Comments on: eBay: End User Pays US $25,211.00 For Ramp.com http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:39:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Joel http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-8334 Joel Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:25:30 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-8334 Hi Sahar and all, I just wanted to add my two cents. We were the purchaser of the ramp domain off of ebay and we used no software at all, we just watched it closely and put our max bid in at $30,000 in the last minutes and no other bid was higher than that so it defaults to just above the 2nd highest bidder, we had already decided 30k was our max. We rarely ever buy on ebay so we have no use for sniping software, but we do have several employees in our auction/shopping engine department who sell our products on auction sites and are very familiar with ebay. (I am not as familiar with ebay but my guess would be these people are more strategic bidders than any software program) We really have no use for the domain right now since our main website, www.DiscountRamps.com is well branded and ranks well in the engines but it really fits our core market and it made sense for us if the price was right. We have been contacted by several interested parties already to buy the domain but we are not decided as to the course to take with it and how or if we should integrate it into our online retail system, the company already owns 250 pretty good domain names and the majority of them are not being utilized to their full potential yet. Have a great day! Joel Ceo Discount Ramps.com LLC <a href="http://www.discountramps.com" rel="nofollow">www.DiscountRamps.com</a> ----amswer---- Thanks Joel for the info.. Sahar Hi Sahar and all, I just wanted to add my two cents. We were the purchaser of the ramp domain off of ebay and we used no software at all, we just watched it closely and put our max bid in at $30,000 in the last minutes and no other bid was higher than that so it defaults to just above the 2nd highest bidder, we had already decided 30k was our max. We rarely ever buy on ebay so we have no use for sniping software, but we do have several employees in our auction/shopping engine department who sell our products on auction sites and are very familiar with ebay. (I am not as familiar with ebay but my guess would be these people are more strategic bidders than any software program)

We really have no use for the domain right now since our main website, http://www.DiscountRamps.com is well branded and ranks well in the engines but it really fits our core market and it made sense for us if the price was right. We have been contacted by several interested parties already to buy the domain but we are not decided as to the course to take with it and how or if we should integrate it into our online retail system, the company already owns 250 pretty good domain names and the majority of them are not being utilized to their full potential yet. Have a great day!
Joel
Ceo
Discount Ramps.com LLC
http://www.DiscountRamps.com

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Thanks Joel for the info..

Sahar

]]> By: fourwings http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6407 fourwings Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:55:46 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6407 The domain is undervalued. It costs several times than the amount sold for. The bankruptcy has reduced its value, Personally i feel Ebay is not an appropriate place for premium quality domain auctions. As a nice 4 letter .com, type in traffic will be there. The end user will be happy on acquiring this domain. As he got it rather cheap nice keyword. The only reason you lost this domain was, you under valued it. success will be learned from failures. Such a sale happens at regular intervals. No problem, Catch another good quality domain ----answer---- Agree however, it isn't that we undervalued it, it is that we are shopping for deals and are not end users on every purchase out there. Agree on next step, there's always another one around the corner for deal hunters. Cheers Sahar The domain is undervalued. It costs several times than the amount sold for. The bankruptcy has reduced its value, Personally i feel Ebay is not an appropriate place for premium quality domain auctions. As a nice 4 letter .com, type in traffic will be there. The end user will be happy on acquiring this domain. As he got it rather cheap nice keyword. The only reason you lost this domain was, you under valued it. success will be learned from failures. Such a sale happens at regular intervals. No problem, Catch another good quality domain

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Agree however, it isn’t that we undervalued it, it is that we are shopping for deals and are not end users on every purchase out there. Agree on next step, there’s always another one around the corner for deal hunters.
Cheers
Sahar

]]> By: Steve M. http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6385 Steve M. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:49:33 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6385 An excellent value for an end user; especially an operating company like the buyer. Sorry you lost out on it, Sahar. Mind letting us know what price/range you were willing to go to if you'd had the opportunity to do so? ----answer---- No way to tell Steve but my gut feeling at least another 10k-15k if eBay system was similar to domain auction houses. Sahar An excellent value for an end user; especially an operating company like the buyer.

Sorry you lost out on it, Sahar.

Mind letting us know what price/range you were willing to go to if you’d had the opportunity to do so?

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No way to tell Steve but my gut feeling at least another 10k-15k if eBay system was similar to domain auction houses.

Sahar

]]> By: marcus http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6383 marcus Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:30:44 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6383 Indeed a very marketable domain name with guaranteed type in traffic! Curious to see that they decided to use eBay to auction ramp.com Marcus http://www.inasmuch.com Indeed a very marketable domain name with guaranteed type in traffic! Curious to see that they decided to use eBay to auction ramp.com

Marcus
http://www.inasmuch.com

]]> By: ASN5 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6377 ASN5 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:30:47 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/03/19/ebay-end-user-pays-us-2521100-for-rampcom/#comment-6377 Hello Sahar... If you input your top dollar price initially, then the only way you can lose an eBay auction is that the bidding went above your top price - in which case you would have lost anyway. More to the point though, I was wondering what the underlying business case is for the domain name. I guess you could name a company after the bankrupt company, or you could obviously sell ramps - the logical natural traffic for the domain name, but that sounds like you need a full-scale business with warehouses, trucks, employees, etc. Since you didn't get the name, I'm curious and wondered if you would share why you wanted it. Thanks - ----answer---- We didn't think much about the potential here, just a nice domain that can be used nicely as a brand for just about anything as well as selling ramps. Cheers Sahar Hello Sahar…

If you input your top dollar price initially, then the only way you can lose an eBay auction is that the bidding went above your top price - in which case you would have lost anyway.

More to the point though, I was wondering what the underlying business case is for the domain name. I guess you could name a company after the bankrupt company, or you could obviously sell ramps - the logical natural traffic for the domain name, but that sounds like you need a full-scale business with warehouses, trucks, employees, etc.

Since you didn’t get the name, I’m curious and wondered if you would share why you wanted it.

Thanks -

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We didn’t think much about the potential here, just a nice domain that can be used nicely as a brand for just about anything as well as selling ramps.
Cheers
Sahar

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