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How NameJet backorders work

Placing a backorder at NameJet costs nothing: you pay only if NameJet acquires the domain. If you are the only customer with a backorder, the name generally goes to you at the backorder price. Two or more backorders trigger an auction between those customers.

NameJet can still open an acquired domain to a public auction, including bidders who never placed a backorder. Pending-delete auctions, on the other hand, are always private and limited to customers who backordered before the deadline.

Adult names on NameJet

The Adult category holds 5,364 names from pending deletes, expiring domains and private sellers. Opening bids run from $49 for sexvista.com, already in auction, to $79 for analtown.com or sexwhat.com, while pornville.com and callgirls.net start at $69 with auctions due in late October. Most are listed as “Available Soon”: backorder before the start date to take part.

Private, public and Available Soon auctions

Auctions last from one to 28 days, and a bid in the final five minutes extends the auction by five more. Private auctions are for backorder holders, public ones for anyone, and Available Soon auctions for customers who ordered before the start date. Buy It Now and Bid or Buy listings complete the picture, and Buy Now sales are final and non-refundable.

Payment and the Verified Bidder program

You have 7 days to pay for a won domain, or 14 as a Verified Bidder, by credit card, and by wire transfer above $25,000. All fees NameJet collects are non-refundable.

Bidding over $2,500 in total or backordering more than 10 names requires Verified Bidder status: a form plus a color government photo ID matching the card on the account, reviewed within two business days.

You do not choose the registrar

A won name is registered at one of NameJet's partner registrars, which emails access details within 72 hours. That registrar's terms then apply, and WHOIS privacy is only available for names managed at Network Solutions. Plan a transfer to your usual registrar once transfer restrictions allow.

NameJet strengths and limitations

Strengths

5,000+ Adult names listed.
Free backorders, paid only on success.
Opening bids under $80.
Anti-sniping extension on late bids.

Limitations

Assigned registrar on delivery.
Possible public auction even as sole backorder holder.
No refunds once paid.
.CN off limits for adult content.
Account closure if a domain on NameJet's nameservers points to material “judged to be threatening or obscene”.

NameJet vs SnapNames and GoDaddy Auctions

SnapNames shares NameJet's platform, inventory and accounts, and backordering the same name on both means bidding against yourself. GoDaddy Auctions sells names that expire at GoDaddy, with a yearly membership and a 45-day wait before a sale is final.