alert The fund can't be withdrawal from Epik.com via Masterbucks wallet

[enamebroker]

It happened on 23rd Aug 2022 and this matter lasted almost one month without any process. Masterbucks.com declined my fund withdrawal and disabled the button of fund withdrawal. And I contacted Epik.com and got no further action even if Rob Monster got involved in it for two weeks. All the time I was told in email by management review.

What is wrong with Epik.com? Do you think it is normal to disable fund withdrawal? How can I get back my fund from Epik.com? Thanks for your suggestion.

 

[BullDomains]

Epik.com don't pay anything. The support only send canned emails.."WE will pay by order of receipt" ,,...When ??From 2025 ???Shame !!

 

[sharfab]

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Twitter link

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What does that even mean? Is Brian saying all escrow transactions require his authorization; meaning he's also the new escrow manager?

https://www.epik.com/services/escrow

How can you tell on the Epik website that escrow has been paused?

I tried a small test escrow transaction after reading brians tweet.

The epik escrow transaction reached the point where the buyer was capable of adding funds. But I didn't push farther seeing how this was just an a-to-b test.

yesterday:

It looks like at some point this test transaction was reviewed by epik, as there is no longer any public record of this escrow attempt in my epik dashboard. No cancellation email, etc.

today:

It seems the escrow attempt was cancelled as it was an obvious test transaction, still I question if all epik escrow transactions are in fact paused as Brain tweeted. A paused notice on escrow.epik.com seems like it would be more official than a tweet.

 

[Gabriel360]

It seems the escrow attempt was cancelled as it was an obvious test transaction, still I question if all epik escrow transactions are in fact paused as Brain tweeted. A paused notice on escrow.epik.com seems like it would be more official than a tweet.

DON'T believe anything Epik/Royce says. They are connoisseurs of lies and double talk.

 

[NYJimbo]

“Domainers are not our core customer. They represent the least profitable part of the biz. Epik is focused on building around entrepreneurs and businesses owners that care about their brand. Most businesses actually want to stay online and not worry about getting deplatformed!”

Very few people get deplatformed. Epik caters to the far right that spews conspiracies, lies and hate.

 

[bmugford]

“Domainers are not our core customer. They represent the least profitable part of the biz. Epik is focused on building around entrepreneurs and businesses owners that care about their brand. Most businesses actually want to stay online and not worry about getting deplatformed!”

Very few people get deplatformed. Epik caters to the far right that spews conspiracies, lies and hate.

It is kind of like a strawman. It is not a real problem that normal people actually face.

But, it is a good "problem" to create then be able to rail against, as part of a perpetual victimhood complex.

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

It is kind of like a strawman. It is not a real problem that normal people actually face.

But, it is a good "problem" to create then be able to rail against, as part of a perpetual victimhood complex.

And even in that market segment, Epik apparently does not succeed in making enough money to pay the bills.

 

[Lox]

transactions require his authorization

More like: all transactions require gov org (or similar authority) authorisation.
Page 15 , 20, 97

 

[Chris Hydrick]

<the month prior to Rob stepping down>

https://twitter.com/x/status/1557438565021372418

 

[D Haynes]

Did anyone ever get a domain secured loan from Epik? Were the loans paid in MB's or USD to a bank account? Could this have contributed to their woes? Do they still offer this service I wonder.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Did anyone ever get a domain secured loan from Epik? Were the loans paid in MB's or USD to a bank account? Could this have contributed to their woes? Do they still offer this service I wonder.

@Haroon Basha -- Can you share your experience?
...
https://www.namepros.com/threads/domainequity-com-peer-to-peer-lending-for-domains.1184392/
..
Per current DomainEquity.com homepage, "Epik’s DomainEquity Program is being redeveloped."
..

Spoiler

DomainEquity.com is currently leaking the <firstName + lastName + location> of countless customers via their public available URL ie: domainequity.com/profile/member-InsertRandomNumberHere/loans

..many urls revealing full names + location don't appear to have a domainEquity.com loan history; thus unknown if these URLs are leaking epiks customer database or another customer database

Google seems to have cached some defaulted DomainEquity loans:

https://domainequity.com/profile/member-802833/loans

https://domainequity.com/profile/member-849133/loans

https://domainequity.com/profile/member-734353/loans
...

Spoiler

Based on .../profile/member-1=GoName Admin, it seems the code behind domainEquity.com may have something to do with GoName.com / Denis Markov. Or if not the code, then GoName Admin = member-1 may be related to epiks inherented intrust registrar code/memberBase.

https://domainequity.com/profile/member-1/loans

https://domainequity.com/profile/member-13/loans

..


One question may be, did DomainEquity.com make/lose money, and was any of it significant? To help answer:

• DomainEquity.com homepage (12/21/2022) states: "Over 252 Loans Completed +$752,690 Paid Off"
• DomainEquity.com archive from September 19, 2020 stated: "Over 160 Loans Completed +$247,541 Paid Off"
• preview.domainequity.com states: "Over 34 Loans Completed +$35,756 Paid Off"

 

[bmugford]

Twitter link

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I am highly skeptical of those claims, as there are several reports of "escrow" transactions after Masterbucks funds were frozen, including the $100K one from @Kathleen Kalaf referenced in that video.

I have also seen other references to escrow transactions after the funds were frozen on TrustPilot, enabled by Epik employees like @Tony Blessed. He is still listed as the Epik escrow product manager.

I have also seen advertising for Epik escrow services even more recently -

 

[bmugford]

Is this yet another previously unknown Masterbucks debt? This time for $62,284.

 

[bmugford]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1605606804599234563

https://twitter.com/x/status/1605608252917456896

 

[bmugford]

I think it goes without saying that Rob Monster's leadership is behind much of the current shit show, but Brian Royce and others have continued this debacle well after Rob left as CEO, and have continued to create new suckers with Masterbucks balances that can't be withdrawn.

This transaction was from late September, well after Rob left as CEO.

There have been several other instances of new "escrow" transactions after this point, which left others with Masterbucks balances that can't be withdrawn as well.

 

[NicTraders]

I am highly skeptical of those claims, as there are several reports of "escrow" transactions after Masterbucks funds were frozen, including the $100K one from @Kathleen Kalaf referenced in that video.

I have also seen other references to escrow transactions after the funds were frozen on TrustPilot, enabled by Epik employees like @Tony Blessed. He is still listed as the Epik escrow product manager.

I have also seen advertising for Epik escrow services even more recently

Precisely. It seems like Brian is straight out telling fibs.

I think it goes without saying that Rob Monster's leadership is behind much of the current shit show, but Brian Royce and others have continued this debacle well after Rob left as CEO, and have continued to create new suckers with Masterbucks balances that can't be withdrawn.

Brian does not seem to have been much of a breath of fresh air for the company, and doesn't appear to be fixing too much at all, at this stage.

 

[jberryhill]

The absence of Rob Davis is a distinct improvement, but still a low bar.

 

[jberryhill]

There has been no change of counsel or any update to that allegation in Monster v. Creatd Inc., incidentally.

 

[Acroplex]

think this is the proper link:

https://domaingang.com/

And click on the article directly.

The article link was entered correctly BUT NamePros converts the full name of the "other" forum to "DNF." I can't link to it here as it might be considered an evasion of that rule.

 

[bmugford]

If you look up EPIK on the Washington SOS website Rob Monster is still the only governor listed for both EPIK INC and EPIK HOLDINGS INC. He was not removed and no other governor has been added.

If you look at the MASTERBUCKS LLC foreign LLC registration in Washington from 9/15, the governor is listed as EPIK HOLDINGS INC.

The registered agent on EPIK HOLDINGS INC appears to have been updated on 12/20 (2 days ago) from Rob Monster to another party.

The expiration date for EPIK HOLDINGS INC business registration is 12/31/2022. Assuming they file the annual report, it should lead to more information.

On previous reports there is a set of controlling interest questions, for example -

I will be keeping an eye out for this filing.

Brad

 

[eternaldomains]

Last few days their login page loads extremely slowly, or stuck trying to load. Anyone else getting the same? All other pages work fine, just the login page.

EDIT: ignore, was able to load faster after using VPN. Must be my local ISP increasing some kind of dumb censorship-throttling filter.

 

[Gabriel360]

AI-written end of year message Epik could not bother to edit:

 

[Derek Peterson]

Are others having problems updating DNS records?

 

[Denys Demchyna]

Several deals as a Buyer have been made successfully with Epik.

About month ago Epik have cancelled the deal and I lost commission, but the both sides confirmed the desire to complete the deal !

As a result I have not bought the site and money stuck on the Epik In-Store Credit.

Please resolve my second deal, it has not been completed yet and Tony threatens me to return money again!

 

[Bruno P]

Has anyone managed to get the money out of masterbucks?
Or is it still stuck there?