Can you give me some hypothetical issues with fixed bids for everyone?
firstly i don't like the idea AT ALL, i wouldn't buy a house/car/antique this way so why go down this path?
secondly i think you open yourself up to a "black market" one in which you lose eg: people could manipulate thier bids leaving only $10 bids on the table for $300+ domains. " you take that one i'll take this one" whereas now when you have a bidding war the best price gets paid.
what i see here is presently you can see the cream you are missing out on in the proxies and you are just getting the milk below.
i'm more then happy for someone to ring me and ask " hey tim, i'm onto blabla domain today are you" ? "yes" " whats your proxy" ? ahh, i was going to go to $115
i really don't care because come the end of the day thats what i was going to bid and if i lose i lose.
BUT, if that persons proxy was going to be $65 then i want to pay $66 not $115
if i really want the domain i will say " my proxy is HIGH "
at the moment you have a good fair system, correction........ up till a few weeks ago you had a good fair system.
please grab your duster and rub this off your chalkboard, its not going to work for well you.
"so if my proxy was $115 i was prepared to pay that so why not be happy to pay it as a fixed bid" ? because i really don't want to..... i will.... but i don't want to.
tim