Some Daft GreatDomains Questions

[Seraphim]

I need to finally ask a few silly questions about the GreatDomains auction system. To hell with the consequences.

[1] When there is a reserve price range of say 50,000 - 100,000, in many cases there will be for example 88 bids up to 23,000, and then the auction will end there. Am I missing something here, or are people simply hoping the seller will accept the "highest offer"? With exceptionally valuable domains, this practice doesn't make a gram of sense at all, again am I missing something?

[2] I don't get the whole "reserve price range" listing. What is the point of this? With a hidden reserve, the seller can generally gauge the "real market value" of the domain, and if a second auction listing is needed, you have a strong idea of what the domain will sell for. Obviously not so with the "reserve price range" system.

[3] In my own personal experience .org seems to command a stronger resale value than .net, yet Sedo rarely seems to list .org domains in their GreatDomains auction, turning most of them away upfront. Again am I miss something here?

[4] Why doesn't Sedo allow multiple domains for sale at once? It's very common that someone will own numerous valuable extensions of the same name, or a plural and singular version, etc.? This usually works out better for both the buyer and seller, especially if the domain has high brand value.

 

[denny007]

Imho
1.
These are probably people who did not check the reserve + some who bid BECAUSE of the reserve - makes them feel bigger making bigger bids which they know they will not have to pay.

2.
Instead of "reserve range" they should lsit exact reserve. I could not go through undreds of daomins without knowing reserve ebcause I would have to spend too much time evaluating every domain including those with too high reserve

3., 4. dunno

 

[Seraphim]

2.
Instead of "reserve range" they should lsit exact reserve. I could not go through undreds of daomins without knowing reserve ebcause I would have to spend too much time evaluating every domain including those with too high reserve

That makes sense from a bargain hunters point of view. I suppose a hidden reserve would heavily favor the seller. I wonder what their buyer ratio is for domainers vs end users? 100/1 probably, if that. What motivated the question, is that in strange economic times, it can be difficult to guage market value, and I hate dealing with the auction all together if I can't get close to asking price. I would generally rather know where market value stands at, and then think on it.