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SDCard.net (one of today's domains) is the first submission I've accepted, feel free to PM me your portfolio.
As far as today's auctions are concerned, all of 'em will end at 2 PM EST (6 hours left). Here's how things stand so far:
The Auctionpus.com Team BUSTED the First Fraudster
Today, someone signed up for an account and placed bids on all auctions. Naturally, we were worried and tried to call him several times. Nothing. His email account wasn’t valid either. Needless to say, his ass is banned and bids deleted. Want to find out what we KNOW happened?
A Sabotage Attempt
By someone who hates our guts. Who would that be? We don’t know for sure but there aren’t a lot of possibilities. Motive, motive, motive. That says it all. What this idiot doesn’t know is that we’re monitoring everything 24/7 and, whenever there’s something even remotely suspicious, we’ll pick up the phone and call that bidder for verification purposes.
Dear Fraudsters, We Know Something You Don’t
If you’re smart, you’ve already figured out what I mean. If not, try to pull another stunt like this and you’ll find out the hard way.
Today, someone signed up for an account and placed bids on all auctions. Naturally, we were worried and tried to call him several times. Nothing. His email account wasn’t valid either. Needless to say, his ass is banned and bids deleted. Want to find out what we KNOW happened?
A Sabotage Attempt
By someone who hates our guts. Who would that be? We don’t know for sure but there aren’t a lot of possibilities. Motive, motive, motive. That says it all. What this idiot doesn’t know is that we’re monitoring everything 24/7 and, whenever there’s something even remotely suspicious, we’ll pick up the phone and call that bidder for verification purposes.
Dear Fraudsters, We Know Something You Don’t
If you’re smart, you’ve already figured out what I mean. If not, try to pull another stunt like this and you’ll find out the hard way.
It's all a matter of finding the right balance between fraud protection tools and intuition, only a complete idiot would think that fraud is not an issue worth taking into consideration. We have to assume that everyone is out to get us and act accordingly, not monitoring the site 24/7 would be a HUGE mistake IMO.
As far as today's auctions are concerned, there's less than an hour left and, as always, I'll keep you guys posted
FWIW, I hate the domain auctionpus.com. The site idea is cool though.
You need to build the site out more. When first visitng the site, I had no idea what to do. I see these domains are for sale, but what do I do? You need buttons that say "PLACE A BID" or click here or something. The Sign Up and Login links are buried on the bottom of the page. How about implementing a FB open graph registration/login system, and have the login at the top of the page?
I realize this is in the early stages, but it needs some more work (I'm sure you are aware). It's a great idea and I wish you luck. Let me know if you want some more opinions
You need to build the site out more. When first visitng the site, I had no idea what to do. I see these domains are for sale, but what do I do? You need buttons that say "PLACE A BID" or click here or something. The Sign Up and Login links are buried on the bottom of the page. How about implementing a FB open graph registration/login system, and have the login at the top of the page?
I realize this is in the early stages, but it needs some more work (I'm sure you are aware). It's a great idea and I wish you luck. Let me know if you want some more opinions
This much is certain: some people love it, some people hate it, so I guess I must be doing something right
I'll tell Victory about your ideas asap, thanks man.
I love the idea and sincerely hope that it gets some traction. Are you planning on promoting at domain-specific forums? There's a lot of talk about the issues that lead to Bido closing, and Latona does not seem to be planning on continuing their daily auctions, which leaves a gape in the market.
Frank
Frank
One auction has been extended so far and as far as the others are concerned, there are about 6 minutes left:
https://auctionpus.com/bid/CanadianFlights.com/
https://auctionpus.com/bid/CanadianFlights.com/
@dreamache: WOW, thanks a LOT, PM on its way!
PM me the list and I'll see what I can do
Today's grand total: $1,502
As far as today's auctions are concerned, I've got this "Thursday Twins" singular + plural thing going on:
AxleCap.com
AxleCaps.com
RuchedDress.com
RuchedDresses.com
MahjongPuzzle.com
MahjongPuzzles.com
PineHeadboard.com
PineHeadboards.com
As usual, the auctions will end tomorrow at 2 PM EST.
PM me the list and I'll see what I can do
Today's grand total: $1,502
As far as today's auctions are concerned, I've got this "Thursday Twins" singular + plural thing going on:
AxleCap.com
AxleCaps.com
RuchedDress.com
RuchedDresses.com
MahjongPuzzle.com
MahjongPuzzles.com
PineHeadboard.com
PineHeadboards.com
As usual, the auctions will end tomorrow at 2 PM EST.
your "Thursday Twins" singular + plural thing sucks
If I'm buying a domain I don't want to think about some other jackass who may be winning the plural at the same time who may try to stick it in my butt and I don't want to buy both. But thats just my opinion.
If I'm buying a domain I don't want to think about some other jackass who may be winning the plural at the same time who may try to stick it in my butt and I don't want to buy both. But thats just my opinion.
The thing is, nobody can deny the fact that owning the singular as well as the plural can help a lot, so I wanted to test the "Thursday Twins" approach and see how the market reacts.
At this point, I want to basically find out what the market wants and implement changes accordingly. If people prefer short domains, I'll list more short domains. If, on the other hand, they want more product name dot coms, I'll list more product name dot coms and so on.
Auctionpus.com has only been around for 4 days, there's no such thing as a flawless application or business model. For example, we've just noticed that the system didn't count the bids of one specific user in some cases (most of his bids were counted but in 2 cases, something went wrong).
How fucked up is that? We've tested the script like maniacs but no matter how hard you try, you'll never be able to fix each and every bug, there's always gonna be the occasional surprise. The user in question (a WF member btw) helped by sending us a screenshot and the bug in question has now been fixed but that doesn't mean we can guarantee that nothing will go wrong.
Only a moron would state something like "Our script/site/approach is the best thing since sliced bread, we never ever make mistakes". Maybe the "Thursday Twins" approach was a good idea, maybe not. I honestly don't know and that's why I'm asking the market for help.
I'm not afraid to admit this: I make mistakes, I make bad decisions but I always take feedback into consideration. For example, Unarmed Gunman recommended another bid display system. I asked you guys what your opinion is and it turned out that I was wrong and he was right. Victory made things happen and as of today, we're switching to the bid display system UnarmedGunman recommended.
Oh and there are about 90 minutes left 'till today's auctions end, I'll keep you guys posted
PM received, thanks.
Only about 30 minutes left and btw: the numbers you see on the homepage are the minimum bids you guys have to place. In order to find out what the current bid is, subtract $10 (I went with $10 increments). In other words, you need to bid $11 atm (which means that the current bid is $1 aka one dolla aka ballin' outta control!).
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