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Freemarket.com is sending spam to members of Flippa.com who have failed to sell their domains on Flippa.

Subject: No luck selling example.com? Sell on Freemarket with 1 click!
Body: Hello,

My name is Stefan Hogan and I run Freemarket.com, an online marketplace helping millions of entrepreneurs buy and sell websites online. I saw that your listing did not sell on Flippa. I would love to help you make money by selling it on Freemarket.

We beat Flippa by offering:
  • Zero Listing Fee
  • Low 5% Commission Rates
  • Secure Handover With No Extra Fees
Example.com is ready to go! Simply click the button below, and we'll import your listing details from Flippa and make it available for buyers.

[Sell Your Listing With 1 Click]


Regards,

Stefan Hogan
Product Manager, Freemarket.com
Email: [email protected]


Why do some companies think it's okay to send unsolicited email to the registrant on WHOIS records? It's completely unacceptable and an abuse of the system.

Please put a stop to this practice immediately. Freemarket has violated CAN-SPAM laws and the WHOIS terms of use:
By submitting a Whois query, you agree to abide
by the following terms of use: You agree that you may use this Data only
for lawful purposes and that under no circumstances will you use this Data
to: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass
unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail, telephone,
or facsimile

Freemarket.com is owned by Freelancer.com so I expect more from a reputable company.

I receive enough spam as it is from dishonorable companies abusing the WHOIS database. The last thing we need is big companies adding to the problem.

Warning about Freemarket: View Thread.


@Stefan Hogan
@FlippaDomains
 
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I too received such one mail for the domain that was already sold here to fellow Namepros member a long time back, though i didn't realized that I received mail from free market because of listing it on flippa before
 
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I just got the same mail for one of my domains but the domain was never listed on Flippa. That makes clear that they are not just spamming the flippa users, they are looking for good domains that are parked for sale on any marketplace and they are mailing to grab attention to try their marketplace.
 
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I just got the same mail for one of my domains but the domain was never listed on Flippa. That makes clear that they are not just spamming the flippa users, they are looking for good domains that are parked for sale on any marketplace and they are mailing to grab attention to try their marketplace.
I think same was my case
 
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Holy Cow I didn't saw this coming. The domain they mailed me for is mtech.info(sorry for disclosing the domain) and they have given a button in their email which says "Sell your listing with 1 Click".
So I thought lets click on this button and see what happens. When I clicked on that button I was taken to a listing page which was not live yet but the title and pitch was already written there.

Title- Mtech.info Perfect Educational Domain with Huge Search Volume
Pitch- Hello,\n\nExactly Educational Mtech Domain which can be used in many ways...\nDomain:\nMtech.info\nGoogle Search:\n2,470,000,000\nThis is an extremely good investment and the price is bound to grow exponentially in the future.\nSome top .info domain sales\nsex.info $202,000 Sedo\ntravel.info $116,000 Sedo\nnewyork.info $70,000 Private\nfree.info $42,000 Private\nchinese.info $37,111 Sedo\ncredit.info $36,000 Sedo\ncasino.info $35,127 Sedo\nchristian.info $35,000 Private\ndubai.info $35,000 Sedo\nceo.info $32,500 T.R.A.F.F.I.C.\nonlinecasino.info $30,005 GoDaddy\nscience.info $30,000 Private\ngeld.info $29,885 Sedo\nstrom.info $29,610 Sedo\nmanucure.info €29,500 Sedo\ncamping.info $28,100 Sedo\nnew-york.info $27,305 Sedo\nfunds.info $26,958 Sedo\nringtone.info $25,625 Sedo\ncreditcard.info $25,500 Private\nwallstreet.info $25,500 Private\nadware.info $25,350 Moniker\nmedicine.info $25,000 Private\npaydayloans.info $24,000 Sedo\nringtone.info $23,805 Sedo\namerican.info $23,530 T.R.A.F.F.I.C.\nnew-york.info $22,864 Sedo\njesus.info $22,500 SnapNames\nflowers.info $22,005 GoDaddy\nmoney.info $22,000 T.R.A.F.F.I.C.\nseo.info $21,930 Sedo\ngeld.info $21,500 Sedo\nprinter.info $21,500 Sedo\nbest.info $20,880 Sedo\nOther Extensions:\n\ncom net org biz us\ntaken taken taken taken taken\n\nHappy Bidding :)

Although there is a bug but they are really trying to pull some customers.
 
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So you want to endorse this behavior?

What behavior? They've identified a market (non-wining auctions) and they're trying to tap into it. Its actually pretty clever. They're not trying to sell you something, they're trying to help you sell something that you could not.

If you have ever moved within the United States (dont know where you are), you receive dozens of what we all call "junk" mailings offering all sorts of services like garage door repair, carpet cleaning, lawn services, roofing, siding repairs, painting... you name it. Its business, pure and simple. These people have identified a market (recent movers) and are trying to sell services to them.
 
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I hope they "spam" me next, it would save me some time publishing my listings there. I'm going to reply for them whoisology me and email me for everything I own with one-click pre-filled listings. ;)

I always thought domainers wanted to list their domains on every marketplace available, especially with no fees.

That's kinda like if I'm trying to sell my house and a real estate agency with a following calls me and asks me if I'd like to have my home listed with them for free, no gimmicks, no hassles, no exclusivity, and they'd take a lower commission than any other agents I'm working with and then I yell at them and say I'm on the DNC list then file a complaint against them.
 
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What behavior? They've identified a market (non-wining auctions) and they're trying to tap into it. Its actually pretty clever. They're not trying to sell you something, they're trying to help you sell something that you could not.

As previously mentioned, I've never listed the domain on Flippa. In fact, I've never listed it anywhere, because it's not a domain that I'm interested in selling. The email is 100% spam disguised as something else.
 
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As previously mentioned, I've never listed the domain on Flippa. In fact, I've never listed it anywhere, because it's not a domain that I'm interested in selling. The email is 100% spam disguised as something else.

OK, well that is wrong. If that is the case then I stand corrected. I received emails from them regarding Flippa auctions which failed to sell so to me I figured it was something to look into. But if they're blindly sending out emails with just any domain then I do not like that either.

I will let this thread know if I have received similar emails regarding names that have never been auctioned on Flippa.
 
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I just got one today from a failed Flippa auction from over a year ago.
 
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This is definitely another way of scam as many of my friends who never listed their domains received this mail so it obviously mean it is just a disguised and we should report it and blacklist the email we got it from so we never get such message again.
 
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Well personally I dont mind as long as they have an unsubscribe button. I think its a great marketing tool wherein they are targeting failed auctions on Flippa. For example I tried selling a domain on NP, Flippa and then I received this email from FreeMarket. Now I am already seeing bids on my domains! For me its good because they somehow seem to have better reach as I have more bids on my domains.
 
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The thing is u all can complain all u want but there will never be a solution to spamming or people utilizing systems such as who is.. I have been in the lead gen business for over ten years and now that big data is so big...with the government....u folks have no chance to ever be free.
 
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I have got this email and I can see that the description is exactly as I have written on Flippa for the same name. In addition to that there is also the description of another domain name which I tried a year back to sell on Flippa. I guess Freemarket is scraping Flippa.
 
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That is enough of a reason not to sell there. Since the OP has gone public they issued the money back, there would be many other cases where the seller would have been helpless and lost the money and domain.

My thoughts exactly. Freemarket only resolved that particular case because of public pressure.
 
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Anyways any kind of spam is wrong practice whether done by small domainer or a BIG firm, Nobody likes it!
 
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they gaining any sort of market space compared to flippa?
 
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they gaining any sort of market space compared to flippa?

Nope, Compete.com shows that Freemarket is on a serious decline. That's probably what provoked their reckless email campaign (spamming).
 
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Today they sent us the same spam, for a domain name that we never listed for sale (we use it).

They are not just targeting the domain names put up for sale.
They are spamming indiscriminately.

Shame on you Freemarket.com.
 
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That is so low and embarasing from them.
 
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Ouch, I'm happy I don't own any stocks in this company. Not long ago they screwed up with their "safe" and mandatory escrow service that left a fellow Namepros member without money and his domain only to get the help after he told his story on the forum. I find their methods very strange, this is not how you gain confidence.
 
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I had a domain sell on Flippa, and these morons asked me to sell at their site, since they thought the domain didn't sell. They'll never have my business, no exceptions. They're amateurs
 
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