Snapnames auction history

[roberto]

or is it just a halvarez-script running at snapnames?

So website.in and directi.com are some registars where the halvarez-sites registed to. Seems to be an Indian company with locations in the USA.

The Directi Group consists of several different Business Units:
LogicBoxes - http://www.logicboxes.com
ResellerClub - http://www.resellerclub.com
PublicDomainRegistry - http://www.publicdomainregistry.com
WebHosting.Info - http://www.webhosting.info
Skenzo - http://www.skenzo.com

[dvdrip]

What is the difference?

[Acro]

Halvarez does on ocassion raise the bids to high thousands.

[paradise]

I've just had Halverez pitch up against me at Snapnames - three times in the past week. On the first two auctions, he/she/it didn't bid any further. On the third, he took me on but gave up as it's a name I've wanted for ages and I held on for the ride. Seems to me from reading this and other threads on the net that Halverez is a Snapnames script of some sort!?

[Kjel]

Halverez is the bid alias of a SnapNames customer, not a "SnapNames script of some sort." SnapNames does not participate as a bidder in the auctions that we run.

[dotNetKing]

Originally Posted by Kjel

Halverez is the bid alias of a SnapNames customer, not a "SnapNames script of some sort."

OK, but they're talking about halvarez not halverez

Sorry about being a pedant.

p.s. Sorry, I see one of the posters did say halverez instead of halvarez.

Everyone knows that the person is halvarez ;-)

[Kjel]

And I'm sorry about not being able to type. "Halvarez" is what I intended above.

[BobDiGiTaL]

KJel,
Do you know 'halvarez?'

[Avensen]

A couple of days ago I've backordered a great domain (my first with Snapnames). They've done well and catched it. Unfortunately 'halvarez' (and another domainer) placed a bid on that name too.

I suppose it's a kind of script working there (or maybe a rich domainer).

By the way, that name was backordered at Godaddy too; they've failed to catch it.

[Acro]

Avensen, I bet you're under the impression that you're the sole chaser of worthwhile domains.

[Banned: VioxxLawyers]

So the one million dollar question is: is halvarez a DNF member? I think everyone expects him/her to come over here to justify his massive domain shopping spree lol

[BobDiGiTaL]

Would you risk that freekin income to make an extra thousand bucks ?

If Snapnames added a few hundred to each name, instead of 50K to 500K per day they would make over 1 million easy, not an extra thousand. Except for the tax, oops they don't pay tax.

Seems like typos and trademark leeching is still very much alive.

Why doesn't a TM law team investigate ?

[Kjel]

Bobby, to your earlier question, no, I have never actually met "Halvarez", so I wouldn't say that I know him. I do know that he is an actual person though, if that is what you are getting at.

To the comments above, I'm not sure how to respond. I don't know how we would "add" money to each name, as each auction is closed and everyone in it can see exactly who is bidding what. And tax? Granted, I am pretty dense, but I can't at all figure what sort of point you are trying to make by saying that we "don't pay tax." Sorry Bobby, you've totally lost me.

[chumba]

What? An entire thread about Snapnames drops and nobody mentions the almighty Vaxis? I'll admit, I've never been one-on-one with halvarez, but plenty of times with Vaxis, Bonkers, Saggydimes and Benfranklin. Some I get; a lot I don't.

Set a limit going in, or else it can get ugly at the end of the month ... as my wife can attest.

[Avensen]

http://www.avensen.com/misc/sn-auction-1.htm
That's how the googletrends.com auction went at snapnames.
See times and increments of the bids. So, what do you think?
p.s. 'catchnames' is not my nick there.

[BobDiGiTaL]

I don't know how we would "add" money to each name,

I'm not nieve or stupid.
You, if you are a rep from snapnames, you could look up the max bid and bid it up. You could use any name, "Halvarez", bonkers", "saggydimes"
I'm not saying you or anyone from your company does, I'm just saying it is possible. Right?
Just like bidding someone up on an ebay auction, that scam has only been around since the first Ferrari was sold.

I wouldn't say that I know him

strange, no one said "halvarez" was a him. Interesting assumption.
If someone was sending me the money halvarez sends to your company, I would want to meet him.

but I can't at all figure what sort of point you are trying to make by saying that we "don't pay tax."

Originally Posted by bobdigital

Except for the tax, oops they don't pay tax.

I mean the domain purchasers don't pay tax, yet.
This is in reference to adding fees to drive up the final cost

[stu]

See times and increments of the bids

I would say it's nigh on physically impossible to manually input bids with the speed those bids were raised

[Jacksplat]

I'm deleting this post by request.

[labrocca]

I don't trust any of these drop companies. They could easily run a shill bidder scam to up their profits. It's just too easy for them to do so and with the drop companies unregulated why not?

Has any drop company subjected themselves to an outside audit to ensure credibility? WHY should we trust them?

[Raider]

Originally Posted by dvdrip

90%+ of the times he doesn't bid at all.

I believe halvarez is DomainQueue, your right about him not being a big bidder, but if a domain has potentially high traffic, he's not afraid to bid. If it's a resale name, he either doesnt bid at all or bids very low. Most of the names we battled were resale and I won everytime.