Flippa and a lot of other sites are currently down due to a problem at Amazon. TechCrunch reported: Amazon’s S3 web-based storage service is experiencing widespread issues, leading to service that’s either partially or fully broken on websites, apps and devices upon which it relies. The AWS offering provides hosting for images for a lot of sites, and also hosts entire websites, and app backends … [Read more...]
Flippa’s $1 reserve auction is not going forward
Flippa will not be proceeding with their $1 reserve auction An update was given by Kevin Fink in a comment here on TLDinvestors.com. We are not proceeding with this $1 Reserve “Showcase” Auction. We did not receive the inventory needed to conduct a worthwhile auction for our sellers. This was understandable, given the considerable risk in launching with a $1 reserve. We will have an announcement in … [Read more...]
Flippa is looking for submissions for a $1 reserve auction
I received an email this afternoon from Flippa about a potential upcoming auction showcase. They are looking to promote the auction heavily according to the email. You must be willing to set a $1 starting price and they would like the domain to be valued at greater than $1,000. I will be interested to see how many submissions they get. Kevin Fink commented, To be clear, we won’t be running this … [Read more...]
Flippa successfully brokers 0123.com for a record price
I received confirmation tonight from Kevin Fink that Flippa's Devoir Funches has successfully brokered 0123.com for $252,500. The domain is 20 years old, one of the earlier 4N.com registrations. This is the highest reported sale of a 4N.com. Namebio lists only 7 four number.com sales for $100,000 or more. 8181.com 225,000 USD 2015-11-15 Pvt Sale 9595.com 180,000 USD 2015-07-19 Pvt … [Read more...]
ShipYourEnemiesGlitter 16 Months Later – Business is Booming
In the May edition of Entrepreneur magazine there is a feature on Peter Boychuk, the Georgia native that purchased ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com for $85,000 on Flippa. Boychuk was the high bidder in what was deemed Flippa's most active website auction ever. The website and auction got a ton of outside press from the likes of The Guardian, Venture Beat who deemed it "perhaps the easiest money ever made in … [Read more...]
Did JayD.com sell for over $638,000 ?
Jayd.com is showing sold on Flippa for $638,654. The sale shows as a classified sale, the domain was registered in 2000 and the whois shows the registrant before the sale as, Domain Consignment is an eNom Technology Partner. *UPDATE* Kevin Fink left a comment saying it has not sold and the sale was reversed. Hopefully Flippa will confirm or explain if there was an error. … [Read more...]
Kevin Fink discusses the history and a look forward after Flippa Firestorm on Namepros
Kevin Fink made several updates to what is going on at Flippa in what is certainly the thread of the week if not the year on Namepros. At the end of his comments he started a new topic which is a look forward. Shane Bellone posted."So you THOUGHT Flippa was shady?" on Wednesday and the thread is still going strong on Saturday. It is safe to say all hell has broken loose, the conversation has gone into a … [Read more...]
Former Flippa Super Seller Tells All
Shane Bellone who is a member on Namepros was also a super seller on Flippa, Shane posted that his super status was revoked. He believes it was done because he pointed out other listings that he felt were less than on the up and up. Shane posted his take on what it is really like to sell on Flippa. It certainly is an interesting read. To be fair Kevin Fink does reply in the thread which is real eye … [Read more...]
A Must Read Interview with Kevin Fink on all things Flippa
Kevin Fink came back for a second interview and delved into a wide variety of topics. From shill bids, to brokerage, to escrow and more. We hope you enjoy the interview and feel free to ask questions in the comments. We are sitting down again with Kevin Fink to talk all things Flippa. The first interview was very well received and Flippa has only watched its profile in domain-only sales grow. 1) What … [Read more...]
You May Want To Consider Choosing Namepros For Your 4L.com Auctions
When it comes to 4L.com auctions, especially for those that are not super premium like an actual word or cvcv.com, Namepros may be a worthwhile alternative to Flippa. When selling on Namepros you have no listing fee, commission or promotional expenses. Namepros has also built in its own auction promotional tool for free. The negatives would be no reserves, you may not want to put certain names up and … [Read more...]
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