discuss The Domain Business is getting to be a Joke.

Harrington said:

I’d like to add people making individual threads for their sales. There’s already a 700+ page thread for reporting sales, stop fishing for likes!

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@NamePros management could easily change that by not allowing those posts, merging into the 700 page thread.

We learn every day. As simple as that

forge said:

I think there was a lot "lost in translation" in the original post, and if it was made in the name of "fun", then most readers (myself included) won't get the joke.

Unfortunately, what I think can also be added to the list of "problems" is the significant number of "old school" members on NamePros who seem to have a big chip on their shoulder when it comes to their "weathered" view of the industry as well as an all-too-obvious disdain for newcomers (or "noobs", that tiresome tag often unfairly assigned to members based solely on their join date).

As the saying goes, the only thing that is constant is change, and there's always going to be lots of resistance to change especially from those of us who've been around long enough to have maybe an overinflated sense of nostalgia about "the good old days".

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Seems like you are referencing the old time .commers who see no value in new extensions vs those who had no chance to acquire those great .coms back in the good old days and they are excited about new gtlds.

At the end of the day, It doesn't matter what someone you only know as a username thinks about an extension you are buying. If you can afford it and you like it, everything else is noise. #Domaining

The biggest thing here is that if people are abiding by Namepros rules, they can post what they like and others can choose to ignore them.

There are plenty of things I think are foolish, but it's not my place to tell someone unless they are breaking the law, hurting someone else or are going to get hurt themselves like buying well known tm from companies that enforce their ip very strongly.

You have to know someone before you know what they are wasting or what their motivations are.

equity78 said:

The biggest thing here is that if people are abiding by Namepros rules, they can post what they like and others can choose to ignore them.

There are plenty of things I think are foolish, but it's not my place to tell someone unless they are breaking the law, hurting someone else or are going to get hurt themselves like buying well known tm from companies that enforce their ip very strongly.

You have to know someone before you know what they are wasting or what their motivations are.

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Agreed. The thread seems to share pet peeves we all can relate to. But noting illegal lol

BTW, love your auctions lists man!

equity78 said:

@NamePros management could easily change that by not allowing those posts, merging into the 700 page thread.

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I think big ticket sales over 100k deserve their own topic a double post would be quite acceptable to me. The member that gets such a sale certainly deserves the credit.

Furquah said:

I just don't know any joke about domaining but only this one from old or gold or may be too old domainer telling everyone "stick with .com" believe me it's one of the biggest joke for me.

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I sell a lot of .ca's and only own about one tenth of the .com's
I've made a ton of money on .ca's but only a couple of larger .com sales exceeded all the .ca's combined.

Yup that was pretty funny

alcy said:

the best is individual thread for sales without giving full names mahahahha

I sold "g***f**ee***l**a.com" for 54354$

its like the namepros wheel of fortune mahahhhhahaha

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Harrington said:

I’d like to add people making individual threads for their sales. There’s already a 700+ page thread for reporting sales, stop fishing for likes!

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I understand the NP Team is currently addressing this issue. They were taking suggestions on the minimum data requirement for posting sales. I am unsure of the current status.
Regarding the individual thread for sales posting, I suspect one reason could be members (especially newbies) are unaware where this link resides. To make it easy to find, could the NP team make a static link for this?

rivey001 said:

I will still try to get deals like everyone else..but not with a entitlement delusional mindset.

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I like that statement @rivey001

but on the other side of that crypto-coin, I do think folks are entitled to have some degree of delusion in their mind



how else can the registrars keep selling them crappy names before they wake up

imo...

MapleDots said:

I think big ticket sales over 100k deserve their own topic a double post would be quite acceptable to me. The member that gets such a sale certainly deserves the credit.

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I would agree a six figure sale should have it's own, I don't even have a problem with the others, I was replying to someone who does have a problem with individual threads and pointing out if Namepros wanted it stopped they could stop it.

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urlurl said:

you forgot:
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"buy top because its the top and the top; top's, top"
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I don't think he "forgot" it, I assume, he, as a .com - domainer, just don't wrote it to avoid a public remembrance of to this fact - now you did it (indirectly).

As someone probably both guilty of one or two of the grips here and wanting to gripe (at times) himself, I think the biggest issue is attitude.

Back in the day it did feel easier to sell things on forums. I think a lot of it had to do with fewer posters and a more serious tone. I would echo some of the comments here in that there are a lot of us who don't know everything and probably overprice our names at times, but there seem to be even more who expect everything for nothing, be they buyer or seller.

My largest gripe I see here is the requests area. It's getting very annoying to see a budget of $xxx, $x,xxx, or $xx,xxx only to see tucked away in the text description area of the post that they're actually paying $5 or $20/name. I've made that mistake a couple of times now and received very rude PMs about not being able to read, etc. It almost seems intentional at times. I think it's an ego thing.

I had another user request domains in a niche and then berate my prices in a series of PMs as well as other users in the chat. I get that you're trying to find a deal, but I've never seen so many people feel that they need to give their opinions of names when asking prices and values are in the neck of 20%-40% apart at lower level names. If you don't like the price, act like an adult and move on. What's funny is these people are terrible negotiators and they never seem to follow up with firing an actual offer back when you place the ball in their court.

That section has really soured on me this go around, and it's just a general lack of respect for people exhibited by a lot of the members there. I don't know that you can fix it in the end.

Someone sent me an PM and asked me if I want to buy LLL.org. I said I am always buying.
After we agreed on the price and asked the seller send me Paypal, he said he made bids on the auction and will let me know if he wins.

Is it a joke or what? Trying to sell a name that you bid on auction and did not win yet?

CrazyTech said:

My largest gripe I see here is the requests area. It's getting very annoying to see a budget of $xxx, $x,xxx, or $xx,xxx only to see tucked away in the text description area of the post that they're actually paying $5 or $20/name. I've made that mistake a couple of times now and received very rude PMs about not being able to read, etc. It almost seems intentional at times. I think it's an ego thing.

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This ^ infinity

CrazyTech said:

It's getting very annoying to see a budget of $xxx, $x,xxx, or $xx,xxx only to see tucked away in the text description area of the post that they're actually paying $5 or $20/name.

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Please report it. That's not allowed:

• https://www.namepros.com/threads/pls-clarify-domain-buyer-requests-budgets.1078594/

Thanks.

johnn said:

Is it a joke or what? Trying to sell a name that you bid on auction and did not win yet?

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All in the name of FUN.

But really, that's pretty messed up IMO. But nothing should surprise me these days.

I enjoy the forum but rarely buy publicly, I usually do it via PM. As far as selling goes, I have the most luck via my own landers. Those are the type in's and they are usually end users.

CrazyTech said:

My largest gripe I see here is the requests area. It's getting very annoying to see a budget of $xxx, $x,xxx, or $xx,xxx only to see tucked away in the text description area of the post that they're actually paying $5 or $20/name.

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Even when it's not tucked away and in plain sight. Like this WTB. Brand-new member and it's their very first post, WTF? It's not a rules violation but talk about cajones.

Harrington said:

I’d like to add people making individual threads for their sales. There’s already a 700+ page thread for reporting sales, stop fishing for likes!

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Namepros could easily put a stop to that, so @Support Team why is it allowed?

Harrington said:

I’d like to add people making individual threads for their sales. There’s already a 700+ page thread for reporting sales, stop fishing for likes!

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equity78 said:

Namepros could easily put a stop to that, so @Support Team why is it allowed?

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We try not to add rules unless they're absolutely necessary. We also remove rules with that in mind.

johnn said:

- Not too many people concentrate their time to buy/sell anymore - They are just complaining and posting craps.
-- Godaddy steal my names
-- I have a trademark name - what to do?
-- Begging for appraisal on crappy names
-- What do you do at the moment? who care?
-- How much money do you make? who care?

- Domain Name Wanted Section:
-- One word dictionary name - budget $50 - Good luck with that
-- Brandable names (what the heck is that?) Budget $20-$20,000 - It means $20 per name

- $1 Auction Section
-- How do you make money on these auctions? 900 Hours After The Last Bid?
-- You can spend time to work at McDonald and make more money than this.

I rest my case.

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I know right? Like a post in "NamePros Comments and Feedback" moaning about people moaning with no real interesting substance?