WHO ARE YOU WHO WHO ''DOMAINERs"

[Joe drake]

Something Feels Off – Strange WTB Posts from New Users


Has anyone else noticed a recent flood of brand-new users asking for premium one-word or two-word .coms? Most of these accounts have no feedback, just joined, and some even jump straight into Gold memberships. On the surface, it looks promising—but the behavior doesn’t add up.


They’re asking for “top” domains with $5K budgets, but it feels like they don’t know what they’re doing—or worse, they’re not real buyers at all.


As a test, I sent a few of my best domains. These are names I’ve turned down $15K+ offers on before. I didn’t include a price, just wanted to see how serious they were. If someone’s shopping at $5K and you send a name worth $20K+, you'd expect a reply, right? Even just “out of my range.” Instead, total silence.


That’s a red flag.


It makes me wonder: are these people just fishing for inventory? Are they scraping lists or trying to broker names behind the scenes? Or maybe it’s bots, fake buyers, or people looking to learn the market on your dime.


I’m not saying every new user is shady—everyone starts somewhere—but this recent wave doesn’t feel organic.


Just a heads-up to fellow sellers: don’t send your best names blindly. Know who you’re dealing with, or you might just be helping someone shop your portfolio around.


Anyone else seeing this?

 

[alcy]

I noticed few.

just ask them to pay first and crypto only

all problems solved.

block for life if refuse.

anything else and u play blackjack with your dn

 

[Joe drake]

I noticed few.

just ask them to pay first and crypto only

all problems solved.

block for life if refuse.

anything else and u play blackjack with your dn

I noticed few.

just ask them to pay first and crypto only

all problems solved.

block for life if refuse.

anything else and u play blackjack with your dn

I noticed few.

just ask them to pay first and crypto only

all problems solved.

block for life if refuse.

anything else and u play blackjack with your dn

Totally hear you—but I think you’re missing the point a bit. This isn’t about getting scammed on a transaction. Most of us here know how to lock down a deal when it gets real—escrow, crypto, verified buyers, no problem.


What I’m calling out is the pattern before the deal: these new accounts showing up in waves, asking for premium names, but never engaging meaningfully. They vanish the moment you send anything serious. That’s not a payment issue—it’s a behavioral signal.


Feels less like buyers shopping, more like people collecting info, scraping portfolios, or testing the waters without real intent. It's the quiet fishing that concerns me—not the loud fraud.


Anyone can say “send me your best,” but when there’s zero follow-up, even on high-end names, it’s worth pausing. That’s not blackjack—it’s just bad odds.

 

[alop]

I don't expect a 10k on my 325k name

 

[alop]

But you can catch my left ball for even less

 

[johnn]

They just copy cat from other threads and said they have budget to show off.
They will NEVER reply to your DM or the thread. It's wasting time.

 

[Joe drake]

They just copy cat from other threads and said they have budget to show off.
They will NEVER reply to your DM or the thread. It's wasting time.

I love when they say ,,,,,,'' STILL BUYING'' BS

 

[johnn]

Just post “did not send dm”

 

[bmugford]

Total budget - $1 million.
Budget per domain - $50.

 

[DomainNature]

This could be bots, their purpose is to create false demand of domains, newbies go hand reg such domains, registrars profit in the end.

 

[URL Stream]

Budget per name: $5,000 to $5,003 depending on the quality.

 

[newna.me]

Totally hear you—but I think you’re missing the point a bit. This isn’t about getting scammed on a transaction. Most of us here know how to lock down a deal when it gets real—escrow, crypto, verified buyers, no problem.


What I’m calling out is the pattern before the deal: these new accounts showing up in waves, asking for premium names, but never engaging meaningfully. They vanish the moment you send anything serious. That’s not a payment issue—it’s a behavioral signal.


Feels less like buyers shopping, more like people collecting info, scraping portfolios, or testing the waters without real intent. It's the quiet fishing that concerns me—not the loud fraud.


Anyone can say “send me your best,” but when there’s zero follow-up, even on high-end names, it’s worth pausing. That’s not blackjack—it’s just bad odds.

For what it's worth, I made a post very similar to this in an attempt to roll some sales proceeds into a higher value name (hadn't been on the forum in a few years prior to my post)...and I received 287 dms in 2 days.

The people that hang around the most are actively trying to make sales and from what I have learned, WAY overestimate the value of their portfolio.

I still have people I never even read their offers as I got so overwhelmed and already locked down a better name at auction.

Cheers

 

[ISD Domains]

Something Feels Off – Strange WTB Posts from New Users


Has anyone else noticed a recent flood of brand-new users asking for premium one-word or two-word .coms? Most of these accounts have no feedback, just joined, and some even jump straight into Gold memberships. On the surface, it looks promising—but the behavior doesn’t add up.


They’re asking for “top” domains with $5K budgets, but it feels like they don’t know what they’re doing—or worse, they’re not real buyers at all.


As a test, I sent a few of my best domains. These are names I’ve turned down $15K+ offers on before. I didn’t include a price, just wanted to see how serious they were. If someone’s shopping at $5K and you send a name worth $20K+, you'd expect a reply, right? Even just “out of my range.” Instead, total silence.


That’s a red flag.


It makes me wonder: are these people just fishing for inventory? Are they scraping lists or trying to broker names behind the scenes? Or maybe it’s bots, fake buyers, or people looking to learn the market on your dime.


I’m not saying every new user is shady—everyone starts somewhere—but this recent wave doesn’t feel organic.


Just a heads-up to fellow sellers: don’t send your best names blindly. Know who you’re dealing with, or you might just be helping someone shop your portfolio around.


Anyone else seeing this?

Yes, definitely seeing this.
I even sent names to a few, but there was no response.
Now this post does make me assume this recent wave doesn’t feel organic.
Thanks for that!

 

[Kass]

You don't even have to share your own domain. You can send any good, suitable one from a marketplace, and there will still be silence. At best, if they specify a budget of $50–$5000, they'll offer $10 for the very best one.
And secondly — it's not just beginners who behave stupidly.

 

[Kass]

Just post “did not send dm”

or like this: I'll share the name if I consider you a serious buyer.

 

[phaethon]

Data harvesting. I doubt any serious investor deals with them. So, it's crappy data harvesting.

 

[Kass]

For what it's worth, I made a post very similar to this in an attempt to roll some sales proceeds into a higher value name (hadn't been on the forum in a few years prior to my post)...and I received 287 dms in 2 days.

The people that hang around the most are actively trying to make sales and from what I have learned, WAY overestimate the value of their portfolio.

I still have people I never even read their offers as I got so overwhelmed and already locked down a better name at auction.

Cheers

I'm not talking about you specifically, since I don't know, but why should a typical buyer-requester who writes “Budget: $50–$5,000, depending on the quality of the name” get upset about a crappy name, when their budget range also includes a crappy part? They’re basically aiming for an ultra-premium name with the crappy end of their budget.

 

[AEProgram]

they are lucky I don't own this forum. Anyone with an account under six months that has not been active would have to pay 25 dollars to post those requests. You would get rid of almost 100% of these requests.

 

[Daniel Owens]

Something Feels Off – Strange WTB Posts from New Users


Has anyone else noticed a recent flood of brand-new users asking for premium one-word or two-word .coms? Most of these accounts have no feedback, just joined, and some even jump straight into Gold memberships. On the surface, it looks promising—but the behavior doesn’t add up.


They’re asking for “top” domains with $5K budgets, but it feels like they don’t know what they’re doing—or worse, they’re not real buyers at all.


As a test, I sent a few of my best domains. These are names I’ve turned down $15K+ offers on before. I didn’t include a price, just wanted to see how serious they were. If someone’s shopping at $5K and you send a name worth $20K+, you'd expect a reply, right? Even just “out of my range.” Instead, total silence.


That’s a red flag.


It makes me wonder: are these people just fishing for inventory? Are they scraping lists or trying to broker names behind the scenes? Or maybe it’s bots, fake buyers, or people looking to learn the market on your dime.


I’m not saying every new user is shady—everyone starts somewhere—but this recent wave doesn’t feel organic.


Just a heads-up to fellow sellers: don’t send your best names blindly. Know who you’re dealing with, or you might just be helping someone shop your portfolio around.


Anyone else seeing this?

Depends I mean sometimes they flat-out say in listing will only reply to DMs with prices. Sending a list and not mentioning price hard to say. While they should reply out of my budget depending on what the thread says or their business tactics they may never reply.

 

[DomainsInvest]

Something Feels Off – Strange WTB Posts from New Users


Has anyone else noticed a recent flood of brand-new users asking for premium one-word or two-word .coms? Most of these accounts have no feedback, just joined, and some even jump straight into Gold memberships. On the surface, it looks promising—but the behavior doesn’t add up.


They’re asking for “top” domains with $5K budgets, but it feels like they don’t know what they’re doing—or worse, they’re not real buyers at all.


As a test, I sent a few of my best domains. These are names I’ve turned down $15K+ offers on before. I didn’t include a price, just wanted to see how serious they were. If someone’s shopping at $5K and you send a name worth $20K+, you'd expect a reply, right? Even just “out of my range.” Instead, total silence.


That’s a red flag.


It makes me wonder: are these people just fishing for inventory? Are they scraping lists or trying to broker names behind the scenes? Or maybe it’s bots, fake buyers, or people looking to learn the market on your dime.


I’m not saying every new user is shady—everyone starts somewhere—but this recent wave doesn’t feel organic.


Just a heads-up to fellow sellers: don’t send your best names blindly. Know who you’re dealing with, or you might just be helping someone shop your portfolio around.


Anyone else seeing this?

Exactly Must Have Traffic, Must Have Revenue, Must Have AdS... and blah blah blah. The thing is if you have a website or app, with a short name, real traffic, and revenue, why on earth are you going to sell it? Unless it's fake traffic, backlinks, and revenue, or you're retarded. They want to view people who have just made something, and also make the illusion, they have in stock multiple opportunities, when most are fake (my opinion). Scams too; all details, name, email, address. Just say no/scroll!