A Question for you Flippers - Flippas out there...

by garyv
4 replies
Ok - I recently sold a website on flippa for a decent amount. I've sold several sites on there for over $5k - and my own personal rule is to use only escrow if the amount is over $5k. So on this recent sale I'm using escrow.

My question is, it has been a week since the auction has finished, and the buyer's money has not shown up in escrow yet. So how long should I wait for this money, before I move on? I have another buyer w/ money in hand, but I don't want to sell it to him and underhand a deal made on flippa.

In the past I've never had to wait more than a day for a buyer to make payment. And I can't find anywhere on flippa where a time limit is covered. I'm trying to be polite w/ the original buyer, but it's frustrating that a buyer would bid on a site without having funds available first. Every time I ask buyer about the funds, he increases the wait time by a day or 2.

What would you do?
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  • Make sure you contact flippa and explain the situation. If they say you can drop the buyer after X number of days then do it and sell the site to the one with money in hand. Just be careful not to get marked as an underhanded dealer on flippa.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ronny Kibet
    Like Chris stated above, contact flippa and explain your situation. here is their contact info incase you missed it. https://flippa.com/contact
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  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    Thanks for that info, I'll see what they say. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I wouldn't wait any longer than 48 hrs. If they don't pay by then, I consider them a non-paying buyer and would definitely move on the buyer that has cash to buy it.
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