information Have you ever done this/has it ever happened with you?

[DnFolk]

have you ever done this ?
Both of these domains i had handregged last year in jan (2019) then the one sold at dan for 550 euro was renewed this year. Minimum i would have sold it for 999 but sold for much lesser (550 euro) because buyer told me how he and his family had got affected with corona and budget wise they are totally down and the domain could mean a lot to him so i agreed to sell for 550 euro. Have you ever done this? Selling domain for lesser than expected price to help buyer? This is not the first time i have done it and still i get great profit everytime i did this.

Has it ever happened with you?
The one sold at afternic is a failed sale of mine because i didnt renew and instead sold it on NP for $5. I tried to forward this sale to new buyer who refused and had more expectations so afternic sale was cancelled. Has this ever happened with you? Again with me this has happened number of times. But i can't help as i sell names in reseller mostly because of struggling in managing large portfolio. Many times i buy names and even forget to list those for sale or forget to do outbound. Hence every now and then i randomly reduce my portfolio through reselling to manage my portfolio better. Though eventual long term plan is to improve my management skills with increased portfolio. That discussion is for another day.

Kindly do not type any of the domains anywhere. Thank you.

 

[DnFolk]

And you are Epik.com staff member? After ridiculous hyphen domain thread started by your boss I'll add your chaotic nature to my list of reasons to never use Epik.

if you do not want to use epik then nobody will force you to do so, its your wish.

If you can't even get yourself together enough manage your own portfolio of domains how are even on here representing a registrar!

Your logic is ridiculous to say the least, managing large number of portfolio is not the prequisite of representing registrar.

 

[Peak.Domains]

Wait, does this mean someone at Contently, Inc is going around pretending to have Coronavirus in order to get domains for cheaper? Pretty messed up, if true.

 

[DomainGist]

Wait, does this mean someone at Contently, Inc is going around pretending to have Coronavirus in order to get domains for cheaper? Pretty messed up, if true.

Looks like it.

Its completely naive to believe anything like that though.

Not sure why the OP has shared this really, "look guys, I got ripped off", took me 2 mins to find out the owner of the domain and he probably should have done that before starting this thread.

That should have been a $10,000+ sale right there.

 

[DomainGist]

have you ever done this ?
Both of these domains i had handregged last year in jan (2019) then the one sold at dan for 550 euro was renewed this year. Minimum i would have sold it for 999 but sold for much lesser (550 euro) because buyer told me how he and his family had got affected with corona and budget wise they are totally down and the domain could mean a lot to him so i agreed to sell for 550 euro.

The buyer of your name was Contently, Inc, who have 156 employees on LinkedIn, offices on Wall Street and have had $19m in venture capital.

Sorry but you just got played big time. No room for sentiment in business.

*Slow claps*, I admire your "intellect and understanding"

 

[NickB]

I live by the mantra "buyers are liars"

But still using your family and a global pandemic to get a cheap deal is pretty reprehensible - if it happened to me I would be on their Social Media page asking why they felt this was an acceptable bargaining tactic....

Just me maybe......

 

[jideofor]

And you are Epik.com staff member? After ridiculous hyphen domain thread started by your boss I'll add your chaotic nature to my list of reasons to never use Epik.

If you can't even get yourself together enough manage your own portfolio of domains how are even on here representing a registrar!

Why not start your own registrar and let us see how far you will fair? You think it is easy, don't you?

Every now and then, I see this ridiculous utterances. Nobody is begging you to use Epik because I can't understand what correlation @DnFolk thread has with Epik.

If you do not want to use Epik, others will.

 

[noneisnone]

*loving the drama*
stop attacking the guy also him being part of epik staff has nothing to do with the company policies or credibility you people are ruthless also don't @ me just giving my opinion :P

 

[ComboNames]

Looks like it.

Its completely naive to believe anything like that though.

Not sure why the OP has shared this really, "look guys, I got ripped off", took me 2 mins to find out the owner of the domain and he probably should have done that before starting this thread.

That should have been a $10,000+ sale right there.

Well you should spend more than 2 minutes searching next time.
It's clearly that the owner of contentmetric.com is just too lazy and scrapping content from Contently.com
The website is still under construction , you can see Our founders and also the social links and it's clear that the domain has nothing to do with Contently.com
You can't just assume and start attacking people , and I didn't like that you're bringing Epik into this , even that all what @DnFolk did is being a nice person , which apparently from what I have seen from your replies is weird nowadays.

 

[DnFolk]

It sort of is, I wouldn't trust my domains with a company if I felt that they were generally incompetent and unorganised.

So if an individual is not a domainer with thousands of portfolio then for you he cannot represent registrar and is incompetent and unorganzed. slow claps.
epik is better off with this kind of intellect and understanding of domainer and registrar.

 

[DnFolk]

The buyer of your name was Contently, Inc, who have 156 employees on LinkedIn, offices on Wall Street and have had $19m in venture capital.

Sorry but you just got played big time. No room for sentiment in business.

could be possible, the buyer i sold it to was from singapore and this company is based at new york, maybe he was middleman, maybe he was still right, maybe he lied as you say. I can't know. I agree one should not trust easily which i did.

and this is not about intellect or understanding, this was about trust. I did trust what he told me. I still hope he was right because i believed him and it seemed so, but i agree one should not trust so easily.

 

[santis]

Afternic did not close your account because you forgot to delete the domain that has been "sold"?

Mine was closed

The "Corona discount" is much used now and we don't know if that a true story or not...

 

[DnFolk]

I live by the mantra "buyers are liars"

But still using your family and a global pandemic to get a cheap deal is pretty reprehensible - if it happened to me I would be on their Social Media page asking why they felt this was an acceptable bargaining tactic....

Just me maybe......

I don't think so it was them, i have researched the buyer name on google and see his profile on linkedin and FB account from the same place as it was in the ip address, with this i believe the original buyer has likely flipped the domain to them. either way i should not have trusted so easily.

 

[DomainVP]

I don't think so it was them, i have researched the buyer name on google and see his profile on linkedin and FB account from the same place as it was in the ip address, with this i believe the original buyer has likely flipped the domain to them. either way i should not have trusted so easily.

Buyers aren't dumb and are VERY tech savvy these days.

I myself could scrounge up an authentic looking digital footprint, with profile, email history, etc... to make it look like I was genuinely a "college student" working on a "college project".

Don't think for a second some buyers aren't doing this and using a VPN.

In 2 hours and $20 USD I could be "Greg" from Utah with the IP and social history to match.

If you are happy with a price, than so be it - but don't get hosed by the "i'm poor" nonsense.

 

[Joe N]

I've received the starving student story from a couple potential buyers, and I politely told them that the price is not negotiable (or at least not to the degree that they wanted). I even offered them similar domains at more affordable prices, and offered to help them find somethin within their budget. Both times they disappeared into the abyss.

I generally am not interested in why a buyer can or cannot afford a certain price on a name. Once I have decided on my bottom line, it doesn't budge from there. If life circumstances prevent someone from affording your name, then it simply is not for them.

 

[DomainGist]

Shame on you @DomainGist, you only know how to look for opportunities to bash people, rather than sharing sympathy and constructive opinion.

Having directed apologies on this thread twice to the OP for a being a little harsh, isn't this exactly what you are doing by dragging it back up?

 

[DomainGist]

Again with me this has happened number of times. But i can't help as i sell names in reseller mostly because of struggling in managing large portfolio. Many times i buy names and even forget to list those for sale or forget to do outbound. Hence every now and then i randomly reduce my portfolio through reselling to manage my portfolio better. Though eventual long term plan is to improve my management skills with increased portfolio. That discussion is for another day.

And you are Epik.com staff member? After ridiculous hyphen domain thread started by your boss I'll add your chaotic nature to my list of reasons to never use Epik.

If you can't even get yourself together enough manage your own portfolio of domains how are even on here representing a registrar!

 

[DomainGist]

Your logic is ridiculous to say the least, managing large number of portfolio is not the prequisite of representing registrar.

It sort of is, I wouldn't trust my domains with a company if I felt that they were generally incompetent and unorganised.

 

[TheBaldOne]

To get back to the topic concerned.

No I have not done that. I guess the nearest I have come is the fact that on a few occasions I have actually registered a domain name unbeknown to them for a small business and literally given them the domain to help them get started, just giving them a hand up in their business venture. But I have never done it for someone who has a hard luck story to tell, nor do I think I ever will. Now if it were a good cause then I would likely do the same again. I have found it rarely hurts to actually do something to help someone occasionally - with the proviso of course it doesn't hurt anyone.

 

[DnFolk]

Afternic did not close your account because you forgot to delete the domain that has been "sold"?

Mine was closed

The "Corona discount" is much used now and we don't know if that a true story or not...

No thankfully they didn't, i have heard they close the account if it happens with you when you are new but if you are a seller for at least few years and with good number of sales, then they do not.
for you i believe if you request them sincerely and make them understand properly then they will reinstate your account. I know others getting accounts recovered with similar experience.

 

[DomainGist]

Maybe he was not the end user or from that company. But either way i agree i should not have trusted so easily. Lesson learnt.

Trust nobody that you can't look in the eyes.

 

[Abdullah Abdullah]

I once sold a name to a guy who did not try to hide his information that much. When I researched it was easy and even the phone he provided matched his own and I called. I sold the name to a price I was happy with. He was starting a project which was taking some time. After more than six months, a partner of his sent me an email, saying he wants to buy the name for a school project. I have the email still. I told him , I searched and found out he might be related to him. I told him dont try these tactics with me but the name is already with your partner who acquired it for a price I am happy with. That was the last I heard from him. I talked to the buyer and he said that someone he forgot to share the name with his partner and would tell him. I have good relations with that guy for being honest than his partner.

So @DnFolk can for sure learn from this because he could have said, lets do installments of 500 per month for a period of 24 months. That is 12 K. You could also saying for straight buying, you get can it for $7 K. See the difference of 5K? That could make them buy it saying in the long run, they save 5K if they have to pay every month 500.

 

[DomainGist]

*loving the drama*
stop attacking the guy also him being part of epik staff has nothing to do with the company policies or credibility you people are ruthless also don't @ me just giving my opinion :P

I was harsh on the OP, apologies to him.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Have you ever done this? Selling domain for lesser than expected price to help buyer?

I have not done it in a major way, but have certainly offered a couple of times lower prices based on circumstances. The vast majority of cases I do not know the potential buyer, though. But yes, I tend to be a trusting person, and a terrible negotiator , and would do it.
Bob

 

[Save Breach]

have you ever done this ?
Both of these domains i had handregged last year in jan (2019) then the one sold at dan for 550 euro was renewed this year. Minimum i would have sold it for 999 but sold for much lesser (550 euro) because buyer told me how he and his family had got affected with corona and budget wise they are totally down and the domain could mean a lot to him so i agreed to sell for 550 euro. Have you ever done this? Selling domain for lesser than expected price to help buyer? This is not the first time i have done it and still i get great profit everytime i did this.

Nice sob story. I will try this, if I ever broker a domain but I do have a slight feeling you must have countered >= $999 and when it got rejected you settled for that much... either way, you helped someone whether or, not they really needed that help, KUDOS for that!

BUT, you still sold it at a good price, for a hand reg, no matter what others say. Its a decent ROI.

If you can't even get yourself together enough manage your own portfolio of domains how are even on here representing a registrar!

His personal sales don't count towards nor represent his Employer, pretty sure, on a social platform the opinions don't represent the views of a company. That's implied: if i make an opinion from my company account, it sure stands as the views of my company if from my personal account (yet I am verified to be part of the company), it still stands as a personal opinion. But the point is you luv to make drama and attack others for no reason.

But on a separate note, I am missing your point: do you mean a company should only think about BUSINESS and not make an exception for KINDNESS during a pandemic? Similarly, I (and many of us) have offered free pentesting services worth $10k to my clients in certain niches like Healthcare tech during the pandemic and pretty sure they could have afforded it, as big healthcare firms. But its to show support to the industry during a tough phase. Would you call me incapable of making business then, that I am offering something for free?

Shame on you @DomainGist, you only know how to look for opportunities to bash people, rather than sharing sympathy and constructive opinion.