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**24HourDomainer** · 04-08-2009, 03:48 AM

is this funny or not, they have the .net of my domain listed for $4000 and they have the nerves to offer me $50 for my .com!

I will not disclose any name, this is just to show you how funny this company is!

**stuff** · 04-08-2009, 03:52 AM

business
you buy cheap and sell high as you can

**DomainerScript** · 04-08-2009, 03:56 AM

This is the difference between reseller and end-user pricing.

They start high for a negotiation cushion.

Look for an end-user to buy your domain. Sell to buydomains only names you don't plan to hang on to (ie wait or actively look for an end-user.)

**24HourDomainer** · 04-08-2009, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by stuff

business
you buy cheap and sell high as you can

cheap i agree - but this method they use is not cheap - its CHEAAP

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomainerScript

This is the difference between reseller and end-user pricing.

They start high for a negotiation cushion.

Look for an end-user to buy your domain. Sell to buydomains only names you don't plan to hang on to (ie wait or actively look for an end-user.)

Maybe you have had luck with selling domains to them you dont want to hang on to. As far as my luck goes, from the 200 domains they always seem to only offer pennies for domains that would fetch $$$-$$$$ from resellers!

I just find it disturbing to see a company make such lame attempts to purchase the .com for dirt cheap and have the .net listed for $4000

FYI: The worst of the worst low ballers on forums make better offers then this company!

**DomainerScript** · 04-08-2009, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MIR

cheap i agree - but this method they use is not cheap - its CHEAAP

Maybe you have had luck with selling domains to them you dont want to hang on to. As far as my luck goes, from the 200 domains they always seem to only offer pennies for domains that would fetch $$$-$$$$ from resellers!

I just find it disturbing to see a company make such lame attempts to purchase the .com for dirt cheap and have the .net listed for $4000

FYI: The worst of the worst low ballers on forums make better offers then this company!

Nope. I have no "luck" selling to them. What I meant was that if you plan to drop your domains, might as well sell and get something rather than nothing.

I wonder if anyone had tried to negotiate a higher price and succeed?

**thevirtual** · 04-08-2009, 04:18 AM

This company is good at lowballing people to the point of satire, and they are also very inconsistent and random. They have bought domains from me for seemingly random prices. I have sold them a large portfolio of low quality domains some time ago, now they reject domains of much higher quality, or send in even lower offers than they used to.

Also they have started snapping up domain drops en masse, becoming a direct competitor to me.

**denny007** · 04-08-2009, 04:26 AM

If .net is about 5% of .com than they are selling 4000/50*20 = 1600 times (160,000%) higher than they buy. Indeed ridiculous, this whole company is a joke.

**DomainerScript** · 04-08-2009, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by thevirtual

Also they have started snapping up domain drops en masse, becoming a direct competitor to me.

You got it! They are competition to every domainer. And they've been such for a very long time.

**snicksnack** · 04-08-2009, 04:39 AM

simply offer the to refund the registration fee for the .net ;-)

**rebirth** · 04-08-2009, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MIR

is this funny or not, they have the .net of my domain listed for $4000 and they have the nerves to offer me $50 for my .com!

What's that?! This is impossible!

How the heck did you get $50??? They offered me $20 for crying out loud!

**jasdon11** · 04-08-2009, 07:55 AM

I've sold to them in the past - they haggle whether you are buying or selling. I've sold names to them for $xxx when they didn't get a bid on forums etc.

**DomainFighter** · 04-08-2009, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuff

business
you buy cheap and sell high as you can

I agree, but this....so....

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomainerScript

This is the difference between reseller and end-user pricing.

Maybe...

**newvista** · 04-08-2009, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomainerScript

You got it! They are competition to every domainer. And they've been such for a very long time.

This company is toxic.

**damitssam** · 04-08-2009, 04:17 PM

I remember once I sold them quite a few LLLL.com and they offered a reasonable price. Problem is they thought one of them was a LLL.com. But then they said oops, ok take that off the list, and i replied sold instantly! Got a good deal off a reading error!

! but yes they lowball.

**TheLegendaryJP** · 04-08-2009, 04:21 PM

I have actually done some business with them here at dnf on some names and was pleased with their offers. It is true they add plenty but again they look to sale to a different market.

**Doc** · 04-08-2009, 04:27 PM

sure they give a lowball offer. it's just that considering they are also resellers on a different scale, should raise the price for buying ,taking into fact the outrageous prices they sell at .

**Seraphim** · 04-08-2009, 04:29 PM

I've bought names from BuyDomains, and made huge AdSense profits. Would never sell them names, they're domainers.

**biggedon** · 04-08-2009, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIR

is this funny or not, they have the .net of my domain listed for $4000 and they have the nerves to offer me $50 for my .com!

I will not disclose any name, this is just to show you how funny this company is!

isn't this what mostly everyone else does in this biz

bd is no different than any other domainer, they wanna buy low and sell high too....

also, all .com's are not automatically worth more than the .net

i have a few .net domains that make $$$ monthly, and the .com versions made $0.

**24HourDomainer** · 04-08-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by biggedon

also, all .com's are not automatically worth more than the .net

i have a few .net domains that make $$$ monthly, and the .com versions made $0.

I don't agree with this. Maybe your .net makes more money, their must be a reason behind it. At the end of the road, I'll take a .com over any .net.

.Com is the King of the World Wide Web and will always have a higher value then any other extension.

undeveloped .com VS developed .net is the only time I will accept a higher value. In any other case, .com is and will always be worth more money.

As a Domainer you may have more interest in a .net and see a higher value. In the aftermarket, a domain undeveloped will always favour the .com

**trader** · 04-08-2009, 06:08 PM

It's because BuyDomains and other big players want to buy at wholesale but sell at retail level to end-users.

04-08-2009, 03:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
24HourDomainer Failure Is Not An Option! Last Online: Today 03:43 AM iTrader: (40) Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,397 DNF$: 1,931	BuyDomains.com makes me an offer of $50 US for my .com and asks $4000 for the .net is this funny or not, they have the .net of my domain listed for $4000 and they have the nerves to offer me $50 for my .com! I will not disclose any name, this is just to show you how funny this company is! __________________ Buy and Sell Domains 2010 Top 10 Web Hosts \| Best Web Hosting \| Cheap Web Hosting Plans Discount Domain Club Last edited by biggedon; 04-08-2009 at 12:47 PM..

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DomainerScript Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Yesterday 04:04 PM iTrader: (25) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 752 DNF$: 279 Location: tckmedia.com Country:	This is the difference between reseller and end-user pricing. They start high for a negotiation cushion. Look for an end-user to buy your domain. Sell to buydomains only names you don't plan to hang on to (ie wait or actively look for an end-user.) __________________ Domainer Script - Learn about the Web's leading domain portfolio and marketplace app

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thevirtual Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Today 12:09 AM iTrader: (160) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6,243 DNF$: 633 Location: NY Country:	This company is good at lowballing people to the point of satire, and they are also very inconsistent and random. They have bought domains from me for seemingly random prices. I have sold them a large portfolio of low quality domains some time ago, now they reject domains of much higher quality, or send in even lower offers than they used to. Also they have started snapping up domain drops en masse, becoming a direct competitor to me. __________________ TheArts.net - 12 years old \| TicketsforTravel.com \| UnitedStatesVirginIslands.org \| AlabamaContractor.com \| United States Forum Last edited by thevirtual; 04-08-2009 at 04:24 AM..

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denny007 Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Yesterday 01:17 PM iTrader: (40) Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,445 DNF$: 10,356 Country:	If .net is about 5% of .com than they are selling 4000/5020 = 1600 times (160,000%) higher than they buy. Indeed ridiculous, this whole company is a joke. __________________ I have PM disabled. You can email me: denny startseek com ThankYouDHL.com*

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snicksnack DNF Regular Last Online: Yesterday 02:57 AM iTrader: (27) Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,145 DNF$: 5,974 Location: China Country:	simply offer the to refund the registration fee for the .net ;-) __________________ .CM domains Euro 70 per year

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jasdon11 DNF Addict Name: James Last Online: Today 01:34 AM iTrader: (48) Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,915 DNF$: 1,012 Location: UK Country:	I've sold to them in the past - they haggle whether you are buying or selling. I've sold names to them for $xxx when they didn't get a bid on forums etc.

04-08-2009, 04:17 PM	#14 (permalink)
damitssam DNF Regular Last Online: Today 03:02 AM iTrader: (31) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 998 DNF$: 3,696	I remember once I sold them quite a few LLLL.com and they offered a reasonable price. Problem is they thought one of them was a LLL.com. But then they said oops, ok take that off the list, and i replied sold instantly! Got a good deal off a reading error! ! but yes they lowball.

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TheLegendaryJP Last Online: Yesterday 11:28 PM iTrader: (35) Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,160 DNF$: 6,312 Country:	I have actually done some business with them here at dnf on some names and was pleased with their offers. It is true they add plenty but again they look to sale to a different market.

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Doc Exclusive Lifetime Member Last Online: Yesterday 04:18 AM iTrader: (17) Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 439 DNF$: 425	sure they give a lowball offer. it's just that considering they are also resellers on a different scale, should raise the price for buying ,taking into fact the outrageous prices they sell at . __________________ For Sale

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Seraphim Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Yesterday 07:14 PM iTrader: (21) Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,077 DNF$: 1,397 Location: Hillsboro, OR Country:	I've bought names from BuyDomains, and made huge AdSense profits. Would never sell them names, they're domainers. __________________ Carrot Lunch Recipes

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trader David Last Online: Today 12:52 AM iTrader: (78) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,687 DNF$: 9,479	It's because BuyDomains and other big players want to buy at wholesale but sell at retail level to end-users.

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