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RE: The problem of appraising the value of you own name (and .eth domain snipers)
my surname is so rare that i will pay minimum possible price
my surname is so rare that i will pay minimum possible price
Because of the domain name snipers, having a rare surname does not help you, they simply see that something that seems like a surname is being registered and bids for it. I though exactly the same as you and lost because of it (aka. i was unexperienced). If you had a second chance, how much would you bid?
the problem is that next week can come 10 more services like this with domain .ether or .ethereum
so at the moment 10 dollars
but how it works? i made a bid but i just installed that plugin for chrome and there is no eth at all. Does the bid still count?
No you need to buy ether first and transfer it to your wallet, and then pay the amount to the contract to start the auction. A small amount is used to pay for the transaction and the rest is locked down as long as you hold the domain (aka. can be recovered if you give up the name).
However be aware that the domain sniper i was up against had bid 400 USD. You might be luckier though if the domain snipers does not suspect that your domain is in fact a surname. As some domain registrars also starts decoy auctions.
Also if it is not that important to you, you could take a gamle on a lower price. But again how much is that domain really worth to you? Is it actually important to you?