4.CN - Any experiences with them?

[mobilespecialists]

Hi,
I just sold a domain at 4.cn and now am waiting. I was just wondering if anybody here sold domains with them - made a little search but not found really clear posts. So is 4.cn a company you can trust to give a high-value domain to their escrow? How long does it take until you get your domain payment if they are in China?
BR,
Jan

 

[sgtppr]

Best place to sell numeric domains.

 

[ecuadorbusiness]

I did ignore about this site, thanks for the information.

 

[domainscp]

Expect about a two week or so wait for everything to be complete. Have bought and sold there in the past without any issues just need to be patient with them. Congrats on the sale!

 

[mobilespecialists]

Well, finally the sale was completed. Took longer since Christmas and New Year was in between.
Worked ok. In deed one needs patience, also the different working times because of localization are sometimes confusing - you have to compare the time in China always :D .

 

[Hypersot]

Well, finally the sale was completed. Took longer since Christmas and New Year was in between.
Worked ok. In deed one needs patience, also the different working times because of localization are sometimes confusing - you have to compare the time in China always :D .

I registered with their site but I found it strange that they ask you to agree on their terms of agreement without having an actual page with their terms anywhere.

Also, some pages are not displaying english

I've mailed them and haven't received any answers

Would you say that they're trustable?

 

[mobilespecialists]

Hi,
I had the same problems, Hypersot. Seems they communicate if you use the website help/ticket but you do not get any alert on your email, so you have to log in. also they get communicative when deal start. They should work it out to handle it better. Also they offer to send you your money to your PayPay within 1-3 days. But after 4 days they contacted me it's better to make it by bank. I really got scared they will tell me they have sent it and all is done and I can wait who knows how long.
Finally I made real pressure at them but agreed to do by bank
The money came within 1 day (did not expect so fast from China) and the transfer was cheaper as PayPal like they told me. It was a little nervous all, but of course because you are more suspicious if a company is so wide away. But finally it worked.

 

[Hypersot]

Hi,
I had the same problems, Hypersot. Seems they communicate if you use the website help/ticket but you do not get any alert on your email, so you have to log in. also they get communicative when deal start. They should work it out to handle it better. Also they offer to send you your money to your PayPay within 1-3 days. But after 4 days they contacted me it's better to make it by bank. I really got scared they will tell me they have sent it and all is done and I can wait who knows how long.
Finally I made real pressure at them but agreed to do by bank
The money came within 1 day (did not expect so fast from China) and the transfer was cheaper as PayPal like they told me. It was a little nervous all, but of course because you are more suspicious if a company is so wide away. But finally it worked.

lol. I totally understand your concerns. I'm really glad you managed to sort it out with them in the end. I'm not sure I'd had the patience to be honest.

One more thing though. I'm really concerned about their lack of a terms of agreement page. How did you manage to handle that? ..or you just skipped that part?

thanks for your answers

 

[GoWeb]

For me, my first 4.CN auction experience was quite unpleasant.

I put up 905905.com on a 7 day auction there, the auction ended at 4510 RMB ($720) with 84 bids in all and an Escrow opened up.

Once the buyer paid to their Escrow, I checked if buyer had an account at domain registrar.
I *PUSHED* the domain to his account and submitted the transfer at Escrow link.
After that, there was a mail from a 4.CN agent asking to provide auth code, I told her I had already pushed the name to buyer's account at registrar.
After speaking to the buyer, she said the buyer says he doesn't have an account at registrar, though she could clearly see the WHOIS email was of the buyer.
When I pointed it out to her, she said now buyer says he registered an account long back but doesn't have password. I sent her the password reset link.
Then she said the buyer has password now but since he couldn't transfer to another registrar before 30 days, buyer wants to push back the name and cancel the transaction.
I told her that there was an auction, the buyer won the auction, paid for it and has the domain in his account. Why would you need to cancel? She just repeated "the buyer cancel, the buyer cancel".

So, the domain was pushed back to my account and escrow was cancelled. They refunded my deposit though. That's the state of affairs at 4.CN.

My mistake: I opted for a push instead of transfer before they told me that need the auth code.

Moral of story: 4.CN seems extremely buyer oriented, they don't approve a transfer UNLESS the buyer consents to it explicitly. Also, I only found them half communicative perhaps due to their English language barrier.

I would certainly love to hear more stories about 4.cn

 

[CJ6]

I have a couple questions... did any of you first send money via PayPal to pay for auctions? Did you send USD? Is it 400 rmb for each auction? I want to list some auctions and hot sales, but am weary about sending $65 for each. (I'm thinking of sending $140 to pay for 2 auctions + 5% and would love your advice.)

I'll probably do wire transfer for taking cash out.

Thanks