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Show HN: Backorder .io domains

20 points by ca98am79 12y ago

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- apgwoz 12y ago
  They're very "geek" friendly since IO is input/output.
eglover 12y ago
$99?! Phew!
- aroch 12y ago
  So the "value-added" is ~$60 since registration is in the $35-45/year range. I'm not sure if the domain equivalent to an ebay auction sniper is worth ~$60/domain when it costs me less money to either check back on the expiry date or just email the person who owns it and give them the $60.
  - ca98am79 12y ago
    If it is a good domain you will have a very low chance of getting it otherwise - there is a lot of competition to get good domains that are dropping
    - aroch 12y ago
      If its such a "good" domain its either unlikely to be dropped or likely to be picked up by any number of domain auctioner sites
uptown 12y ago
I've always suspected services like these would scoop up any domains that were truly valuable prior to a customer being given the chance to buy it. What's to prevent that from happening, and how can we trust you not to do that?
- ca98am79 12y ago
  Thanks - good question. I originally created this software for my own benefit - to get all of the valuable domains as they came out of expiration. But selling them takes work and I realized that I was willing to offer potential buyers a steep discount if they bought the domain within 24 hours of my purchasing it. So this is a way to automate the process, and make it more scalable. I think the auctions feature will make it worthwhile to me (domains go to a 10-day auction if more than one person backorders it).
  - jessaustin 12y ago
    Your answer seems to be, "Nothing prevents that from happening, in fact you can trust that we will do that." Maybe I'm misunderstanding?
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  - Aldo_MX 12y ago
    What if the highest auction price is not a premium price? will you respect it, or will a 10,000 USD bid will appear by magic at the last minute?
    - ca98am79 12y ago
      Yes, we will respect the auction prices and we do not make bids on any auctions (see the FAQ: http://park.io/faq/ http://park.io/faq/)
BONER_WIZARD 12y ago
No amount of fancy CSS can hide the fact that you're a domain scalper.
- Frozenlock 12y ago
  And that's bad because...
angersock 12y ago
You're a bunch of domain squatters.
- ihavethisidea 12y ago
  How so?

20 points by ca98am79 12y ago

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apgwoz 12y ago
They're very "geek" friendly since IO is input/output.

eglover 12y ago

$99?! Phew!

aroch 12y ago
So the "value-added" is ~$60 since registration is in the $35-45/year range. I'm not sure if the domain equivalent to an ebay auction sniper is worth ~$60/domain when it costs me less money to either check back on the expiry date or just email the person who owns it and give them the $60.
- ca98am79 12y ago
  If it is a good domain you will have a very low chance of getting it otherwise - there is a lot of competition to get good domains that are dropping
  - aroch 12y ago
    If its such a "good" domain its either unlikely to be dropped or likely to be picked up by any number of domain auctioner sites

uptown 12y ago

I've always suspected services like these would scoop up any domains that were truly valuable prior to a customer being given the chance to buy it. What's to prevent that from happening, and how can we trust you not to do that?

ca98am79 12y ago
Thanks - good question. I originally created this software for my own benefit - to get all of the valuable domains as they came out of expiration. But selling them takes work and I realized that I was willing to offer potential buyers a steep discount if they bought the domain within 24 hours of my purchasing it. So this is a way to automate the process, and make it more scalable. I think the auctions feature will make it worthwhile to me (domains go to a 10-day auction if more than one person backorders it).
- jessaustin 12y ago
  Your answer seems to be, "Nothing prevents that from happening, in fact you can trust that we will do that." Maybe I'm misunderstanding?
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- Aldo_MX 12y ago
  What if the highest auction price is not a premium price? will you respect it, or will a 10,000 USD bid will appear by magic at the last minute?
  - ca98am79 12y ago
    Yes, we will respect the auction prices and we do not make bids on any auctions (see the FAQ: http://park.io/faq/ http://park.io/faq/)

BONER_WIZARD 12y ago

No amount of fancy CSS can hide the fact that you're a domain scalper.

Frozenlock 12y ago
And that's bad because...

angersock 12y ago

You're a bunch of domain squatters.

ihavethisidea 12y ago
How so?