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Over the course of the last few days I've sold 3 or more domains at a fixed price through Bodis. I find it very strange that Bodis does not send the account holder an email when a buyer purchases a domain name from their account. In fact, I had to email support on Monday morning inquiring of the status of the transaction (I only knew about it because the buyer emailed me after purchase) and support didn't reply until almost 5 PM stating they were verifying the payment. As for the other two sales, no confirmation emails stating the domain was sold at all. They do however remove the for sale link after a buyer purchases the domain, that's about it. What if I were to sell this domain to another party in the meantime? I can see this causing major issues.
Let's compare that to two other sales I had over the weekend:
1) Godaddy: Buyer purchased domain at a fixed price around 7 PM last night, I received a "Your premium listing has sold" email immediately, domain was removed from my account and placed in buyer's account. I should receive payment by tomorrow. Done. (UPDATE: Godaddy payment received yesterday 8/13/13)
2) Afternic: Buyer purchased domain, I received an email stating the domain was sold pending financial verification, on Monday the domain went into Afternic Escrow, should complete within a few days. (UPDATE: Afternic payment received today 8/14/13)
The downfall I see with Bodis is 1) There are no confirmation emails sent to seller, many complications can arise if they are still marketing the domain name through other channels. 2) Payments seem to take an unusual amount of time to process.
Stay tuned, I haven't even started the "escrow process" on these 3 domains yet..
Let's compare that to two other sales I had over the weekend:
1) Godaddy: Buyer purchased domain at a fixed price around 7 PM last night, I received a "Your premium listing has sold" email immediately, domain was removed from my account and placed in buyer's account. I should receive payment by tomorrow. Done. (UPDATE: Godaddy payment received yesterday 8/13/13)
2) Afternic: Buyer purchased domain, I received an email stating the domain was sold pending financial verification, on Monday the domain went into Afternic Escrow, should complete within a few days. (UPDATE: Afternic payment received today 8/14/13)
The downfall I see with Bodis is 1) There are no confirmation emails sent to seller, many complications can arise if they are still marketing the domain name through other channels. 2) Payments seem to take an unusual amount of time to process.
Stay tuned, I haven't even started the "escrow process" on these 3 domains yet..
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