by LarryC
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I recently posted a domain for sale on Flippa. As of yesterday, the auction price was up to a whooping $10. So Flippa sent me an email encouraging me to reduce my reserve price to $11! When you consider the listing fee, the cost of the domain and Flippa's commission (a minimum of $10), that would mean close to a $20 loss. They very helpfully pointed out that with a lower reserve, it would be easier to make a sale! Not only that, but every time I check my dashboard, I get an invitation to lower the reserve to $1 above the current bid.

I understand that Flippa makes more money when customers sell sites and domains, for whatever price, but this is just so blatantly self-serving that it doesn't reflect well on the company at all. It just makes it obvious that they care more about making a few extra dollars in commissions than serving the interests of their customers.
  • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
    They probably have an automated script telling everyone to do that. Your case might just have been an outlier scenario that they didn't consider.
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    • Profile picture of the author LarryC
      Originally Posted by Sumit Menon View Post

      They probably have an automated script telling everyone to do that. Your case might just have been an outlier scenario that they didn't consider.
      Yes, I'm sure the process is automated. I doubt if they have admins manually writing to people. I don't think I'm an outlier, though, because the message is only generated when bidding is lower than the reserve. It's a safe bet that only a small percentage of auctions reach the reserve price early on.
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  • Profile picture of the author DWaters
    My experiendce with flippa was negative. I had a decent sounding domain for sale and got zero response.
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