Is Adam Dicker a criminal? You decide.

[S-B]

This story starts with DNF; a barren wasteland that once was a leading forum within the domain industry. While the forum itself played a huge role in propagating the myth that is Adam Dicker, the story really begins with DNF College in the summer of 2011.

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Updates / Reports
These are in no particular order.

• Report by headsupp (Resolved)
  • Relevant Videos
  • Reply to Adam
  • Update: Resolved
  
  
• Report by LannyB (Unresolved)
  • Response
    • Follow-up Questions
  
  
• Report by domainesque (Unresolved)
  • Update: Unresolved
  • Report Details
  • Update: Waiting on Refund
  
  
• Report of Shane Cultra's friends (Unresolved)
  • Update: Unpaid
  
  
• Report by Jeff Markus (Dissatisfied)
  
  
• Report by simmplex (Resolved)
  • Refunded
  
  
• Report by Blenja_Man (Pending)
  • Voucher
  • Update: Work in Progress
  
  
• Report by RandysDomains (Resolved)
  • Resolved
  
  
• Report by swamismith (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by Charlie (Unresolved)
  • Cover-up
  • Update: Unresolved
  
  
• Report by Jaqpot (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by anon22339 (Unresolved)
  • Details
  
  
• Report by Joseph Peterson (Resolved)
  • Update: Unpaid after 8 days
  • Update: Paid
  
  
• Report by Frank Schilling (Resolved)
  • Update: Paid
  
  
• Report by Lonewolf5503 (Paypal Dispute)
  • Update: Website not delivered and no longer accessible
  • Update: Lonewolf5503 wins PayPal dispute
  
  
• Report by GermanRaven (Unresolved)
  • Update: Full story
  
  
• Report by ClaudeDauman (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by bobsranch (Unresolved)
  • Details
  • Update: Legal Letter Received
  
  
• Report by Newby888 (Unresolved)
  
  
• Report by dougasd (Unresolved)

From what I understand, Adam still owes north of $33,000 to previous customers and business partners. As I receive more information, I will update this figure.

 

[carob]

Looks like Domainsherpa has been clearing out some Dicker stuff - his page there is now empty:
http://www.domainsherpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/

Compare that with the Google cache of that page which listed a bunch of Dicker vids:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...erpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

 

[TheWatcher]

Looks like Domainsherpa has been clearing out some Dicker stuff - his page there is now empty:
http://www.domainsherpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/

Compare that with the Google cache of that page which listed a bunch of Dicker vids:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...erpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

Somebody is busy cleaning.

 

[enlytend]

I haven't seen or read from one person who says they are happy with the work from nichewebsites.com and that their websites are making money as he has promised many times with great SEO included!!!

From a quick look at NicheWebsites and other sites relevant to this thread, their offering SEO services was a joke.

 

[Gregr]

You guys bashing Adam need to remember that while Adam recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers to fleece, he also recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers for you to sell your crap domains to. You guys owe Adam. Hell maybe Adam can even take credit for the Chinese domain name invasion.

 

[S-B]

You guys bashing Adam need to remember that while Adam recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers to fleece, he also recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers for you to sell your crap domains to. You guys owe Adam. Hell maybe Adam can even take credit for the Chinese domain name invasion.

Yeah, Adam has connections to the Chinese... right...

 

[dordomai]

it's interesting that the scandal happened in less than two weeks after receiving the "Developer of the Year" award. Short fame.

 

[S-B]

it's interesting that the scandal happened in less than two weeks after receiving the "Developer of the Year" award. Short fame.

Coincidence?

 

[hookbox]

Looks like Domainsherpa has been clearing out some Dicker stuff - his page there is now empty:
http://www.domainsherpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/

Compare that with the Google cache of that page which listed a bunch of Dicker vids:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...erpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

You're right. I've been watching it also and just this morning Domain Sherpa's Top Ten Interviews was just updated. Adam had 3 of the top 10 and now is not on the list.

 

[carob]

You guys bashing Adam need to remember that while Adam recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers to fleece, he also recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers for you to sell your crap domains to. You guys owe Adam. Hell maybe Adam can even take credit for the Chinese domain name invasion.

Well since his Udemy course has invented the role of accredited domain broker we can look forward to a whole new industry. Aren't most NP members already domain brokers? Now someone can sell us licences and give us ethics exams.

Looks like the real money was in selling expensive pseudo-monetisation sites - often with an NDA (Non-Delivery Agreement).

But supposedly 700+ people paid $400 each for Adam's Udemy course.

 

[Domain Truth]

Looks like Domainsherpa has been clearing out some Dicker stuff - his page there is now empty:
http://www.domainsherpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/

Compare that with the Google cache of that page which listed a bunch of Dicker vids:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...erpa.com/tag/adam-dicker/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

I'm glad to see Cyger agrees with me and some others that his interviews espousing Dicker as a business and domain guru needed to be taken down but hopefully not deleted as they might be used as evidence in future "proceedings".

 

[hookbox]

I'm glad to see Cyger agrees with me and some others that his interviews espousing Dicker as a business and domain guru needed to be taken down but hopefully not deleted as they might be used as evidence in future "proceedings".

They are still listed on Youtube.

 

[Gregr]

But supposedly 700+ people paid $400 each for Adam's Udemy course.

I get emails from Udemy every week or so giving me a $15 price for any course.

 

[carob]

I get emails from Udemy every week or so giving me a $15 price for any course.

Makes sense, I see they advertise a lot on Twitter. Earier I posted a $10 coupon for the Dicker course https://www.namepros.com/threads/is-adam-dicker-a-criminal-you-decide.883579/page-66#post-5048370 (not an endorsement) which claims there is a shortage of domain brokers. Funny, I thought there were too many.

 

[dordomai]

I get emails from Udemy every week or so giving me a $15 price for any course.

well he surely didn't let people dicker with him.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dicker

 

[domaindevil]

There is alot of sponsor messages in the current DS videos containing Niche Webistes. I wonder if those will be removed from the episodes as well.

 

[discobull]

he assured me that my website would be complete within one week, in addition he offered to build two additional sites free of charge as a way to compensate me, Adam has said if I am not happy after the end of one week I would receive a refund.The week is ticking away so we see how things flesh out at the end of seven days, after waiting so long I was willing to give him an additional week.

Why do you continue to believe his promises?

 

[domeen]

You guys bashing Adam need to remember that while Adam recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers to fleece, he also recruited hundreds if not thousands of noob domainers for you to sell your crap domains to. You guys owe Adam. Hell maybe Adam can even take credit for the Chinese domain name invasion.

I have to agree, at least in dnf, a lot idiots landed to the forum. With a lot money and nothing to do with it. I am very thankful for that.

 

[umask077]

I have to agree, at least in dnf, a lot idiots landed to the forum. With a lot money and nothing to do with it. I am very thankful for that.

You should partner with Adam Dicker... you both share the same ethics. The way you refer to those with less knowledge than you says a lot about you.

 

[Helmuts]

.. so much to read..

 

[frank-germany]

Since you feel the need to defend someone that has wronged so many people with proof. Doesn't sound like you lost anything. Why don't you pay me back the thousands I have lost and let Adam pay you back? You trust that you'll get paid right?

do you really think thats the way to go?

 

[HeyNow]

I First, in that article, GD Rep. clearly mentioned that there 'were no rules' against bidding for employees at that time, so nothing was wrong,

Yes, you're right! That's why Wired.com published the story, 'cause "nothing was wrong" with it. It wasn't even news, but Wired.com did the story anyway. Yeah, sure, that's the ticket!

 

[Mr. Deleted]

i used to manage the advertising page on a couple directories, and the point of sales was always the statistics. So we always put a recent screenshot of the hits, unique visitors, in some case we created a short videos to be transparent.
If you have the stats he pretend, you do that and your conversion go through the roof, you sell more advertising. + testimonials of satisfied customers...
nothing of that sort appear on Adam Dicker.
Did you tracked the advertising you paid for, and did he offered a simple way to access proof of service? When you buy traffic to this extent, there is always an option to make a small test, like a couple hours for a reasonable fee.

this goes back to the point, that this guy don't know jack about conversion. And that explain why NicheWebsite are so badly designed in the first place.

I think if it is worth it to the advertiser, they will pay for it, it is a free market.

 

[Mr. Deleted]

Peace,
Cy

LOL

FYI, I am also in college, so I have plenty of time.

 

[domeen]

You should partner with Adam Dicker... you both share the same ethics. The way you refer to those with less knowledge than you says a lot about you.

He dosen`t want me, I am not that dumb. Thats the problem.

 

[DomainGist]

I think if it is worth it to the advertiser, they will pay for it, it is a free market.

It's not a 'free market' though is it, it is a regulated market, false advertising is against the law in many places.

If you are paying a fixed price of $7000 for a sitewide banner ad in the belief that the banner will get 80 million impressions in a typical month, and what you actually get is a small fraction of that number of page impressions, you have been deceived into handing over your money.

If for example the true number of impressions is just 800,000 then the difference is believing that you are paying just $0.09 per 1000 impressions, and the reality which is that you paying $8.75 per 1000 impressions.

Sorry but you can't chalk that one off as "free market", this is outright deception, a clear cut case of fraud.