Minimum Escrow / Marketplace Selling Fees?

[bobbarato]

I've been looking at the fees for various escrows and marketplaces. The percentages aren't too bad for +$1000 deals but can be terrible for smaller transactions. I'm in the US so my searches are biased that way.

I make another post with my initial findings and if others can provide more info on the channels they've used, I'll update and perhaps make a table format.

I am assuming such a summary does currently exist on NamePros?

I'm particularly interested in the low fees / minimums at Escrow.Payoneer, eCop, and Afternic.

 

[bobbarato]

Minimum Selling fees:

Escrows:

Escrow.Payoneer.com
$10 minimum
1.5% on first $5k (1.5% on $666.67 is $10)
Not sure if you have to have Payoneer account and what fees are there.

Escrow.com:
$25 minimum (3.25% on $769.39 is $25)
Free ACH pay after onetime $10 fee

Escrow.domain
$25 minimum (3.25% on $769.39 is $25)
Commission seems lower on larger amounts compared to escrow.com
Check via Billpay is free
$5 ACH

Ecop.com (I'm not sure if offers standalone escrow or if it is a marketplace)
?No minimum?
5% commission
"We charge an extra $5 fee to cover our withdrawal processing cost if there are more withdrawals than transactions where you are a payee."
Not sure what this means? You get 1 free payment per sale? ACH?
Do domains have to be registered there? (CAX.com)

Chinese Channels?
~$50 wire fee to the US?


Marketplaces:

Sedo:
$60 minimum
10% if parked and listed for sale (10% on $600 is $60)
15% if just listed (15% on $400 is $60)
3% if used for transfer / escrow (3% on $2000 is $60)
Free ACH?

Afternic:
$15 minimum
20% up to $5k (20% on $75 is $15)
(do domains have to be registered at GoDaddy?)
Free ACH?

Flippa:
? unknown minimum?
10% success fee


NameJet:
could not find selling fees on site - need to create an account first?
Domains have to be registered at Enom (or transfered to) if sold


Chinese Channels?
~$50 wire fee to the US?

 

[RU]

Escrow.com:
$25 minimum (3.25% on $769.39 is $25)
Free ACH pay after onetime $10 fee

+ $100.00 Concierge Fee

wtf is "Concierge Fee" ?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Epik - FREE escrow for their domains and 1.5% for others.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ $100.00 Concierge Fee

wtf is "Concierge Fee" ?

They charge this fee if you want to push the domain into their escrow-account...
The same is by default on Sedo and without additional fee.

 

[bobbarato]

Epik - FREE escrow for their domains and 1.5% for others.

Epik says it is an additional 5% to convert to cash from their internal Masterbucks currency. I'm also assuming the domain would have to be transfered to Epik (if not already reg'd there) and a reg fee paid. ($8.49 for .com)

I'm going to dig deeper into what other fees are at escrow.payoneer, the other 1.5% escrow.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Epik said me in the past that they charge $40 or $45 (I don't remember exactly) for international Wire Transfer (SWIFT).
+ I guess that ACH is also possible there... ask them via LiveChat...
Regarding cash and 5% - I can't say anything, it is a news for me.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Payoneer doesn't work with PayPal... Buyers can't pay to Payoneer's escrow using PayPal...
So it is completely unuseful for 3-figure sales.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Maybe, this 5% with Epik is when you want to withdraw via PayPal... or what you mean under "cash"?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding transfers... In the past when Bodis-escrow was alive - they didn't charge anything for such transfers into their Dynadot-account... escrow-fee only.
So if you have any concerns - ask Epik about that...

 

[bobbarato]

Maybe, this 5% with Epik is when you want to withdraw via PayPal... or what you mean under "cash"?

From: http://www.epik.com/services/masterbucks/

Can I exchange Masterbucks for cash?
Masterbucks can be redeemed from Masterbucks.com. Redemption to cash is subject to a 5% transaction fee.

 

[bobbarato]

Payoneer doesn't work with PayPal... Buyers can't pay to Payoneer's escrow using PayPal...
So it is completely unuseful for 3-figure sales.

Um..."completely unuseful"?...um, credit cards? You're shilling epik pretty hard...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

They answered me directly that can send my escrow-money via Wire Transfer with no problems for $40 or $45.
Any so-called "cash" is not interesting for me, I'm in Ukraine.

 

[bobbarato]

They answered me directly that can send my escrow-money via Wire Transfer with no problems for $40 or $45.
Any so-called "cash" is not interesting for me, I'm in Ukraine.

This thread is about MINIMUM SELLING FEES as soon as a wire fee comes in to play, it is too expensive.
Epik works with their internal MasterBucks currency, think of it has "store credit".

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Wire Transfer - it is just an option which is suitable for me because I can't receive ACH outside the USA... and no any 5% here as you see... just fixed price as everywhere...
So if you want to know their ACH-fee to receive your escrow-funds - ask them, and that's all.

 

[alcy]

godaddy: $15 min, 20% on all listing types, premium etc.

flippa: no minimums. just 10% everywhere.

cheers

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

p.s. Just found in my archive...
Answer from Epik (April'2016): The fee for international Wire-Transfer is $40.

 

[alcy]

this can help:
http://domainnamewire.com/2014/01/21/domain-escrow-price-comparison/

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

p.p.s. Epik's TLDs-pricelist is for generic usage...
You can get individual prices there, ask Rob Monster...