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[matt_bodis]

Bodis.com

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• The New REVOLUTION in Domain Parking is HERE! - Bodis.com

 

[DNabc]

Yes, it was down for me as well but it's loading now.

 

[Name Trader]

Hi Bodis staff,
I have a question I thought you could help me with. My domain seexl (in the dot of com) is registered in your system as non-adult but receives (only) adult traffic from Arabian countries. I've looked up the words in an online translator and they are definitely adult.

I've written to Bodis many times and asked to have the domain re-classified but to no avail. My first contact about this was Aug 11 2012.
Aug 18 Me: Reminder.
Aug 20 Yue Li: I have forwarded your request to the upstream provider. Please be patient.
Jan 30 2013 Me: Reminder.
Feb 5 Me: New reminder. Why do you not respond to emails?
Feb 5 Yue Li: The upstream provider wants to know why you classify this domain as adult.
Feb 8 Me: Because it receives adult traffic.
Feb 12 Me: Reminder.
Feb 13 Me: New reminder.
Feb 13 Yue Li: I have forwarded your request to the upstream provider. Please be patient.
Feb 13 Me: For how long do you think I should be patient?
Feb 14 Yue Li: We send a domain reclassification list to our upstream provider on 1st of every month. Please be patient.
Apr 21 Me: I am still waiting for you to classify this domain as adult. Have I been patient long enough now?
Apr 22 Yue Li: We have sent the request to our upstream provider. However, they don't allow user-defined classification anymore. Domains have to be classified by the system automatically.

Current status: Still no change. The domain receives only adult traffic from the Middle East and all the ads displayed on it are completely unrelated. Previously, while you had templates, I tried to counteract the wrong classification by using the dating template so it looked slightly more relevant, but now I cannot even do that anymore. My bet is this domain would have performed at least twice as well with relevant ads on it. (I also think the response time in this case was slightly amiss..)

Bodis can't do anything for you. Try Voodoo. they still allow keywords. Sometimes they work.

 

[ajthegreat]

It is down for me too and I tried pining it from network-tools.com just to make sure it isn't just my internet connection.

 

[matt_bodis]

Apologies for any issues today.

It's not 100% down, just down a percentage of the time / certain users. Since the network is in DDOS mode it is filtering a lot of traffic, sometimes valid. Getting hit from servers in Vegas. What a surprise considering I just came back from there.

Still working on it, and will get back to other posts later tonight. Thanks..

 

[chandan]

parked domains are not resolving ?

 

[qmintek]

Apologies for any issues today.

It's not 100% down, just down a percentage of the time / certain users. Since the network is in DDOS mode it is filtering a lot of traffic, sometimes valid. Getting hit from servers in Vegas. What a surprise considering I just came back from there.

Still working on it, and will get back to other posts later tonight. Thanks..

Bodis down today, until now cannot access. Hope to work soon.

 

[kevintruong]

Hi Matt
Now chart showing error. Do you known?
Thanks,

 

[Havela]

Havela: Just wanted to chime in and say we are going to add back the inquiry feature later this week for existing members so that they can choose between inquiry/BIN. There's been a lot of user feedback that requested it back, so we'll add it back in.

Have you activated this feature yet? As far as I can tell I now have to choose between either not putting my domains "on the market" (i.e. no sales banner or inquiry form) or give them a fixed price. I see no option where I can put the domains up for sale without a fixed price?

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Bodis can't do anything for you. Try Voodoo. they still allow keywords. Sometimes they work.

I've tried voodoo now and again, but their ppc is much lower, at least with respect to my domains. As an example, all clicks yesterday yielded $0.01, and the same domains on Bodis typically get at least $0.10 per click.

It's too bad. I really prefer the variety of choice in Voodoo; that you can phrase your sales banner as you see fit, that you can include search words, etc, but my domains perform much worse there. I guess it depends on each portfolio, as I see many are very happy with Voodoo.

Updated:
A good example: The past two days for my domain seexl, which is a steady little performer: Yesterday on Voodoo: 1 click -> $0.01. Today on Bodis: 2 clicks -> $0.40. So even with a more relevant template and targeted search words, Voodoo gives a poorer result. This is the tendency across my portfolio over the past year.

 

[tarikpierce]

Really enjoy the Bodis 2.0 sales marketplace. I wrote a quick comparison on Sedo vs Bodis and why I think Bodis will become one of the best places to sell domains in 2014.

http://www.dnhow.com/sedo-vs-bodis/

I also like the ease of chinese domains since I have a few with lots of referral traffic. Looking forward to seeing more great things!

 

[pablohc86]

Have you activated this feature yet? As far as I can tell I now have to choose between either not putting my domains "on the market" (i.e. no sales banner or inquiry form) or give them a fixed price. I see no option where I can put the domains up for sale without a fixed price?

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I've tried voodoo now and again, but their ppc is much lower, at least with respect to my domains. As an example, all clicks yesterday yielded $0.01, and the same domains on Bodis typically get at least $0.10 per click.

It's too bad. I really prefer the variety of choice in Voodoo; that you can phrase your sales banner as you see fit, that you can include search words, etc, but my domains perform much worse there. I guess it depends on each portfolio, as I see many are very happy with Voodoo.

Updated:
A good example: The past two days for my domain seexl, which is a steady little performer: Yesterday on Voodoo: 1 click -> $0.01. Today on Bodis: 2 clicks -> $0.40. So even with a more relevant template and targeted search words, Voodoo gives a poorer result. This is the tendency across my portfolio over the past year.

Which kind of traffic do you have?
In past I had great result with bodis.. But nowadays i have voodoo or DS best..
I have mainly US traffic..

 

[domainpundit]

I have strange situation with Bodis.com escrow, hope this is a right place to discuss the same.. I have agreed a sale offline with my domain buyer and requested him to process the payment to Bodis.com escrow. Buyer has completed the payment yesterday, its almost 24 hours from now and Bodis has not confirmed the payment process. Buyer has sent me an automated email received from bodis.com confirming the payment processing.. Is some thing i am missing here? I have a feeling that bodis is not ready for escrow transactions or could be one of issue.. Appreciate the expert views here.

 

[JackieBodis]

Bodis has been processing this domain purchase.

The first phase is to approve that the domain purchase is not fraudulent. Therefore, we go through extensive measures to ensure that both the buyer and seller are accurate. While we appreciate that you've been in negotiation already with the buyer, we still need to go through the steps to ensure that the sale is not fraudulent. Unfortunately, we are quite the target for fraud, so even if we have been in communication, we still need to go through this process.

Also, it usually takes up to 1-2 business days to complete the initial fraud detection process.

I'll be sure to continue keeping you updated via email and thank you for using Bodis

I have strange situation with Bodis.com escrow, hope this is a right place to discuss the same.. I have agreed a sale offline with my domain buyer and requested him to process the payment to Bodis.com escrow. Buyer has completed the payment yesterday, its almost 24 hours from now and Bodis has not confirmed the payment process. Buyer has sent me an automated email received from bodis.com confirming the payment processing.. Is some thing i am missing here? I have a feeling that bodis is not ready for escrow transactions or could be one of issue.. Appreciate the expert views here.

 

[domainpundit]

Thank You Jackie, I have already received the update from you. I really appreciate the prompt update from you on this topic. Much appreciated

 

[Havela]

Which kind of traffic do you have?
In past I had great result with bodis.. But nowadays i have voodoo or DS best..
I have mainly US traffic..

Well, I guess the correct response is from all over the world, it varies from domain to domain. The domain I mentioned only receives traffic from the Middle East. Other domains have primarily US traffic.

I see that ioana has the same experience as me in this thread today:

http://www.namepros.com/parking-and...9987-parking-site-suggestion.html#post4504549

Maybe voodoo is ok for primarily US traffic, but not for worldwide traffic?

OT: I've heard that Internet Traffic is the best. I have too few domains to be accepted there, but for those with large portfolios that could be a good option.

 

[chandan]

will bodis initiates transfer when auth code of sold domain in marketplace given ? or the buyer initiates the transfer

 

[Havela]

Have you activated this feature yet? As far as I can tell I now have to choose between either not putting my domains "on the market" (i.e. no sales banner or inquiry form) or give them a fixed price. I see no option where I can put the domains up for sale without a fixed price?

In the below blog post by equity BodisMatt repeats the assertation that it is possible to list domains for sale with just an enquiry form:

http://www.hybriddomainer.com/2013/06/quick-chat-with-matt-wegrzyn-the-new-bodis-marketplace.html

However, we also give an option for the user to set an inquiry form if they do not wish to use our “marketplace & escrow process”.

I am unable to find this option. My old domains have such links to the enquiry form, but when I list new domains now, I only get two options; either fixed price or no sales banner/link to the enquiry form at all.

It would be great if someone from Bodis could address this, or if some other Namepros member who has figured it out could point me in the right direction.

 

[JackieBodis]

The Bodis Escrow agent initiates the transfer when the auth code of the domain is given. Then, the Bodis Escrow agent facilitates the transfer and releases the domain to the buyer.

Let me know if this clears up any questions

will bodis initiates transfer when auth code of sold domain in marketplace given ? or the buyer initiates the transfer

 

[incursus]

Just registered and listed my domains.

 

[1999]

Bodis.com

Bodis.com is really to people? can you show payment proof?

How did we know our domain traffics details with Bodis.com?

Do you have analyzer technology as like google analytics? Answer?

 

[kevintruong]

Bodis.com is really to people? can you show payment proof?

How did we know our domain traffics details with Bodis.com?

Do you have analyzer technology as like google analytics? Answer?

1. We have revenue monthly at Bodis and no one want to show it
2. You have to ad your domain in to Bodis
3. I often compare many Parking domain Companies