Thread: What's going on here, why they bidding so much for this page?!

eBay: "Business" page of the Million Dollar Wiki (item 110136476525 end time Jun-17-07 12:48:06 PDT)

Someone's bidding $4,500 for a page?! What's the value here?

OMG !

i think it's fake...

They're betting on the idea that this milliondollarwiki website will become a big deal and drive a lot of traffic to their website.
Some great words are not taken yet, but it's too much of a gamble.

Sex
Computer
SEO
Webmaster
Forum

For just one page ?!
Its rediculous amount of money,

It does not even have backlinks yet ?!

LOL, a good idea, but who would pay that much for a page? Plus, the site does not even work....

Looks like good marketing to me.

Holy crap! Who let Gobbles back in here?:love:

Originally Posted by kdemonte

Holy crap! Who let Gobbles back in here?:love:

Yeah looks like a fake if you look at the bidders but it's a perfect example of buzz marketing. We looked at the auction didn't we? We also looked at the site too, right?

There are other auctions like this on ebay but with real bidders. I'll try finding the seller that lists auctions like a fortune cookie for $10,000, or a coolaid packet for $5000. Details of the auction state once you pay, the seller will refund the entire amount and give you bonuses such as a $500 amazon gift certificate. The seller makes money when people visit his website & buy his ebooks on.. you guessed it... "How to make money with ebay"

Listing & bidding on auctions like this give you exposure since everyone talks about it & visits to check it out for themselves. This leads to them visiting the seller and buyer's profiles which normally reference their website or others auctions they have listed where they sell ebooks or some money making idea.

Interesting idea davet, I might try it for my sites too ...

Here's the $10,000 fortune cookie
eBay: Fortune Cookie (item 280055164189 end time Dec-14-06 07:00:00 PST)

As you can see the seller's ebay store is filled with ebooks
eBay Store - eBooks: Marketing, Shipping Supplies, Creative Services

Here are examples of some other high $ auctions that ended from this seller
eBay Store - It's All In The Packaging: Mr EZ Auctions Revealed

A tube of toothpaste $4300.01
A Dunkin Donuts cup $2375

Kool Aid packet was actually $2025.01 instead of $5000. What a deal!

Hurry folks...

Only a few hours left on this one...
eBay: SEDUCE The GIRL NEXT DOOR w/ Mind Control Brainwash (item 330132805222 end time Jun-13-07 18:15:00 PDT)

You too, can brainwash women and control their minds! Only $19.95!!!

Originally Posted by Zap

Hurry folks...

Only a few hours left on this one...
eBay: SEDUCE The GIRL NEXT DOOR w/ Mind Control Brainwash (item 330132805222 end time Jun-13-07 18:15:00 PDT)

You too, can brainwash women and control their minds! Only $19.95!!!

Does it work with wives to? That is the question at hand.

Originally Posted by demsco

Does it work with wives to? That is the question at hand.

I think so, but you have to move into the house next door to yours. :P

Originally Posted by Zap

I think so, but you have to move into the house next door to yours. :P

Don't tease now....I am pretty tight with the neighbors

Originally Posted by Zap

Hurry folks...

Only a few hours left on this one...
eBay: SEDUCE The GIRL NEXT DOOR w/ Mind Control Brainwash (item 330132805222 end time Jun-13-07 18:15:00 PDT)

You too, can brainwash women and control their minds! Only $19.95!!!

um... just beware it wears off a year or so later.

Originally Posted by Colleen

um... just beware it wears off a year or so later.

Only need it to work for about a half hour though

MillionDollarWiki.com - Whois info

Da domain is only about two weeks old!!! :twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:

Colleen, how did you initially find out about that auction? I'm trying to determine how these sellers get the initial buzz going. I don't think by simply listing a high priced auction it's going to get the interest of others. They gotta plant the seeds somewhere to start the buzz.

Did you read it in a blog post or perhaps a press release?

Originally Posted by davet

Colleen, how did you initially find out about that auction? I'm trying to determine how these sellers get the initial buzz going. I don't think by simply listing a high priced auction it's going to get the interest of others. They gotta plant the seeds somewhere to start the buzz.

Did you read it in a blog post or perhaps a press release?

I read about it at Webmaster Forum (v7n)

That auction is either fake or there is a few people bidding that has more money than sense.

Originally Posted by john933

a few people bidding that has more money than sense.

It IS eBay, so that's entirely possible.

Yeah, some people bid on anything over there. I remember the onemilliondollarhomepage.com site. The last 100 pixel block went for around $30,000 I think. That was no where near worth that. I guess they must have had most of their traffic not from the 100 pixel ad block that they bought, but from the actual media for being so stupid for buying that advertising block for so much. lol

No one ever said it had to be a good idea to be successful. It seems that on the net the most successful sites are ugly and the simplest ideas draw the most traffic. But yes, I have animosity towards such things as well...

Originally Posted by Zap

Hurry folks...

Only a few hours left on this one...
eBay: SEDUCE The GIRL NEXT DOOR w/ Mind Control Brainwash (item 330132805222 end time Jun-13-07 18:15:00 PDT)

You too, can brainwash women and control their minds! Only $19.95!!!

I think the saddest part is this:

Item title: SEDUCE The GIRL NEXT DOOR w/ Mind Control Brainwash
Time left: Item has ended.

User ID Price Qty Date of Purchase
private listing -- buyers' identities protected US $19.95 1 Jun-10-07 20:04:35 PDT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected US $19.95 1 Jun-10-07 22:48:24 PDT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected US $19.95 1 Jun-12-07 08:39:07 PDT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected US $19.95 1 Jun-12-07 21:27:08 PDT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected US $19.95 1 Jun-13-07 02:25:31 PDT
private listing -- buyers' identities protected US $19.95 1 Jun-13-07 15:27:44 PDT

Lol. Some people really do bid one useless stuff. If they have so much money to waste, why don't they give it to use or charity.