discuss A domain swap service: Would you use it?

[abstractdomainer]

Would you use a domain swap service if I were to start an experiment here on NamePros?

Just testing the idea:

Let's say 3/4 different people come together to create a Godaddy and other registrar accounts which could be used as an escrow.
People who decide to swap their domain for something else can decide among themselves and send it to that account. Once both the parties have deposited their domain names, the owner of the account transfers the domain to the parties.

Swap complete!

Would you want to test it out?

 

[NYJimbo]

What is a domain swapping experiment?

Domain swapping refers to the exchange of structural elements between protein domains. • Experiments show that tandem homologous domains are prone to domain swapping. • Recent studies establish a framework to understand the formation of tandem domain swaps


Regards,
Will

Stop copying and pasting. Your response is unrelated to domains.

 

[0frills]

It almost sounds like a matchmaking website, where you are finding a domain owner to match another domain owner for a domain that he has and wants

Actually never heard of one such service till i read about dot.ph on this thread.

Might be worth the experiment!

 

[dirk]

No.

 

[bmugford]

I have been asked countless times if I would consider a trade for another domain. I have completed very few trades ever.

You have people who overvalue their domains and undervalue others. There is usually a major disparity in quality between the domain one party wants and the one they are offering.

That is a major reason why domain swaps are not really viable on any scale.

Brad

 

[LaunchUp.com]

I think it would be a absolutely fantastic service! It’s the core of what money was before money- barter. Your cow for my 3 goats.

Even though some people can overvalue a name… that doesn’t stop it from working. Because when you really want a certain name you’ll be willing to give up value for value and make it a win win.

And the person who puts up their name for swap or barter can simply take interested submissions (people willing to do the trade off), and choose the trade off he feels fits the value of his or her name. Remember the interested parties are already willing to part with their names for that specific name. And they must fulfill that obligation if the poster choose their submission for the trade off.

It’s all about negotiation…. And making sure it’s a win win. A win win could be a personal win for you or a equal value trade off.

 

[Lloris]

Interesting. But, buying a domain for a ton of money was complicated enough. The person was first reluctant and unresponsive. Then suddenly calling and wanting it done yesterday. People are so finiki. Are you sure you want to do this for a little money? Besides, there has to be enough participants for it to be worthwhile. Good luck anyway.

 

[Steven McEvoy]

This is a actually a good idea but towards web developers not domain investors.

I buy and trade names to get a domain I’ll try and develop or run a protect on. I’m always looking to trade people because it saves on building the rest of the website. If you pointed this towards more web developers and also websites for websites you might have something.

I’ve thought about doing this, pretty much having a trade marketplace and being the middleman with fee per transaction, basically they are paying for a middleman.