Is Flippa the Biggest Joke / Fraud now??

[LarryDomain]

All I seem to see listed on Flippa now is IDN domains. And newbies (new accounts) seem to be shill bidding it up to the 0,000s. Like the recent IDN PET.com. Nothing worth looking at nowadays at Flippa. Is the end nearing for them? They definitely need new leadership.

 

[boziffous]

I use the classified listings at Flippa to list my domains there for free with BIN prices. I've sold 9 names there in the past year.

 

[BionicMan]

What did you do to get views? My classifieds never went above about 1-2 views.

 

[dgmweb]

Certainly not what they used to be. The upgrades are an insult but without them your domain will likely get zero views... unless your friends with the editor and he gives you editors choice. The problem is industry wide though. Places like Flippa and BB are great when they are just gaining notoriety as there is a good buyer to listing ratio and names get a good amount of publicity/views but as soon as they get too popular the buyer to listing ratio is way off and your names gets lost in the crowd. Then they introduce upgrades etc and the whole platform goes to sh@t.

I've seen that happen with sooo many marketplace sites in both stock audio and 3d models.

 

[dgmweb]

I think they could turn things around if they changed their current business model.

They need some fresh blood with radical ideas.

That place has so much potential and in the right hands it could really do wonders.

Agreed, definitely some innovation needed there.

 

[Domain Monk]

flippa.com/8043991-gamereviews-io bid 3100 reserve not met..he relisted $200 reserve met lol

do u smell something

 

[dgmweb]

Flippa could do with a bb approach

Eg people may want to sell on flippa etc but flippa needs to reject possibly at least 50% of the names for sale and make itself a super premium top end domain auction and charge accordingly pretty much like bb eg being selective but charging well for the brands they choose to promote on their site

I'm not really a fan of the curated method like BB, but if that's what it takes to get rid of the shills and riff-raff, I'll take it. Of course, some of the names I've listed there could probably be called riff-raff, lol.

 

[deez007]

Agreed, definitely some innovation needed there.

What I don't understand is why on earth are they unable to see this. I mean surely they must know that the current model is simply not working.

 

[platey]

Quality sells and and er rubbish tends not to

 

[Kate]

Their focus has always been websites, domains came later but have always been some of an afterthought.
I am not complaining though, because I think we already have too many marketplaces for domain names. Good domain names sell for themselves and don't need gimmicks.
PS: I don't use Flippa.

 

[Pierre Barnard]

flippa.com/8043991-gamereviews-io bid 3100 reserve not met..he relisted $200 reserve met lol

do u smell something

And now also editor's choice... Gimme a break

 

[platey]

And now also editor's choice... Gimme a break

147 that's a maximum break

Ha

 

[Pierre Barnard]

Anyone can close the purchase of this property right now for: $2,995... Come on guys!!!!

 

[dordomai]

Flippa make a lot of money having people pay $10 listing fees for the worthless domains that will never sell.

 

[Ben Price]

All I seem to see listed on Flippa now is IDN domains. And newbies (new accounts) seem to be shill bidding it up to the 0,000s. Like the recent IDN PET.com. Nothing worth looking at nowadays at Flippa. Is the end nearing for them? They definitely need new leadership.

Yeah, Flippa are just a sales organization really...

They know jack-s**t about domains, and they appear to be quite happy for website sellers to make up the most ludicrous lies you've ever heard about website income.

I've never seen them do anything decent or noble, errm, like, oh I don't know... like, let's say, errrm.. PROTECTING THE BUYER! Lol.

For Flippa, the race-to-the-bottom began a 'lil while ago...

 

[LarryDomain]

I'm sure there's a lot of inside deals these guys are involved in also Something new needs to popup to replace this cheating system. About the only thing worth looking at with Flippa is Ofelia

 

[Sinh]

Editors' Choice: OrganicFruitsAndVegetables.com

Do you select this domain?

 

[Sinh]

How much do you want to pay for an Editors' Choice name below?
JFKLimo.com

 

[dordomai]

some have suggested that editor's choice is actually a bot not a human. not sure if true but that would explain a lot.

 

[Sinh]

They said that : "Only a select few of the rarest and highest quality domain names are ever chosen for the award."

 

[Ben Price]

Editors' Choice: OrganicFruitsAndVegetables.com

Do you choice this domain?

Haha, no surprise to know that Flippa's "choice" doesn't have much to do with quality of name...

I wonder if there is a secret link on the site where you can just pay them outright for making an "Editor's Choice"... Hmm..