closed AllForDomains.com a scam?

[techpronow]

So I got jipped apparently.

I got a domain appraisal at the request of my client from:

allfordomain.com

This person gave me this link: http://domaintalk.ourplace.com/Archive/35086.htm

And said that they would only trust one of the reputable company in that fourm.


So I picked the one that was fastest in service (not cheapest mind you)


Which quite honestly, I have been buying and selling domain names since 2003, and this one is very accurate.


After asking for an appraisal here, and not getting anything in regards to an appraisal: http://www.dnforum.com/f4/contractrequest-com-110413.html#post650892

I went ahead and purchased the appraisal


And I got my appraisal:

http://www.allfordomains.com/appraisal.asp?Domain=contractrequest.com


Now after going into chat, and asking people about my appraisal. Everyone says that this company allfordomains is a scam.

This is probably so. I scaned the internet for a minute, and found that these people were known for scams years ago.



http://sitetutor.net/showthread.php?t=1495



Anyone else want to complain about them?

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This is also what they said:


Thank you. Let's wait for the results. I also asked about other reputable
appraisal companies. Several people recommended me NetSol.com and
DomainMart.com. I may accept appraisals from these companies too.

However, if your budget does not allow you to preform a second appraisal
I'll do it myself. I will obtain an appraisal from another independent
source. But I will not send this certificate to you, because you may use
this appraisal to promote your name or sell it to somebody else. Two
independent appraisals will give us a better feeling of what your name is
really worth.

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[seeker]

the best thing to do is get appraisals here.
if you do not get a repsonse here (and that doesnt necessarily mean your domain isnt worth anything), you have to go by experience, and luck.
I would avoid any so called pro appraisal companies, even sedo's (which is probably more trustworthy though).

 

[techpronow]

There was once a time that I got an appraisal.

I sold www.whynyc.com on ebay, and I got a cheap $15 appraisal from somewhere.

When I listed it, I figured that my audience wouldn't be domain savvy for the most part. So I bought the appraisal, and posted it on the auction.

Within 6 hours, my buy it now of $1000 was met, I received the money, and there was no problem.
Although the guy held on to the domain for a year, and lost it (no renewel) and did nothing with it.

I missed grabbing it up too.

But in anycase, a domain appraisal hasn't been all bad for me in the past, the only other time I did one.


But, that was in 2003. Since then, I haven't done an appraisal.


The only reason why I did one this time, is because I REALLY need to come up with some $$, which is why I am even selling these domains in the first place.


But, it looks like I probably got had.

So how about an appraisal for: www.ContractRequest.com now?

Please. =)

 

[seeker]

unfortunately I dont think it is worth very much undeveloped.
Now, from what I see, you have a developed site. It needs more development and some tweaking as well as some activity to gain value (your top links result in errors), I also think think the name and the content do not match very well as a contract can be for anything, yet you are targetting a specific market.
as is now, I would say mid $xxx.
the competition is tough, and the name although not bad, it is not great either.
onece developed more (and better) the price would go higher IMHO.

 

[Jack Gordon]

oh yeah, sorry to say but you got scammed

best of luck on finding a buyer - I would value it at high $xx or low $xxx, more if it was better developed with traffic

 

[techpronow]

oh yeah, sorry to say but you got scammed

best of luck on finding a buyer - I would value it at high $xx or low $xxx, more if it was better developed with traffic

Thanks for your input.


As for undeveloped vs. developed.


Here is my opinion. Someone changes the banner, they have a site for basicly any kind of contract that they want.

But. With hurricane Katrina, being one of the "worst disasters the US has ever seen" GWB.. I think contract brokering will be much more valuable now.

So I think that the domain in and of itself is worth quite a bit.

Two key words: Contract & Request

Both very popular in search engines.

Plus it's a .com, no numbers, no hyphens.

Anyway. Those are my thoughts.

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UPDATE:



I did fix the backlinks that had errors. Thanks for pointing those out.

And, I made the site more universal. I changed the layout and appearance of the site.

I also purchased some links on a few PR4 & PR5 sites for ContractRequest.com


THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU ADVICE! I appreciate it more than you know.