Comments on: Random Blog News… Contest, Content and… uhmm… OK we got nothing else

By: Belajar SEO

Belajar SEO — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:52:00 +0000

Actually Prizes is the Bonus, because if we win, that is the bonus, if we lost, we earn the knowledge. Belajar SEOs last blog post..Belajar SEO-Get index within 10 hours

By: abdfatah belajar seo

abdfatah belajar seo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:05:57 +0000

you can learning from contest and testing your skill about SEO and not only to grab a price prizes…

By: How I Won My First Contest, Prize: 10K EC | Binary Ant Dot Com

How I Won My First Contest, Prize: 10K EC | Binary Ant Dot Com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:48 +0000

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By: Binary Ant

Binary Ant — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:24:49 +0000

Hi friends, I won the 10K EC prize!! . This is the first time I win something so I’m glad I won

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By: Money Making Schemes

Money Making Schemes — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:28:25 +0000

I’m sure you’d have no probs replicating it again for yourself.

By: Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:01:45 +0000

Winningtheweb never gave out the t-shirts he said he would give. Everytime I write, he says its being sorted out. It's been 3 months and it's kinda sad that he's doing this. Entrepreneurs last blog post..The Story of the Square Watermelon

By: Contest Blogger

Contest Blogger — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:01:15 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out!

By: John Cow

John Cow — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:59:42 +0000

Thanks for the feedback everyone… we are not going to bid on it, too many do not feel it to be the right thing to do so even though lots of you do not have an issue with it, we will keep everyone happy and just let it run its course.

By: HectorMilla

HectorMilla — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:10:11 +0000

Keep it bro, no worries. Héctor HectorMillas last blog post..Can we revive the American dream?

By: belajar seo

belajar seo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:49:01 +0000

i think it is not about competition at all. It is also part of the learning process. The competition just happen to make it more juicy. belajar seos last blog post..Belajar SEO Step by Step

By: Vicki Flaugher

Vicki Flaugher — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:34:47 +0000

Oh, final thought…I guess if you do end up being the last bidder, the official winner should be based on the highest non-owner (you or Conn–he might want to keep his too) bid.

Sounds like a concensus is building. Very interesting to see the comments.

Vicki

By: Doug C.

Doug C. — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:30:38 +0000

I think Liam spoke best. Many people posted about the cowpetition all over the web. Sure, this was part of the cowpetition and helped them gain an edge in winning , but–speaking at least for myself–if I didn’t believe in the merits of the cowpetition as it was originally presented to me, I wouldn’t have promoted it to anyone, anywhere. That goes the same if you were giving away $270,000 in prizes, or $2,700,000 for that matter. To change the rules now may betray the confidence of some.

You have gained a lot of credibility with the cowpetition. That value alone is perhaps exponentially immeasurable compared to the value you gain by keeping the site. I personally don’t care if you buy back the site, what I think is most important is how you go about doing so.

In my opinion, to retain credibility through the cowpetition you need to allow the auction to proceed with no help or hinderance from anyone in your organization. Once the auction has finished and someone has locked in a buying price you are free to negotiate with that person for a buy-back.

I think the essence of the question you need to ask yourself is, “What will make me more profitable, my impecable credibility w/o buying back at the cheapest price, or somewhat tarnished credibility perhaps, while buying back quickly and even likely a little bit cheaper. I think I would go with the former.

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:07:25 +0000

Cow, you have to sell. It was part of the comp. Sorry mate, just my 2 cents... Dudes last blog post..Worst. Cover. Ever.

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:39:49 +0000

I can definitely understand your frustration about letting your site go. But I think you have to let the auction stand as is.

If it was something you were auctioning privately (i.e. without deliberate publicity/promotion) I’d say fine. But you’ve created a lot of publicity for this (excellent) cowpetition and when generating publicity you really need to stick to the letter of your commitments.

The only thing I can think of would maybe to add a clause saying you reserve the right to pay 10% or 20% over the closing price in order to keep it yourself.

As I say I can understand your wanting to keep it – I’d pay to keep it too!

By: tomgriff

tomgriff — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:33:16 +0000

As someone who bid $650 on the site, It is your site. You can do whatever you feel like doing. Donating $1000 to a charity for ‘buying’ the site from yourself would be quite a descent thing to do. Building your own site, buying the site, and giving the money to charity. There must be an ebook in there somewhere.

By: My Thoughts on John Cow, Earth and The People That Suck the Oxygen

My Thoughts on John Cow, Earth and The People That Suck the Oxygen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:28:33 +0000

[...] being said, I need to make a decision and I’d like your feedback on what I should do. In John Cow’s most recent post he wrote this: The auction of GamerzReviewz over at sitepoint is going ok… we approved a bid of [...]

By: Money Making Schemes

Money Making Schemes — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:19:22 +0000

Webmasters pull out of auctions like this all the time so I wouldn’t worry about it.

The real value in all this to your readers has been the learning process, you’ve been so open that there is NOTHING stopping anybody who wants to own a GamerzReviewz from going ahead and creating their own, after all that was the point of all this?

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By: KushMoney

KushMoney — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:46 +0000

Thank you for putting up my contest. As for buying back your blog. I think its a great idea. The game blog is a good asset to the network. KushMoneys last blog post..Another Site Up For Sale

By: Jacky Supit

Jacky Supit — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:34:56 +0000

perhaps you can just give them a bin price John,

i think $1,500 is ok, so you can donate $500 higher

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By: A Freelancer For Hire

A Freelancer For Hire — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:51:29 +0000

I think it is perfectly fine for you to be a bidder for the site. But I think the contest should run to the end. I will not get upset regardless of what you decide, but I think the people who are actually bidding on the site will feel cheated. I'm not sure it is worth the hard feelings. Glad I don't have to make that decision. Good luck with it. A Freelancer For Hires last blog post..Can You Get Paid To Write