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I don't know if anyone else noticed, or did the math on this one, but if you went to NameJet today and used their search feature to see what domains were available to bid on it was mysteriously broken...
This is something I have rarely seen. It was unusual... until you do the math on it.
Domains drop caught today ( 7/1/14) with multiple bidders will end their auctions on 7/4/14... July 4th.
For those not in the U.S. the 4th of July is a huge U.S. national holiday, and mostly every professional businessman is dragged away from work by their families, and offices are closed.
It is my opinion that NameJet disabled the search during the final registration times, so they could cut down the 'general' worldwide competition for some great names to lower numbers.
Even if you ARE part of the auction and placed a backorder, some of the most seasoned domainers may be behind a grill or poolside that day. Leaving the auction missed or forgotten
They aren't stupid, they know that some amazing auctions will be won on that day at significantly lower prices.
To me, seeing another manipulation in action is a clear indicator that they are still a market manipulator.
This might be obvious, I'm wearing my captain obvious cape right now, but I wanted to point out the 'search is down' nonsense that happened earlier today.
Cheers.
This is something I have rarely seen. It was unusual... until you do the math on it.
Domains drop caught today ( 7/1/14) with multiple bidders will end their auctions on 7/4/14... July 4th.
For those not in the U.S. the 4th of July is a huge U.S. national holiday, and mostly every professional businessman is dragged away from work by their families, and offices are closed.
It is my opinion that NameJet disabled the search during the final registration times, so they could cut down the 'general' worldwide competition for some great names to lower numbers.
Even if you ARE part of the auction and placed a backorder, some of the most seasoned domainers may be behind a grill or poolside that day. Leaving the auction missed or forgotten
They aren't stupid, they know that some amazing auctions will be won on that day at significantly lower prices.
To me, seeing another manipulation in action is a clear indicator that they are still a market manipulator.
This might be obvious, I'm wearing my captain obvious cape right now, but I wanted to point out the 'search is down' nonsense that happened earlier today.
Cheers.
... so maybe other people are using it more frequently and seeing these errors. I just thought the timing was interesting and, with their history, highly probable that there were shenanigans.
