whiteblackseo
Elite Member
- Apr 11, 2015
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Yeah she annoying af
Flippa getting desperate?
- Thread starter KnightRider
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Yeah she annoying af
- Feb 12, 2018
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Yeah they have completely messed up the platform at this point.
Few weeks ago had 5 premium auctions - 4 of them didn't even reach to the point where i could make the listing fee back.
They are also short on Staff, their support doesn't even work on weekends anymore so that's a pretty significant indicator that things are bad.
Listings that got 2000 views now get only 200 - This goes worse by day as more and more buyers are not coming back because of the design faults and the retarded navigation system.. they still dont care to fix it.
The mobile app is broken at least over a year - If you log in you see some white empty box on the middle of the screen.. takes time to navigate around that especially if you are new.
They settle disputes now for 2 weeks - I need to remind them that i have some open otherwise they wont do anything at all.
I've won all my disputes in the past so they offer a free relist.. now the things are so bad that yesterday they offered me 15 $ cashback for a 65 $ listing and only if i asked where is my free relist.. they gave me 15 $ and then i needed to contact them to get the other 50 $ - They are really desperate there.. quite honestly I dont believe that this situation goes back to normal, which is sad because it was a great source to take that extra 4-5 K monthly.
There are just so many things wrong there, how can the management be just so fucked up is beyond my mind.
Few weeks ago had 5 premium auctions - 4 of them didn't even reach to the point where i could make the listing fee back.
They are also short on Staff, their support doesn't even work on weekends anymore so that's a pretty significant indicator that things are bad.
Listings that got 2000 views now get only 200 - This goes worse by day as more and more buyers are not coming back because of the design faults and the retarded navigation system.. they still dont care to fix it.
The mobile app is broken at least over a year - If you log in you see some white empty box on the middle of the screen.. takes time to navigate around that especially if you are new.
They settle disputes now for 2 weeks - I need to remind them that i have some open otherwise they wont do anything at all.
I've won all my disputes in the past so they offer a free relist.. now the things are so bad that yesterday they offered me 15 $ cashback for a 65 $ listing and only if i asked where is my free relist.. they gave me 15 $ and then i needed to contact them to get the other 50 $ - They are really desperate there.. quite honestly I dont believe that this situation goes back to normal, which is sad because it was a great source to take that extra 4-5 K monthly.
There are just so many things wrong there, how can the management be just so fucked up is beyond my mind.
- Feb 12, 2018
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- 6,520
Nothing happens, the sale gets stuck and you can just dispute it.
kweiss
Power Member
- Feb 3, 2016
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But if the buyer ignores the dispute, then you wont get paid at all?
KnightRider
Regular Member
- Oct 4, 2009
- 375
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Flippa has been going downhill steadily for quite few years now but things have really accelerated in last few weeks. Looking at these wholesale new changes it has become pretty clear to me that they have given up on the website otherwise the new changes wouldn't have made any sense. They are now looking to grab as much cash as possible from the sellers before they eventually sink.
This is what happened with my last two sales -
1. The guy placed BIN bid, paid throuh paypal, got the assets and finally lodged both Flippa and PayPal disputes. I won the PayPal dispute but Flippa one is still pending.
2. Another guy placed BIN bid, replied almost after 2 days and saying he did not place the bid and willing to pay $20 instead of $700. Looks like another competitor simply trying to waste my time.
Such incidents never happened with credit card verified bidder who are actually serious.
1. The guy placed BIN bid, paid throuh paypal, got the assets and finally lodged both Flippa and PayPal disputes. I won the PayPal dispute but Flippa one is still pending.
2. Another guy placed BIN bid, replied almost after 2 days and saying he did not place the bid and willing to pay $20 instead of $700. Looks like another competitor simply trying to waste my time.
Such incidents never happened with credit card verified bidder who are actually serious.
BrandingCat
Elite Member
- Jan 6, 2015
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New design sucks and all sales drop.
RIP me and RIP Flippa.
RIP me and RIP Flippa.
IrwinJ
Power Member
- Apr 25, 2018
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YES! Daily! "We've found a match for you" bullshit.
KnightRider
Regular Member
- Oct 4, 2009
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These morons have now stopped showing the domain name on the listing page! I can't comprehend what these people are doing anymore.
Is there an alternative? beside empire flippers
Machinecode
Junior Member
- Jul 7, 2019
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Yes soon as i read this headline i thought Ebay non payers wholesale.
Bad move in their part they have an awesome niche
Bad move in their part they have an awesome niche
Akinyande ayo
BANNED
- Feb 5, 2017
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I want to list the following for sale.
Techpally.com
Healthpally.com
Farmpally.com
Want to move to different project. Honest appraisal would be fine. I've built and ranked them and have hundreds of contents.
Also want someone who can help in selling them and receive commission.
Techpally.com
Healthpally.com
Farmpally.com
Want to move to different project. Honest appraisal would be fine. I've built and ranked them and have hundreds of contents.
Also want someone who can help in selling them and receive commission.
- May 27, 2009
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In today's economic climate, a company MUST remain on the cutting edge in order to consistently "one-up" their competition. In the case of Flippa, the primary decision makers are obviously steeped in egomaniac narcissism.
The changes they have made have CLEARLY devalued their brand, but like all narcissistic egotists, the Flippa leadership IS NOT listening to the people who made Flippa what it once was.
And yes, they are getting desperate.
I just unsubscribed from all of their email lists; which have morphed into annoying SPAM!
The changes they have made have CLEARLY devalued their brand, but like all narcissistic egotists, the Flippa leadership IS NOT listening to the people who made Flippa what it once was.
And yes, they are getting desperate.
I just unsubscribed from all of their email lists; which have morphed into annoying SPAM!
DixieMarketing
Regular Member
- Oct 11, 2013
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The quality of buyers is terrible on flippa and that is one reason why they have went in the toilet. I had listed multiple adsense websites for sales that ranged in income from $400 a month up to $50k a month and the same buyers would be sending me PM's about them know good and well they could not afford a site making $50k a month. Most are just fishing for how they can copy what you do. There is no vetting of the buyers at all
- Nov 16, 2011
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For small sites, there is none matching it.
- May 27, 2009
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Here are a few things a lot of people should know about Flippa.
- The Flippa founders, Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz are in the domain name business; they own, 1.DomainHoldings(dot)com. Know for a certainty that a percentage of the naked domains being marketed on Flippa come from their porfolio.
- Flippa actually bought, 2. PotatoParcel(dot).com and 3. ShipYourEnemiesGlitter(dot)com, plus other such websites. Both of those were down for a while; they probably came back online at the beginning of this year, don't quote me on any exact date though. I followed both transactions to see what the buyers would make of those sites, only to uncover that they were bought by Flippa.This tells me that Flippa is operating on both sides of the coin.
- On some naked domains, income generating websites and apps, bidders are likely COMPETING against Flippa.
- If you recall, Justin Cooke of 4. EmpireFlippers called Flippa to the carpet in May of 2012; Flippa responded 6 months later by making changes and then contacting Justin to provide an update. Prior to the changes, Flippa was showing a propensity for shady tactics from both the buyer's and seller's perspective
krishnaverma, I have a feeling that may change in 2020. I'm basing my feelings on the fact that countless site flippers, who produce quality sites, are not going to tolerate dealing with Flippa's shady buyers. Me personally, I DO NOT sell ANY domain name or website without using Escrow.com. I recently had a buyer offer $200.00 on a naked domain name. After accepting the offer, I initiated the transaction in Escrow.com and waited, and waited, and waited.
8 business days passed.
I looked under the transaction and noticed that he had not completed the credit card verification. I sent him an email, he responded by saying that he had completed it; again, that was not true! A few days later, he asked me could we use PayPal? My response? HELL to the $%$## No! Needless to say, he didn't complete the transaction. The current Flippa system breeds this type of conduct.
The EmpireFlippers system is a MUCH BETTER system in terms of vetting buyers from liars. BUT! Flippa would never implement those safety measures because they have been known to charge sellers the Final sales fee, even if the purchase did not go through. If the seller refused to pay that fee, their account was suspended.
Both buyers and sellers BEWARE on Flippa!
References
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1. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/05/20/737888/10135472/en/Flippa-Acquires-Domain-Holdings-Group.html
2. https://potatoparcel.com/
3. shipyourenemiesglitter.com
4. https://empireflippers.com/the-problem-with-flippa/