Bido.com Blocks 230 Million People, Indonesia

Thanks Jamie to let this industry up to date.
don’t know what to do now..
they just blocked the WHOLE country..
Bido is Ridiculous.

Regards,
Hendri

As we mentioned on the threads on NamePros, this was a quick fix to a problem that we had to implement to thwart fraud that was going on. We are implementing a more long term and sustainable solution and methods to address the core issue.
@Hendri, I know you were affected by this, and I know that you are upset. Please understand what we discussed and what you know about the situation now, it’s now our goal to make the necessary changes and provide a better solution to honest and ethical people who wish to do business with us. Hopefully you will hear about the changes soon, as we implement them.

Bido and Jarred in particular are like children. There is no tolerance or patience with them. They ban people on rumors. Jarred is the worst… and that stupid video he has on the site really states just how stupid this guy is. If selling names for $28 is success, than I want to fail. I hope BIDO goes down in flames. They are a scar on an otherwise tight knit industry.

I think the decision Bido has made isn’t too far off course from similar solutions other companies/corporations have made in the past, both large and small. Of course any company’s goal is to make a profit, but what we forget sometimes is that they still have to protect that profit as well as their mission. No company can continue to bleed profits until they detemine the best way to resolve a conflict, which may take months. Sometime you have to nip the problem at the bud until the best preventative measures can be implemented.

@notsurprised I don’t work for Bido or anything so let me state that upfront. But I am an avid user of their services. I’m not sure what type of issues you’ve had with them but I see you have some built up anger…maybe you’d care to share? I think the systems they have in place are very fair for both buyers and sellers. The run-of-the-mill person who labels themself a domainer might not be interested in the $28 “Bido Price” because the feel their name in worth more when in most cases it’s actually not, and sorry if that pertains to you if I’ve caused any offense. But truth is, if your domain was buyable at the high price “you” think it’s worth, then either it would have got chosen for auction by the very same “tight knit” community you spoke of, or you wouldn’t be at Bido trying to sell your domain to buyers that are not end-users and who are not likely to pay your end-user price. There are multiple other venues to sell your domain names at those high prices provided you are selling to end-users and quite frankly, your domains are actually worth their weight.

They are just racists.

We block dozens of countries on Debate.org using a database available by MaxMind.com. Initially, we began utilizing the blocks when we owned DateFree.com because the love spammers and scammers coming from Nigeria and Eastern Europe were too much to handle. I’ve found that with most community-type sites, you will eliminate 99% of the spam/scam headaches by blocking the right countries by ip.

Don’t worry buddy, domaining is not limited to one country, every country has equal rights for domains. As for Bido, it will be gone soon, just like the hair of its creator, cheers!

We run a US Real Estate portal and block basically every country where people can still be seen riding mules as a primary method of transport. If you can’t afford wide-scale indoor plumbing, you probably don’t have the disposable income to be buying from us.

As Hawaiian Shirt Friday so correctly pointed out, a lot of the lamenting is coming from people who aren’t in any sort of position that necessitates making decisions like this.

Yeah, sorry to the good guys in Indonesia who aren’t out to scam, but if you want to play in the grown-up world, start electing politicians who aggressively pursue the massive amount of scammers that originate from your country.