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Bad Domain on Backorder

by Playbizz
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First post...asking for help, but will be contributing soon

I bid on a backordered (pre-release) domain through namejet. Long story short...its a fake PR and I am still the high bid. Looks like I'll be out a few hundred.

What should I do? Should I use the domains link juice while it lasts? Should I not mess with it at all?

Feel like a real n00b on this one, but hey someone else might learn from my mistake.

Thanks!
#backorder #bad #domain
  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Depends on the PR. Even if the front page PR is fake there might be some real backlinks there. Unfortunately estimating "real PR" is not easy, but I'd take Majestic or Ahrefs and compare it to some legit sites.

    Unfortunately these marketplaces and auctions don't seem to mind if someone's selling domains with fake stats. Caveat emptor.
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    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Originally Posted by Playbizz View Post

    Should I use the domains link juice while it lasts?
    There is no "while it lasts". It is either there or it is not. Ignore what the PR toolbar tells you. PR is updated daily, but the public toolbar is only updated a few times a year, at most. You cannot see the real PR. If it was "faked", those tricks only work on the toolbar. They do not actually fool Google, so there is no PR.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    If it was advertised as a certain PR and you can prove it was fake PR, I'd contact Namejet and withdraw my bid.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      If it was advertised as a certain PR and you can prove it was fake PR, I'd contact Namejet and withdraw my bid.
      NameJet doesn't advertise the PR. They don't sell domains based on PR. You really have no recourse there.
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

        NameJet doesn't advertise the PR. They don't sell domains based on PR. You really have no recourse there.
        Never used Namejet before. So Namejet owns the domain and it's not just being sold by another party through Namejet like Godaddy Auctions?
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    It's similar to GoDaddy, but I doubt GoDaddy would reverse a transaction based on the PR not matching up with what someone thought it was.
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  • Profile picture of the author Playbizz
    Thanks so much everybody. I really appreciate it.
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