Paid for but won't take their domain?

mmbullseye · 04-09-2008, 12:24 AM

Have you ever had someone bid on and pay for a domain, but then not give you the information to push the domain? I had someone do this a couple weeks ago and I'm still waiting. I've sent several pms and now the person isn't even accepting pms. Weird. At least I got paid I guess.

The domain is expiring on 4/14/08 and I'm not planning on it renewing it for him if he doesn't take it by then.

Nem0 · 04-09-2008, 12:46 AM

Did you sell it on eBay by any chance?

weblord · 04-09-2008, 12:49 AM

he/she must be thinking of his/her privacy that's why can't give you his/her information that's very difficult to get access to your domain.
I think he/she needs a middle man to do it for him/her.

Originally Posted by mmbullseye

Have you ever had someone bid on and pay for a domain, but then not give you the information to push the domain? I had someone do this a couple weeks ago and I'm still waiting. I've sent several pms and now the person isn't even accepting pms. Weird. At least I got paid I guess.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/455331-paid-but-wont-take-their-domain.html

The domain is expiring on 4/14/08 and I'm not planning on it renewing it for him if he doesn't take it by then.

Spade · 04-09-2008, 12:53 AM

Ive had this happen before. I just allow the domain to expire.

Justin

w8amoment · 04-09-2008, 01:29 AM

had the same thing. Sold a site, the buyer has paid and he never responded to any emails or PM's. weird !

htmlindex · 04-09-2008, 04:13 AM

Nope, never had this happen before. Very weird that someone would pay for something then not take it!

It's a strange world we live in

Smith · 04-09-2008, 05:24 AM

yeah, I've done that / doing that atm

it's more complicated as it's a .ae but I still feel ashamed . . .

Marck · 04-09-2008, 07:49 AM

What if the buyer is ill or something and doesn't have any relative/friends that know how to run his domain business? Wouldn't it be sad for him to return to find it expired!

w8amoment · 04-09-2008, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by Marck

What if the buyer is ill or something and doesn't have any relative/friends that know how to run his domain business? Wouldn't it be sad for him to return to find it expired!

True, but what other steps can you take if you only have 1 email from the buyer. It's been almost a year now, and i've already renewed the domain once.

domainar · 04-09-2008, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by w8amoment

True, but what other steps can you take if you only have 1 email from the buyer. It's been almost a year now, and i've already renewed the domain once.

I have experienced the same thing, w8amoment. Sold a domain a month after I reg'd it. They paid. I sent the account change initialization. They never completed the push or responded to any emails. After holding onto the domain for about 11 months, it was about to expire. I actually renewed the name - if they pop up and want the name, I will just ask for reimbursement for the renewal fee. If they don't show up again, I will eventually sell it to someone else. I thought about letting it drop; but I waited until it was set to expire to renew. I figured it was pretty fair doing it that way.

squid · 04-09-2008, 09:52 AM

I've been on the other end of where you guys are coming from, i bought a name from somebody here but for some reason never received the push email from godaddy. Now i can't seem to find a way to accept the domain

xman · 04-09-2008, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by domainar

I have experienced the same thing, w8amoment. Sold a domain a month after I reg'd it. They paid. I sent the account change initialization. They never completed the push or responded to any emails. After holding onto the domain for about 11 months, it was about to expire. I actually renewed the name - if they pop up and want the name, I will just ask for reimbursement for the renewal fee. If they don't show up again, I will eventually sell it to someone else. I thought about letting it drop; but I waited until it was set to expire to renew. I figured it was pretty fair doing it that way.

This a good piece of advice and it is something I would have done if I'm in that situation. As mentioned above this person maybe in unavoidable situation and couldn't take care of it at the moment.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=455331

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Travis · 04-09-2008, 11:46 AM

I sold the domain name ipodnano.in on eBay once. I made it clear numerous times that it wasn't an actual iPod, and that I would not refund anyone's money. Some idiot bought still thinking it was real, paid me a little over $100 and asked me to send it to him. I told him it wasn't real and that I couldn't give him a refund. I told him he had to sign up at a certain registrar and never heard back from him. I ended up just letting it drop as Spade said.

Ross · 04-09-2008, 12:04 PM

This is actually happening to me as we speak. I sold a domain to member here a couple weeks ago and they paid quickly but told me they would send the push info over in a while. So it never came. I sent emails to the person through the email they used for paypal but no response. Then i get on namepros today and see the persons account has been closed. I fell bad because i have the money AND the domain. If i cant find a solution for the problem soon i am just going to resell it.

squid · 04-09-2008, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Tivo

This is actually happening to me as we speak. I sold a domain to member here a couple weeks ago and they paid quickly but told me they would send the push info over in a while. So it never came. I sent emails to the person through the email they used for paypal but no response. Then i get on namepros today and see the persons account has been closed. I fell bad because i have the money AND the domain. If i cant find a solution for the problem soon i am just going to resell it.

If their account was closed, it could have been a mistake. I'd say leave it at least a week, because my account was closed at one point and I'd be a bit annoyed if i came back to see a domain i bought gone

Ross · 04-09-2008, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by squid

If their account was closed, it could have been a mistake. I'd say leave it at least a week, because my account was closed at one point and I'd be a bit annoyed if i came back to see a domain i bought gone

Im not going to sell it like with in a week or two, but im not going to let it sit around for like a year or so. If i do sell it and the person did come back at one point i would give the money they paid for it back to them and explain why i sold it.

owntype · 04-09-2008, 12:21 PM

I sold a name for $3500 to a very reputable domainer (webmaster), we dealt via escrow.com, the buyer ask me to change the whois info to his and I did so, then escrow.com thinks the buyer has received the domain (but he hasn't reply to escrow.com as well). Escrow.com sent me the payment (almost 6 months ago), but the domain is still in my godaddy account, the buyer didn't accept the domain name account changing. I sent him a lot of emails to different addresses, but he never replies (almost 6 months now...)

This is also why I said escrow.com is not that secure, they simply check whois info to tell if the name is pushed...

I am still kept sending him emails, hope one day he can see it.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=455331

stub · 04-09-2008, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Tivo

Im not going to sell it like with in a week or two, but im not going to let it sit around for like a year or so. If i do sell it and the person did come back at one point i would give the money they paid for it back to them and explain why i sold it.

If you sold the domain and have received the funds, the domain doesn't belong to you anymore. You have no rights to sell the domain. Best thing to do is just let it drop (legalwise).

tinner666 · 04-09-2008, 05:30 PM

Things do happen. I had emergency open heart surgery and was out for 2 months or so. And my account here got closed once for language. My bad.

mmbullseye · 04-10-2008, 01:57 PM

I sold the domain to a member here. I wouldn't think the reason would be fear of giving out their information because all I need is their email and their account number at this registrar.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=455331

Tivo - I have the exact same experience. I looked through your previous posts and found you sold a domain to the same person around the same time as I did so it must be him. His account must have just closed because I sent several pms that were never responded to not too long ago.

If the price was anything substantial I'd go ahead and renew and and wait longer but the price was for less than renewal so I don't think it's worth keeping if he doesn't get it by expiration. I don't know what else to do because I'd be losing money to renew it for him and he may never come back for it anyway.

VisionEdger · 04-10-2008, 05:25 PM

sad to say but health or death may be a valid reason and no one else knows of the transaction, God forbid.

**-Nick-** · 04-10-2008, 11:11 PM

I think renew it. And when he comes to take it. Give him the bill of that renewal.

If he doesn't you already have the money and domain name too

ezimedia · 04-11-2008, 08:23 AM

HI

This has happened to me also... on ebay and also for some websites I have sold in the past... people buy them and then never claim or do anything with the websites.. after you send it to them... often when I check back to see how they are going with the websites or domain names to see what they have put on it I find the websites are no longer running or the domain name is just about to expire and then drop.. Real strange why people do this..

Thanks
Tom Dahne

Dangerman · 04-12-2008, 03:21 AM

Happened to me too. I think it was the first domain I sold. - awinery.com - I held onto it for a few years, sent several emails during that time, then finally let it expire. Also I'm still holding onto one I sold at least 6 years ago because I didn't receive full payment for it because of expensive bank tranfer fees, ...not my bank's transfer fees...I don't mind paying the $20 or whatever my bank charged me, but the person is from the cook islands and the banks took $80 in fees before it got to my bank. I've sent him several emails but he only answered me once. Now I just resend him an email everytime I renew it to remind him.

rcep · 04-12-2008, 04:21 AM

this case happened once with me the domains about to expire and the owner didnt give his details
luckily he came answered my pm the last hours before domain expires

so dont loose hope he might come back if not just let the domains expires its not ur fault

04-09-2008, 12:24 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
mmbullseye NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 50	Paid for but won't take their domain? Have you ever had someone bid on and pay for a domain, but then not give you the information to push the domain? I had someone do this a couple weeks ago and I'm still waiting. I've sent several pms and now the person isn't even accepting pms. Weird. At least I got paid I guess. The domain is expiring on 4/14/08 and I'm not planning on it renewing it for him if he doesn't take it by then.

04-09-2008, 12:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
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04-09-2008, 12:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Spade NameBio.com Founder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Carlsbad, CA Posts: 7,855	Ive had this happen before. I just allow the domain to expire. Justin __________________ Read my Blog! NameBio.com - Search The Domain Sales Index Buying LLLL.com's ending in "CA"

04-09-2008, 01:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
w8amoment NamePros Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 391	had the same thing. Sold a site, the buyer has paid and he never responded to any emails or PM's. weird ! __________________ Domain Broker Directory

04-09-2008, 04:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
htmlindex NamePros Legend Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14,241	Nope, never had this happen before. Very weird that someone would pay for something then not take it! It's a strange world we live in __________________ GEO Sale!! - $15 each

04-09-2008, 05:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
Smith NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 611	yeah, I've done that / doing that atm it's more complicated as it's a .ae but I still feel ashamed . . .

04-09-2008, 07:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
Marck NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 735	What if the buyer is ill or something and doesn't have any relative/friends that know how to run his domain business? Wouldn't it be sad for him to return to find it expired! __________________ 8^X

04-09-2008, 09:52 AM	#11 (permalink)
squid Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Stafford Posts: 993	I've been on the other end of where you guys are coming from, i bought a name from somebody here but for some reason never received the push email from godaddy. Now i can't seem to find a way to accept the domain

04-09-2008, 11:46 AM	#13 (permalink)
Travis - Siyk.com - Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kyle/San Marcos Texas Posts: 1,764	I sold the domain name ipodnano.in on eBay once. I made it clear numerous times that it wasn't an actual iPod, and that I would not refund anyone's money. Some idiot bought still thinking it was real, paid me a little over $100 and asked me to send it to him. I told him it wasn't real and that I couldn't give him a refund. I told him he had to sign up at a certain registrar and never heard back from him. I ended up just letting it drop as Spade said. __________________ Aupz.com - Dolx.com - EIHH.com - FFVF.com - IEEY.com - Siyk.com - xGld.com - FGGF.net - LCCL.net - PPBB.net - QQQN.net KyleTexas.net - One of the fastest growing cities in Texas

04-09-2008, 12:04 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ross Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,132	This is actually happening to me as we speak. I sold a domain to member here a couple weeks ago and they paid quickly but told me they would send the push info over in a while. So it never came. I sent emails to the person through the email they used for paypal but no response. Then i get on namepros today and see the persons account has been closed. I fell bad because i have the money AND the domain. If i cant find a solution for the problem soon i am just going to resell it.

04-09-2008, 12:21 PM	#17 (permalink)
owntype Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,137	I sold a name for $3500 to a very reputable domainer (webmaster), we dealt via escrow.com, the buyer ask me to change the whois info to his and I did so, then escrow.com thinks the buyer has received the domain (but he hasn't reply to escrow.com as well). Escrow.com sent me the payment (almost 6 months ago), but the domain is still in my godaddy account, the buyer didn't accept the domain name account changing. I sent him a lot of emails to different addresses, but he never replies (almost 6 months now...) This is also why I said escrow.com is not that secure, they simply check whois info to tell if the name is pushed... I am still kept sending him emails, hope one day he can see it. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=455331 __________________ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z . C O M

04-09-2008, 05:30 PM	#19 (permalink)
tinner666 NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Richmond Va. Posts: 209	Things do happen. I had emergency open heart surgery and was out for 2 months or so. And my account here got closed once for language. My bad. __________________ $7.49 Domains @ Domain Sales Zone Coupons: 100CN15, 50CN10, 5NC25 Internet Crimes Complaint Ctr. Albert's Specialty Roofing

04-10-2008, 01:57 PM	THREAD STARTER #20 (permalink)
mmbullseye NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 50	I sold the domain to a member here. I wouldn't think the reason would be fear of giving out their information because all I need is their email and their account number at this registrar. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=455331 Tivo - I have the exact same experience. I looked through your previous posts and found you sold a domain to the same person around the same time as I did so it must be him. His account must have just closed because I sent several pms that were never responded to not too long ago. If the price was anything substantial I'd go ahead and renew and and wait longer but the price was for less than renewal so I don't think it's worth keeping if he doesn't get it by expiration. I don't know what else to do because I'd be losing money to renew it for him and he may never come back for it anyway. Last edited by mmbullseye; 04-10-2008 at 02:16 PM.

04-10-2008, 05:25 PM	#21 (permalink)
VisionEdger NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 704	sad to say but health or death may be a valid reason and no one else knows of the transaction, God forbid.

04-10-2008, 11:11 PM	#22 (permalink)
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04-11-2008, 08:23 AM	#23 (permalink)
ezimedia Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: IllawarraClassifieds.com.au Posts: 2,361 Follow @ezimedia	HI This has happened to me also... on ebay and also for some websites I have sold in the past... people buy them and then never claim or do anything with the websites.. after you send it to them... often when I check back to see how they are going with the websites or domain names to see what they have put on it I find the websites are no longer running or the domain name is just about to expire and then drop.. Real strange why people do this.. Thanks Tom Dahne __________________ My Domains @ Bido.com - Take a LOOK and Vote Or Bid Free Directory Submitter - More Free Seo Tools - Free Forum Poster Software

04-12-2008, 03:21 AM	#24 (permalink)
Dangerman NamePros Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 114	Happened to me too. I think it was the first domain I sold. - awinery.com - I held onto it for a few years, sent several emails during that time, then finally let it expire. Also I'm still holding onto one I sold at least 6 years ago because I didn't receive full payment for it because of expensive bank tranfer fees, ...not my bank's transfer fees...I don't mind paying the $20 or whatever my bank charged me, but the person is from the cook islands and the banks took $80 in fees before it got to my bank. I've sent him several emails but he only answered me once. Now I just resend him an email everytime I renew it to remind him. __________________ > Let the fools have their tar - tar sauce! >

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