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Another first from the .London registry, Valideus and Minds + Machines. I was just informed something remarkable about .London Priority Domains that have more than 1 application and therefore are entering an auction in a few days.
If no applicant enters the auction and makes the first bid then the domain name is released to the public and is available for registration!
It seems that the .London registry has no way of knowing who made the first application. But that is not the case because I know for a fact that Priority Program applications were submitted in real time to the registry and locked. Meaning that after you had submitted an application you couldn’t delete it. The applications were not submitted by registrars AFTER the priority program deadline ended.
So why doesn’t the registry check its records and award the domain name to the first application?
And even if they have somehow lost all the application timing details why not award the domain to one of the bidders randomly? So at least someone will be happy.
I understand that domains with 20 or 30 bidders are unlikely to end up without a bid but what about domains with just 2 applicants. If no one makes a bid then they both loose the domain. And that is crazy because they both have committed their funds and paid in advance thus effectively both have made the opening bid. Yes no one will get the domain.
And all this comes after I found out last week that .London auctions can last forever because of this auction rule: “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.”
Here is the email I received today:
Your Dot London domain name application has now progressed to the auction stage of the Dot London Priority Period. Shortly you will be entering an auction to bid for your chosen domain. Prior to this, the Dot London Domain team, wanted to make you aware of a few things:
The email you have or will receive from “auctions.london” is from Dot London?s official auction provider. Please follow the instructions included within the email if you wish to participate in the auction for your desired domain name.
Not entering the auction, and therefore not placing a bid, will mean that you may not be eligible for the domain name. If all parties to an auction choose not to participate in the auction, the domain name will be released for general sale.Yours faithfully,
Valideus Limited
For and on behalf of the .LONDON registry
https://validation.london
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When will you guys learn these registries only play by the rules that benefit them. Once they go back to public registration they will just charge a even higher premium for them. .London has some crazy premiums. Good luck
They keep creating new rules to suit their needs.
The whole .London process has been a mess that has no end.
I won an auction for my domain last night on the nail – seconds before the auction closed – they accepted the winning bid, then ignored the win and extended the auction for another 24 HOURS!!!! These guys are carpetbaggers!!! I am currently getting information for Trading Standards, The London Mayor’s Office and the Media to make them accountable!! Please email experiences..
Hi John,
rules say that if the winning bidder changes within the last 24 hours then the auction is extended for 24 hours since that bid.
Check out this post.
It is nuts but it is the rules.
Glad that in .nyc its only 5 minutes. 24 hours is insane. I am not sure why they want such huge gap, since i dont think it maximizes value of auction, just pisses off all the participants. Since there will be some people, he will draw it out as long as possible in hope that people will forget. Some auctions will probably last for month.
And auction I was into got extended for 2 days and it was not such a good domain.
Same issue, it’s a joke!