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.London priority program auctions will be starting in about 2 weeks from now. Only problem is that according to the rules, the domain name auctions can last forever! Yes, you read that right! Here is what the FAQ says:
“If the leader changes at any time during the last 24 hours, the auction close will be extended for an additional 24 hours from the time the leadership changed.”
Auctions are powered by Pool.com. So if you are eligible to participate in an auction then you should receive an email from “auctions.london” and the email address “no-reply@pool.com”. Check your spam folder if you are expecting an email. The subject is “Account activation” so you might miss it.
If the .LONDON registry has received more than one valid application within the highest priority category in accordance with the London Priority Rules then the domain(s) will be reserved for the winning bidder in a short auction.
Here is what the email says:
You recently applied for one or more (see list below).LONDON domain name(s) through ******.
*******.london
The .LONDON registry has received more than one valid application within the highest priority category in accordance with the London Priority Rules for the names listed below. As per .LONDON registry policies and its London Priority Rules, the domain(s) will be reserved for the winning bidder in a short auction.
You have been registered as a possible participant in the .LONDON Domain Auctions. Your account has been automatically created based on the information provided with your application. Before you can participate in any .LONDON auction, you must activate your account.
To activate your .LONDON account, please copy and paste the following link into your browser:
https://domainauctions.london/************
The account activation process includes the ability to set your password to one of your choosing. Once your account has been activated, you can begin participating in the .LONDON auctions. We will send you updates and information regarding the auctions as they become available.
Please note: Once you have activated your account, you will be able to login using the password you specified during the activation process.
Here is the activation website:
The email address you used to pre-order the domain names is then associated with this password.
Please note that auction fees DO NOT include domain registration fees which will be collected independently from Registrars. Also auction fees DO NOT include VAT (if applicable) and will be collected in addition to final auction price.
Domains that have pending auctions display this message in whois:
“This domain name is still pending validation and/or contention resolution.”
I then got an email that I have an upcoming auction:
Start Date: 07.10.2014 11:00:00 UTC
Close Date: 14.10.2014 11:00:00 UTC
The auction I am in has 16 bidders and the highest bidder number is at about 2500.
So I kept the best part for last. I was curious about the auction rules so I checked the FAQ.
How do auctions extend?
An auction will only close once the leader remains unchallenged for 24 hours prior to the scheduled closing. If the leader changes at any time during the last 24 hours, the auction close will be extended for an additional 24 hours from the time the leadership changed. This allows for bidders in multiple time zones around the world to have adequate time in the event they are outbid. Note that a change in auction value that results from the automatic posting of a rebid as a result of a bid placed by the proxy service does not result in a leadership change and would not extend the closing.
Yes, that is correct. Read it again: “If the leader changes at any time during the last 24 hours, the auction close will be extended for an additional 24 hours from the time the leadership changed.”
Sure, time zones are important but if you want to join the neverending auction, join .London.
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According to whois, at least one of the names that I am in auction for has already been registered by another party more than two weeks ago. If that registration is being upheld, I was not contacted by the registry to use my 14 day right of appeal.
I also remain to be convinced that parties at a lower “Priority” grading (eg. People from outside London) will not be in the same auctions as me.
Ill be checking every Whois record of the domains I’ve applied for after the auctions to make sure the process is kosha.
Are you sure you are in the auction for that name?
Yes – I’m positive.
This whole process feels like it needs a critical eye.
.London priority program was a mess from the start and this only gets worse as we go.
Auctions have been delayed long enough and now no one is sure if they are getting the domain and when the auctions end.
I hadn’t realised you could see how many people you were up against until the article; thanks.
So far as I can tell, applicants can be identified by “BIDDER-xxx” where “xxx” is a number. In a couple of auctions, I note that I will be bidding against two bidders called “DOTLONDON” and “HighBudget”.
Can I summise from this that the registry will be bidding on its own names?
What is the highest number you can see? Trying to see how many people are bidding…
Simple thing is “if a domain has already been awarded, there is nothing you could do about it.
I will have a look later. Are you applying as a Londoner or from outside London? If the latter, our numbers should probably be quite different as we should be in different auctions.
Pool has a unique number for each bidder sitewide. I only have 1 domain for my sister that works in London.
How bidders do you have in each one?
I pre registered london name at enom, multiple bidders did, so a namejet auction was set, we were required to pre register for it, a few days later, I check the status of the auction, and it has disappeared, no email from namejet,enom, or the registry. I check the name, it is now available for a $1000 premium
Enom screwed up .london preregs. I had what I thought was a priority order only to find out later that it was a ga preorder. Bari told me there was some strange page for priority that I never found. I only saw 1 option.
So it is not surprising that they made a mistake with premiums.
Don’t pay the $1000 let eem have it and the price drops after a month or so.
hey i want to sell my domain name featured one : http://employment.london/
can i contact them??
ps:want to sell it fast im hurry ready to give good and cheap price
No you can’t. These are priority program auctions for domains that had more than 1 applications.
New gTLDs and domains in general are a waiting game.
I don’t think that is your domain domain Baali
Why not?
Whois says the owner is Baali Nassim.
my bad. .london whois isn’t that effective.
Hey Bul it’s my domain name
Yeah I know @k corrected me on it. Did you get that in general availability?
Yes i did !!
whois details shows baali nassim is the owner and need to disclose how much did he spend to get this domain
– http://www.uniteddomains.com/domain/searchresult/?domain=employment.london&SearchType=ntld&SearchTypeTld=
– check the domain on 101domain.com it showing 2,198.90 USD Renewal : 54.99 USD
Baali listed domain name on sedo for 1999USD
– https://sedo.com/search/details.php4?partnerid=14456&language=e&et_cid=13&et_lid=354248&domain=employment.london&et_sub=1006&origin=parking
Why does he need to disclose what he paid for?
A quick tip for some of you posting rather long links. Go to tinyurl.com and paste the link you want to convert to short in the “Enter a long url to make tiny” and then paste the tiny links into blogs. Tinyurl makes posting links into blogs really clean. I have converted @V’s link (sedo) to something much cleaner http://tinyurl.com/nuwdrys
See what I mean?
@V you like the domain. Just give a man an offer ;). He’s going to do well with that one. Only if he could get out of the flip market and hold on to it for a while but ahhrr, @K might say to me “you strike when you want to”
I know short url http://x.co next time i use it anyways thank you for suggestion. Baali respond to Bul that he got domain in general registration but domain showing premium just formal I ask him to disclose the price. Bul I am happy with my strategy one domain in each extension and got one
do you want the domain employment.london ? give me an offer ?
Cool @V year one domain is a good strategy. Umm the reason I asked wether he got it in GA is because that domain was on my my radar way back on reserve at United domain and I didn’t get it so I thought it went to auction.
i paid XXX$ to get it , do you want the domain employment.london ? give me an offer ?
I am a disciplined investor. If I don’t purchase gTLDS with priority prices. So I will pass.