Anyone deal with DomainAgents? Scam? Or what?

[WhoaDomain.com]

Got an email from Domain Agents today for my domain WhoaList (in king)

how does this work? seems like someone is interested in it and DomainAgents is contacting me.

are they a scam? to get me to register for their service with the "hope" that I might have a sale?

I've never seen this before. I get this feeling there is no buyer. and hey just want me to sign up for whatever service they have.

 

[Bram C.]

On Dec 14th a buyer initiated a transaction through domainsagent to make an offer on one of my domains. I negotiated with that buyer solely through the platform but our negotiations ended on Dec 16th as my asking price and his highest offer were too far apart. 2-3 weeks later I sent domain agents an email asking why my $10 credit is still not rewarded. One week later I still didn't receive a reply so I sent a second email. That second email also never got replied to.

This was my second email:

Hello,

On December 14th someone placed an offer on my domain domainname.com using the domainagents platform. After some negotiation between me (the seller) and the potential buyer we didn't come to an agreement. The negotiations stopped on Dec. 24th. When will my $10 payment for the time I lost negotiating be released? I already contacted you related to this question one week ago but still received zero reply so I'm trying for the second time. I hope I will receive a reply at some point.


Thanks,


Bram.

So the whole purpose of their site is to reward the seller with some part of the fee if they are willing to negotiate on their platform, but obviously not always reward that fee (and they don't bother to respond to my emails either).

What's up with that @DomainAgents ?

 

[Bram C.]

Here's a screenshot from today of that negotiation (inside my domainagents dashboard):

As you can see the last negotiation was on Dec 16th. The negotiations expired on Dec 24th. We are now January 18th and I still did not receive a credit. Nor a reply to the 2 emails i sent them (first email I sent directly from the contact page on the site, second email I sent 5 days ago, on the 13th of January, to [email protected]) .

I also checked on their site and my domain is definitely not listed inside their marketplace so there's no free buyer credit for all I know (and even if there was there should have been some transparency of some sort that tells the seller they won't qualify for a credit, prior to engaging in negotiations).

 

[Bram C.]

On a side note it amazes me that some potential buyers are willing to pay $20 just to make an offer on a domain but don't want to bid higher than $250-300 for the domain name itself. (but that's a story for another day in another thread)

 

[DomainAgents]

Hi Bram, I've looked into this and will send you a message. This was a free offer via one of our partners (something we are testing as mentioned earlier in this thread). I agree the messaging could be better. I'll send you a message privately.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

On a side note it amazes me that some potential buyers are willing to pay $20 just to make an offer on a domain but don't want to bid higher than $250-300 for the domain name itself. (but that's a story for another day in another thread)

Theory. I think DA is the cheapest way for big corps to contact domain owners secretly so domainers can't find out who they are and snag the domains they really want for a shekel or two.. because if domain owners snag get wind they are being contacted by big companies the price gets jacked up

Especially if your whois is public and you can be reached via contact email?

corps like CSC charge a hell of a lot more. Don't know about sedo or godaddy .I looked into it as a fake company interested in their services. Big money for sure.$xxx depending.

This why I have come to a conclusion go HIGh with any DA tire kickers.

What do you have to lose?

Can always go low in 14 days.

Stand your ground!

DA won't mind they get a commission regardless.

 

[ghcomp]

oh Whoa! That's right! didn't even think of that! umm how? who do I contact on here? Thanks Lucid.

I think you have the option of editing the title.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I think you have the option of editing the title.

Sorry beautiful. Eric told me I can't since the 5 minute window to make changes is long gone.

But I like your ideas. Feel free to PM me anytime. My door is always open for pretty ladies.(Creepster face lol but I'm real sweet)

Good luck on your domaining. Thanks for the input.

 

[DomainAgents]

I just take the credit as I feel the same about PayPal.

If you're in the US or Canada, you also have the option of a gift certificate for a certain common 'gourmet coffee chain'

 

[ghcomp]

Sorry beautiful. Eric told me I can't since the 5 minute window to make changes is long gone.

But I like your ideas. Feel free to PM me anytime. My door is always open for pretty ladies.(Creepster face lol but I'm real sweet)

Good luck on your domaining. Thanks for the input.

lol Thanks... Do you want to buy any of my domain names?

 

[DomainAgents]

Theory. I think DA is the cheapest way for big corps to contact domain owners secretly so domainers can't find out who they are and snag the domains they really want for a shekel or two.. because if domain owners snag get wind they are being contacted by big companies the price gets jacked up

Especially if your whois is public and you can be reached via contact email?

corps like CSC charge a hell of a lot more. Don't know about sedo or godaddy .I looked into it as a fake company interested in their services. Big money for sure.$xxx depending.

This why I have come to a conclusion go HIGh with any DA tire kickers.

What do you have to lose?

Can always go low in 14 days.

Stand your ground!

DA won't mind they get a commission regardless.

Our buyers really span the spectrum from low to high end. They come to us from our registrar partners, whois sites, our own marketplace etc and range from people looking for domains for their personal blogs to startups and large corps. We always suggest responding to offers even if the opening offer seems low. It gives you a chance to negotiate and you never know what someone's budget ultimately is.

 

[Playfull]

nice! Apologies Domain Agents! as I have been informed by NP that the word Scam can't be deleted from this.

Anyone reading this. I am convinced and happy to say DomainAgents is Legit and not a scam. Thanks.

You can edit the text of your op to say -

"EDIT - Now understand DomainAgents are fully legit"

That might show good intention on your part.

Regards

Playfull

 

[Bram C.]

Hi Bram, I've looked into this and will send you a message. This was a free offer via one of our partners (something we are testing as mentioned earlier in this thread). I agree the messaging could be better. I'll send you a message privately.

Many thanks for your private message and handling of the issue.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

You can edit the text of your op to say -

"EDIT - Now understand DomainAgents are fully legit"

That might show good intention on your part.

Regards

Playfull

Nope I've tried already didn't I say already?
DA has okayed me already and NP said I can't unless I report my thread to change it.

I don't ask anymore.

 

[robert widener]

I'm heading over to domainagents.com & register myself .

 

[Nem0]

Received an offer via email thru Domainagents today. Never used them before and was skeptical so I googled “domainagents scam” and this thread came up, and it helped a lot. I think leaving the word ‘scam’ in the subject line may be helpful for people who have never heard of them before.

 

[Kuffy]

Don't worry about using Domain Agents. I've used them without any problems, and I like their negotiating system. I had a buyer who was pretty experienced, and started with a $200 offer. I managed to negotiate that up into $x,xxx. It was a slow process as he kept leaving his replies to the last minute, and I kept thinking I was asking too much for him.

 

[rockefeller]

I've sold several domains through them but what's with the $199 and $200 initial offers? Does DomainAgents have a minimum offer of $200 or something?

 

[xynames]

I believe $200 minimum yes.

Simply for negotiating you will get $10. whether closes or not. I think you’ll need to open an account to get the $10. though.

I have received many offers and closed domain sales through DomainAgents. I’ve worked a $200 initial offer up to thousands before closing.

 

[rockefeller]

I believe $200 minimum yes.

Simply for negotiating you will get $10. whether closes or not. I think you’ll need to open an account to get the $10. though.

I have received many offers and closed domain sales through DomainAgents. I’ve worked a $200 initial offer up to thousands before closing.

I've had several offers lately where I countered and never received a credit. Are you sure they are still doing that? They need to bump the minimum offer to at least $500. Why someone pays $20 to make a $200 offer is beyond me.

 

[xynames]

Do you have a DA account?

Another good thing about DA is that the price shown is the net you will receive.