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I was looking at DNPric.es (domain hack) sales history for certain keywords and noted a few decent domains which sold cheap (low $XX) in 2014 or 2015. Apparently Godaddy is feeding DNPric.es their sales data for Godaddy auctions (not uncontested backorders but contested multi-bid auctions). I checked the Whois and found that HugeDomains was the current registrant. I had been under the impression that HugeDomains was only acquiring expired domains after they dropped but was utilizing numerous servers to beat other dropcatch services. Well, since Godaddy is the largest registrar, it appears they are moving up the food chain and catching aged .COM domains before they go pending delete. While the examples I found were low $XX bids, it might be interesting to see how high they are willing to bid to acquire aged .COMs. They have so many low-quality domains in their portfolio that it would seem their process is automated.

FYI - one example in Spanish (apartment rentals)

ApartamentosenArriendo.com
original registration date July 2008
won auction with $18 bid Aug 2015
now for sale $2695 at HugeDomains
 
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Really interesting find.
 
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If they do this, they probably pick up a lot of stuff cheaply from the GD closeout section too.

I wonder how this will develop next. Will they move on to namejet pre-release domain backorders too?

And they already scoop up a massive amount of dropping domains every day...
 
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They also allow some GD domains expire. I have picked up a few in the closeouts.
 
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I've often wondered if some of the larger domain holders have a deal worked out with GoDaddy where they receive a percentage of the sales price if they let a domain drop and go to auction.

Anyone think that could be a possibility?
 
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I've often wondered if some of the larger domain holders have a deal worked out with GoDaddy where they receive a percentage of the sales price if they let a domain drop and go to auction.

Anyone think that could be a possibility?

Interesting, but unlikely IMO.
 
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I received cancellation notification recently from Godaddy of a brandable .COM I let expire not too long ago. The process for deletion is longer than for availability through Godaddy Auctions. I suspected someone had acquired it via GD Auctions. Sure enough the Whois shows Huge Domains. They price almost all their domains in the $2k-$3k range. Well, if I was unable to sell it for low $XXX or even get any offers on the name over several years, what are the odds someone is going to be willing to pay them $XXXX for that name? It is not a bad name but I decided it was NOT among my better names. Anyway, HD continues to add to their .COM inventory.
 
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