Is Plesmo.com a joke?

[movingconcierge]

I was really excited to hear about another competitor in the domain sales arena. Plesmo is put together by the same people who put out some really popular domain research software. It has 1XX,XXX names listed for sale there. But when I look at the sold names list, there is a big, fat, ZERO! NONE. They have brokered zero names. The site has been up for more than a month and a half now and they haven't sold a single name out of 1XX,XXX names. Que pasa?

I have sent a few emails asking for clarification about the lack of sales, but no response. So is plesmo.com just a joke or what? Was it a project that has lost its legs? Does anyone know?

 

[asteroidblues]

Yeah, that's pretty pathetic.

 

[gazzip]

I would imagine these things take time


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[DropLister]

how about you stop knocking them and buy a domain. Go build your own similar site and see how many sales you get.

 

[NameClerk]

At this point, I would attribute it to a lack of end users. The site is well know to domainers (sellers) but probably hasn't caught on with the mainstream (buyers) yet. It's a nice site, it should do well eventually. I don't get the impression that they're actively marketing it.

 

[DreamWeb]

hum... Interesting why they do not post sold names. It`s imposible to have >100k domains and do not sell any for end user or someone also. As it should have HUGE traffic and just by reason of this they should have hundred of name sales.

By the way... I`ve seen somhere there one NPer who said he sold one name via Plesmo.com

 

[sanatana]

I tried to register and never received the requisite followup.

Admittedly, a disappointment

S

 

[AussieDomainer]

Hi

More than 95% of the domains that they have listed with them are from buydomains.com so I wouldn't expect them to sell easily with the price tag they have on them.

Besides that I have sold a domain through them. However because the seller & buyer are openly allowed to contact each other this means that you can sell the domain without formally processing it through plesmo. You are only required to process it through Plesmo if you require to use their escrow service and are then charged 10%. If you do not wish to use the escrow then you are charged nothing. This means that many people will simply contact the buyer with their payment info and then push the domain to them once payment is received. Therefore the domain will not be shown as being sold through Plesmo.

I do not expect a great deal of sales to be made through it as yet as it still has a PR of 0 and is yet to be marketed. They are still in the process of obtaining domain listings and I believe it has all the potential to be a successful site if marketed well. I can see that it is no point in marketing it heavily until they have a good inventory of quality domains or end users will simply dismiss the site.

Regards

How ironic is this :hehe: About 15 minutes after I made the above post I just had an offer on another of my domains listed on Plesmo. Just goes to show you never know when you might receive an offer and I believe it's definitely worth listing considering it costs you nothing and there are no fees should you decide to sell.

As I said earlier I believe there would be many more sales than those reported on the Plesmo site due to the open contact allowed between buyer & seller.

 

[Jeff]

"Ignorant response"? :cy: "Kick you in the knees"?

C'mon, folks ... although biases with regard to this Plesmo may exist - and actually ADD to the conversation here - there is no reason to incite / personal attacks, IMHO.

Thanks for staying cool and professional! :yell:
-Jeff

 

[zouzas]

someone should tell them to
register these Before they find themselves as their first customer

Plesmo.info
plesmo.biz
plesmo.us

 

[Charley]

So is plesmo.com just a joke or what? Was it a project that has lost its legs? Does anyone know?

I thought so ......

There hasnt been a THREAD on PLESMO here.....

I reckon, TRY alternatives.

 

[movingconcierge]

There actually has been a thread on it here. That is how / where I heard about it. I just never see any sold names posted there. When I call their telephone number listed, I don't get a professional call center...not even a professional answering machine.

Someone here made an excellent point; that plesmo freely exchanges your contact information to the buyer and visa versa. So in most instances, unless escrow is used through plesmo, there'd be no way to track it. I just hoped beyond hope that someone like the folks who made plesmo would bring it to the other two sales orgs.

 

[Charley]

When I call their telephone number listed, I don't get a professional call center...not even a professional answering machine.

This is not at all good IMO .....

Who would want to do business with them ,lacking a basic and important attribute ....

 

[movingconcierge]

I will support them because they have some money behind them and they'd be great competition to sedo and afternic. That's why. I just think that maybe this project was backburnered for some reason.

I'm hoping that someone that is involved with the plesmo project will come by and lift my spirits with some kick ass plan that they were waiting to unleash until Q4...

I'll list my names there because I don't want to pay $50 and $60 minimums...that's asinine...and I don't want to indirectly support 1and1.com.

Right now I don't list my names anywhere. As you can imagine, that's kinda put a damper on my sales

 

[Silhouette]

someone should tell them to
register these Before they find themselves as their first customer
Plesmo.info
plesmo.biz
plesmo.us

haha ...but, quite true.
and I am sure Plesmo is as anxious as you guys to see their first trade.

go Plesmo, go go

 

[Charley]

Right now I don't list my names anywhere. As you can imagine, that's kinda put a damper on my sales

Arent you developing on it ?

 

[Halobitt]

Strange that they have a category "traffic domains" on the front page,
ranging from $20 to $5800.
I wonder how much traffic and if the price is in direct relation to the traffic?

 

[VURG]

I'll list my names there because I don't want to pay $50 and $60 minimums.

I'm trying to work out the best marketplace for my names for the same reason. It only took me a couple of hours to list ~1000 names for sale on plesmo but the traffic is too low at the moment to get a sale. I'm working with ebay but they charge too much as well.

There is no real professional marketplace (excluding forums) that I know of for trading low and medium priced domains. That should change with time though as there is definately money providing one.

 

[movingconcierge]

I do / am developing sites, but I was WAY too overzealous with my credit card for my first few months of this "hobby."

Arent you developing on it ?

 

[Charley]

I'm working with ebay but they charge too much as well.

I'd love to know the charges or fees for ebay ... Wish you can put them here .....