Flippa

[Eric Lyon]

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[FlippaDomains]

Just wanted to state a couple things that would be nice to be included with flippa auctions listed as a premium upgrade.

• Weekly bumps to homepage featured listings. Most of my auctions get bidders when the listing is shown on the homepage. I must say that flippa support has been kind in bumping once during listing if requested.
  
• When the upgraded listing is launched it should appear as the first listing in the featured section. My last two upgraded listings appeared as the 16th and 19th listing on the featured listings page, so no action following homepage showcase, and hard to find on featured section. I notice that even in the featured section there are many names listed in the top ten that are above the recently launched upgraded auctions, and are ending in hours or a few days. Isn't this supposed to be the case in the "most active" section? When buying an upgrade it states "always on top of regular listings" which is true but seems to be mostly superseller or brokered domains that show first in featured section and then non brokered and normal sellers to follow before the regular listings.
• Just my 2 cents

It's an issue with Editors' Choice picks sticking to the top.

A massive redesign is coming, which will address most of this.

As mentioned previously, as well, brokered domains will be migrating out of the main section of the site and onto its on page.

Appreciate the feedback.

 

[Poop Breath]

Does it look to you guys that the shared.com on flippa is legit? try clicking on the site or type it in.
It's ip's don't match, just has bad vibe written all over it to me. The seller is a broker for flippa but he is new user?? That made me want to avoid flippa full stop. Smells like something.....

 

[silentg]

It's an issue with Editors' Choice picks sticking to the top.

A massive redesign is coming, which will address most of this.

As mentioned previously, as well, brokered domains will be migrating out of the main section of the site and onto its on page.

Appreciate the feedback.

When is this being launched?

 

[silentg]

Does it look to you guys that the shared.com on flippa is legit? try clicking on the site or type it in.
It's ip's don't match, just has bad vibe written all over it to me. The seller is a broker for flippa but he is new user?? That made me want to avoid flippa full stop. Smells like something.....

Yeah it's a legit sale.

 

[Poop Breath]

my virus scanner doesn't like it. ESET

 

[Poop Breath]

be better for the forwarding to be turned off or someone might be getting the forwarded url huh.

 

[jideofor]

Well, I paid the premium listing fee for a domain I feel should do well on flippa. So far so good, not what I expect. We have 15 days to go and all I am getting is just more watchers and less bidding frenzy....

If I can't get at least a good price for this one, I will have to believe something is really wrong somewhere. I have done a little more at reaching out to endusers but I am really not happy with the pace of my auction compared to similar names that had sold on there. Is there something I am not aware of? Well, time will tell.

 

[johsnow]

Hi everybody,

Is there an option, when a domain is sold through the Flippa escrow, to receive the money on Payoneer account?

 

[S-B]

Well, I paid the premium listing fee for a domain I feel should do well on flippa. So far so good, not what I expect. We have 15 days to go and all I am getting is just more watchers and less bidding frenzy....

If I can't get at least a good price for this one, I will have to believe something is really wrong somewhere. I have done a little more at reaching out to endusers but I am really not happy with the pace of my auction compared to similar names that had sold on there. Is there something I am not aware of? Well, time will tell.

Just because one domain sells for high $x,xxx does not mean a domain that shares a keyword will do the same. Think about it... Which do you prefer? HardRock.com or OrangeRock.com? Both have rock as keywords but see how the value changes when you swap out the first word?

 

[jideofor]

Just because one domain sells for high $x,xxx does not mean a domain that shares a keyword will do the same. Think about it... Which do you prefer? HardRock.com or OrangeRock.com? Both have rock as keywords but see how the value changes when you swap out the first word?

okay. Let's see how it goes... Don't want to say much on this one. Then why the increase in watchers?

 

[S-B]

okay. Let's see how it goes... Don't want to say much on this one. Then why the increase in watchers?

Try to focus on getting bidders not watchers.

 

[JudgeMind]

okay. Let's see how it goes... Don't want to say much on this one. Then why the increase in watchers?

The majority of domains that sell in the thousands of dollars are category defining exact match keywords that the seller likely paid in the thousands of dollars for.

 

[FlippaDomains]

Does it look to you guys that the shared.com on flippa is legit? try clicking on the site or type it in.
It's ip's don't match, just has bad vibe written all over it to me. The seller is a broker for flippa but he is new user?? That made me want to avoid flippa full stop. Smells like something.....

It's a legitimate brokerage account, broker and brokered domain. I have not viewed the domain itself, but all has been vetted -- I can't speak as to the content / IPs / virus detector, etc. The content is not affiliated with us in any way. We just want to sell the domain, that's it.

Rest assured, were we to find anything shady going on, we'd be the first to bring it to your attention here.

 

[FlippaDomains]

Well, I paid the premium listing fee for a domain I feel should do well on flippa. So far so good, not what I expect. We have 15 days to go and all I am getting is just more watchers and less bidding frenzy....

If I can't get at least a good price for this one, I will have to believe something is really wrong somewhere. I have done a little more at reaching out to endusers but I am really not happy with the pace of my auction compared to similar names that had sold on there. Is there something I am not aware of? Well, time will tell.

I feel your frustration, but I also think it's possible that this isn't warranting bids because this is a very niche domain. I'm happy to provide you replacement credits should this fail to sell.

 

[FlippaDomains]

Hi everybody,

Is there an option, when a domain is sold through the Flippa escrow, to receive the money on Payoneer account?

Not as of now, but please email [email protected] for more info about future integrations.

 

[FlippaDomains]

When is this being launched?

Our team in Melbourne has broken ground on this; when I get an appropriate ETA, I will let you know here...

 

[FlippaDomains]

I feel your frustration, but I also think it's possible that this isn't warranting bids because this is a very niche domain. I'm happy to provide you replacement credits should this fail to sell.

Also ~ There's 15 days left. The watchers are accumulating either because people are curious how much this will sell for (since they may own like-domains), or they are legitimately interested. Like I said though...IMO, a very niche domain. I have done all I can from my end, including bumping the listing to the top of the page, so hoping that helps.

 

[jideofor]

I feel your frustration, but I also think it's possible that this isn't warranting bids because this is a very niche domain. I'm happy to provide you replacement credits should this fail to sell.

thanks Kevin. It's a no reserve auction. Would the replacement still be possible with a no reserve auction?

 

[jideofor]

Also ~ There's 15 days left. The watchers are accumulating either because people are curious how much this will sell for (since they may own like-domains), or they are legitimately interested. Like I said though...IMO, a very niche domain. I have done all I can from my end, including bumping the listing to the top of the page, so hoping that helps.

Okay, let's wait till the auction end.

 

[jideofor]

hmmmm