opinion Bogus offer to buy domain?

[greggb]

Hi everybody. I hope your day is going well.

I'm new to the domain flipping business, and I got an offer (my first) today for my divingdrones.com. What's odd is that it came from domhub.com, and I didn't list my domain there. It's not in the catalog there, either.

There's a link taking me to the offer on domhub.com, and I made sure the link actually took me there, and not somewhere else.

It mentions the name of the person who's offering, but there's no link to a profile where I might learn more.

I checked out reviews on domhum and it's given a good rating.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Gregg

 

[Angela St. Julien]

The same thing happened to me for a domain that I had never listed on Domhub, but in order for me to place a counter-offer I had to list the domain there... It was very odd.

I listed it, and countered the offer, then a day later, the so called interested party said they couldn't afford it. I later went back in and removed the name from the site.

I wish I could tell you what it's about, but I really don't have a clue, I just know that it happened to me also.

 

[biggie]

appears, it may be a set-up to list your names on a platform to accept or counter such offers.

but my spider sense says....there really is no buyer and they just want listings.

otherwise, the interested party would just submit the offer in the email.

imo....

 

[greggb]

Thanks for the info. One thing I noticed is that domhum uses escrow.com for the sale process. So assuming you can trust escrow.com, I don't know what the harm could be in giving this a shot...at worst I'll just have wasted some time, wouldn't you say?

As to why this person used domhum instead of GoDaddy Auctions...I'd think there'd have to be some kind of incentive offered by domhum to buyers, wouldn't you think?

Thanks again.

 

[greggb]

appears, it may be a set-up to list your names on a platform to accept or counter such offers.

but my spider sense says....there really is no buyer and they just want listings.

otherwise, the interested party would just submit the offer in the email.

imo....

That's a pretty good theory.

 

[greggb]

That would explain why there's no link to a member profile. And I have to say that the name of the person offering sounds like someone off of The Flintstones.

I'd almost think they could create the listing themselves...except that when it came down to an actual offer, and the seller suddenly found them selves obligated to a sale he/she hadn't authorized...

I'd have to agree with your theory that it's a scam to get listings.

 

[biggie]

That's a pretty good theory.

Logic112

 

[Angela St. Julien]

appears, it may be a set-up to list your names on a platform to accept or counter such offers.

but my spider sense says....there really is no buyer and they just want listings.

otherwise, the interested party would just submit the offer in the email.

imo....

This is exactly what I thought happened, and I didn't appreciate that tactic. That was why I went back and removed it. I don't know for sure it was the reason, but my gut told me it was.

 

[biggie]

That would explain why there's no link to a member profile. And I have to say that the name of the person offering sounds like someone off of The Flintstones.

I'd almost think they could create the listing themselves...except that when it came down to an actual offer, and the seller suddenly found them selves obligated to a sale he/she hadn't authorized...

I'd have to agree with your theory that it's a scam to get listings.

yeah, the excitement of an offer, often clouds nature to be suspicious.

Good Luck, though!

 

[greggb]

Thanks!

 

[420domainer]

this is what I found when I went looking for your name:
https://www.domhub.com/domain/divingdrones.com

are you seeing something different?

looks like you have to change your name servers in order to create an auction:
https://www.domhub.com/sell.php

 

[Kate]

I found that in the past other domain related companies were using the same bait, so you would sign up for an account with them.

 

[greggb]

this is what I found when I went looking for your name:
https://www.domhub.com/domain/divingdrones.com

are you seeing something different?

looks like you have to change your name servers in order to create an auction:
https://www.domhub.com/sell.php

Yeah, I've already made up my mind that I'm not doing it.

 

[sofiapartner]

Thats a scam. That happened to me tooo last week. Of course I told them to f.... off. My domain was in auction at that time. I sold it under the "potential" offer, but I am sure that it wasnt real.

Heres the email:

Dear Sir or Madam,

One of our member is interested in your domain name: XXXXXXXXXXXX.com

Offer Amount: USD 425

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About the Member
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Name: Bette D. Johnson
Country: United States
Member Since: October 2014
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This enquiry was made at:
Link

To respond to this offer, please visit:
LINK

Any offer you send to the interested party will be binding for 7 days.
If the member accepts your offer, an Escrow.com transaction would proceed.

Warm Regards,
DomHub.com
Domain Marketplace

For all of you who are finding this through GOOGLE - THIS IS A SCAM. FALSE OFFER.

 

[Kate]

So DomHub.com is another unethical domaining outfit. Thanks for the info.

 

[greggb]

Yeah, that's the exact email I got. I really don't think 'Bette D. Johnson' is the best name to fake as someone who's interested in drone domain names. I might have fallen for it if it were Dexter, or maybe Felix. But not Bette.

 

[S-B]

I just received an offer from the same person from the same company. Very annoying.

 

[Electric-Shadow]

Haven't received one of these yet but common sense should tell you that you wouldn't get offers through a 3rd party service you have never heard of nor listed on.

It's best to ignore anything coming through an unkown 3rd party. You'll save yourself a lot of bother and disappointment.

 

[drsheraz]

I rejected two offers from same person and not regretting it now.