Archive for August, 2009

The Bido Guarantee Program: What You Need To Know

We have not said much about the Bido Guarantee Program so far, so maybe it’s about time.

What is the Bido Guarantee Program?

The Bido Guarantee Program is designed to reduce the risk of selling, while giving you an accurate liquid valuation for your domain names. The way it works:

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While we continue to sign up partners daily, these are the current Bido Guarantee partners:

Reinvent Technology

Most Wanted Domains

Name Media

High Impact Sites

Parked.com

Domaining.com

Simply Static

Telepathy.com

Page Howe

Why would someone want to be a Bido Guarantee partner?

1. Some domain owners may take the best offer without sending to a live auction, interested more in liquidity than top price.

2. If a domain goes to a live auction and sells to someone other than the Bido Guarantee partner, the partner than entitled to up to 4% of the sale price (50% of Bido’s commission).

3. If a domain goes to a live auction and the top bid is the Bido Guarantee partner, partner is entitled to 4% cashback, essentially buying the domain for 4% less than the guarantee amount.

Option 2 is the most attractive one as Bido Guarantee partners do not need to secure every guarantee with actual dollars, essentialy giving them an ability to bid on items, win the 4%, without shelling out dollars out of pocket.

Bido Guarantee Program is extremely exclusive, initially it is only offered to top 20 buyers in the industry. Later we may open it to more partners. If you are interested, and buy for over US$ 100K/month, do get in touch with us.

Best

Sahar

Further Reading..

Few good reads from the Domainsphere last few days..

Dot Weekly: Domain Name Parking Revenue Pulse is Weak

DNW: Circuit City’s 800.com Domain Sells for Big Bucks at Auction

Dot Weekly: 18 More “Insurance” Domains Sell for $6K Each

DNJ: Rumble in the Domain Jungle - 2010 Conference Schedule To Kick Off With Three Major Shows In a Span of Less Than Four Weeks

DNN: AfternicDLS Reports $800,000 in Weekly Domain Sales

There’s lots more things happening out there, make sure to check out your favorite blog aggregator service for “up to the minute” updates on the domain industry.

Today’s upcoming Bido auctions are:

08/27/2009 12:10 PM EDT: 5htp.ca
08/27/2009 12:10 PM EDT: energyuse.us
08/27/2009 12:30 PM EDT: pizzacrust.net
08/27/2009 12:45 PM EDT: dmr1.com
08/27/2009 1:00 PM EDT: obesetreatment(s).com package
08/27/2009 1:04 PM EDT: quoan.com
08/27/2009 1:05 PM EDT: worldfirsts.com
08/27/2009 1:07 PM EDT: cinematrivia.com
08/27/2009 1:07 PM EDT: replies.org
08/27/2009 1:10 PM EDT: homeinsurancelead.com
08/27/2009 1:11 PM EDT: borrowmortgage.com
08/27/2009 1:15 PM EDT: semifinal.net
08/27/2009 1:16 PM EDT: hackingblog.com
08/27/2009 1:17 PM EDT: fixpastmistakes.com
08/27/2009 1:19 PM EDT: fetishes.in
08/27/2009 1:25 PM EDT: nyeldercarelaw.com
08/27/2009 1:28 PM EDT: reggae.us
08/27/2009 1:30 PM EDT: mercedesconvertible.com
08/27/2009 1:40 PM EDT: a-h.biz
08/27/2009 1:47 PM EDT: miamipartypros.com
08/27/2009 2:00 PM EDT: betterjustice.com
08/27/2009 2:00 PM EDT: visitnapavalley.info
08/27/2009 2:05 PM EDT: guitardiscounters.com
08/27/2009 2:10 PM EDT: wonderworld.org
08/27/2009 2:15 PM EDT: loyaltyprogram.net
08/27/2009 2:25 PM EDT: akcpugs.com
08/27/2009 2:30 PM EDT: 24hrpickup.com
08/27/2009 3:00 PM EDT: combopizza.net
08/27/2009 3:30 PM EDT: nigeriavacations.com
08/27/2009 3:30 PM EDT: 0e3.com
08/27/2009 4:00 PM EDT: cyberthievesonline.com
08/27/2009 4:02 PM EDT: miamiescortgirls.com
08/27/2009 4:18 PM EDT: grabheadlines.com
08/27/2009 4:30 PM EDT: sfreservations.com
08/27/2009 5:00 PM EDT: niki-taylor.com
08/27/2009 5:00 PM EDT: brail.net
08/27/2009 6:15 PM EDT: bargainforex.com
08/27/2009 7:00 PM EDT: onlyadultcruise.com

Bido: Many Ways To Climb A Mountain

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I follow blog posts and industry sites regularly. From time to time, someone writes about how great Bido used to be, and how wrong we are now with our current approach. Regardless of approach, I think we can all agree that the domain market needs more liquidity, and that’s what we’re after. There’s many points to the other auction services and there’s some big sales there but they overlook what really is going on: Millions of names in inventory, but 1-3 thousand items sell per month. As a domain owner I have to think, what are my odds of selling if I list there? You do the numbers, you will find out how gloom the answer is.

Our focus is on liquidity. If sellers are accountable to price accurately, more sales will happen. With Bido, we’d like to get to thousands of sales per month as well, just not at the cost of having millions of domains listed on the site.

So while you may not agree with us on some of our methodologies, realize we are likely on the same page in terms of our end goals: create a more vibrant market, creating liquidity in the domain channel.

Have a great day!

Sahar

Today’s upcoming auctions on Bido are:
08/24/2009 11:00 AM EDT: domainingincome.com
08/24/2009 12:30 PM EDT: meetblonds.com
08/24/2009 12:30 PM EDT: meetbrunettes.com
08/24/2009 1:00 PM EDT: cremated.info
08/24/2009 1:01 PM EDT: localshows.info
08/24/2009 1:02 PM EDT: nicespas.com
08/24/2009 1:04 PM EDT: hiam.com
08/24/2009 1:05 PM EDT: candlelightdining.com
08/24/2009 1:06 PM EDT: paybreakers.com
08/24/2009 1:07 PM EDT: hidefclips.com
08/24/2009 1:10 PM EDT: rail.ws
08/24/2009 1:10 PM EDT: hardcash.in
08/24/2009 1:11 PM EDT: greatreporters.com
08/24/2009 1:15 PM EDT: rico.info
08/24/2009 1:16 PM EDT: megachurches.info
08/24/2009 1:17 PM EDT: mnx.org
08/24/2009 1:20 PM EDT: freebbq.com
08/24/2009 1:21 PM EDT: finelenders.com
08/24/2009 1:25 PM EDT: womanisland.com
08/24/2009 1:29 PM EDT: chickflicks.info
08/24/2009 1:30 PM EDT: escrowreserve.com
08/24/2009 1:34 PM EDT: postrecovery.com
08/24/2009 1:38 PM EDT: enviromaniac.com
08/24/2009 1:43 PM EDT: travelingtips.info
08/24/2009 2:00 PM EDT: prescriptiondrugpricing.com
08/24/2009 2:32 PM EDT: mlmmarketers.com
08/24/2009 3:00 PM EDT: mincedbeef.com
08/24/2009 3:10 PM EDT: biospace.us
08/24/2009 3:45 PM EDT: checkingfees.com
08/24/2009 3:52 PM EDT: certifiedrecycled.com
08/24/2009 4:00 PM EDT: exercisemaven.com
08/24/2009 5:29 PM EDT: breakingtaboos.com
08/24/2009 7:00 PM EDT: xj-6.com

Bido Chat Update (And Today’s Auction List)

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By popular demand by the community, new Chat tab is now back in the spotlight. Comments/feedback as always most welcome. Back to working on bigger things now. See you at the auctions.

Today’s upcoming auctions on Bido:

08/20/2009 12:00 PM EDT: vehiclepolish.com
08/20/2009 12:30 PM EDT: adrenaldiseases.com
08/20/2009 1:00 PM EDT: pimplescar.com
08/20/2009 1:01 PM EDT: commercialcarpetcleaner.com
08/20/2009 1:03 PM EDT: fullconfidence.com
08/20/2009 1:04 PM EDT: megamortgages.com
08/20/2009 1:05 PM EDT: oralled.com
08/20/2009 1:07 PM EDT: tryvegas.net
08/20/2009 1:09 PM EDT: 3cu.com
08/20/2009 1:11 PM EDT: deadlynames.com
08/20/2009 1:13 PM EDT: discounttrips.info
08/20/2009 1:15 PM EDT: acquiredhabit.com
08/20/2009 1:17 PM EDT: vidgalaxy.com
08/20/2009 1:20 PM EDT: boatload.com
08/20/2009 1:23 PM EDT: equitymutualfund.com
08/20/2009 1:24 PM EDT: goodies.us
08/20/2009 1:30 PM EDT: stockbrokerdirectory.com
08/20/2009 1:35 PM EDT: quickquoting.com
08/20/2009 2:00 PM EDT: icy.net
08/20/2009 2:15 PM EDT: bibs.org
08/20/2009 3:00 PM EDT: wyominghomes.info

If you are bidding - good luck !

Sahar
www.Bido.com

Paul Sloan, David Carter, Are “Playing The Angles”

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Paul Sloan & David Carter are putting a new venture out called “Playing The Angles“. David Carter, on his blog, gives further information:

There will be people out there kicking themselves when PlayingTheAngles.com opens with Paul’s interview with Frank Schilling because it’s not every day that you can get answers direct from somebody with so much knowledge on a subject.

Frank has very kindly answered a number of questions put to him by readers of this blog and for that I’d like to say a big thank you, both to those people who asked questions and of course, to Frank for contributing.

Though I haven’t seen the interview content yet, I have seen the answers to the questions and they are generous to say the least.

If you’re a domainer, you’ll want to see this, so pop along and get yourself on the announcement list – you know I don’t Spam anyone – it’s at www.playingtheangles.com.

I know I already joined the mailing list.

Good luck David, Paul. To your success !

Sahar




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