Are flip dumps good places to list quick sale names?

[Kuffy]

My understanding of domain flipping was that you bought a low cost name - say under $25 - and you sold it for a quick profit. This means it will probably go for under $250. However most of the sites that purport to be flipping sites seem to go for higher value names. Every now and again a true flip dump site seems to appear, and then fade away. Is there any merit in supporting these sites, at worst, it gives you name a bit of exposure, even if it is a dump and forget operation.

 

[Kate]

These sites collect a listing fee, and usually try to make you purchase addons to 'enhance' your exposure. Ironically most of the names submitted are not even worth the listing fee - but the house always wins
Not sure the house wins much actually. Low sales or no sales + modest listing fees = little revenue.

 

[Kuffy]

Requiring a listing fee rather kills the concept. Link dumps used to be popular some years ago, but I haven't seen those for a while. Probably because they no longer have any SEO value. I looked for some link dump software, but there didn't seem to be anything around that was being maintained.

I appreciate that most of the names will be pidgeon poo, but there could still be some gems in there, and a search facility could help to find them. They could be a way to flip names for end users to buy as well as domainers.

 

[bluemeteor]

My local market don’t need list fee. And only 1%commision. The negative effect is flooding with tons and tons of trashes. I wonder if end users could find what they want. Brandable and new tld are barried at the bottom of trash sea.

 

[Kuffy]

Well that's really the whole point of them. If you own a great name like Kuffy.com, you wouldn't list it for $10 on a flip dump. If you registered a name to "taste" the traffic, and you decide that you don't wantr it, then a flip dump provides an alternative to dropping it. A no-hassle sale for $10-$25 recovers your reg fee.
It's like going to a jumble sale to buy jewellery. Almost all of the stuff is rubbish, but I have found the odd silver chain or gold ring.