Anyone deal with DomainAgents? Scam? Or what?

[WhoaDomain.com]

Got an email from Domain Agents today for my domain WhoaList (in king)

how does this work? seems like someone is interested in it and DomainAgents is contacting me.

are they a scam? to get me to register for their service with the "hope" that I might have a sale?

I've never seen this before. I get this feeling there is no buyer. and hey just want me to sign up for whatever service they have.

 

[DomainAgents]

Hi all,
We ask you to register so you can negotiate with the buyer directly on the site. We're happy to help via email or on the phone, but it's obviously faster if you login. Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[Kuffy]

They approached me with a potentil buyer for a name. I registered with them, and I used their negotiating message system. It took a while to get to a sale, but it was pretty painless, and didn't cost me anything - the buyer paid. They were helpful, and I would use them again without hesitation.

They did put the deal through escrow.com, and since their association with PayPal, I won't use Escrow .com again. I'd check to see what alternatives domain agents offer for escrow.

 

[Kenny]

Domain Agents are no scam.
Anything you need to know you can direct your questions
@DomainAgents Staff.

I sent them a PM.

Peace,
Cy

 

[Cdomains]

I have done a deal with them and I will tell you my experience.

I was contacted out of the blue by DA about a domain I had.

It was not listed at DA or anywhere else.

It was one of the domains I used and was not for sale.

I was asked to create an account and respond to the buyer's offer.

Their first offer was $200, which is the minimum amount they allow for a buyer to make.

I responded with my offer.

By the way, all the negotiating is done within the interface in your account.

We went back and forth with counter offers for about a month and finally agreed on a price.

DA setup the transaction and the sale was handled through Escrow/com, and DA was the broker.

The buyer paid the broker fee.

I had to deal with the buyer myself to transfer the domain.

There were a few problems (not on DA's part) and we worked it out OK.

The domain was successfully transferred to the buyer and I was paid.

It was mostly a painless process.

There was a point where the buyer was not responding and I had to ask DA to help.

Also, you will not know who the buyer is while you are negotiating, although I was able to figure this out because I had their IP address.

It was visible in the interface.

That's it.

 

[biggie]

to OP

in the future, try using the forum's "search feature".
it's a fricking library of information and all you gotta do is type in a keyword, phrase or question

imo....

 

[Pierre Barnard]

Hey buddy, I have listed my domains there, and also supplied many domains in their previous "wanted" area. I have never heard a single word/email/response from them in months. Just my experience.

 

[DomainAgents]

hmmm missed that. (just woke up. eye crispies got in the way lol)

say whaaaaaaaa??? that's a twist! lol but I gotta register right? right now talking to them via email.

I took a quick look at the offer on your domain. This was actually a 'free' offer that didn't require the buyer to buy a credit. We're testing this with one of our registrar partners to make sure it converts (ie buyer follows through etc). If you have your domain listed for sale on our or another marketplace and the buyer comes from the registrar we're testing with, the buyer has the option to make an offer without buying a credit. They are still responsible for paying the commission and escrow fees should you reach a deal with them.

So there isn't a payout on this offer, but yes, on 90% of the offers we send out we offer the domain seller $10 as long as they at least make a counter offer.

 

[Hypersot]

I don't think they're a scam Avtar.

I have sold a domain through them in the past after they approached me on behalf of the buyer.
Very clean process with no problems whatsoever.

That was about a year and a half ago however

 

[Kuffy]

The price you get is really dependant on your negotiating skills. It was a .com cam name, and I'm still trying to work out how to value names in the current market. The initial offer was $100, and we agreed on $2,000 after a couple of months of negotiating. I suspect I undersold the name, but I'm backing away from porn associations, and the buyer turned it into a porn site. He paid my final asking price, so I've no complaints with the deal.

 

[internext]

They are legit, and never spammed me

@DomainAgents why did you remove the domains requested feature?

 

[NPer]

Hi all,
We ask you to register so you can negotiate with the buyer directly on the site. We're happy to help via email or on the phone, but it's obviously faster if you login. Let me know if you have any questions.

Yes, it's a great platform actually.

Sold through them, and I have to say that DomainAgents support is the best I've encountered on any platform-it's really fast and efficient for both the buyer and the seller.

 

[Cdomains]

9 times outta 10. I'd type in the keyword or phrase ( as best I can)

and never find it.

I agree, the search function here does not always return the best or most relevant results.

Sometimes I just do a NP site search using Google and it tends to get better results.

 

[Cdomains]

why haven't I heard of these guys before?

I had never heard of them or used them before I had the first offer from them.

Now they are one of the marketplaces I list all my domains at.

They are a real marketplace now too.

First they were just brokers, but last year they launched their marketplace.

They improve things all the time.

The marketplace started off kind of slow, but now it is just like the others we all use.

It can't hurt to list your domains there.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I also received an inquiry from DomainAgents today, it does seem they have been busy.

nice! Apologies Domain Agents! as I have been informed by NP that the word Scam can't be deleted from this.

Anyone reading this. I am convinced and happy to say DomainAgents is Legit and not a scam. Thanks.

 

[DomainAgents]

Theory. I think DA is the cheapest way for big corps to contact domain owners secretly so domainers can't find out who they are and snag the domains they really want for a shekel or two.. because if domain owners snag get wind they are being contacted by big companies the price gets jacked up

Especially if your whois is public and you can be reached via contact email?

corps like CSC charge a hell of a lot more. Don't know about sedo or godaddy .I looked into it as a fake company interested in their services. Big money for sure.$xxx depending.

This why I have come to a conclusion go HIGh with any DA tire kickers.

What do you have to lose?

Can always go low in 14 days.

Stand your ground!

DA won't mind they get a commission regardless.

Our buyers really span the spectrum from low to high end. They come to us from our registrar partners, whois sites, our own marketplace etc and range from people looking for domains for their personal blogs to startups and large corps. We always suggest responding to offers even if the opening offer seems low. It gives you a chance to negotiate and you never know what someone's budget ultimately is.

 

[xsdomain]

i've sold three four domains through their platform over the years. There was never any issue. I can't say anything bad about them.

 

[Datalife]

Well recently, I gotten an offer from these guys. Supposedly someone wants to buy my domain. I thought the would-be buyer was just a lowballer, so I ignored it. But here's what happened. A guy from there kept emailing me and trying to get me to sign up with them, promising me $10 if I did just that.

So ok, I relented and signed up. And then I see the offer is not exactly a very low ball offer, but something $x,xxx. Well, I am more intrigued.

So I asked back the dude from DomainAgents a few questions. What a freaking disappointment!

He never replied me. And then I asked the general email "support" the same questions, and till now NO REPLY. It has been days already.

And NO $10 still....

I am very inclined to think they are a SCAM.....there is no reason they can't reply my simple question. Screw them.

 

[domeen]

I have also sold some domains with them, using escrow.com

 

[DomainAgents]

@DomainAgents why did you remove the domains requested feature?

Domainers really liked it, but we found buyers were more lukewarm. We want it to work for everybody, so we're rethinking it and if we can tweak it we'll likely try it again. We're big on trying and testing new ideas. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

to OP

in the future, try using the forum's "search feature".
it's a fricking library of information and all you gotta do is type in a keyword, phrase or question

imo....

thanks but the "search feature" leaves something to be desired honestly. For example, I don't post in the VR thread much.you know the one. it's the one with 1 million + views and 500K + replies? well you would think doing a search for say VR Domains or Virtual Domains would pull that thread to the very top of the searches. but nope. you gotta dig thru 10+ pages just to find it. (IF THAT)

There are times too that I remember reading something on here that I "liked" and I like alot of stuff on here. so instead of checking what I've liked best to do a search like you've said.

9 times outta 10. I'd type in the keyword or phrase ( as best I can)

and never find it.

that's when I'm forced to have to ask the stupid question like " anyone remember the thread about..........?"

I think I did it once or twice because I really needed the info again.

like for example. I want to dig up an thread on here that mentioned the sale of a NNNNL domain? I know it sold for $63K? if I do a search for $63K or $63,000 you know I'd never find it even if I did title search.

it will either not show in the results or get buried among thee other "similar" threads.

so it's not exactly bulletproof.

But thanks for the advice either way. I already understood that believe me. posting seems more efficient. plus helps with Namepros bottomline creating a page that generates income for the site.

 

[rockefeller]

I've sold several domains through them, they were all unsolicited offers that the buyer paid to make. The buyer pays around $20 to make the offer. I've only had one offer not convert to a sale. Right now I have one $500 and one $5000 sale being processed through them and Escrow.com. They also pay you $10 just to participate in the negotiations. I believe Richard Lau is one of the co-founders of domainagents as well.

 

[internext]

^^^^No, they pay YOU (the seller) to participate

 

[Cdomains]

thanks. I guess part of me is skeptical not because of the company but because it was a $1.99 reg on my part plus it's "WhoaList..com"? lol

I have a huge list of way better keyword domains. and THIS ONE gets a bite?

doesn't make no kinda sense that's why it smelled "phishy". lol

I have said this many times before at NP---

I cant believe the names people buy sometimes.

I see terrible names sell all the time.

Names I would never invest in.

I guess there is no accounting for taste.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Why people buy certain names is a mystery to me, but they do.

You may have hand regged the domain for just a few bucks, but the buyer doesn't know that.

They only know they want the name, even if you can't understand their interest in it.

Do not under price this domain just because you think it is a shi**y name.

The buyer put up $200.00 to negotiate with you.

They must be serious, and this is the reason DA set a minimum asking price, to weed out tire kickers.

Go for it!!!!

 

[rockefeller]

$19.95 to be exact.