General advice needed

[pivackernan]

Hi there my names Keryn, I am fairly new to domaining and new to this forum which I have found myself referring to ALOT since becoming fascinated, or should I say - obsessed with the big beautiful domain world! I have posted things in the wrong forums, I have listed auctions wrong and I have stumbled around this forum like a definite rookie haha I'm sorry. I was wondering if anybody has luck selling domains on eBay? I have listed on Flippa, Sedo, had my own website for a little while, have posted on here and am now trying only a few listings on eBay at $1 reserve (glitter.cloud, minerecruit.org, buzz.fish and bid5.co which I won't go into detail about its not a sales post..). I have a lot of researching and learning to do but thats the joy of it all, I'm making sure I absorb every little bit of advice given and love meeting you all and watching where my sold domains and your sold domains end up too. I have some funny domains in my portfolio like what the hell was I thinking...I have some that I am sure that I hold onto for a wee while and build up my traffic will bring in a good return too but for now I'm just finding my feet and would appreciate any advice you could give me on eBay listings and what success or non-successful listings you have had through eBay...thanks in advance. K

 

[AEProgram]

The bitter truth is that with this kind of arrogance and irrational thinking, you will never learn anything in domaining. You asked for advice. Now, advice not appreciated. Rather: "advice not matching my opinion not welcome".

Best of luck.

@AEProgram

I dont think the OP was asking for anyone to go to their eBay listings (often new people post links in if they do or spam you with PM's)

I think she was just asking for some general advice on listing names on eBay and whether or not its a good platform to sell names.



I find this quite refreshing where people are being honest and not coming on here acting like a know-it-all and not taking advice when its given out, the OP has openly admitted to making mistakes and being a complete rookie



For someone (the OP) thats been here for a couple of months and with 33 messages, I find that a bit strange too

I certainly didn't need to go search up her names on eBay to give out some advice here. I think we need to be more welcoming to new people who are trying to learn from others who have been in the game a lot longer.

Not starting a debate about this, just stating my opinoin on it, thats all

I am very welcoming until someone tries to play silly scammer spammer games

Read my clearly pointed reply as to how legit people post when they desire honest feedback.

 

[AEProgram]

Wow! What an eye-opener. So "genuinely" has been patented by Nigerian scammers?!

I will never use that word again:D

If someone tells you the owner is genuinely looking to sell WTF does that mean? So in that context it sounds scammy, just as scammy as the site submission

 

[AEProgram]

Just last night I bid on google.io on Flippa. I thought WOW $1 starting bid on such a strong name....30 minutes later this user was suspended because the "L" in google.io was actually a capital 'i'.

So if it was Google.io for $1 (not capital i) would you buy it? Also once you own it would you submit the name to get listed in Google.com?

 

[gilescoley]

I am very welcoming until someone tries to play silly scammer spammer games

A lot of assumptions being made here

 

[AEProgram]

A lot of assumptions being made here

You are entitled to your opinion, and I will repeat again, this guy uses trickery to sell his domain on ebay and uses stale dated spam techniques on this forum.

 

[DnEbook]

Last week I sold a name on Sedo for $150 that could not get a $5 bid here, domaining is a strange game and it pays to spread out your marketing, list names at Sedo, consider auctions here and even the odd Flippa auction, read up and learn and try a few things, I have sold a couple of cheapies at Ebay and it can be a handy learning curve as well. Good luck

 

[pivackernan]

So if it was Google.io for $1 (not capital i) would you buy it? Also once you own it would you submit the name to get listed in Google.com?

I don't even know the answer to that, maybe I would submit it I don't know I'm still learning. What would you do expert? Tell me how

Last week I sold a name on Sedo for $150 that could not get a $5 bid here, domaining is a strange game and it pays to spread out your marketing, list names at Sedo, consider auctions here and even the odd Flippa auction, read up and learn and try a few things, I have sold a couple of cheapies at Ebay and it can be a handy learning curve as well. Good luck

Thank you very much for your help, I am using Flippa auctions, trying some on eBay and parked with Sedo, one parked with Above because Sedo doesn't accept the extension yet, but feeling a bit overwhelmed like I need to just stop, rethink and even categorise my domains into the extensions they belong, may help with marketing and keeping track of everything because when I log into my registrar there are names everywhere I don't know how people handle thousands and even hundreds of thousands at a time. Can you sell in portfolios or only as single domains?

 

[AEProgram]

I don't even know the answer to that, maybe I would submit it I don't know I'm still learning. What would you do expert? Tell me how

Trademark

 

[pivackernan]

You are entitled to your opinion, and I will repeat again, this guy uses trickery to sell his domain on ebay and uses stale dated spam techniques on this forum.

Sorry that sent too early - I bidded because I can do what I want and you are irrelevant to my choices. Maybe I would submit it maybe it would sit there like a few of my other bad choices but thats for me not you to jump up and down about we are way off topic now. You know nothing about how much somebody may want a certain name because you are not that person. You are not that company who may one day be looking at rebranding either. You are not somebody who I want to receive silly remarks from or would ever respect when it came to gaining and valuing knowledge from. I'm here for help. In some way you are giving it so thanks but really I get the point now.

 

[pivackernan]

Trademark

Sorry that sent too early - I bidded because I can do what I want and you are irrelevant to my choices. Maybe I would submit it maybe it would sit there like a few of my other bad choices but thats for me not you to jump up and down about we are way off topic now. You know nothing about how much somebody may want a certain name because you are not that person. You are not that company who may one day be looking at rebranding either. You are not somebody who I want to receive silly remarks from or would ever respect when it came to gaining and valuing knowledge from. I'm here for help. In some way you are giving it so thanks but really I get the point now.

 

[AEProgram]

Sorry that sent too early - I bidded because I can do what I want and you are irrelevant to my choices. Maybe I would submit it maybe it would sit there like a few of my other bad choices but thats for me not you to jump up and down about we are way off topic now. You know nothing about how much somebody may want a certain name because you are not that person. You are not that company who may one day be looking at rebranding either. You are not somebody who I want to receive silly remarks from or would ever respect when it came to gaining and valuing knowledge from. I'm here for help. In some way you are giving it so thanks but really I get the point now.

The trademark laws are very relevant to your choices. You are the one who mentioned that you wanted to buy Google.io now me.

Explain to me how bad a companies name must be to consider any of your domains an upgrade?

Let's revisit the names:

glitter.cloud (Maybe Amazon? Maybe Maria Carey)

minerecruit.org (Maybe SPDR Gold Trust or Goldman Sachs? or Maybe Monster.com they just got a huge windfall from selling off some domains)

buzz.fish (Maybe if BuzzFeed and PlentyOfFish merge? Could be huge)

bid5.co (Ebay? Maybe Yahoo auctions will come back to life using bid5.co as a rebrand mega launch?)

 

[pivackernan]

I am very welcoming until someone tries to play silly scammer spammer games

Read my clearly pointed reply as to how legit people post when they desire honest feedback.

This is so ridiculous. Im NEW to domaining!! How can I adopt such bullshit habits to get myself started in the industry, the world is a little place and I am not one of those people and NEVER will be you need to assess why you have trust issues and I bet you it lies within but projecting it out onto me makes you feel better!! You are absolutely ridiculous. I bought my first ever domains in my life in Dec last year and I sold dementia.rocks on $1 reserve and worked my bloody arse off to make sure that the service that I delivered was its very best that I could offer even though I was OUT OF POCKET because it is your service that counts and is most memorable at the end of the day. Everyone has to start somewhere and I bet you weren't as top notch as you are right now as to when you first began. Get off your high horse and leave room on here for people who are actually sifting through it all to lend something helpful.

 

[AEProgram]

This is so ridiculous. Im NEW to domaining!! How can I adopt such bullsh*t habits to get myself started in the industry, the world is a little place and I am not one of those people and NEVER will be you need to assess why you have trust issues and I bet you it lies within but projecting it out onto me makes you feel better!! You are absolutely ridiculous. I bought my first ever domains in my life in Dec last year and I sold dementia.rocks on $1 reserve and worked my bloody arse off to make sure that the service that I delivered was its very best that I could offer even though I was OUT OF POCKET because it is your service that counts and is most memorable at the end of the day. Everyone has to start somewhere and I bet you weren't as top notch as you are right now as to when you first began. Get off your high horse and leave room on here for people who are actually sifting through it all to lend something helpful.

I am not on a high horse and I show nothing but respect to anyone who acts normal and honest.

I asked very pointed question that you failed to address. You had all kinds of ideas already in this thread, maybe I fear that one day you will hurt my business, maybe I am projecting, maybe this and maybe that.

What happened here is the truth hurts, you might be a newbie in domaining but the content of your ebay listing shows you are far from a newbie in serving up nonsense.

Yes, most here will fall for your little rant you just made, all I see is someone that cannot fess up to the fact that you had a motive other than advice with this post. It is not too late to confess and regain some credibility here. Right now, even those overtly trying to be nice, know full well I am right.

So why not start again, tell us you realize no one is interested in the domains you thought are worth 80k+ according to your site, and ask for honest straight forward advice!

YES, when I started out I also purchased junk but I didn't give up.

 

[gilescoley]

You are entitled to your opinion, and I will repeat again, this guy uses trickery to sell his domain on ebay and usesstale dated spam techniques on this forum.

Firstly, its a lady, not a guy

Secondly, there is no sign of trickery at all, wording might not be the best, but dont assume there is any scamming because of similar things you have seen in the past...everyone deserves a go until there is proof of wrongdoing....you seem to be the only one that thinks that, if not, there would have a been a lot more people jumping on this thread calling her out on it, people love calling out a scammer

 

[pivackernan]

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The trademark laws are very relevant to your choices. You are the one who mentioned that you wanted to buy Google.io now me.

Explain to me how bad a companies name must be to consider any of your domains an upgrade?

Let's revisit the names:

glitter.cloud (Maybe Amazon? Maybe Maria Carey)

minerecruit.org (Maybe SPDR Gold Trust or Goldman Sachs? or Maybe Monster.com they just got a huge windfall from selling off some domains)

buzz.fish (Maybe if BuzzFeed and PlentyOfFish merge? Could be huge)

bid5.co (Ebay? Maybe Yahoo auctions will come back to life using bid5.co as a rebrand mega launch?)

What great ideas I better add them to my big glittery inspo board with fairies and lala land memoribillia tacked all over it... definitely loving the the Mariah Carey idea, glitter.cloud would so work especially selling a Mariah glitter hairbrush or Mariah Carey glitter make up powder puff (which by the way you spelt wrong just saying) I have a dot com and also a dot club under negotiation but you'd already know that because you're the expert right. They may not sell for millions, may not even sell for more than $20 but its the process that I am fine-tuning right now and will never be detoured by negativity like yours sorry Kanye.

I have actually taken on most of your advice from your original post - like I said, thanks because that is what I was looking for. Just the way you delivered it and then went on (and are still going on) about how untrustworthy I am and that I was trying to spam the forum...oh because buyers are just jumping up and down for my domains here - negative. I posted because I need advice and I have received great advice.

I'm not a dude either.

I am not on a high horse and I show nothing but respect to anyone who acts normal and honest.

I asked very pointed question that you failed to address. You had all kinds of ideas already in this thread, maybe I fear that one day you will hurt my business, maybe I am projecting, maybe this and maybe that.

What happened here is the truth hurts, you might be a newbie in domaining but the content of your ebay listing shows you are far from a newbie in serving up nonsense.

Yes, most here will fall for your little rant you just made, all I see is someone that cannot fess up to the fact that you had a motive other than advice with this post. It is not too late to confess and regain some credibility here. Right now, even those overtly trying to be nice, know full well I am right.

So why not start again, tell us you realize no one is interested in the domains you thought are worth 80k+ according to your site, and ask for honest straight forward advice!

YES, when I started out I also purchased junk but I didn't give up.

 

[AEProgram]

Firstly, its a lady, not a guy

Secondly, there is no sign of trickery at all, wording might not be the best, but dont assume there is any scamming because of similar things you have seen in the past...everyone deserves a go until there is proof of wrongdoing....you seem to be the only one that thinks that, if not, there would have a been a lot more people jumping on this thread calling her out on it, people love calling out a scammer

I really am not a sexist so I do not care if the poster is a man or woman, advice is advice, please do not alter your tone or advice based on the gender of the one asking.

I replied very clearly what I see in their ebay listing as trickery and misleading. Can you please explain how you justify those things?

I also made a clear point how only one name needed to be mentioned OR no names at all just the content of their listing. After all that is how most do it here even complete newbies.

I also pointed out that the OP admitted that they played interested games already on this forum and broke several rules as far as posting.

 

[AEProgram]

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What great ideas I better add them to my big glittery inspo board with fairies and lala land memoribillia tacked all over it... definitely loving the the Mariah Carey idea, glitter.cloud would so work especially selling a Mariah glitter hairbrush or Mariah Carey glitter make up powder puff (which by the way you spelt wrong just saying) I have a dot com and also a dot club under negotiation but you'd already know that because you're the expert right. They may not sell for millions, may not even sell for more than $20 but its the process that I am fine-tuning right now and will never be detoured by negativity like yours sorry Kanye.

I have actually taken on most of your advice from your original post - like I said, thanks because that is what I was looking for. Just the way you delivered it and then went on (and are still going on) about how untrustworthy I am and that I was trying to spam the forum...oh because buyers are just jumping up and down for my domains here - negative. I posted because I need advice and I have received great advice.

I'm not a dude either.

My points were all made, enough time spent in this thread

 

[pivackernan]

I really am not a sexist so I do not care if the poster is a man or woman, advice is advice, please do not alter your tone or advice based on the gender of the one asking.

I replied very clearly what I see in their ebay listing as trickery and misleading. Can you please explain how you justify those things?

I also made a clear point how only one name needed to be mentioned OR no names at all just the content of their listing. After all that is how most do it here even complete newbies.

I also pointed out that the OP admitted that they played interested games already on this forum and broke several rules as far as posting.

I have posted in the wrong forum and didn't know that the auctions had to be namepros exclusive. The only things that have happened to me are that my posts have been moved out of a forum into another for not being auction exclusive because I have them listed on ebay, flippa and sedo and was told covering all platforms was the way to go! I just need to brush up on restrictions to this now. 5 months into domaining as a part-time career while I work full-time and be a mum to three plus a wife and everything else in between - you tell me if you've got that down pat with all the fine print memorised. Bullshit. I would love to see your feedback and history. I have looked around and tried to get an idea about how others are listing their auctions and I am learning from everything I read on here and I am grateful that such forum exists but wow.

I really am not a sexist so I do not care if the poster is a man or woman, advice is advice, please do not alter your tone or advice based on the gender of the one asking.

I replied very clearly what I see in their ebay listing as trickery and misleading. Can you please explain how you justify those things?

I also made a clear point how only one name needed to be mentioned OR no names at all just the content of their listing. After all that is how most do it here even complete newbies.

I also pointed out that the OP admitted that they played interested games already on this forum and broke several rules as far as posting.

 

[gilescoley]

Exactly..basic newbie mistakes, and she was honest about it.."scam" was the word you used...trickery is slightly different

Honest mistake are not "playing games", we all made honest mistakes in the beginning, playing games implies you were aware of something you were doing was wrong

The wording changes to suit yourself or when trying to make a point..mmmm

 

[AndyM]

Well that's me out of popcorn!!
Someone comes here and asks for genuine advice and gets accused of being a spammer! really!

You should list some of your domains here in the "make offer" area of the forum, or as fixed price. Even if listed as fixed price you'll still get members trying to low ball you though.

Good luck on your ventures. Any other newbie questions, just send me a PM