It’s not all that often a 3 letter .com domain name expires. It is even less likely for one to expire at GoDaddy. One reason I think it is less likely for one to expire at GoDaddy is because auto-renew is a default ON, unlike domain name registrar Network Solutions. I think more 3 letter .com domains and valuable domains expire at Network Solution because a customer must turn on auto-renew from its default OFF status.
One must keep financial details up to date for the auto-renew to work and the email address on file needs to be correct so domain name renewal notices arrive. White listing emails from your domain name registrar is always a wise idea so renewal notifications do not hit your spam folder.
With that being said, LHO.com has reached expired status at GoDaddy and has already surpassed the 25 days since expire date to even reach auction. Auction length is 10 days (8 days left in auction from today) and a waiting period of 5-7 days after the auction still remains. If the past owner doesn’t renew during that time, the auction winner will get the domain after paying the winning amount. Learn more about the whole expired domain process at GoDaddy here.
The auction for LHO.com ends 9/9/10. View LHO.com Auction
This is the only 3 letter expired domain name auction currently running at GoDaddy. LHO.com was registered August 8, 1998 and has been under whois privacy protection since November 2008.
tom
Here is something I’d like to know (if you know this)… GoDaddy offers a service to backorder domains… if you had paid the $20 and backordered this domain, would the domain have gone to you instead of to auction?
Troy
I can’t believe the price already. I wouldn’t have expected it to go for more than $5000, to have it at $6600 with 8 days left is crazy to me.
Maybe and end user or two in the auction?
Jamie Zoch
@Tom,
No a GoDaddy Backorder would not have got you the domain instead of the auction. It would be nice if that would be the case though! If you were to backorder it and the domain did expire.. your bid would like have been the first in the auction. GoDaddy’s backorder process is a bit odd and I do not know it 100% but I know a backorder wouldn’t “get the domain” instead of it going to auction.
Jamie Zoch
@Troy,
It’s a good domain, so the $6.6K bid doesn’t surprise me at this point of the auction. GoDaddy bidders are different than let’s say NameJet or SnapNames bidders. They bid early and often… likely in hopes of scarring potential other bidders away.
tom
well then it seems like the backorder $20 cost is a scam to me. what exactly are you getting for the $20? i’ll have to call GD and ask them.
Jamie Zoch
@Tom,
I think GoDaddy’s backorder is more for PendingDelete domains other than internal expiring domains. If the domain happens to be an internal expiring, I think that is why they use your backorder as the “first bid” in the auction. Again, I am not 100% sure how their backorder system works as I have never really used it and it has changed since I did use it but this is the way I see it.
Gnanes
It’s already above $7Gs.
How much did GOOS.COM end up selling for on GD?
Jamie Zoch
@gnanes,
Goos.com ended at $9,955