150 Ways to Show You're a Newbie.

RegFee · 01-19-2007, 10:36 PM

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Update: We're doing great, getting closer and closer to 150 tips!

If you want some really helpful advice, take a look at post #60 by "armin":

Originally Posted by armin

Since you posted this topic, that makes you a noob. AHaH

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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/283668-150-ways-to-show-youre-newbie.html

In keeping with the spirit of IconPack's 150 Domaining Tips thread, I thought I'd make a thread where everyone can post their biggest pet peeves and annoyances with newbies. That way, new members can learn what not to do, or can at least be sent to this thread if they do something annoying.

Rules:

Keep it short.
Keep it NamePros forum specific.
Be nice. This isn't a thread to bash new members, it's a place to post advice.
Try not to duplicate other people's posts.

I'll start:

My biggest pet peeves are:

1) When someone argues with people replying to their appraisal request.
2) Misleading or ambiguous (vague) thread titles.
3) People begging for reputation points.

dubstep · 01-19-2007, 11:59 PM

4) When someone registers names at Yahoo or 1&1.

DJ · 01-20-2007, 04:56 AM

5) making an offer on one of your names, you agreeing to the offer and then never hearing from them again

JBebbington · 01-20-2007, 05:17 AM

6) When they think Their Name is worth $20k because it "luks kool"
7) After you point out they won't get reg fee for it, they tell you "u obviusly dont no wot ur tlkin bout lol just dnt pst here no more"

Fka200 · 01-20-2007, 05:53 AM

8). using leapfish.com as an appraisal service, and comming on the forum talking about your 50k$ domain, but willing to sell it right now for $1k. [or actually believing the appraisal to being with!]

shopperx · 01-20-2007, 06:45 AM

9) When you fall for the appraisal scam

sdsinc · 01-20-2007, 08:46 AM

10. Post a domain for appraisal and put it on sale at the same time...
11. Register a domain then ask for advice on what it could possibly be used for...

JoeCanadian · 01-20-2007, 08:58 AM

12. Register a bunch of names for sale at a Registrar doesn't allow a free push. (the only good news is they were very cheap .info's that I will simply allow to expire)

13. Expecting to sell at retail prices on NamePro's. For the most part no end-users here - so don't expect end-user pricing.

casperl · 01-20-2007, 09:02 AM

Quote:

2) Misleading or ambiguous (vague) thread titles.

I think this one is the most important one for me. Most of the people dont give enough information in their thread titles.

shopperx · 01-20-2007, 05:26 PM

14) People that believe in the new ccTLD hypes.

shockie · 01-20-2007, 06:10 PM

15) Asking a million questions at once, that are all answerable by spending a few minutes searching and reading.

shopperx · 01-20-2007, 06:57 PM

16) People that post comments/trash/appraisals on a sales thread.

webfreak · 01-20-2007, 09:40 PM

17) Making an offer in the Fixed Price forum, especially when the listing says "firm" or "no offers".

**mis_chiff** · 01-20-2007, 09:50 PM

18) PM'ing everyone on the members list with your
[cough] "premium" domains or services, like WE were new!

shockie · 01-21-2007, 01:37 AM

19) Registering a bunch of nonsense domains when you're unfamiliar with the English language.

Muneeb2Good · 01-21-2007, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by Fka200

8). using leapfish.com as an appraisal service, and comming on the forum talking about your 50k$ domain, but willing to sell it right now for $1k. [or actually believing the appraisal to being with!]

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=283668
if we have a domain which has a value worth 50k$. I mean all the appraisals etc then wht to do.

JBebbington · 01-21-2007, 03:26 AM

Originally Posted by Muneeb2Good

if we have a domain which has a value worth 50k$. I mean all the appraisals etc then wht to do.

Please try not to go off-topic Muneeb2Good.

Josh.

Matthew. · 01-21-2007, 09:45 AM

20) Requesting 2000 NP$ at 0.13

gingeman · 01-21-2007, 12:00 PM

21) Posting in the wrong section of the forum, particularly a sales thread in the domain discussion zone.
22) Offering incorrect advice. If you are not experienced with something, do not pretend to be.

cvxdes · 01-21-2007, 12:01 PM

23) Talking Like This To Try To Make Them Selves Look Like They Know The English Language, And Grammar System. That makes me mad.

LOL damn, beat me by a few seconds up there. And got one of the same ones I had.
I had:
24) Offering advice for things that are unknown to the indivigual offering the advice

I'll make it into....

24) When they make errors, they blame it on: Text editor, Microsoft, Apple, George bush, or the unknown monkey who lives next door. Never themselves.

Broker · 01-21-2007, 12:16 PM

Registering a crappy LLLL.com just because you dont have any.

cvxdes · 01-21-2007, 01:21 PM

25) Thinking that PR will increase the value of a domain, where as when its bought and the content changes, the PR will be gone in days.

labrocca · 01-21-2007, 01:31 PM

26) When a newb registers domains they see sell on afternic or sedo but they replace the o with a 0. i.e. reportspot.com -> rep0rtsp0t.com

27) When a newb registers 4 word domain names

28) When a newb thinks an ovt score without extension below 1000 is something important

29) When a newb posts in the "wanted" section a domain totally unrelated to what the buyer is asking

sss3d · 01-21-2007, 01:52 PM

30) When a newbie thinks they know what they're talking about, when really they don't.

31) When they think there domains is worth thousands when in reality it's just junk.

32) When a newb posts an irrelevant reply.

RegFee · 01-21-2007, 01:59 PM

33) When the only posts in a sales thread with 30 replies are from the thread starter and they all say, "Bump."

34) When someone replies to an appraisal of their names with "Oh wow, do you want to buy my name for xxx?"

Along the lines of 29)

35) When someone asks people to send PMs in the Domains Wanted section and people insist on posting their names.

36) When people crash other people's threads.

Example: "I don't know how much your name is worth, but I own domainnamesforsells.com, will people please valuate my name?"

Originally Posted by sss3d

30) When a newbie thinks they know what they're talking about, when really they don't.

31) When they think there domains is worth thousands when in reality it's just junk.

32) When a newb posts an irrelevant reply.

Maybe I should've made a minimum posts requirement.

01-20-2007, 04:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
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01-20-2007, 05:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
Fka200 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,594	8). using leapfish.com as an appraisal service, and comming on the forum talking about your 50k$ domain, but willing to sell it right now for $1k. [or actually believing the appraisal to being with!] __________________ Domain News \| City Classified Shoes \| Shoetopia \| Soda Shoes Last edited by Fka200; 01-20-2007 at 05:57 AM.

01-20-2007, 06:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
shopperx http://domains.shxp.net Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 558	9) When you fall for the appraisal scam __________________ Poker Domains \| Gambling Domain Appraisal Tool \| Gambling Domain Sales History \| Gambling Domain Trends

01-20-2007, 08:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 9,557	10. Post a domain for appraisal and put it on sale at the same time... 11. Register a domain then ask for advice on what it could possibly be used for... __________________ NameNewsletter.com - free lists of available domain names ZoneFiles.net (beta) - ccTLD and gTLD droplists

01-20-2007, 08:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
JoeCanadian NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 635	12. Register a bunch of names for sale at a Registrar doesn't allow a free push. (the only good news is they were very cheap .info's that I will simply allow to expire) 13. Expecting to sell at retail prices on NamePro's. For the most part no end-users here - so don't expect end-user pricing. __________________ My 4 Letter .com's

01-19-2007, 11:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
dubstep Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,988	4) When someone registers names at Yahoo or 1&1.

01-20-2007, 05:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
JBebbington NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 634	6) When they think Their Name is worth $20k because it "luks kool" 7) After you point out they won't get reg fee for it, they tell you "u obviusly dont no wot ur tlkin bout lol just dnt pst here no more"

01-20-2007, 05:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
shopperx http://domains.shxp.net Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 558	14) People that believe in the new ccTLD hypes. __________________ Poker Domains \| Gambling Domain Appraisal Tool \| Gambling Domain Sales History \| Gambling Domain Trends

01-20-2007, 06:10 PM	#11 (permalink)
shockie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,702	15) Asking a million questions at once, that are all answerable by spending a few minutes searching and reading. __________________ - shockie

01-20-2007, 06:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
shopperx http://domains.shxp.net Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 558	16) People that post comments/trash/appraisals on a sales thread. __________________ Poker Domains \| Gambling Domain Appraisal Tool \| Gambling Domain Sales History \| Gambling Domain Trends

01-20-2007, 09:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
webfreak Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,604	17) Making an offer in the Fixed Price forum, especially when the listing says "firm" or "no offers".

01-20-2007, 09:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
mis_chiff Membership Director Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 9,207 Follow @mis_chiff	18) PM'ing everyone on the members list with your [cough] "premium" domains or services, like WE were new!

01-21-2007, 01:37 AM	#15 (permalink)
shockie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,702	19) Registering a bunch of nonsense domains when you're unfamiliar with the English language. __________________ - shockie

01-21-2007, 09:45 AM	#18 (permalink)
Matthew. Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,568	20) Requesting 2000 NP$ at 0.13 __________________ University Grade Calculator juegosjuegos Your Hotel in Austria Matratzen Last edited by Matthew.; 01-21-2007 at 11:12 AM.

01-21-2007, 12:00 PM	#19 (permalink)
gingeman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Classified Posts: 2,720	21) Posting in the wrong section of the forum, particularly a sales thread in the domain discussion zone. 22) Offering incorrect advice. If you are not experienced with something, do not pretend to be. __________________ Poker Vids 3 Character domain! Subscribe to my newsletter! Accurate Name Domains For Sale DomainingLinks.com

01-21-2007, 12:01 PM	#20 (permalink)
cvxdes NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Milford MA Posts: 692	23) Talking Like This To Try To Make Them Selves Look Like They Know The English Language, And Grammar System. That makes me mad. LOL damn, beat me by a few seconds up there. And got one of the same ones I had. I had: 24) Offering advice for things that are unknown to the indivigual offering the advice I'll make it into.... 24) When they make errors, they blame it on: Text editor, Microsoft, Apple, George bush, or the unknown monkey who lives next door. Never themselves.

01-21-2007, 12:16 PM	#21 (permalink)
Broker Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Philly Burbs Posts: 3,199	Registering a crappy LLLL.com just because you dont have any.

01-21-2007, 01:21 PM	#22 (permalink)
cvxdes NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Milford MA Posts: 692	25) Thinking that PR will increase the value of a domain, where as when its bought and the content changes, the PR will be gone in days.

01-21-2007, 01:31 PM	#23 (permalink)
labrocca NamePros Expert Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 6,277 Follow @supportforums	26) When a newb registers domains they see sell on afternic or sedo but they replace the o with a 0. i.e. reportspot.com -> rep0rtsp0t.com 27) When a newb registers 4 word domain names 28) When a newb thinks an ovt score without extension below 1000 is something important 29) When a newb posts in the "wanted" section a domain totally unrelated to what the buyer is asking __________________ :$: Support Forum <-- My latest endeavor.:loveyou: Debate Forums Free Online Sudoku My vBum Blog

01-21-2007, 01:52 PM	#24 (permalink)
sss3d New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7	30) When a newbie thinks they know what they're talking about, when really they don't. 31) When they think there domains is worth thousands when in reality it's just junk. 32) When a newb posts an irrelevant reply. __________________ Urlcutter - Cut the url out and surf anonymously. :D

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