question Is ghost brokering and 25x markups the norm for VIPs?

[Stoneweight]

I’m new here but not new to the business. I'm looking to pick up more names in the niche, but a recent public thread has me wondering about the standards on this board.

I’m looking for a reality check from the pros on a few things:

First, is it normal for VIPs to pitch names they don't actually own or have any authority over?

Second, I was quoted a firm 80k for a name that’s currently on a public lander for 3k. When I pointed it out, the seller claimed it was just a cache error.

Finally, when the price gap became obvious, the seller just started calling me a bot to avoid the conversation.

I have the budget to buy high-tier assets, but I’m not here to get played by middlemen who treat a 3k name like a lottery ticket. If you want to see the exchange I’m talking about, just check my post history for the core thread.

Is this how business is usually done here, or did I just find a bad actor?

 

[xwat]

80k for a domain the the booming core trend is a joke, it's not money, this is 2026.

What are these core domains and what is the core trend please?

 

[Ali Mustafa]

Ah yes… the mysterious "core trend" apparently everything becomes valuable if you just add core to the end of a word Next up: Domaincore, Flipcore, and Markupcore.