For Sale Out of the Pool.com - Opinion Please

[bocajohnh]

I've watched a few auctions in the past few weeks on pool. Some have been commented on in this forum. More often than not, member’s comments here show astonishment at how high some of these auctions go.

I understand that there is some people on pool bidding with discount money. I understand the importance of 3 letter domain names and dictionary word domain names, especially good words.

My question is this. Picking a few names as example:

- dc2.com ($1,100)
- each.com ($23,000)
- culinary.com ($112,000)
- kur.com ($6,500)
- or any of the other .com sold and documented either in this forum or at www.toplevel.org

Do these domain names sell at these seemingly "inflated" levels outside of pool.com? Is it this frenzied at other drop sites for domain names that seem highly speculative?

Would the prices that are being reported as sold on pool.com be just as high if I caught it myself and then posted them at an auction site? Or is the pool.com environment CREATING these higher prices through the nature of their closed auctions, with bidders who are motivated because they might have been tracking a name for months.

I’m curious to know what the experienced pros have to say.

 

[Sharpy]

Originally posted by bocajohnh
I understand that there is some people on pool bidding with discount money.

This is a reply from pool.com when asked by a fellow domainer about discounted bids.

Hello xxxx;

Thank you very much for expressing interest in
Pool.com, however aside from backordering your domains
through your own Affiliate account, there are no discounts
on Pool.com's services, regardless of the volume of
your business. When Pool.com developed our pricing
plans, the final numbers were based on the assumption that
a significant part of our client base would be volume
buyers and domain professionals. As we are the
industry leader and provide a pay when we deliver service,
we feel that our prices reflect the quality and
effectiveness of our product, and are more than reasonable.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Chantelle Skitmore
www.Pool.com

I believe it. Since the products that ALL dropcatchers offer are 100% unique/one-of-a-kind, there is no need to discount.

"Big players" have to be customers of pool, they don't choose to be, nor can they go elsewhere to buy the exact same product pool is offering on any given day. I don't think a player like BD could say, "if you don't give us a discount, we are not using your service, we will go elswhere to buy each.com" (example not sure if BD owns each.com)

And since pool seems to be very good at offering the best of the best, they have even less incentive to discount. They even dropped their affiliate payouts from a wopping 25% to a pultry 10%.

 

[bocajohnh]

Originally posted by Sharpy

And since pool seems to be very good at offering the best of the best, they have even less incentive to discount. They even dropped their affiliate payouts from a wopping 25% to a pultry 10%.

Extremely great post, every word.

I guess I did not mean discount, I was referring to the people who are bidding through their own affiliate link, and receiving the 10% or 25% back to spend on other domain names.

Excellent information,
Thanks

 

[clemzonguy]

I've seen people pay $60+ for .com .net .biz and .info names that I otherwise wouldn't have paid more than a reg fee on. Most of these are clueless lemmings jumping off the cliff. With pool being your only way to get a name post auction there is an extra incentive to bidding high. I have a name that I am going to bid on in a few days there which I suspect will go much higher than namewinner. There are still some great deals to be had believe it or not. Anything good $200-$1000 right now is a bargain with top rated .com names.

 

[shaw]

dc2.com was not sold on Pool

 

[shaw]

Originally posted by clemzonguy
I've seen people pay $60+ for .com .net .biz and .info names that I otherwise wouldn't have paid more than a reg fee on. Most of these are clueless lemmings jumping off the cliff. With pool being your only way to get a name post auction there is an extra incentive to bidding high. I have a name that I am going to bid on in a few days there which I suspect will go much higher than namewinner. There are still some great deals to be had believe it or not. Anything good $200-$1000 right now is a bargain with top rated .com names.

Of course Pool prices go much higher than Namewinner. You can bid whatever you want on Namewinner, but they won't be able to get you anything decent.