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  • Taboo
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2004
    • 3700

    #1

    Playing Domain Drop Game. PRD.com drops 8/11

    Ran a "domain drop" test today and placed 6 domains (all from a vein that I'm still mining) into the following drop services to see which service is most effective:

    Drop Services:

    +Pool: $60 paid only if caught, if multiple people bid, if goes to 3 day auction
    +GoDaddy: $15, but only 1 backorder per domain, paid in advance, and get credit if not captured
    +NameWinner: $30-$50 bids, extended auctions
    +SnapNames: $60 paid only if caught, if multiple people bid, if goes to 3 day auction
    +Enom's Club Drop: $30-$50 bids, but if multiple people bid, if goes to 3 day auction

    fortunately I was able to get exclusive backorder at godaddy for all 6, so this was an almost perfect test.

    Drop Scores:

    +Pool: 0/6. never seen that before. glad though cause it's $60 a piece. SHOCKED.
    +GoDaddy: 1/6. SHOCKED
    +NameWinner: 1/6. for $30. suprised.
    +SnapNames: 0/6. not suprised.
    +Enom: 4/6. 1 is mine @ $30, 3 in auction. now I wish Pool got them for $60.

    Glean what you want from my test. I learn something new everday. While it pays to backorder everywhere, I would not have used Snapnames if they didn't change their business model this morning. At least now, you only pay if they catch the name. I may reveal the names later, only after auctions are over. but these names were not the best drops from today. so they weren't really a factor because there's less than 3 people bidding against me in each enom auction.

    Ok. for those that want to test the waters of the DOMAIN DROP game...

    tomorrow some good domains are dropping. one of the best is a 3 letter .com, which happens more often then you'd believe.

    PRD.com

    Now some of the haters will flame me, but I want to give you all a taste of how seductive, successful, addictive and frustrating this game can be...

    so, go open accounts at:

    SnapNames.com
    Enom.com (join club drop)
    Pool.com (sign up for your own affiliate code before adding domains)
    NameWinner.com

    some of the services may run a credit check of $60 to verify who you are, I'm not sure cause it's been ages since I joined.

    But if you want to see how the game is played, you need to add PRD.com to your watch list at each service. You must do it before Noon (EST) tomorrow to be safe. And between 2-4 est you'll find out which service, if any of them captured the domain, and you can watch the price rise, probably far above $12,000. What's the point? It's a great way to learn the ropes without risking much if any money because none of us are getting it for $60 tomorrow but we'll all have a chance to watch the same domain, a premium one, see which service catches it and discuss the auction in progress. Goodluck to all of you. Perhaps someone here may actually buy it in the end.

    why PRD?
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=prd
    could stand for so much.

    p= people,pet,porn,private,privacy, public, photo(grapher/phy),publishers,payment,preview etc...
    r= review, restaurant, real estate, rent(al(s)), reply, resource, religion, etc...
    d= digital,division,dept,database,domain,dealer etc...

    Product Review Database
    Porn Review Database
    Parks Recreation Department
    Press Release D...
    Public Relations D...

    perhaps some celebrity, CEO, or corporations initials that would pay handsomely for it.

    quick flip, potential lawsuits/wipo, but perhaps plenty of ways around it because it stands for whatever you want. if I was still buying, this would be on my "must have" list. but I already spent too much this year on 3chars.

    if you want to discuss it further, we've been discussing domains for days at this very focused and infopacked thread w/ over 5 pages:

    investing in domains ...
    http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...postid=4999765

    I only posted a new thread because some people play drops, some buy outright from auction sites/owners. two different strategies.
  • wdsguy
    Ryde or Die
    • Dec 2002
    • 19568

    #2
    grea info as always bro

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    • chupachups
      Confirmed User
      • Dec 2002
      • 6576

      #3
      Very nice Taboo!

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      • TheMob?
        Confirmed User
        • Jan 2003
        • 8584

        #4
        which name did godaddy get you?

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        • alexg
          IL4L.com
          • Aug 2003
          • 11287

          #5
          Good info

          just let me get something straight,

          when bidding on an expiring domain, you pay the $60 fee or whatever in order to participate, and then you bet (for example 10k), and you only pay the bet if you actually get the domain?

          you do have to risk the $60 to participate, no matter if you win or not, right?

          Find fuck buddies in your area!

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          • nametower
            Confirmed User
            • Oct 2003
            • 240

            #6
            nah, only if you are the only one who backorders the name will you get it at $60

            if more than one person picks the name it goes to the highest bidder.

            (auction starts after the name has been sucessfully caught)

            if you dont get the name, you dont pay $60.

            Hope that helps.
            www.nametower.com

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            • xclusive
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Apr 2004
              • 35218

              #7
              Thanks for posting this info it's very informative...

              I support MediumPimpin.com / Shemp's Outlawtgp.com /


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              • Illicit
                wtf ?
                • Dec 2003
                • 11895

                #8
                Im pissed, godaddy never works for me
                Insert Sig Here

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                • Steen2
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 7662

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ajpiii
                  Im pissed, godaddy never works for me
                  Godaddy rarely catches anything worth while.
                  ICQ: 2262.73945

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                  • BruceM
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jul 2001
                    • 4084

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Taboo
                    Pool.com (sign up for your own affiliate code before adding domains)
                    Are you sure this is allowed under their TOS?
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                    Skype: brucemorrey

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                    • Mr.Fiction
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2002
                      • 9484

                      #11
                      Some people like getting attention more than making money?
                      Don't be lazy, protect free speech: ACLU | Free Speech Coalition | EFF | IMPA

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                      • Taboo
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 3700

                        #12
                        Originally posted by TheMob?
                        which name did godaddy get you?
                        I'll tell you after the other auctions at enom are over. they all incorporate the same keywords. I needed it for a modeling resource site.

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                        • Taboo
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 3700

                          #13
                          Originally posted by alexg
                          Good info

                          just let me get something straight,

                          when bidding on an expiring domain, you pay the $60 fee or whatever in order to participate, and then you bet (for example 10k), and you only pay the bet if you actually get the domain?

                          you do have to risk the $60 to participate, no matter if you win or not, right?
                          no. if you backorder a name and no one else did and that service, and the service caught it, you pay what you bid. if other ppl bid as well, it goes into auction mode. you do not risk your $60.

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                          • Taboo
                            Confirmed User
                            • Jul 2004
                            • 3700

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ajpiii
                            Im pissed, godaddy never works for me
                            rarely works for anyone, but it helps to have all your bases covered, because they have caught names that have resold for 5 and 6 figures.

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                            • Taboo
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 3700

                              #15
                              Originally posted by BruceM
                              Are you sure this is allowed under their TOS?
                              Oh yeah. pool.com recommended I do it when they saw what I was spending. but they told after I was using them for a while.

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                              • Radik
                                Confirmed User
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 808

                                #16
                                Sounds cool.. I reg mine for 10 years tho

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                                • Taboo
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jul 2004
                                  • 3700

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
                                  Some people like getting attention more than making money?
                                  Don't care about attention, here to network and grow alongside others. My motives are simple. you'll see if you read:

                                  investing in domains ...
                                  (not my thread)
                                  http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...postid=5004946

                                  I believe in share a little, learn a lot.

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                                  • Nicky
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Mar 2003
                                    • 30071

                                    #18
                                    very good and informative post dude!

                                    gfynicky @ gmail.com

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                                    • Taboo
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2004
                                      • 3700

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Nicky
                                      very good and informative post dude!
                                      Originally posted by xclusive
                                      Thanks for posting this info it's very informative...

                                      Thanks. posted some more info on the other thread (5 pages strong)

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                                      • Brujah
                                        Beer Money Baron
                                        • Jan 2001
                                        • 22157

                                        #20
                                        Good stuff but not accurate from my own tests and results. You're giving Enom the highest when that's so far from the truth in a broad sampling.

                                        Enom/GoDaddy/Namewinner better than Pool/Snapnames is just far from accurate. A better test would be to take a multiple sampling over a few days from all deleting names and you'll find Pool destroys the others completely.

                                        The best advice though from this is if you see names you want to catch, get in every available source for catching them.

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                                        • Taboo
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jul 2004
                                          • 3700

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Brujah
                                          Good stuff but not accurate from my own tests and results. You're giving Enom the highest when that's so far from the truth in a broad sampling.

                                          Enom/GoDaddy/Namewinner better than Pool/Snapnames is just far from accurate. A better test would be to take a multiple sampling over a few days from all deleting names and you'll find Pool destroys the others completely.

                                          The best advice though from this is if you see names you want to catch, get in every available source for catching them.
                                          correct. pool used to be able to grab 90% of what I backordered there. and they have caught hundreds for me, but recently there's been buzz that enom is taking over.

                                          8/5-8/11/04
                                          Inside a Drop Catcher?s War Room: How eNom Arms Maker Chris Ambler Is Turning The Tide for Club Drop
                                          Over the past couple of weeks we have been talking about the big move Enom's Club Drop has been making in the drop catching market (in fact that is the subject of our current Cover Story). Club Drop has added almost 3 dozen new registrars and the harvest from their enlistment program and Chris Ambler's finely tuned software started coming in this week with the company landing three domains on the big board. Those included #3 AirborneExpress.com at $16,000, #5 B2B.net at $10,200 and #9 iVision.com at $6,000. Club Drop also has a pile of high dollar domains moving through the Pipeline as you'll see a bit later (the Pipeline also features a huge $186,000 sale that should be our chart leader next week).

                                          more...
                                          http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/cover080504.htm

                                          so after reading it I ran the test for myself and that's why I was suprised with the results. we'll see who catches PRD.com today. also, namewinner has raised their minimum price and adopted the extended auction format, so perhaps they are working harder than ever. plus all drop services are worried about WLS killing the drop game altogether.

                                          check out the article and the topten sales:
                                          http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

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                                          • PMGames
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • May 2003
                                            • 494

                                            #22
                                            great stuff......I never had any success with snapdomains personally.
                                            Paul M. Games

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                                            • Groove
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jan 2003
                                              • 3852

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
                                              Some people like getting attention more than making money?
                                              You might be surprised to learn that some (dare I say many) people
                                              owe their success to sharing, brainstorming and networking.

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                                              • alexg
                                                IL4L.com
                                                • Aug 2003
                                                • 11287

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Taboo
                                                no. if you backorder a name and no one else did and that service, and the service caught it, you pay what you bid. if other ppl bid as well, it goes into auction mode. you do not risk your $60.
                                                I see

                                                thanks for clarifying this

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                                                • pxxx
                                                  First African GFY Member
                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                  • 12114

                                                  #25
                                                  Man you give people good info all the time.

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                                                  • Taboo
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Jul 2004
                                                    • 3700

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Groove
                                                    You might be surprised to learn that some (dare I say many) people
                                                    owe their success to sharing, brainstorming and networking.
                                                    i think too many people are afraid of someone sharing insider secrets. i see plenty of "would you hit it" type threads all the time and yes they are fun to check out, but everytime I see a domain, or SEO thread ppl come out and flame the ppl to keep them from sharing / learning. ppl are getting used to not finding good info on the boards that when they see it, they don't know how to react. i had some guy flaming me (who I've since called a truce with because i told him it was unproductive) for posting domain info at:
                                                    http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...postid=5005856

                                                    I'm sure others will flame me again after what I posted this morning over there regarding real estate domains. but i've been able to network with lots of ppl sinc ei got here and learned alot too.

                                                    plus all the threads at gfy help me when I'm mining for more domains.

                                                    i.e.

                                                    soccercheerleader.com
                                                    soccercheerleaders.com
                                                    soccercheerleading.com

                                                    I was inspired after reading:
                                                    http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showt...;postid=5005768
                                                    and seeing:
                                                    http://www.joker-inc.com/files/soccer02.html

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                                                    • Taboo
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jul 2004
                                                      • 3700

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by pxxx
                                                      Man you give people good info all the time.
                                                      Thanks, here's the real estate info that you might want to check out before all the domains are gone.

                                                      I snipped some of my posts from here:
                                                      investing in domains ...
                                                      http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...0&pagenumber=1


                                                      and moved them here for easy reference:
                                                      Real Estate Domains that may be open
                                                      http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=339367

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                                                      • Taboo
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jul 2004
                                                        • 3700

                                                        #28
                                                        I'm running another domain drop test today. I'm not sure why I keep calling it a "test"... I wouldn't mind owning the names if I got them. I'll post results in a few hours when we also find out who picked up PRD.com

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                                                        • Taboo
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                          • 3700

                                                          #29
                                                          Yes, PRD.com was caught by enom, it showed up real late today, but they beat out pool.com again across the board for premiums today. I ran a 2nd drop test today for 20+ domains backordered everywhere, but only some on the list were exclusive backordered by GD/BR. All names were caught by the drop services I used, with enom as the clear winner again and namewinner as the distant loser with ZERO results. I'll post results for 2nd round of drop tests after i take a break, been in the mines all day long.

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                                                          • Crypt
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Apr 2004
                                                            • 2225

                                                            #30
                                                            Thanks for the info sharing bro ;)

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                                                            • lazycash
                                                              Troll Patrol
                                                              • Aug 2002
                                                              • 15214

                                                              #31
                                                              Great info, thanks. I'm just trying registerfly's expirefish, obviously they are bottom of the barrel. Since rf is enom, do you think its similar to club drop?
                                                              "WTF, on google you can find the answer to every question in human history, EXCEPT how to convert cams..

                                                              Its crazy..."

                                                              VenusBlogger

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                                                              • Taboo
                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                • Jul 2004
                                                                • 3700

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by lazycash
                                                                Great info, thanks. I'm just trying registerfly's expirefish, obviously they are bottom of the barrel. Since rf is enom, do you think its similar to club drop?
                                                                haven't used them before, just go straight to clubdrop.com

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                                                                • Taboo
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Jul 2004
                                                                  • 3700

                                                                  #33
                                                                  just tying up loose ends in this thread.

                                                                  prd.com was caught by enom and went for $5k+
                                                                  everyone was focused on spending money on refurbished.com at pool which went for $32k+
                                                                  http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=341272

                                                                  lots of other big sales last week:
                                                                  http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=341282

                                                                  big ones like cd.com coming up.
                                                                  http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=340523

                                                                  will have 2nd round of drop test results ready soon.

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                                                                  • KraZ
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • Oct 2003
                                                                    • 2636

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by Taboo
                                                                    just tying up loose ends in this thread.

                                                                    prd.com was caught by enom and went for $5k+
                                                                    everyone was focused on spending money on refurbished.com at pool which went for $32k+
                                                                    When I got into the car for an extended weekend, refurbished was at $10K... WOW. Not that it's not worth it lol
                                                                    Selling MedicalPorn,com and a dozen other gyno & doctor domains here:
                                                                    http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=871984

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                                                                    • Taboo
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Jul 2004
                                                                      • 3700

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by KraZ
                                                                      When I got into the car for an extended weekend, refurbished was at $10K... WOW. Not that it's not worth it lol
                                                                      LOL.

                                                                      funny thing is it climbed 10K in last few minutes. went from 22 to 32 in a flash.

                                                                      also, for those that were waiting:
                                                                      just posted my 2nd domain drop test results:
                                                                      http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=341595

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                                                                      • Taboo
                                                                        Confirmed User
                                                                        • Jul 2004
                                                                        • 3700

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Here's the rest of the droptests and some more links that may help you out:


                                                                        Domain Drop Test. 2nd round.
                                                                        http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=341595

                                                                        Domain Drop Test. 3rd round.
                                                                        http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=343155

                                                                        (7+ pages) investing in domains ...
                                                                        http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=338092

                                                                        (4+ pages) Recent Domain Sales
                                                                        http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=341282
                                                                        weekly top ten sales archive: at dnjournal.com

                                                                        Mining for Domains: Local/Real Estate
                                                                        http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=339367

                                                                        (3+ pages) high end domain buying, holding and selling
                                                                        http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=344563

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                                                                        • Manowar
                                                                          jellyfish  
                                                                          • Dec 2003
                                                                          • 71528

                                                                          #37
                                                                          i always thought snapnames were the best

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                                                                          • Doctor Dre
                                                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                            • Jan 2001
                                                                            • 51692

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Very usefull info as always Thanx man
                                                                            Originally posted by rayadp05
                                                                            I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                                                                            • extreme
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                                              • 2120

                                                                              #39
                                                                              good post.

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                                                                              • Taboo
                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                • Jul 2004
                                                                                • 3700

                                                                                #40
                                                                                thanks everyone. more to come.

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                                                                                • gideongallery
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Aug 2003
                                                                                  • 7082

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by Taboo
                                                                                  rarely works for anyone, but it helps to have all your bases covered, because they have caught names that have resold for 5 and 6 figures.
                                                                                  so far godaddy only seems to work when the domain that is being dropped is registered at godaddy.
                                                                                  When that is the case i found i get the domain 70% of the time.

                                                                                  Otherwise Godaddy sucks

                                                                                  “When crimes occur through the mail, you don’t shut the post office down,” Steve Wozniak

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                                                                                  • sacX
                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                    • Dec 2002
                                                                                    • 2998

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    yeah enom have really pick their game up last few months.
                                                                                    Have Asian Language Traffic?

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