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Flippa: No bids yet should I be worried?

by Koval88
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Hello,
I listed 30 day auction on flippa, I listed it for such a cheap price and now 5 days left till the end of the auction I have only 9 watchers, over 230 views and 0 questions or comments. I paid $99 for the listing where I get featured listing. The domain itself is 8 years old which is about $2000 and the money I spent was over $5000 and I listed it starting $500 and no reserve. The site is established but not fully complete as I have no budget left to complete it. Should I be worried? The domain is not yet registered trademark and the trademark is available for it, I cannot register it because I had not launched the site yet.
Please let me know whats up with this and should I be worried about it? at first I saw views go by pretty quick but for nearly 2 weeks the watchers number stays the same and just a few more views on it.
How else should I advertise it?

Thank you!
#auction #bids #flippa #no bidding #worried
  • Profile picture of the author professorrosado
    Keep your reserve where you can spare to give it up for - lower your starting bid amount then to $1 and see what happens. In any case, the action should be seen within the last 24 hours of the sale.

    The state of your site could be an issue but we are not privy to review it so I can't comment on it. It is my experience and that of other fellow Warriors that Flippa does not have the buyers you are hoping to attract. Basically, income is what sells on Flippa for money - the bulk of the remainder are cheap starter sites and re-flippable sites.

    Package your auction accordingly.
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    • Profile picture of the author Koval88
      Originally Posted by professorrosado View Post

      Keep your reserve where you can spare to give it up for - lower your starting bid amount then to $1 and see what happens. In any case, the action should be seen within the last 24 hours of the sale.

      The state of your site could be an issue but we are not privy to review it so I can't comment on it. It is my experience and that of other fellow Warriors that Flippa does not have the buyers you are hoping to attract. Basically, income is what sells on Flippa for money - the bulk of the remainder are cheap starter sites and re-flippable sites.

      Package your auction accordingly.
      damn if that's the case I could be screwed, I changed it to $1 bid. Should I had just list it as just the domain name and include all the other stuff additionally? I am hoping it would be sold so I would not lose as much money into it. its a niche unique idea but I am not sure if people would like it. There is also extra domains and site that I am selling with it.
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      • Profile picture of the author professorrosado
        I can only comment on what you said because you have not provided the auction url for anyone else to take a look. I also don't know the domain..how can I answer your question?

        My replies are general as I have no visual auction to comment on and so it will be with any other commenting on this thread.

        Also, set your reserve*** You can't get screwed if your reserve is set appropriately. You don't have to sell it if the reserve is not met. If your site is deemed valuable by auctioneers, they will clash with each other while your profit increases. This is your best scenario.
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        • Profile picture of the author Koval88
          Originally Posted by professorrosado View Post

          I can only comment on what you said because you have not provided the auction url for anyone else to take a look. I also don't know the domain..how can I answer your question?

          My replies are general as I have no visual auction to comment on and so it will be with any other commenting on this thread.

          Also, set your reserve*** You can't get screwed if your reserve is set appropriately. You don't have to sell it if the reserve is not met. If your site is deemed valuable by auctioneers, they will clash with each other while your profit increases. This is your best scenario.
          Oh I'm sorry I did not read your post properly, I was on my mobile device so it was fairly more difficult.
          I sold a site on flippa before with this site because it has not been launched that could be my problem the website was always under construction I had pretty good alexa rank and google page rank of 2 due to the domain name. But since the site was offline and has been on sub domain there is the problem
          Thank you!
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          • Profile picture of the author professorrosado
            One part I think should be addressed and that is your statement about how much you've spent on this site. I don't refer to your listing of what you're getting, but to the statement that you spent $5,000 so far...so what? Is this supposed to reflect value or your graciousness in spending money which many will not share?

            Your listing of what you'll get is fine and can be enhanced to support your expenses thus far, but I believe some people will get turned off even from bidding because they already can tell that you will not part with the site too easily. Your auction needs a few bids to show interest even for those who want to flip it.

            You would get more interest and higher result if you'd spend some time in building some community (users).
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            • Profile picture of the author Koval88
              Originally Posted by professorrosado View Post

              One part I think should be addressed and that is your statement about how much you've spent on this site. I don't refer to your listing of what you're getting, but to the statement that you spent $5,000 so far...so what? Is this supposed to reflect value or your graciousness in spending money which many will not share?

              Your listing of what you'll get is fine and can be enhanced to support your expenses thus far, but I believe some people will get turned off even from bidding because they already can tell that you will not part with the site too easily. Your auction needs a few bids to show interest even for those who want to flip it.

              You would get more interest and higher result if you'd spend some time in building some community (users).
              Thanks for your advice! As it hasn't been complete I can't be launching it. In order to do so id have to work a lot on SEO and advertising for which I currently don't have sufficient funds. I'm hoping is sell good
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