Domainlore charging 5%

[LCHappy]

He does cover that - you are the product

I did see that but I don't agree with it on the above two. I actually don't believe the general statement that much ( believe the investors are the product), but that's a different story for another day.

 

[aZooZa]

His ad hominem rants and raves don't bother me. He's emailed me twice now; I won't post those emails as I don't believe tactics like that are ethical. He also alludes to a staff member here in a pejorative manner.

To clarify my criticism of his acceptance procedures, of course I understand he has an automatic route for some sellers (including myself) to feature in the 'gem' section without review. It's the rejection/demotion of submissions prepended with the '!' character that have often been the subject of my surprise.

Perhaps a little humility is called for when it comes to his public relations policies.

 

[bluerock]

Denys is in Malta?

On holiday with Rob??

 

[boxfish]

The guy is clearly on some ego-trip.

From your blog comment:
"Sorry to hear I've upset you also, let me think of a way to make it up to you while I count my money."

From your sales thread
"Feel free to bicker over it though, while I'm counting my money"

Yep, that other guy is definitely on an ego trip

 

[BREWSTERS]

From your blog comment:
"Sorry to hear I've upset you also, let me think of a way to make it up to you while I count my money."

From your sales thread
"Feel free to bicker over it though, while I'm counting my money"

Yep, that other guy is definitely on an ego trip

Probably just counting it before handing it over to the solicitor.

 

[DesD]

I think I’ll abandon this community if this nonsense continues. The time for schoolyard politics is long past.

 

[Nigel]

I like domainlore and I like this forum. All of us in business want to get a reasonable return for effort and initiative. The seasoned domainlore users are happy with the service provided and the fees charged. 5% on some of the best sales is good value in my view. A lot of our sales are commission free as the £5 entry fee is refunded on hidden gems that sell. That's initiative - letting users sell domains for nothing - long may it continue

 

[philiporchard]

A shame there's friction.

I found that selling 4 or 5 domains on DL - all around the 5k mark - was a positive experience.

I've never had an issue buying on DL either.

I'm not interested in getting stuck into the current discussion - just mentioning my own experience.

 

[meslam123]

I wouldn't even bother getting my Nominet membership without the few sales made at Domainlore in the past, %5 is very reasonable.

 

[Admin]

@aZooZa I see Denys has updated his blog post to include your most recent post in this thread. The guy is a total maniac, let's be honest. Thinks he's God of the domain space, his website boasts £2,907,841 in actual sales since 2009, 10 years deep!!! I know people who made that in one year @Admin I see he is also now attacking you, personally I think DomainLore should be a banned word on this forum and totally blacklisted

I think it's only right that this forum stops helping DL with a dedicated 'for auction on DL' option etc and disallow promotion of auctions over there.

 

[Adam H]

I think it's only right that this forum stops helping DL with a dedicated for sale on DL option etc and disallow promotion of auctions over there.

I'm in two minds as to if its worth your time restricting things here, there is obviously a dislike between you both for what ever reason. But it's a pain in the arse in my opinion to see a sale/auction thread and not have a link to click through to or not even know where the auction has taken place. It's a hinderance and poor user experiance for the majority of us whom already know DL exists.

I vote to rising above it and keeping it easy for members not that my opinion counts for much as I don't trade much on DL at all but still.

 

[super-whois]

I think it's only right that this forum stops helping DL with a dedicated 'for auction on DL' option etc and disallow promotion of auctions over there.

Or you could disable the Acorn Newsbot which seems to only post Sold Domains on DL

 

[armistice]

I think it's only right that this forum stops helping DL with a dedicated 'for auction on DL' option etc and disallow promotion of auctions over there.

I think in the interests of fairness, if your going down that route you also need to disallow promotion of sedo, UKBackorder, ebay etc too.
Really what is the difference to the average acorn user where an auction is being run? Very few on here like sedo why not ban them too?

 

[Murray]

I think it's only right that this forum stops helping DL with a dedicated 'for auction on DL' option etc and disallow promotion of auctions over there.

It's not just helping the platform it's helping the users here too

I think it would be a terrible, terrible (so bad I had to put it twice) decision to not allow DL promotions on here

 

[Nigel]

Deary me - if we threw our toys out of the pram at everything that upsets us we wouldn't do business with anyone. I hope that DL isn't shut out of the threads. I'm sure the majority on this forum are happy users of DL.

 

[super-whois]

Where is the fairness from Denys?

I cannot comment on this, but I assume you're aware of the Nominet Members' Code?

 

[timter51]

 

[LCHappy]

I think it's only right that this forum stops helping DL with a dedicated 'for auction on DL' option etc and disallow promotion of auctions over there.

As he said, "smart people know that nothing is for free". Perhaps 1% of the final price for anyone that links to them? or £2 to post a link. Why should you do DLs marketing for them for free?

I notice people disagreeing with you making a couple of quid, but happy for Denys to charge. I don't understand that.

 

[Nigel]

Many of us who post auction entries pay for a certain level of membership - that gives us certain allowances and PMs. So that is income for the forum. In addition it helps create content and activity and other ways to monetise. I'd say everything was running fine - so why change it?

 

[newguy]

The anger could probably benefit from being dialled down from all sides. None of this really benefits anyone. I think in his shoes I'd just put 5% on all sales just to ensure that there is no ambiguity, or subjective aspect to anything going forward.