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If so far i only was suspicious about it, i now have proof that NW has changed the focus and in fact has become weaker:
1) I was the high bidder at $8.95 on a name of todays drop; nothing great but still a nice name i thought, so i checked back at NW like 2 hours after drop had occured today - it still had me as high bidder and said "expiring".Now, just out of curiousity i go to registerfly to check out who got the name only to find the name AVAILABLE for registration ! 2 hours after drop time ! So of course i regged it manually.
NW - THAT SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, i know $8.95 aint a lot but what good is the whole service for if you cant rely on them in terms of them at least TRYING to get the name for you no matter how high the bid?
I understand there is a priority depending of the heights of bids, but not going after a name AT ALL ? After 2 hours ?!?!
Does that mean i have to outbid myself from now on numerous times on names i am the only bidder on ?!
If so, why not start the minimum bid at $150 right away ?
Damn...
2.) So because of this (has been the second time already this has happened at NW to me - i thought..) i checked ALL my current high bids against whois just to find out there were more than 15 names out of those high bids that had been catched or registered manually again by other people already - some of these names were in my NW list since 2 months, other only since a few days.
Now, nothing spectacular to have several high bids in your NW list that still say expiring as thats what NW shows even if they didnt get the name, BUT:
In light of what i just reported above and the fact that ALL those 15 names had my high bids not higher than $34 maximum each, and as those names surely were only of specific interest to a few (otherwise i wouldnt have been the high bidder at $25 average of course) i am starting to ask myself if the reason for NW not getting these 15 names as well was because NW DIDNT GO FOR THEM AT ALL ?!?!?!?
Hey Namewinner - if it indeed its like you are going only after the high profile $1k+ bid names from now on, better tell your customers as then instead of bidding i gladly buy a snap at snapnames if available because that way i know at least i have SOME chance to get the desired name !!
Man this sucks so much.......
1) I was the high bidder at $8.95 on a name of todays drop; nothing great but still a nice name i thought, so i checked back at NW like 2 hours after drop had occured today - it still had me as high bidder and said "expiring".Now, just out of curiousity i go to registerfly to check out who got the name only to find the name AVAILABLE for registration ! 2 hours after drop time ! So of course i regged it manually.
NW - THAT SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, i know $8.95 aint a lot but what good is the whole service for if you cant rely on them in terms of them at least TRYING to get the name for you no matter how high the bid?
I understand there is a priority depending of the heights of bids, but not going after a name AT ALL ? After 2 hours ?!?!
Does that mean i have to outbid myself from now on numerous times on names i am the only bidder on ?!
If so, why not start the minimum bid at $150 right away ?
Damn...
2.) So because of this (has been the second time already this has happened at NW to me - i thought..) i checked ALL my current high bids against whois just to find out there were more than 15 names out of those high bids that had been catched or registered manually again by other people already - some of these names were in my NW list since 2 months, other only since a few days.
Now, nothing spectacular to have several high bids in your NW list that still say expiring as thats what NW shows even if they didnt get the name, BUT:
In light of what i just reported above and the fact that ALL those 15 names had my high bids not higher than $34 maximum each, and as those names surely were only of specific interest to a few (otherwise i wouldnt have been the high bidder at $25 average of course) i am starting to ask myself if the reason for NW not getting these 15 names as well was because NW DIDNT GO FOR THEM AT ALL ?!?!?!?
Hey Namewinner - if it indeed its like you are going only after the high profile $1k+ bid names from now on, better tell your customers as then instead of bidding i gladly buy a snap at snapnames if available because that way i know at least i have SOME chance to get the desired name !!
Man this sucks so much.......
