Thread: Bido.com

I submitted budgettyres.net (and others) It got the 10 credits rapidly but it didn't sell.

I just submitted a domain to the site, will let you know how I go

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

I finally got around to entering one domain into Bido and it went to auction very quickly. I just set the auction for next Tuesday.

I chose a random domain from my collection: toolbench.org. Let's see how it goes!

toolbench.org went to auction and... received no bids.

One test seldom proves anything, but this doesn't motivate me to put additional testing high on my priority list.

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

toolbench.org went to auction and... received no bids.

One test seldom proves anything, but this doesn't motivate me to put additional testing high on my priority list.

Well, the domain is not all that good. So....

To my surprise, I found this mail in my inbox today:

As many of you have heard already, Bido has closed. We will no longer be open for business. All existing transactions will be gracefully finalized and accounts paid out........

While I haven't had success on Bido, I found their domain auction innovative, some people made good money there. I hope the owners and investors will continue on something bigger and better.

Bido.com was pure crap imho, at least after they've moved to that "we accept all useless domains" schema.

I sent some keyword domains that were not accepted or didn't sell. On the other hand, there were domains listed that (imho) weren't worth regfee.
Maybe they should have stuck with higher quality domains but on the other hand they created some liquidity in the domain market.

Rick Latona is now having his one day auction domains; a bit similar to bido although I think many of these names are higher valued. Some names I wouldn't pay regfee for but then, who am I.

It was odd to see them try so hard for such a short length of time.

The one day one domain thing could never have worked! However, I was a Bido fan...got some real good domains from there and dont regret a second!

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

It was odd to see them try so hard for such a short length of time.

yea exactly my thoughts. Maybe we'll see another reincarnation of bido soon, or maybe the latonas auctions were what killed it.