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I sold 3 low end adult domains on eBay for a total of $273 back on 9/22/2018. All 3 domains were purchased at the same time via the BIN for each. I pushed the domains into the buyers accounts at Dynadot, NameSilo, and NameBright that very same day. Funds from the sale were initially held by PayPal but were released to me a couple of days later.
7 or 8 days after the domains had been sold and pushed the buyer contacts me and says to refund him as this was an unauthorized purchased and that his account was hacked. I told the buyer to contact PayPal but the buyer replied back, "It wasn't my PayPal it was my credit card information on my account". To this I responded that he needed to contact his CC provider to dispute it. I was expecting to receive something from PayPal in the next couple of days saying that the payment was being disputed or the funds had been charged back but didn't hear anything.
On 12/16/2018 I received an email from PayPal saying, "We are writing to let you know one of your buyers opened a case for this transaction. The buyer stated that they did not authorize this purchase." I filled out my part of the PayPal dispute and included screenshots of my eBay conversation with the buyer that showed them saying which account to push the domains to at Dynadot, NameSilo, and NameBright and also screenshots of the emails from Dynadot, NameSilo, and NameBright showing the pushes were successful. The NameSilo and NameBright push emails even show the accounts the domains were pushed into, which are the same ones specified in the eBay conversation with the buyer.
From what I've read online it sounds like PayPal will probably side with the buyer as PayPal and eBay are really poor at protecting sellers when it comes to selling domains. I've contacted Dynadot, NameSilo, and NameBright about getting the domains back if PayPal sides with the buyer as all three domains are still at the same registrar. All three registrars have said pretty much the same thing in that they can't assist me with this matter as it was a private sale. NameSilo and NameBright placed a transfer lock on the domains they had but basically unless I take legal action against the person to get my names back there's nothing else they'll do for me. Not worth the time or money to recover these domains, luckily for me the domains weren't too valuable. I'll be removing all my other eBay domain listings as this has shown me just how easy it is for scammers to rip others off there.
TLDR; be wary of selling domains on eBay as it's too easy for scammers to rip you off.
7 or 8 days after the domains had been sold and pushed the buyer contacts me and says to refund him as this was an unauthorized purchased and that his account was hacked. I told the buyer to contact PayPal but the buyer replied back, "It wasn't my PayPal it was my credit card information on my account". To this I responded that he needed to contact his CC provider to dispute it. I was expecting to receive something from PayPal in the next couple of days saying that the payment was being disputed or the funds had been charged back but didn't hear anything.
On 12/16/2018 I received an email from PayPal saying, "We are writing to let you know one of your buyers opened a case for this transaction. The buyer stated that they did not authorize this purchase." I filled out my part of the PayPal dispute and included screenshots of my eBay conversation with the buyer that showed them saying which account to push the domains to at Dynadot, NameSilo, and NameBright and also screenshots of the emails from Dynadot, NameSilo, and NameBright showing the pushes were successful. The NameSilo and NameBright push emails even show the accounts the domains were pushed into, which are the same ones specified in the eBay conversation with the buyer.
From what I've read online it sounds like PayPal will probably side with the buyer as PayPal and eBay are really poor at protecting sellers when it comes to selling domains. I've contacted Dynadot, NameSilo, and NameBright about getting the domains back if PayPal sides with the buyer as all three domains are still at the same registrar. All three registrars have said pretty much the same thing in that they can't assist me with this matter as it was a private sale. NameSilo and NameBright placed a transfer lock on the domains they had but basically unless I take legal action against the person to get my names back there's nothing else they'll do for me. Not worth the time or money to recover these domains, luckily for me the domains weren't too valuable. I'll be removing all my other eBay domain listings as this has shown me just how easy it is for scammers to rip others off there.
TLDR; be wary of selling domains on eBay as it's too easy for scammers to rip you off.
