Where are TDNAM’s Premium Auctions?
Monday, August 28th, 2006
GoDaddy’s TDNAM premium auctions have disappeared. And so has GoDaddy’s support.
On August 11 I wrote about how GoDaddy was offering “premium auctions” on its TDNAM domain aftermarket. All of the domains in the premium category had traffic and most had starting bids around $10. In order to bid on premium domains you had to pay the $19.99 monthly fee to join at the premium level of GoDaddy’s domain parking service.
I paid the $19.99 so I could test drive the parking service and see how the premium auctions would pan out. I hoped to provide a review by the end of this month. But on Saturday the link to TDNAM’s premium auctions disappeared from its home page. You can still access the premium auctions list through the CashParking interface. But you won’t find any auctions:
Above: 0 search results for premium auctions at TDNAM.
So where have the premium auctions gone? I contacted GoDaddy via its online support to ask this simple question:
“Where are the premium auctions (for CashParking customers) for today?”
To my amazement, this question was apparently too difficult for GoDaddy to answer via e-mail. Here’s the response I received:
“Dear Andrew…
Thank you for contacting customer support. Unfortunately, we cannot assist you with the information provided (sic). Please reply and clearly state your question, along with all account information you have, including the domain name and customer number in question…
Sincerely,
Mike P.”
For now I’d recommend not paying the $19.99 to join CashParking at the premium level. The main benefit of joining was bidding on premium auctions.
Oh yeah, and in case you were wondering, CashParking is a joke. But more on that later.
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You should ask the question directly to GoDaddy’s boss on his blog at bobparsons.com!
I called on Sat and asked the same question…they did not know the answer either???
They said to email support@tdnam.com ..
Guys…..email president@godaddy.com
Fastest way to get someone with at least a little common sense.
From Godaddy:
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting customer support.
Unfortunately the Premium auctions are no longer available. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Please let us know if we can help you in any other way.
Thank you,
Eric P.
Customer Care Specialist
[...] As Domain Name Wire noted, GoDaddy appears to have discontinued their TDNAM Premium Auctions, which were only available for bidding to members paying the highest Cash Parking Rate (Cash Parking is GoDaddy’s domain parking program where your pay decides the amount of revenue share you receive). DomainEditorial has received a copy of an email from TDNAM support confirming Domain Name Wire’s observation. Also Bulk Register (which was purchased by eNom a month ago) announced via email that they are discontinuing their DropGuild service, which showed traffic stats for expiring domains and allowed users to bid on those names. [...]