question How often do brokers lie?

Do Realtors lie?

I don’t think the two roles compare that closely. Domaining is a much smaller world, and we are repeat sellers and repeat buyers, therefore a broker’s reputation matters in a different way.

Fair, but I they're very similar with the same incentives and conflicting remuneration.

What kind of broker was it? Just an indvidual brokering on their own, or someone who works for a large domain company?

In the case of brokers who work for large companies, the way the sale may happen is that the end user pays the broker company (plus the brokering fees), and then the broker company uses those funds to pay the escrow company.

That can help avoid the risk that during the escrow process, the owner finds out who the end user is, and then backs on on the sale because the owner decides that because the end user is such a huge company, the owner wants more money.

I think at escrow.com, you do find out who the end user is during the sale process, even before the payment is sent. So I could see even individual brokers wanting to avoid that issue too.

But yeah, when dealing with an individual broker (who also has their own portfolio of domains), I would wonder if they're simply trying to flip it for more themselves.

So I would say that individual brokers should have their buyers pay the escrow company directly.

After a sale the last thing I want to know is the name of the actual buyer. I only need to know how much I will receive for my domain name. Because I know that for various reasons it's not possible to know the actual buyer and that info has no use for me. If a broker reads this, hey you are free to tell me all kinds of lies about yourself and your client as long as you are serious in buying my domain

Lol. Brokers.

Good luck.

A. aways
B. sometimes
C. seldom
D. never
E. what's a lie?