

Sorry to hear.. I hope you grab some other name very soon. I actually have reminders set on my iPhone for each auction ending time. It reminds me 5 minutes before the end of the auction. Some outbid emails go to my spam email, so I don’t rely on email at all.

By: Don

Don — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:43:05 +0000

I use Google Calendar, and set a series of incremental emails and pop-ups to remind me. I get notified via my phone and computer – helps tremendously.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:51:20 +0000

Happen to me to many times,even yesterday.
I usually set up my iphone clock and i did but i was in the middle of an e’mail which captured me ,by the time i remembered it was gone.

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:58:39 +0000

@ Bulls

I have no need to give excuses. To me, it’s just another name I would like to have owned but didn’t. It was lost revenue for NameJet, because even if I didn’t win, it would have meant a higher result.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:57:08 +0000

@Sole Designer .Com is King for sure. .co.za is my ccTLD and to me it is like my .Com, Strange thing here in South Africa I have seen is when you tell people your website here locally, they finish your words as if expect you to be a .co.za which it most of the time is and when you ask for business peoples website it does end in .co.za. I think it has to do with our online commerce, being Proudly South African, the companies that are online here, either just have the .co.za or have both the .com and .co.za however the .com redirects to the co.za.

By: BullS

BullS — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:56:56 +0000

Elliot-stop giving excuses.

As the saying goes–if you really want it , you will do whatever it takes to get the domain…even not going to the bathroom–that what diapers are for.

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:51:10 +0000

@ Scott

On some days, I am bidding on 10 names and it’s pretty consistent. It would be annoying to do that every day.

I guess it might be annoying to receive 10 emails a day, too. I suppose if I could check off a box to request an email on the names I really want, it might be beneficial.

By: BullS

BullS — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:49:09 +0000

SouthAfrica dot net is heavily promoted on the radio but the traffic is going to the dot com

Well, Elliot- aren’t you glad you lost , money saved!!

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:31:33 +0000

Understood, thanks for the reply appreciate it.

By: Scott Neuman

Scott Neuman — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:29:46 +0000

Elliot, we have that feature on Ebay and I love it. If they won’t add it, consider using your smart phone and the calendar feature.

By: Sole Designer

Sole Designer — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:29:10 +0000

DDarryl has been doing well from what he has told me of his recent sales. Com is king due to familiarity in the mind of the people throughout many countries. I think this factor mainly makes a difference in TLD value across the board.

@Elliot I don’t think there is a question that the domain is a nice catch at $3500. Domains like this can draw great traffic and attention if developed right. It taps into the travel market nicely.

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:07:02 +0000

@ Darryl

Thanks for reading my blog. I would guess that 99% of my portfolio is .com. I don’t really own many/any ccTLD names, aside from a few .CO.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:05:31 +0000

Hey Elliot,

I think that’s really cool that you would of paid such a price tag for the domain VisitSouthAfrica.com. I live in South Africa and I am a domainer, I frequent your blog and learn with every post, not only learn though I field test it and try the tips what you suggest however also tweak them to suit me. I have sold 2 co.za of combine value of $4,000 so far and I am now brokering domains. What I would like to ask from you sir is, do you own any co.za domains?

Viva South Africa!