Which Auction Process do you like better? (1.Viewing)

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System #2​

Here is my opinion....

If WHC were not such a reputable company I would be quite leery participating in an auction where there is no real way to see that someone is actually bidding. However, knowing the company I am comfortable with the process.

At CatchDrop I like knowing I am up against a specific bidder when the bidding gets hot and depending on previous history it gives me an idea of how high that bidder is willing to go to get a domain. This allows me to make the best educated decision.

Both styles have pros and cons for the bidders/participants and for me I like seeing who I am up against.

That said I prefer the most open system possible where a user is assigned or picks a name that cannot be changed at random. I want to make sure I am up against a genuine bidder and not a bot or something. Again I am confident that is not happening but as you can see both systems have pros and cons.

So lets chime in and see what everyone's idea of a perfect auction is.

If others can please add the grape or myID system I would appreciate it.

Grape appears to be very similar to the WHC system.

I can't quite remember how @bmetal does it.

For what it's worth:

We actually recently introduced a bidder history (unique to each auction) - click on the domain name when you're in the client area or on the website. I was actually waiting for someone here to notice it ;-)

There are still some small fixes pending, for example: We'll update it to show "me" instead of the bidder ID assigned to you.

More information is better