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This story starts with DNF; a barren wasteland that once was a leading forum within the domain industry. While the forum itself played a huge role in propagating the myth that is Adam Dicker, the story really begins with DNF College in the summer of 2011.

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From what I understand, Adam still owes north of $33,000 to previous customers and business partners. As I receive more information, I will update this figure.
 
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I'm talking about the DomainSherpa Review regular show, which features three to four people discussing domain values. They usually featured Rick, Michael Berkins, Adam, Page Howe, Drew Rosener, and Shane Cultra. The value comes from hearing the variety of opinions.


thats the loss to all of us

but maybe you didn't know about it
 
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@PugDomains I have nothing against you man, just don't agree with your destructive comments here. And yes, they are sort of destructive if you look at them closely.

Some destructive comments coming from the other side too, what about the ones from frank-germany which implied that the victims were responsible for their own financial loss for waiting more than 120 days to contact their bank, even if they had contacted Adam Dicker numerous times? Victim blaming.
 
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you are partly right
I don't know if all are taken care of

I have no other evidence then
"victims" have posted here
that they have been satisfied

The very first post in this thread is doing a good job of tracking what issues have been resolved and what ones haven't. Domainesque, Charlie, and Jeff Markus and Blenja_man are still awaiting resolution.
 
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I don't have the ability to 'make' you shut up, I'm just a member like you, I do 'want' you to shut up though because you don't seem to have anything constructive to contribute to the topic at hand.

Actually, anyone really interested in free speech will realise that both those opposing and those for a question are vital to finding out the truth. John Stuart Mill is very helpful on this (On Liberty). It's only when we hear what everyone has to say that we learn how valid (or not) our own arguments are. Better to have the opposition speak in the open than work against us behind our backs where we can't shine a light on what they think and say. This, of course, goes for all sides. :)
 
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Interesting as this seems to be a way to catch newbies into a fake reality which is still up on FB... "When can I sign up as I would love to make an average of $50k after 6 months of 0 knowledge" lol

DNF College
 
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Some destructive comments coming from the other side too, what about the ones from frank-germany which implied that the victims were responsible for their own financial loss for waiting more than 120 days to contact their bank, even if they had contacted Adam Dicker numerous times? Victim blaming.

please don't quote me wrong
your understanding of my post is not = my post
 
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When I first started domaining I actually loved watching Adams video blogs and DS domain reviews. I actually thought that there was a lot of what he said made sense and yes I have been mildly and only mildly successful by adapting some of what he has taught.

I worked on a webcorp project for a very short period before leaving and there was a lot of promises that I knew where just hype. I believe it is very important to motivate staff but most importantly you must deliver on your promises..

I have made a lot of new friends from my short period a year ago with webcorp, and to hear what they had gone through I had to help speak out add my contribution to back Lanny B and others... I knew there were some issues with nichewebsites but I didn't have access to all the web-developers but with the one I did I was concerned.

Adam was always nice to me, but then again I didn't purchase anything from him and only put in a few weeks of long hours and hard work, ontop of my current job. If I had purchased websites or courses and lost money i can understand how you would feel.

Do I want Adam to completely fail "No"
Is Adam easy to talk to "Yes"
Is Adam a nice guy? "some say yes and others not at all"
Is Adam a good business man "???" You are entitled to your own opinion.
Does Adam need to be held accountable for his actions and promises "Yes"
Will Adam learn from this? "I don't know?"
Do I want Adam to make a comeback "Yes". As long as he changes to fulfill his promises. This will still take some time but he needs to make it right.

It's very easy to back someone if you haven't experienced a lot of wasted time and money with that person. We are all entitled to our own opinions and some will back Adam and others the complete opposite and you are entitled to your own judgements and he has some very good loyal supporters and friends.

This tread was to bring issues to the forefront and Shane has done a great job doing that, in which some have been refunded and others not. Adam still owes a lot of refunds to a lot of people and he needs to find a way to do that.

Adam I just hope you can find a way to make things right for others and yourself... I don't hate you and I'm not calling for more blood I just hope you were made accountable for those who had invested and believed in you and bought into your promises....

Only time will tell how this will be resolved??? I just hope you continue to make an effort to solve these issues...

Best of luck to everyone involved...
 
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but do you have them on skype
and can call them anytime? free of charge?

This doesn't sway me much. You along with a couple of others on here seem to believe that the reason this thread is decidedly negative towards Adam has everything to do with the people posting and nothing to do with Adam. That suggests to me that you're overlooking something pretty fundamental.

Go to Amazon and click on virtually any product and you're likely to find harshly critical reviews. Does that mean that the marketability of those products has been "destroyed" by those reviewers? Clearly not since people continue to buy those products. Obviously, what makes it possible for those products to survive the harsh criticism is the existence of other reviews from customers that are happy with their purchase.

So where are Adam's happy customers? Why do you suppose it is that we haven't heard from bunches of people saying "look at the wildly successful site that Adam created for me"? Has there even been a single person saying such a thing? Does it make more sense to believe that the only customers that have heard about this thread are his unhappy customers, or would you think it more likely that the absence of positive reviews tells us something meaningful about how Adam conducted his business?

The point I'm making is that you're trying to impose an artificial neutrality on this story that is inconsistent with the facts. If Adam had run his business in a responsible and ethical manner then there'd be no need for you to come here and scream for fairness because there would have been a balance of positive reviews to offset the negative ones. So who is to blame for the fact that that hasn't happened?
 
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This doesn't sway me much. You along with a couple of others on here seem to believe that the reason this thread is decidedly negative towards Adam has everything to do with the people posting and nothing to do with Adam. That suggests to me that you're overlooking something pretty fundamental.

Go to Amazon and click on virtually any product and you're likely to find harshly critical reviews. Does that mean that the marketability of those products has been "destroyed" by those reviewers? Clearly not since people continue to buy those products. Obviously, what makes it possible for those products to survive the harsh criticism is the existence of other reviews from customers that are happy with their purchase.

So where are Adam's happy customers? Why do you suppose it is that we haven't heard from bunches of people saying "look at the wildly successful site that Adam created for me"? Has there even been a single person saying such a thing? Does it make more sense to believe that the only customers that have heard about this thread are his unhappy customers, or would you think it more likely that the absence of positive reviews tells us something meaningful about how Adam conducted his business?

The point I'm making is that you're trying to impose an artificial neutrality on this story that is inconsistent with the facts. If Adam had run his business in a responsible and ethical manner then there'd be no need for you to come here and scream for fairness because there would have been a balance of positive reviews to offset the negative ones. So who is to blame for the fact that that hasn't happened?

It's reputation repair at its finest. Suppress the truth, ie, the critical posts by distracting and hijacking the thread with victim blaming and attacking critical posters and brushing aside the wrongdoing instead of acknowledging the facts.

The main theme of these reputation repairers now is that it's OK to dupe people out of their time and money with misrepresentations and unfulfilled promises but to report those actions is "destroying" someone.

If someone were to read just the last 5 pages of this thread, they might think Dicker is the victim. Meanwhile, Dicker hasn't been heard from on this forum for three days yet his cronies have been very busy. The current known amount owed to just the customers and business partners who have reported here is over $33,000.
 
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Update....

I would like to note for other victims that I have two issues with Adam, one being a site build and the other Is the purchase of lead gen software.

Although Adam and I spoke about a resolution, he assured me that my website would be complete within one week, in addition he offered to build two additional sites free of charge as a way to compensate me, Adam has said if I am not happy after the end of one week I would receive a refund.The week is ticking away so we see how things flesh out at the end of seven days, after waiting so long I was willing to give him an additional week.

Adam has sent me a replacement licence for the lead gen software, this licence does not work and Adam has failed again to address the issue by ignoring my emails.

I also asked Adam to clarify via email about what we discussed on Skype so that there would not be any misunderstanding of what was being promised this email clarification has also been ignored.

I though this should be bumped up... This thread is getting dirtier and dirtier as the days progress, mostly due to a couple of trolls creating confusion and distracting people from the real issue here. Now, these are FACTS... just goes to show Adam's ethics.
 
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This doesn't sway me much. You along with a couple of others on here seem to believe that the reason this thread is decidedly negative towards Adam has everything to do with the people posting and nothing to do with Adam. That suggests to me that you're overlooking something pretty fundamental.

Go to Amazon and click on virtually any product and you're likely to find harshly critical reviews. Does that mean that the marketability of those products has been "destroyed" by those reviewers? Clearly not since people continue to buy those products. Obviously, what makes it possible for those products to survive the harsh criticism is the existence of other reviews from customers that are happy with their purchase.

So where are Adam's happy customers? Why do you suppose it is that we haven't heard from bunches of people saying "look at the wildly successful site that Adam created for me"? Has there even been a single person saying such a thing? Does it make more sense to believe that the only customers that have heard about this thread are his unhappy customers, or would you think it more likely that the absence of positive reviews tells us something meaningful about how Adam conducted his business?

The point I'm making is that you're trying to impose an artificial neutrality on this story that is inconsistent with the facts. If Adam had run his business in a responsible and ethical manner then there'd be no need for you to come here and scream for fairness because there would have been a balance of positive reviews to offset the negative ones. So who is to blame for the fact that that hasn't happened?

WOW. Just to add a little sense to it, you are saying that people who actually had experienced good business with Adam and are happy about it should mention their names and websites in this thread which has converted into sticky mud? No my friend, these people would prefer to stay away from this ego-reflecting thread so that they can keep their hands and business clean.

Do you really expect from those people to share their names and business websites here in front of few people here who only have a mentality to bring a man down and that's what this thread has now become?

I see no new victims and no new claims, it means something has been done to resolve the issues. They say the purpose of this thread is to help, so they should be happy now; right? But wait, what are they doing now in the meantime? They are bringing new things up to question the credibility of the person in question. You tell me, isn't that derailing the thread from the original topic? Isn't that not something that would distract the new readers from the original issue? Isn't that necessary to bring new issues up when the original issue still has victims here?

And @Domain Truth I don't blame you for your attitude. I believe now that people like you who starts calling names to others are the people who have no constructive or helpful comments to share in this thread, now you are not even representing your own case well because I guess you are all out of facts. So I would suggest you to carry on with what you are good at, i.e. name people whatever you like, if it comforts your ego.

No one is damage controlling here, no one is hijacking the thread, no one is going off-topic here, no one is defending Adam for his wrong doings, it's only you and few others who want to keep this thread alive without any purpose; even when you guys have no facts left to flame out.
 
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Don't worry, there are others of us out there who have been extremely poorly served or scammed by Adam. Some of us are simply giving him the opportunity to make good on his refunds before blasting him here for his poor business practices or misdeeds. We just want our money back, to be made whole. If he does not refund us this week, then we will share our stories. These stories reflect poorly on his expertise, abilities, and reputation. He knows what he's done. He knows who he owes. His reputation hangs in the balance based purely on what he himself chooses to do to remedy this situation this week.
 
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No my friend, these people would prefer to stay away

I find it very interesting that someone who claims to care about facts continually comes here to present us with invented facts such as this one. First, you spoke authoritatively about Adam's preferences, now you're telling us about the motives of people you only assume exist. Please tell us how many of these satisfied customers there are and how you know why they haven't come forward.
 
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Don't worry, there are others of us out there who have been extremely poorly served or scammed by Adam. Some of us are simply giving him the opportunity to make good on his refunds before blasting him here for his poor business practices or misdeeds. We just want our money back, to be made whole. If he does not refund us this week, then we will share our stories. These stories reflect poorly on his expertise, abilities, and reputation. He knows what he's done. He knows who he owes. His reputation hangs in the balance based purely on what he himself chooses to do to remedy this situation this week.

I think you should share your story regardless of the outcome. This will prevent anyone in the future from doing business with Adam. I'm glad though that you call things by its name.
 
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OK am back in the thread.
I need to know who has open issues and what their usernames are so I can match up stories and make sure everyone has been taken care of that needs to be. Please email me that info now to [email protected] so we get everything worked out before Friday. Just like you, I need a way to validate who is who so I can figure out if the requests are real or just people signing up fake account to add to the thread.
Again, If you still have an issue open, please email me now so we can get all these done by Friday.
 
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Interesting as this seems to be a way to catch newbies into a fake reality which is still up on FB... "When can I sign up as I would love to make an average of $50k after 6 months of 0 knowledge" lol
This is and was a FREE guide.
There were no changes in it at all, you left that part out conveniently.
 
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It's called common sense. A guy doing business for many years and have hundreds if not thousands of clients. And here you see only less than 10 victims. Do the math yourself Mr. Einstein.

However, the funny thing is that the victims aren't shouting that much THAN the ones who are flaming the hype over this thread. Weird.

Secondly, just like you are 'assuming' that there are many more unhappy victims who haven't come up yet, same goes for my assumptions that there are definitely few happy customers. But then again, you can disagree with it.

There are more. I've emailed another 6.

I wish everyone would stop arguing.

Things are being handled.
 
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The cleaners are back.
 
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There are more. I've emailed another 6.

I wish everyone would stop arguing.

Things are being handled.

Just liked you Shane. And that's because you have done something positive just now. Let's hope this all get rectified soon.
 
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remember
you want to help the victims...

or was it hype you wanted?
 
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