[rmoriz]

While I strongly support IPv6 migration, the current IPv4 pricing is a rip-off. All the brokers and auction sites are fantasizing.

The market is tight, but nowhere near the point where it was 4-5 years ago. Big cloud providers already bought enormous amounts of IPv4 while many regional ISPs and colocation providers went out of business.

There is no real pressure to buy IPv4 except for brand-new companies to get their initial /24 or /23 to start. Everything else is optional.

[direwolf20]

How can an auction site fantasize? The price is what someone bid, and that's the real price.

[greyface-]

When I bought my initial /24 on such a site, it was not a competitive auction. I was the only bidder, and I paid the opening bid price, which was set by the seller. It's true that it was a real price, in that I paid it, but the 'auction' aspect felt like a farce.

[rmoriz]

They keep details private. It's not something transparent like eBay or a public auction. I think it's just a scam to pressure buyers into offering more.