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Flippa, like ebay, can make you very nervous, but just trust in yourself. If it has value, someone will be paying for it. I know you won't be totally relieved until it actually does sell for what you think is a fair amount, but the whole thing will (most likely) end up fine.

If it doesn't, you have that reserve right? So really, no need to worry too much.

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RichMag 12 years ago

Like everyone else has said, dont worry about it until the last day or 2. I sell sites on Flippa all the time and 99% of my bids come within the last 6 hours of the auction ending.
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jharr53301

12 years ago

ahh Thanks OhioWriter for that advice and the boost of confidence

Yes, I have the reserve set to the lowest price I'm willing to accept.

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jharr53301

12 years ago

@RichMag wow, thats good to hear as well. I feel a little more relieved now

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joekoffi

12 years ago

I remember when I sold my first site there. I thought it was useless until a few days to last day when I got hits from here and there. Don't know why people wait for last minute. Maybe because they think seller will accept any price as deadline draws near or what?

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jharr53301

12 years ago

@joekoffi LOL, that's how I was feeling until I heard everyone's comment. Wonder if people also wait until the last minute to hit the buy it now button LOL

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JasonB

12 years ago

Maybe no-one is interested in what you have for sale there?

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Jayson Masters

12 years ago

Hey jharrr,

I have done flipping on Flippa before so I know and agree with the rest when they say you have to be patient

For all you know, there will be bidders bidding for your website at the last 4 hours... extending the entire auction for another 2 to 3 days

Happened to me a few times so no worries!

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jharr53301

12 years ago

@Jayson Thank you for the positive encouragement. That is very good news to hear! I'm definitively feeling more patient now. I love this forum! You guys are the best

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Thomas Smale

12 years ago

Do you still only have 3 watchers? That's not very many. Even on unpopular auctions I'd expect at least 50. I can take a look at your auction if you like and give you some tips (drop me a PM if you don't want it public).

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Mike McLeod

12 years ago

You"ll start receiving bids or in last couple hours (when you site will appear in ending soon list) or will not receive at all. Unless you upgrade it to front page listing ($50).

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JasonB

12 years ago

Originally Posted by jharr53301

Hi: I listed a 7 day auction that has 3 days left on it and it doesn't have any Bids yet. But it has 3 watchers. Is that BAD that it has NO Bids yet?

I started it off at $1 with a reserve. I haven't received any questions or comments to date.

Can you PM me your listing?

I would like to check it out.

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flx89

12 years ago

there's no guarantee you'll make the sale if you place and add

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LukePeerFly

12 years ago

You should link us to the listing. I'd like to take a look as well

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Autowriter1

12 years ago

Like all above posters said, your bids will start flowing in very, very soon.

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Daniel Wilson

12 years ago

When the first comes in others will follow. Most of the in the last few hours.

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jharr53301

12 years ago

I just got my first Bid! I have it set so I can approve bids - I read thats the best way so you can screen your bidders and weed out the fraudsters. BUT how do you know they are fraudsters. This person is a new person who only signed up 1 hour ago, lol rolling my eyes. ALSO - if I approve 1 bid from a Bidder, does that mean all their future bids will get automatically approved too? I'm thinking since this person is new and they bid low that I can approve this bid just to get the bidding going. But I don't want to do that if approving his 1 bid will approve all his future bids. His username sounds kind of shady.

Any advise on this PLEASE?

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Thomas Smale

12 years ago

Originally Posted by jharr53301

I just got my first Bid! I have it set so I can approve bids - I read thats the best way so you can screen your bidders and weed out the fraudsters. BUT how do you know they are fraudsters. This person is a new person who only signed up 1 hour ago, lol rolling my eyes. ALSO - if I approve 1 bid from a Bidder, does that mean all their future bids will get automatically approved too? I'm thinking since this person is new and they bid low that I can approve this bid just to get the bidding going. But I don't want to do that if approving his 1 bid will approve all his future bids. His username sounds kind of shady.

Any advise on this PLEASE?

If his bid is under reserve, just accept it.

You can choose whether or not to always accept their bids. If you don't know them, always accept/reject bids manually.

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jharr53301

12 years ago

Ok, so just to confirm - yes, it is under reserve. So if I accept this 1st bid from him and he bids again later with a 2nd bid, can I choose to reject his second bid?

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Thomas Smale

12 years ago

Originally Posted by jharr53301

Ok, so just to confirm - yes, it is under reserve. So if I accept this 1st bid from him and he bids again later with a 2nd bid, can I choose to reject his second bid?

Yes. As long as you don't select "accept all bids" from this bidder.

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jharr53301

12 years ago

OMG! I'm so nervous!!! Only 38 minutes left on my auction. It has 6 bids and is just $5 shy of my reserve!!! I'm so mad! I made a newbie mistake and should have accepted the last guys bid with option to lower the reserve!! Now my auction might now sell

Do people bid the last few minutes of auction UGGH!! So mad at myself.

Also next time I am going to wait for like the last few hours before making it Featured if that's possible because I featured at like 2 days left and ever since the last day or so it's nowhere near page 1 on featured its like on page 3!! That was a waste I feel I did it too early.

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JasonB

12 years ago

People bid in the last few seconds of an auction...

You really just need to relax... If it doesn't sell, try again!

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Chris Grable 12 years ago

Interesting thread. I got here at just the right time. How did the auction turn out for you?
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minisitedevil

12 years ago

Good luck. Hope the bids come in for you

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jharr53301

12 years ago

Not so great

It did not sell! It would have had I had my reserve like $5 cheaper!!! So I offered a second chance offer to the highest bidder. Hoping he accepts it.

But I learned alot - think next time I'm gonna get the site some traffic at minimum and maybe some sales first. But I see sites selling on there all the time with no traffic and no sales.

Problem is with a site with no traffic, people are only gonna pay so much. And by the time you pay like $80 for listing and featured - if you sell the site for $130 you make a measly $38 bucks if that. Not really worth all the hassle.

So I wonder if you don't do featured can the site still sell for around that amount? Uggh!

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getano

12 years ago

Originally Posted by jharr53301

Not so great

It did not sell! It would have had I had my reserve like $5 cheaper!!! So I offered a second chance offer to the highest bidder. Hoping he accepts it.

But I learned alot - think next time I'm gonna get the site some traffic at minimum and maybe some sales first. But I see sites selling on there all the time with no traffic and no sales.

Problem is with a site with no traffic, people are only gonna pay so much. And by the time you pay like $80 for listing and featured - if you sell the site for $130 you make a measly $38 bucks if that. Not really worth all the hassle.

So I wonder if you don't do featured can the site still sell for around that amount? Uggh!

I am sorry you didn't make the sale! You put a lot of heart into it!
I like your enthusiasm and I really think that the last bidder will accept your offer!
All the best!

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abdin66 12 years ago

Well done with your first Flippa sale! I liked your story as I am also engaged with my very first Flippa sale.

Thanks also to other Warriors for all the good advice on this thread for selling on Flippa.

Cheers
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jharr53301

12 years ago

Yay!! He accepted my Offer! I just sold my 1st Site on Flippa!!!!

Ps. Whipping my brow! Learned alot, next time will do some things different.

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sbucciarel Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by jharr53301

Yay!! He accepted my Offer! I just sold my 1st Site on Flippa!!!!

Ps. Whipping my brow! Learned alot, next time will do some things different.

Good job. Glad you got it sold.
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