Sniping works against inexperienced bidders, but not against experienced bidders. eBay already has a simple solution: proxy bidding. Bidders can enter their "willing" amount and hope for their "excited" amount. Since many bidders are inexperienced, sniping works sometimes, so go for it.
I like sniping for another reason. I can schedule bids in groups and the first one that wins unschedules the rest of the bids in the group.
Sniping is just a bidding strategy; there is no problem to fix. I use it sometimes; I also use regular bidding (I'm the highest bidder on a reserve-met motorcycle right now!), and buy now, and sniping. So now I'm bidding against some snipers - no worries because I use proxy bid to bid my highest price as eBay clearly recommends. Solved. Next problem.
I'm a little late on this one, but maybe better late than never...
I think one of the small business' most hidden resources is already-registered domain names. It only costs $7 per year to register a domain name - that's why virtually all the good ones are registered. Browse our inventory to see tons of names for sale for less than $1,000.
If you want to aquire a particular domain name, you should try sending an offer through a third party service like Afternic.com or Network Solutions' Certified Offer service. It does not work to simply express interest and ask how much they want because many owners are timid about disclosing that they might be interested in your money. It weakens their "good faith use" argument should the case go to dispute resolution to have asked for money. The third party service validates your offer because you have to sign up and attest to a binding legal agreement, and it also escrows the transaction which protects both parties in the transaction from losing their property if either party doesn't perform.
If you can't get it that way, then you can move on knowing that you simply can't afford that name. (That's when you might consider renaming your business.)
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Sniping works against inexperienced bidders, but not against experienced bidders. eBay already has a simple solution: proxy bidding. Bidders can enter their "willing" amount and hope for their "excited" amount. Since many bidders are inexperienced, sniping works sometimes, so go for it. I like sniping for another reason. I can schedule bids in groups and the first one that wins unschedules the rest of the bids in the group. Sniping is just a bidding strategy; there is no problem to fix. I use it sometimes; I also use regular bidding (I'm the highest bidder on a reserve-met motorcycle right now!), and buy now, and sniping. So now I'm bidding against some snipers - no worries because I use proxy bid to bid my highest price as eBay clearly recommends. Solved. Next problem.
I'm a little late on this one, but maybe better late than never... I think one of the small business' most hidden resources is already-registered domain names. It only costs $7 per year to register a domain name - that's why virtually all the good ones are registered. Browse our inventory to see tons of names for sale for less than $1,000. If you want to aquire a particular domain name, you should try sending an offer through a third party service like Afternic.com or Network Solutions' Certified Offer service. It does not work to simply express interest and ask how much they want because many owners are timid about disclosing that they might be interested in your money. It weakens their "good faith use" argument should the case go to dispute resolution to have asked for money. The third party service validates your offer because you have to sign up and attest to a binding legal agreement, and it also escrows the transaction which protects both parties in the transaction from losing their property if either party doesn't perform. If you can't get it that way, then you can move on knowing that you simply can't afford that name. (That's when you might consider renaming your business.)