Park.io
Web and SaaS
domain backorder service
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.59.
Idea: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Service may take valuable domains for itself before customers can buy them
From 2 comments
I've always suspected services like these would scoop up any domains that were truly valuable prior to a customer being given the chance to buy it. What's to prevent that from…
uptown on HNYour answer seems to be, "Nothing prevents that from happening, in fact you can trust that we will do that." Maybe I'm misunderstanding?
jessaustin on HN
Price is too high for the value added over manual checking
From 1 comment
So the "value-added" is ~$60 since registration is in the $35-45/year range. I'm not sure if the domain equivalent to an ebay auction sniper is worth ~$60/domain when it costs me…
aroch on HN
Seen as domain scalping or squatting
From 2 comments
No amount of fancy CSS can hide the fact that you're a domain scalper.
BONER_WIZARD on HNYou're a bunch of domain squatters.
angersock on HN
Good domains would be caught by other auction sites anyway
From 1 comment
If its such a "good" domain its either unlikely to be dropped or likely to be picked up by any number of domain auctioner sites
aroch on HN
Questions
Will the service respect high auction prices and avoid bidding itself
From 1 comment
What if the highest auction price is not a premium price? will you respect it, or will a 10,000 USD bid will appear by magic at the last minute?
Aldo_MX on HN
Alternatives named
Manual checking of expiry dates or contacting owners directly
From 1 comment
So the "value-added" is ~$60 since registration is in the $35-45/year range. I'm not sure if the domain equivalent to an ebay auction sniper is worth ~$60/domain when it costs me…
aroch on HN
Other domain auction sites
From 1 comment
If its such a "good" domain its either unlikely to be dropped or likely to be picked up by any number of domain auctioner sites
aroch on HN