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Originally Posted by lagcam
Auction basics. You bid, you wait. If nobody else bids, you win. If somebody else outbids you, you either bid again or lose (repeat until auction closes). Assuming that the winning bid is over any reserve of course.
As for there being no bids showing at the moment. This is not unusual. Most auction activity happens as the end approaches. Placing an early bid draws attention to a domain and puts more eyes and interest on it than a shrewd buyer might want.
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Lol, I am not a noob, thanks for explaining auction basics I already knew back in 1998
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Originally Posted by lagcam
As for Evan's "offers", I imagine that these are from people who have seen a domain they like but don't like the high starting price in the system. I think I said before that his system would be better if it had a "make an offer" button for domains without any registered bids at the official starting price which is often in my opinion a little "optimistic"
The "make an offer" button opens a dialogue between buyer and seller (through Evan) to see if they can find a number the both find acceptable. |
That was the whole point of my concern - was it possible that someone made an offer MATCHING RESERVE PRICE OR HIGHER. And that offer was not converted into visible bid because it was not made via "bidding process" but rather by email/phone etc.
If Op confirmed that ALL OFFERS totaling those 48.000$ were BELLOW reserve price then all my concerns would vanish immediately.
I have asked this three times already and since it was not confirmed I am still asking to be sure
I can not put it more clear than that ^.