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In the absence of silentng... It may be worth noting there were more domains registered between 4.800 and 5.00 seconds than there were before 4.800 (lots of "too early" and "already taken" responses). (registrar totals at the bottom) results for: 2026-03-18 (245 domains) 00:00.012...

(good to hear, I threw a lot of darts at that domain!) I can try to have that in place before next wednesday, but to be honest, the whole system is designed around the premise that you figure out what a domain is worth, bid that, and forget about it (edit: and pay only what the next highest...

new postreg auctions at baremetal.ca for: hotsprings.ca (domain rank 54!) , fullspectrum.ca, and torontorealty.ca (auctions open to anyone, close next wednesday.) reminder that last weeks 3q.ca ($250), ccacc.ca (domain rank 29 - $200), and trottier.ca ($200) are due to close in 1/2 an hour...

You're only shown the sale price (2nd highest bid). You'll never know what the high bid is until you're the high bidder. (Unless I reveal it for illustration purposes. That's to limit folks pushing the price up beyond what losing bidders would actually be willing to pay.) The 2nd highest bid...

because someone else bid $350 five hours before you bid $300 sale price is second highest price. That's the model. Very easy to describe, surprisingly confusing in practice. We picked it because it does all the proxy-bidding logic automatically. I'm sorry it caught you off guard. -Tom

It can vary. It's a manual process. But I had these two billed and transferred within 30 minutes of auction close. I would guess/assume you got burned by the "second highest bid" model. Last bid was you (?) bidding $300... since the sale price moved to $300 you might imagine that your bid was...

New post-reg auctions at baremetal.ca for: 3q.ca trottier.ca ccacc.ca (a backlinks domain, DR=29) A reminder that someone is likely to grab journeyman.ca for $200 today unless there are some late bids for last weeks domains. Results for domains we had bids on: fame.ca...

normal TBR auction, expected to close Wed the 11th. journeyman.ca appraised at $1930 US @ Dynadot, $3743 US @ GoDaddy ... "embodies skill, experience, and reliability", for "businesses rooted in craftsmanship, apprenticeship programs, or services that seek to connect seasoned professionals with...

New post-reg auctions at baremetal.ca for organicmakeup.ca and journeyman.ca (auction open to anyone, closes next wednesday. results for domains we had bids on: organicmakeup.ca BareMetal.com inc tsss.ca easyDNS Technologies Inc...

and none of the registrars thought it would be anywhere near that valueable, or it wouldn't have been the 29th domain registered! 29 viva-media.ca WHC Online Solutions Inc. 2/25/2026, 14:00:00.424 (turns out that isn't true, we threw three threads at it... but they were all 2 early)

So, equine.ca and enginess.ca both had some last minute bidding and the close has been extended to tomorrow. recruit.ca is SOLD.

(I should have posted this days ago -- sorry. Normal baremetal.ca TBR auction.) last chance at 3 one word domains from last weeks drop, auctions closing in a few hours unless extended. (Thursday, 11:45 pacific, 2:45 eastern) (DD = dynadot appraisal, GD = Godaddy appraisal) recruit.ca - DD...

new post-reg auctions at baremetal for: maryanne.ca, brooklynwarehouse.ca, and vancouverguide.ca (open to anyone, closing next wednesday.) results for domains we had bids on: maryanne.ca BareMetal.com inc brooklynwarehouse.ca BareMetal.com inc...

new post-reg auctions at baremetal.ca for engines.ca recruit.ca equine.ca reptile.ca important.ca (open to anyone, closing next wednesday) results for domains we had bids on: nn.ca Register.ca Inc. reservation.ca WHC Online Solutions Inc...

new post-reg auctions at baremetal.ca for: carbide.ca and progiciels-bpi.ca (an ahrefs domain rank 43 backlink domain). ... but otherwise a poor day for us (too many too earlies). Congrats to register.ca/grape. We had a .004 on fish.ca but it wasn't good enough. results for domains we had bids...