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Why do I ask you to PM me before closing a Sales Thread I won on NamePros.
All NamePros forums are searched by Google. So Google is putting every thread into their Cache. This Google Cache can be stored for months/years. If I am selling this domain to a buyer. They are very likely to do a Google Search for the "domainname.com" (in parentheses) to see what comes up. I know I do this search for every domain I buy. Don't you? The problem comes when we are middle of negotiations, and they do a Google Search, and find out I bought the domain for $xx, but I'm asking $xk for the domain. Relations go south quite quicky after that. And it makes it much harder to sell the domain to that buyer.
The solution to this is to "sanitize" the Sales Thread before you close the thread. It's just easier for the seller to do this BEFORE they close the thread. Than for me to to ask you to re-open the thread, make the changes, and then close the thread again. So what do I mean by "sanitize". I mean you should change the Original Title of the thread to the word "CLOSED" (without the parentheses) and to change the entire contents of the Original Post also to the the word "CLOSED". But it shouldn't stop there. The seller should also santize every post they have made in the thread, which mentions the domain name, or the price, or the winner, by replacing the whole post with ".." (two dots).
You might ask:
1) What about the other bidders posts? There is only so much we can do as just the buyer and the seller. It's unreasonable to ask every bidder to sanitize their posts.
2) What if it's a multiple domain auction and there still other domains being offered? Then you should sanitize the domain name(s) which have been sold by (a) Removing them from the Thread Title, and (b) by removing the domain from your original post. By removal, I mean complete removal of the domain name. Because that is better, and even easier to do, than trying to obfuscate the domain name. And, of course, to sanitize any other posts related to that domain in your thread, where you have mentioned the domain name, the price, or the winner, with ".." (two dots).
Why am I posting this proposal:
To be quite honest. I think the sellers of domains on NamePros are only interested in selling their domains, and generally don't care what happens to the domains afterwards. Whereas, the buyers, have a keen interest on what happens after the sale. They don't want Google's Cache, to store these transactions in perpetuity. They don't want to deal with cases like I described above. I think for any seller, although voluntary, they should be following their auctions enough to sanitize their posts of their sold domain names, before they close their threads. It is an obvious goodwill gesture to the buyer.
I've posted this thread in the Beginners Forum, where everybody can reach it. I will also post a link in the Insiders Lounge. So that this will reach as wide a possible range in our community, beginners and experts alike. This is a problem throughout our community. IMHO.
All NamePros forums are searched by Google. So Google is putting every thread into their Cache. This Google Cache can be stored for months/years. If I am selling this domain to a buyer. They are very likely to do a Google Search for the "domainname.com" (in parentheses) to see what comes up. I know I do this search for every domain I buy. Don't you? The problem comes when we are middle of negotiations, and they do a Google Search, and find out I bought the domain for $xx, but I'm asking $xk for the domain. Relations go south quite quicky after that. And it makes it much harder to sell the domain to that buyer.
The solution to this is to "sanitize" the Sales Thread before you close the thread. It's just easier for the seller to do this BEFORE they close the thread. Than for me to to ask you to re-open the thread, make the changes, and then close the thread again. So what do I mean by "sanitize". I mean you should change the Original Title of the thread to the word "CLOSED" (without the parentheses) and to change the entire contents of the Original Post also to the the word "CLOSED". But it shouldn't stop there. The seller should also santize every post they have made in the thread, which mentions the domain name, or the price, or the winner, by replacing the whole post with ".." (two dots).
You might ask:
1) What about the other bidders posts? There is only so much we can do as just the buyer and the seller. It's unreasonable to ask every bidder to sanitize their posts.
2) What if it's a multiple domain auction and there still other domains being offered? Then you should sanitize the domain name(s) which have been sold by (a) Removing them from the Thread Title, and (b) by removing the domain from your original post. By removal, I mean complete removal of the domain name. Because that is better, and even easier to do, than trying to obfuscate the domain name. And, of course, to sanitize any other posts related to that domain in your thread, where you have mentioned the domain name, the price, or the winner, with ".." (two dots).
Why am I posting this proposal:
To be quite honest. I think the sellers of domains on NamePros are only interested in selling their domains, and generally don't care what happens to the domains afterwards. Whereas, the buyers, have a keen interest on what happens after the sale. They don't want Google's Cache, to store these transactions in perpetuity. They don't want to deal with cases like I described above. I think for any seller, although voluntary, they should be following their auctions enough to sanitize their posts of their sold domain names, before they close their threads. It is an obvious goodwill gesture to the buyer.
I've posted this thread in the Beginners Forum, where everybody can reach it. I will also post a link in the Insiders Lounge. So that this will reach as wide a possible range in our community, beginners and experts alike. This is a problem throughout our community. IMHO.
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