Introducing Freemarket.com - Helping entrepreneurs buy and sell websites and domains

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We've seen a lot of Warriors trying to sell their websites/domains while attracting high listing fees and minimum commissions from other marketplaces. We think that's just wrong!

"Their fees are ridiculous. This means if you have a small site that you want to sell for $100 then they get 20 percent." - Mike McAleer

"15% fee is crazy, that is more than tax!" - mrelk159

We decided to solve this problem and create an easy way for you to buy and sell websites and domains. I'm very excited to announce the launch of Freemarket.com. We created Freemarket.com to solve your pain! It's built by Warriors for Warriors.

Freemarket.com is the easiest and most affordable online marketplace to buy and sell websites or domains. It's 100% free to list your domain or website and we only take 5% commission when we find you a buyer.

We've created this Freemarket.com Discussion forum for discussion around buying and selling domains and established websites. I also want to introduce the Freemarket.com product manager, Jimmy Young to all of you. He's done an amazing job in getting Freemarket.com up. We'd love to hear your thoughts, suggestions and feedback on Freemarket.com.

Get ahead of your competition and list your website or domain with us today.


We've linked your Warrior Forum account with a Freemarket.com account. If you click on the link above you'll be automatically logged into Freemarket.com. You can press the reset password link on the Freemarket.com site in order to set your Freemarket.com password.
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  • Hey everyone!

    My name's Jimmy and I'm the product manager for Freemarket.com. I'm very excited to bring this product to you guys. I've heard the constant complains on the forum about the high listing fees and minimum commissions on other marketplaces.

    Freemarket is free to list and has the lowest commissions in the industry (and only when you get paid). I look forward to seeing you guys on Freemarket.com, and would love to hear your feedback and suggestions.
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    • Hey Jimmy I posted the same website for sale on there twice,.....how do I delete one ?
    • I guess I don't quite understand. I listed my timesharefun.com on Freemarket.com. After reviewing further it would appear after I paid for a highliter heading for $15 that at the end of 21 days or 30 days I would have to continue to list my website for $9.95 per month, is that right?
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  • Hello everyone

    We're pretty excited to launch Freemarket today. One thing that was immediately obvious after we acquired Warrior Forum was how bad the existing solutions were for buying and selling domain names and websites on the Internet. I read post after post from Warriors complaining about how expensive and impractical it was to sell domains on other sites.

    One Warrior complained that they listed a domain for $10 only to be charged a $19 minimum fee! They took his domain and charged him 9 for the privilege. Selling a $100 domain costs almost 20%! This is ridiculous, we thought- there has to be a better way.

    So we took your feedback and worked around the clock to deliver freemarket.com - a domain and website marketplace for designed by Warriors, for Warriors.

    With all your help we will make this the #1 site on the Internet for buying and selling Internet real estate - so give us your feedback!! Tell us what you want and we'll build it. Tell us also what you hate about current solutions as well and we will work with you to find a way to do it better.

    Regards
    Matt
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    • Just a question. The traffic on freemarket is enough to sell fast a Website?
  • Thanks a lot for awesome start..
    Wish you all the best..
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    Well Alaister, Matt and Jimmy, this is actually pretty darned exciting to me. Looking over the site ... looks good. Real good.
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    I just clicked on the sign up page. I don't like using my personal Facebook to sign into business related sites, so I scrolled down to sign up and there's a radial checkbox to check that says

    I am looking to:
    Hire Work

    That needs to be changed. Bear in mind that a lot of users will be both buyers and selllers on a site like this.
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    • Yeh that's a good point Suzanne. We'll be improving the flow of the signup.
      At this stage you can select either option.
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    • Thanks for reporting this! Sent to the team to fix.
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  • This is very exciting.
    And yes I have used those "other" sites to buy and sell and the fees are horrible. I once traded my dog for the listing fees. (joking!)
    I look forward to this!
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    • lol yeh "other" sites charge you an arm and a leg.
      We're free to list and only charge commission when we help you find a buyer.

      Let us know if you need help listing your domains and websites.
  • You're going to need a lot of listings that are great "deals" to make this work and get people interested in buying.

    Right now on the site all I see are listings with high "Buy Now" prices. That won't attract a lot of buyers.

    You also need thumbnails.

    You also need to make sure where a listing says "6 Days Ending" it does not show "Listing Closed" when clicked. That becomes a pain to click on listings you think are still active but are in fact ended.

    The home page looks good, but the functions of the site are unappealing, imo. If I were a buyer coming in, I wouldn't stay long and I wouldn't come back.

    I'm not knocking this, by the way. I want it to work just as much as anyone. I'm sick of Flippa. Just trying to point out some areas for improvement in my own way.
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    • Hi Joan,
      Thanks for your feedback! These are actually open. We're syncing in a fix to allow you to bid now!
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  • What's with the "hire" or "work" option on the signup form? What's the point with that? It will only cause people confusion. Is that just a temporary Freelancer signup form or something?

    The sales pages for the listings look good.
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    • All of Joan's points are spot on. Seriously implement all her suggestions please !

      I think you have a lot former Flippa users, both buyers and sellers, who are viscerally repulsed by Flippa's (insert expletive here) terrible customer service.

      I was actually praying for a new strong competitor to finally emerge and the next morning I woke up and saw the twitter feed annoucing Free Market. AWESOME !!!!!!

      I know sellers who have been driven nearly insane by nonsensical and draconian responses from Flippa support.

      I have had REALLY good experiences with Freelancer.com's customer service.

      So I am truly excited and am happy to freely promote Freemarket every chance I get.

      If you have an affiliate plan for the site, I'll be first in line.

      I am looking forward to you guys blowing Flippa out of the water and becoming #1 quickly.

      CHEERS !

      Since Freelancer.com has a top notch interface, I know you'll work out any kinks the site currently has.

      What I would suggest is adding in every social media outlet you can to promote this new venture.

      I know that Freelancer/WF brings a staggering amount of traffic compared to Flippa, but it doesn't hurt to WIN everyone away from Flippa.

      Put up a Reddit page / Pinterest / Instagram / Etc.
  • This is such an amazing idea. A 5% instead of a whopping 15%. You guys totally rock. So excited to start using Free Marketing (btw, love the site's clean crisp design) But love the problem being solved even more!
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  • Looks like a nice idea.

    Will be interesting to see how this goes.

    Well done.
  • Mobile experience is clunky when it comes to filtering price range and revenue range etc.
    The bar won't move so I can't filter domains for under 1000 etc..
    Is there a portfolio option? I'm sure users have more than one and would would sell a lot at a discount?
    do you have to deposit money to buy?
    Can you sell under reserve?
    Do you have a valuation guide?
    It looks great and much better than sedo.. Just trying to give feedback
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    • Hey Cjtitley,
      Thanks for feedback. Let me talk to the engineering team about the filtering on mobile.

      At the moment there's no portfolio option, but we're always looking to build what our users really find value in! I'm sure many people would find a portfolio option valuable.

      If you win a bid, the buyer must deposit the full money before any transfer occurs.

      We don't have a valuation guide yet, but we have appraisal listings in the pipeline!
  • I'm excited. Thanks for this. I'll be buying and selling domains again.

    George Wright
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    • This is great! I am always happy to see competition for companies that keep raising their rates.
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    I just checked out "Other Website Products and Services" and this is what I got.



    Did you mean for that Freemarket stuff to be there? It says "Other Website Products and Services" and is a thriving marketplace in and of itself. As an advertiser there, I worry about the impact that this will have on our listings there. Freemarket should have it's own spot, don't you think?
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    • Hi Suzanne,

      Thank you for your screenshot

      I know you weren't brining this up but the table sizing issue is due to your browser. We were able to replicate that on firefox. We have fixed that issue.

      In regards to that table, we have decided to add that there in order to display the latest featured listings on Freemarket.com, being existing websites or domains for sale.

      We have changed the name of the remaining forum to "Other Website Products & Services" as most of them are not existing websites for sale. A lot are PLR sites or offers to create sites for other Warriors.


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  • Now this looks like an exciting site, I will take a look properly tomorrow but I think I will be listing a few sites and domains for sale having held onto them for a while mainly due to the insane commissions other sites have wanted for listing and selling them, nice one warrior forum for bringing this out.
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    • This is so cool, I hope this gives flippa a good run for their money.
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  • Very excited about this. Would be interesting how you pursue both buyers and sellers to make it #1 in the market.

    Visit this page and this should log you in provided you are logged in on Warrior Forum resulted in signup with an old freelancer account I had, not with Warrior Forum user id

    ~Mou
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    • Hi Mou,

      In your instance, we logged you into the Freelancer.com/Freemarket.com that has the same email address as your Warrior Forum account.
  • I'm really digging the domain name, freemarket.com. Finally something that can compete with Flippa!
    Good work!
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  • Awesome looking website. Also, just found another website which could possibly be useful for any website buyers looking for a second opinion purchasing a website or want to read website reviews about websites that are currently up for sale is on website marketplaces like Flippa etc is called FlipRated.com FlipRated.com Review Websites For Sale On Website Buy & Sell Marketplaces.

    Just read a couple of reviews and some are pretty spot on and made a lot of sense.
  • Curious about your headline... Seems misleading.

    "Helping Millions Of Entrepreneurs Like You Buy and Sell Websites"

    ...because when I scroll down I see "673 Websites & Domains" and it looks like this announcement came out, well, today.

    Obviously we all 'get' the power of copy-writing and social proof, but we also get the perils and potential issues with false advertising...

    Seems like you are missing an opportunity to lead by example with honest and ethical marketing and utilizing hype instead of fact.
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    • Yeh I know what you mean however Freelancer.com have over 13million users and warrior has over 800,000 members. I presume they're talking about helping these users buy and sell websites by saying millions.

  • Have you considered providing additional metrics through
    a service such as MajesticSEO who offer an API?

    Third party validated data such as backlinks, Domain
    Authority and Page Rank would be a BIG help to buyers.

    John
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    • Yes, Jimmy has this on the roadmap. Thanks for the feedback!
  • wonderful website to buy and sell domains
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  • I think 600 domains for sale will quickly turn to 6m. Great work Matt and Jimmy. Awesome project
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  • Sounds really cool - free to list and only a small percentage on sales. Hope this market really picks up.
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  • Why can't I get a verification email? I've tried to list multiple domains and last night it was fine - but now I can't get any verification emails?
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    • Can you please PM me your username or email address?
    • I listed six domains yesterday, but cannot get the links Iin the verification emails to work.
    • Love the new site..couple of issues though..

      The SMS verification doesn't work..tried to place bid and keep getting error code: Invalid verification code, please try again (tried 3 times)

      Also, no contact info anywhere on the site?

      Side note: would be great to have domain age, pr, back links, DA, PA on main page.

      Thanks,

      Neil
    • Why is there a "discussion board" ? Shouldn't that be private between the seller and the buyer?
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    • Awesome. I just posted my first listing in a snap. Very easy to use and affordable fees too. Thanks!
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  • For me, I am unable to verify my phone number - it says, this number is associated with another account. I never created an account with Freemarket, or ever gave this number.

    without verifying - I cannot list.
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    Update: I got it now, while entering the number, I had to enter my country code too. The country code dropdown on the left is dummy!

    Looks funny though - country code is twice!
    http://prntscr.com/4jkfs3
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    • Thanks for reporting this!
    • i think that it should be requirement for anyone selling a domain to veriffy domain ownership by email to the domain registrant. and for website salle additional requirement would be to place an code to a website. Website can be hacked (i got my site hacked many times) to but hack a website and domain registrant mailbox at same time would be unprobable.. buyers then can buy with better confidence that the sale is not faked
  • You have a PM Alistar
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    Ok ... I just listed my first domain. Why does it say "Ending recently" on it. I set the duration for 7 days.

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    Ok ... some feedback on features and how I use Flippa.

    I like to click on the tabs to filter the results into recently just sold, ending soon, most active, just listed, and reserve met.

    I also think it's a good idea to have tabs for Established sites and Startup sites. In addition to websites and domains, you should probably have a category for Apps.

    Need the ability to "Watch" a listing and to remove them from your watch list when ended.
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    Sorry for multiple posts, I'm just posting as I think of the features that I use the most in this kind of site.
    You need the ability to do custom searches, based on tags/keywords plus price, etc. and then be able to save those custom searches to perform them over and over. Maybe even to alert by email when listings meet those criteria.

    ADDED: Probably a good idea to verify ownership of domains and websites with an uploaded file to the domain or site folder that Freemarket verifies is there.

    For some reason, it listed one of my domains 3 times, 1 draft and 2 others. We need the ability to close auctions early if there aren't any bids that could win on them. I don't see that anywhere.
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    • Hi there

      Thanks for your feedback.

      We do verify ownership either from a file or email to the whois address.

      Will check on that issue.

      Regards
      Matt
  • Alaister, thank you so much for caring about fellow warriors. This is absolutely priceless!

    We've been ripped off on other platforms with the excessive various fees. Our profits margins can't even buy us the basics. You've shown value and goodwill.

    Great work!
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  • i'm so happy to list my blog for sale
    https://www.freemarket.com/sites/acn...le-Domain-1569
    Thank you Freemarket
  • Great news.

    Competition is good for all of us, especially the consumer/user.

    Already just today I see the first hint of lower fees with this email:

    "Flippa's Domain Catalog Fees Have Been Reduced!"

    I wish both platforms success...the competition will be healthy to encourage innovation and keep pricing in check.
  • Love the idea...don't love the functionality. The filters are not detailed enough. Need to distinguish new from established. Might be cumbersome as a forum....

    Need to know what's sold and what isn't ...

    Again, tho, glad to see something other than flippa
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    • What sort of filters would you like to see? We will build them.
  • Hmmm interesting.

    THis could turn out to be great, if done right.... I'd like to see sbucciarel's posts addressed.
  • Well I listed a domain. It says it may take several hours to verify.

    Curious to see how it goes.
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    • Bingo. I was on another site last week considering a sale and thought, this is ridiculous, and moved on.

      .
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      I listed several domains. It didn't ask me to verify them. They listed as already closed, although in my dashboard they say they're live, but in the listings, it says they closed. One of them is listed twice in my dashboard, which I don't want.
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  • Having free listings and lower commissions isn't necessarily a good thing. Might be good for small sites under $100 but for anything larger Flippa is where you will get more bids and serious buyers.
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    • My question is, what will it bring different or do better than Flippa.com, is price the only justification?

      Obviously, for the fact that Flippa is probably the only decent website marketplace that puts sellers in front of active Buyers, currently it's hard enough searching through Flippa for a decent opportunity, how do you propose now Buyers & Seller are split across two sites?

      People generally, will only favor one site over another and most probably not use both unless they see a significant advantage or value to diverse their website sales.

      Ultimately, Sellers will only list their websites on the marketplace (meaning Buyers & Sellers) that they'll see most return on, thus if the Seller did decide to list one of their sites across both Flippa.com & Freemarket.com, you might see a bit of Copy & Paste action going on, meaning duplicate content.

      Now saying the above, if the Buyers are rummaging through both Flippa.com & Freemarket.com and seeing duplicate listings, is it a matter of selecting the cheapest sale transaction or the marketplace that has been around the longest and paying a higher fee for trust & experience.

      This will be interesting, and best of luck to any business that takes on the giant Flippa.com.
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  • Looking forward to giving this a whirl. Keep the new innovation rolling guys...
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  • Thanks will check it out.
  • The concept is excellent. It's very unlikely that it will last long unless you have e.g. a panel of reasonable domain experts to vet domain quality and asking price. There's way too much rubbish listed there for way too much dough - much like eBay.

    Sorry to have to make a negative comment.
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    • Flippa has lasted quite a while with a miniscule audience compared to Freelancer/WF.
      Domain value is in the eye of the beholder.
      A search feature that works and a keen instinct for good names are your best bets.
      Plus websites are a big focus of buying and selling.
      Since it truly is a Free Market, it's up to the consumer to decide the value.


      Flippa's commission used to be 5% until they got super greedy and bumped it to 10%.
      And there are extras on Free Market for special features.
      And it's not true that you get more bids and serious buyers on Flippa.
      WF/Freelancer has INSANE exposure compared to Flippa.
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  • Will there be a "Make An Offer" option? (I have my names listed at Sedo that way)

    Maybe have an option to start/end at a certain time of day?

    What about last second bidders? Is there something in place to extend auctions for bids placed at the last moment so other bidders have the option to outbid? (Very Important!)

    Are we able to lower the reserve price during the auction? Add a "Buy It Now" price after an auction has already started?
  • Its a hassle to verify a phone number, first tried it using just the number and it said "The phone number entered is verified to another account, please try a different number". then tried adding the country code and it went through and send the verification.. When I got the code and enter it, its now saying "Phone number does not match verified number, please try again". I really can't understand.

    Also, whats the use of two verification? Once the site is verified, isn't that already a proof that the owner is indeed legitimate?

    its really a hassle! now my site is hanging out there on my listing, unverified!
  • Looks like a great site. I am looking for a good place to off load some of my domains. I just can't afford to pay an upfront fee at the moment on the chance that they might sell so the free listing sounds great. I do have some awesome domains that I know people could use.
  • Great start. but what about the Payment. i dont agree about holding funds until the buyer get the goods and what if he copies the files and then did not accept the sale.
    I think you should have some feedback like eBay or Flippa and have the ability to suspend non paying buyers and non hoonest sellers as well to clean up the market.
    But Holding the payment option will let a lot sellers to think twice before list their auctions (i am a super seller Flippa user and i talk based on my experience)
    Thanks
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  • I have hundreds of SEO domains for sale, it would be interesting to filter by pagerank and other SEO metrics.
  • I am some trouble here to sign up (see the attachment)
    View image: Free Market Signup
  • Hi,
    What a great idea, competition is always a good thing especially if you can keep the fees competitive with certain other sites.
    As someone that sells many sites a year i will certainly be giving this a test run.
    A suggestion for you (if you haven't already) would be to add the ability to search listings by popularity- eg number of bids and price high to low. Most vendors and buyers I know use this option loads.

    Good luck with this,

    Mick
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    • Can you pm me the email you are using to register? I will look this up for you.

      Thanks for the suggestion Mick, we will definitely be implementing this feature in the coming updates!

      Thanks Ricky! Regarding to adult sites, we will see what we can do with this, stay tuned.

      Thanks for the suggestions! We are aware of these issues you have here and are working hard on them. Stay tuned!

      There was a bug which made some of the listings duplicate. Its now been fixed and your listings should be all good. Thanks for your support!

      Thanks for your awesome suggestions! We are working hard on getting the stats and ending early functionalities on board. And we have plans for the bulk importing feature too. Stay tuned! We're moving fast to get them to our user.
  • Great site, and great idea.

    Are you planning to do a press release so the domain world will pick this up?
    Or it enough to be on WF?
    Edit: I see an Aussie press release!
    Thanks
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    • Hey Joshter
      Clicking on your link brings me to a page with "Server not found

      Firefox can't find the server at mangomonkey.org."
  • This looks awesome, and cheaper than Flippa! One thing I would liked to have seen though is the ability to sell 'Adult' websites - I can't find any auction site that accepts these and selling in forums is not my thing...
  • I have some suggestions based on my experience on Flippa :

    • There is no format text tool (font, url, insert images....) in the description filed area for the listing. It is very important to structure the Sales Copy format. it looks like notepad editor now. No color, no small.medium/big font/ no url to the website nothing.
    • the Ability to attach files or images as a proof or explanation in the sidebar under the seller username
    • the Ability for the seller to see how many views, how many watchers inside his account : Screenshot by Lightshot
    • the ability to contact with the bidders after the bid. I closed many auctions by only one message or two after contacting the bidder by lowering the BIN price
    • Have a feedback system for the sellers/buyers to rate themself (+ or - ) after the transaction
    • Try to make the marketplace separated from Freelancer.com, it is a little bit annoying (too much information for both sellers and buyers)
    • The ability to pay the seller directly via PayPal without holding the funds (You will see a lot scams coming from certain buyers especially for turnkey websites)
    Thank you
  • awesome. I just listed one of my domain.
  • Nice site i must say, and will be a great addition to the forum.

    Great domain listed there too at the moment (payment.com)

    Good job!
  • Intrigued by selling domains or website but know nothing about how to go about say for example transferring a domain or website from your server or domain to the person buying it maybe a video mini course on the website to help us newbies out and also there is an upgrade to a Plus Membership account exactly what does this plus give I could not find what are the benefits of upgrading thanks if some one could adress these issues Thanks
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    • Banned
      Here's the process. http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf

      The "Plus Membership" is a freelancer thing and doesn't apply (that I know of) to Freemarket.com. They need to clean up the pages that have freelancer related text on them.
  • I am not able to log in Freemarket.com using my Warriorforum account? When I open Freemarket.com, it is automatically using my freelancer.com login credentials. Why so?
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    • I'm having this issue as well. Would like to login with Warrior id as the freelancer id is an old unused one


      ~Mou
  • If you really want to provide additional value, consider doing a daily or weekly email featuring the premium domains.

    The problem with most domain listing service isn't the fees, it's that there ithere is no outreach. I only know what domains are for sale if I go looking for them. If I got an email with some good ones, I may see something I could use and pick it up even though I wasn't actively looking for domains to buy that week.
  • Hi,

    Thank you for the lower commission but I wish you didn't create an automatic account for me. I could not change the user name, so I had to close it.

    Also, why did you link the account to Freelancer? I did not have (or want) an account there... sigh.
  • Getting logged in and posting is a train wreck. Says my email is in use but won't send me a new password reset. Says my phone is in use by another account. Appears to be tied in to an old freelancer account...seems completely illogical. If you're going to tie it in to any account it should be from here.

    I logged out there, and followed your link from here to there..no dice. Tried logging in there with my info from here...no dice.

    You guys should have posted this in the wso section with all the other beta stuff.
  • Hi,

    Sound great, this what missing in the forum and gap is filled up. I will be listing out my domains. Thanks !!!
  • This is a good idea, and I hope it goes well.

    That said, I would spend A LOT (... I mean A LOT) of time on trying to put checks into the system to keep people from being ripped off. If someone says their site gets X-amount of traffic or income, they should be forced to prove it.

    Lower costs are great, but lower costs can also bring in the scammiest of scammers. If you get a reputation as being a low-rent scam heap, it won't go well for anyone (except the scammers, of course).
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  • Nice and clean design, but I would like to sort based on domain age and I couldn't find this option. Also, I scanned through some websites that are, for instance, established April 2014, claim huge income, give no real data and to me look like moronic entries. I think for freemarket to really succeed, it is important to weed out the domains which are put there by people who think we are all crazy here and buy domains which are just established for an arm and a leg. For me after running into a few of those (again, I couldn't select on domain age somehow) I stopped looking into it. Hope you can do something with that feedback. If freemarket becomes littered up with domains like that, you will have a hard time keeping my attention. For the rest, I think it is a great idea you are working on and that's also why I took the time to let you know the above.
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    • Banned
      No difference at all in many listings on Flippa. Due diligence is always the buyer's responsibility. It's a marketplace and like any marketplace, don't buy if there isn't verifiable stats and verifiable income, etc.
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  • Tried to signup, said my email was already in use. Does not send password reset.
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    • Having this same issue.
  • I tried on several computers today and the verification process is not functioning and links in the email are not active.
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    • Congratulations! Please let us know of any issues or feedback you have.
      Thanks for the support!

      Thank you for your feedback! The plus membership is for Freelancer.com. Currently it doesn't apply to Freemarket.com but there will be addition benefits for our members in the near future. We would like to bring the best experience to our users so please stay tuned as we are moving fast!

      This is because Freemarket and Freelancer are linked so one account works on both websites. Have you tried signing out and then signing in again using your Warriorforum account?

      Please PM me your listings and I will check them for you.

      Thanks for the suggestion, we are working on email notifications, a weekly digestion email is definitely on our roster. Stay tuned as we are moving fast!

      Have you tried signing out and signing back in?

      We are sorry for the inconvenience, if you are having trouble please PM me your account name and we can make changes for you.

      My apologies for the trouble you are experiencing. Please send us your email address with your Freelancer account and we can help you out!

      We are working hard on getting the stats for the websites and domains. This feature will be live soon so please stay tuned!

      Please send me your email address and I will take a look for you.

      I'm aware of this issue and we are working hard to fix it. Please send me your email address so I can take a look for you.
  • Hi Al - you really want to kick this programme off to a good start and have sellers flocking to post their sites/domains/apps? Create an escrow programme. Any warrior familiar with rentacoder (RIP) will recall how awesome that escrow system was.There is no domain selling website online which has this available. Maybe....
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  • Which host in the CNAME do i point it too?
    I pointed it to "www" hosting but it says its wrong.

    thanks
  • I checked out the site and it signed me up with a username it says belongs to Freelancer, but I don't think I've ever had a freelancer account and I don't know the username. It isn't one I had ever created. Don't like this.

    I have a few domains and sites I would like to list, not having yet gotten into buying and selling domains. I've been a little gun shy because of things I've heard about Flippa. I would like to try this service, but think I'll wait until many things are ironed out, there's a bit more activity, and I can change my username.

    On the site I didn't like that when I clicked through to view a listing and then the back button to go back to the list, it brought me back to the top of page 1 and only showed 10 listings. I was viewing it at 100 listings on the page and would have like to come back to the page I was on when I clicked through, ie: page 3, not page 1.
  • If my Warrior Forum account has been linked to a Freemarket account should the usernames not be the same?

    I ask that as after being logged in here I followed the Freemarket link as per the notification email. Once in there it gives me an entirely different username seemingly made up from a few random letters.

    Grateful for clarification on that please.
  • Ohh boy .. what a mess ...

    So it says they will hold the Buyer's payments until you transfer the domain. But who is monitoring that happens? I ask this cause ... Freelancer.com really threw me under a barrel when the Buyer disappeared on a $700+ project and stuck ME - THE CODER .. with the %10 fee .. even after countless emails back and forth with "Customer Service" the balance remains .. and now is also on the freemarket "balance" - I refuse to pay on principal.

    Now, if this happens on Freemarket, there would be NO way to recoupe the site if you transfer ownership of the Domain to another account. This is the problem with these domain selling sites, and I imagine more so with freemarket because there are lower fees, I assume that there will be less "service". A 3rd party should manage the entire transaction, this site just feels like you are trying to earn a quick buck, just like freelancer taking over RAC (RIP) ... again less service - MUCH less.

    As a long time freelancer from RAC I would never get work from freelancer.com again, and I feel very apprehensive on using freemarket.

    Warrior/Freelancer should be concentrating more on customer service, than creating more headaches for everyone on our dime. I would rather pay the $19 and get the service than use a site that was hacked together and released too early with no redeeming features.
  • OK I've read enough, I will give this shambles a miss!
  • I've already just listed guitester.com on your website, however it's near on impossible for someone to find it.
  • I am adding my voice to Suzanne as well.
    We want a clean independent Freemarket.com marketplace. Too much confusion with Freelancer.com.

    Suggestion : Charge $5 for listing and you are going to get rid of too many spammy websites and add some value to the market.my 2 cents advice.
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  • I'll try to sell my domains in here
    thanks
  • Banned
    The way the domains and website listings are now is backwards. When you go to the marketplace, listings with 20 days left that are not featured are listed first and on the last page of the listings, listings that are ending NOW are listed. It should be just the opposite or listings are going to expire before anyone ever sees them. At this point, I'm not paying the $15 to feature my domains, since the lure was free listings, but shouldn't listings that are ending sooner be listed above listings that have 20 days? This way, many listings will get little to no exposure at all before they expire.

    Oh Snap! Change all my listings to 20 days.
  • I have a few questions. I have a domain listed on freemarket.

    1). How do we get paid after a sale?
    2). How to withdraw and limits if any.
  • This is really something...I go and signup for the site and post one of my premium domains and I go back later in the day and my account is closed. I get on a chat with someone who obviously has English as a 3rd language who tells me that he has no idea why that happened and I will have to put a ticket in...yet I go to the page where the domain is listed and it is still up. I have no idea what is up, but this is not a good start if you ask me.
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    • Hmm...I guess I'll let some of my sites sit for a while before i try them out on the market.

      Sounds like quite a few bugs to sort out, but i have faith

      (I love the fact that I won't have to rely on flippa now )
  • I want to add some suggestions please (I am really very ... , i think you have the skills and expertise to copy something like Flippa or eBay market here in Freemarket.com):

    1-Have the Ability to end the auction at any time. i want to end my listing but i did not find any button.
    2-Have the ability to accept or reject the bid manaully (Flippa did that after getting many complaint from sellers that some newbies bid on auctions and disappear after that. after they implement that option, i got 0 complains from my buyers)
    3-We have to format our sales copy to look good and understandable (Right now, the copy looks like notepad editor, there are no font, no url links button no attachment nothing). At least when we post WSO, we have that option.
    4-Have the ability to check the profile of the buyer or seller (First name, country, date registration not from Freelancer but from Freemarket.com) so i can feel comfortable with him before pushing the site to him and make sure he will not do a chargeback .(i am talking from experience about point 4)
    5-Make the home page design looks good.
    6 as a start to have only serious sellers/buyers otherwise you will have a flood of non sense websites and domains sitting there for years.
    7-There is



    Thanks
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    Don't know if it's there or not, but I want to be able to accept or deny bids and view bidders profiles before accepting or denying them.
  • Great Idea!

    Thanks
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    • We are working the searching functionalities and it is currently one of our highest priorities!

      Thanks for the suggestions! We are trying to bring in a better way of getting rid of spams, while keeping our current pricing model. So please stay with us and we will give the best service with the lowest fees!

      Thanks for your support!

      Thanks! I have reported this to our engineering team.

      You will get paid after the handover is completed. Regarding to withdrawal, there is no limit and we use the same system as Freelancer.com.
      If you have money in your Freelancer.com account, you can withdraw it using any of the methods available.

      Currently we offer these methods:
      • Express Withdrawals
      • PayPal Read more about Paypal.
      • Wire Transfer
      • Moneybookers. Read more about Moneybookers
      • Freelancer.com Debit MasterCard Cards can be used anywhere MasterCard© is accepted online, at any ATM and in stores
      For more information on this please check

      https://www.freelancer.com.au/page.p...fo/withdrawals

      Please send me the domain you listed and I will take a look for you.

      Please stay tuned as we are moving fast toward a better product!

      Thanks for the suggestions! These are all the issues we have put on high priority.
      Please send me the listing you wish to end and I can do it for you.
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    • Banned
      Flippa has the ability for the seller to delete comments on their listings. This should be no different. Having to wait for Freelancer to moderate comments when a competitor is trying to sabotage your listing or spam it isn't going to work.
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  • Matt,

    Like the idea and thank you.

    I am having some login problems though and thought you might be able to help please.

    1) My WarriorForum User Name is: Jeffery

    Clicked the link List your website or domain for sale now!
    and was logged in with a different User Name: yyfioagifc

    Checked the Email Settings at FreeMarket.com and the email address is the same email address for WarriroForum.com

    2) Read a post that the account details are pulled from FreeLancer.com, so I logged out of WarriorForum and FreeMarket and logged into FreeLancer.com.

    My User Name at FreeLancer.com is: WarriorHelp

    3. Logged into FreeMarket with the same User Name and Password that I se at FreeLancer. The Email Address is the FreeLancer email address.

    I suppose I could use the FreeLancer User Name to login to FreeMarket to list sites for sale, but that would negate your unified logins.

    Question.. What should i do? I don't want to use the User Name: yyfioagifc
    because I never registered it here at WarriorForum, i.e.
    This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view.

    Thanks,
    Jeffery 100% :-)
  • Hi just a quick question.

    I posted this in the wrong section earlier, but I think this is the right place to ask this question.

    I visited freemarket.com and it did not let me log in with my Warrior Forum details so I tried to register and it said, "This email already exists."

    Can you help with this please?
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    • Banned
      Well, this really seems to be a trend. Did you ever have a Freelancer account that you created before?
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  • Even though its a great idea to start to this freemarket service, I think one of the flip sides of having free listing is that every Tom, Dick and Harry may try to list his website even if its total crap whereas he dare not do it on Flippa because he will risk losing $19.

    If a lot of crap websites are posted for sale, it might make it difficult for buyers to search for decent websites to buy, which in turn will make it difficult for sellers of decent websites to sell theirs.
  • This looks awesome! I hope that it catches on. Do you have a revenue verification process setup in place?
  • This is Great
  • If ecurrency withdrawal can be included, such as egopay, perfectmoney, okpay, etc. Regards.
  • hi
    thanks for the invite and freemarket.com looks so cool.
    I have a question can I change my username please?
    cheers
  • Can you get freelancer rewards(ie xp) for listing domains on freemarket.com?
  • Originally Posted by Mou


    Tried. But it does not work. Error Msg "Oops! The login details you entered were incorrect."
  • Would Freemarket be a useful option to sell a domain where I already have an interested buyer?
    Or would it be cheaper to just use a Escrow.com?

    Thanks!
  • Awesome, 5% commission is great.
  • funny that Flippa today dropped their fee to 10% for Starter Sites...coincidence??
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    • Not right now, but we can get that up soon!

      Please send me your account details and I can take a look for you.

      Yes! We offer a safe and secure platform for handovers.

      Please send me your listing details so I can delete it for you.
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  • I can't find an option to delete a listing.... I accidentally listed a website that was incomplete.
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  • This is WONDERFUL!
    What's super funny is that Flippa is flipping out and worried about losing business because they just slightly lowered their fees. Not that it matters because they are completely outrageous and I have been waiting for a new marketplace where I can sell sites and domains. Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to visit yet but you better believe that I will be listing several sites this weekend. I'm glad that you guys did this!
  • I really, really, REALLY want Freemarket to explode. Be top of the world.
    But time is of the essence that it displays itself as well as Flippa does.
    It shouldn't be that hard since freelancer.com has access to amazing database designers and graphics people !!!!!!

    Highlights currently for FreeMarket
    1. Much lower fees than Flippa
    2. Your huge number of viewers
    3. The fact that you control payment and offer many forms of payout. That is fabulous !


    Lowlights
    1. The listing display should include html or tiny mce to flesh out listings, make thumbnail of listing screenshot bigger.
    2. Stats need to show links to some sort of verification. And autostats need to link to resources to do more due diligence.
    3. PM feature is a huge immediate concern
    4. Allow users to create more fleshed out info about themselves
    5. Keep freelancer.com separate from Freemarket for endusers who are buyers.
    6.For Welcome page on Freemarket, make search for buyers more prominent.
    7. Tout how secure the transactionw ill be for buyer.


    And to the poohats at Flippa scouring this thread, your anemic attempts at 'lowering success fees' is pathetic.
    You have only lowered fees for the lowest hanging fruit, cheap sites that are 100 dollars of less.
  • Hi Matt,

    Yes, sent you a PM.

    I thank you kindly,

    Jeffery 100%

  • I'm unable to change my password on Freemarket.com because I don't know the old one. It isn't the same as my WarriorForum password. It accepted my email on the login page with a blank password but doesn't accept a blank password for the current password field when trying to set a new password.

    Also getting an error about choosing "I'm looking to" option which doesn't go away even if you do choose something like "Work".
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  • The homepage does seem a little backwards ... the domains ending the soonest should be the ones featured most prominently. The stuff that's 20 days away from ending is front and center while the auctions that end in 10 minutes are buried 30 pages deep?

    Then if you click the "Ending" column to re-sort (which most people won't), you see a list of CLOSED auctions? Why bother showing them if they already ended? Come on, guys...

    Regretting that I paid $30 for featured at this point.

    Also still haven't seen anything done about the comment spam.
  • I've got a problem verifying my site using the "send email to domain owner on record" method.
    I have tried resending multiple times (when it allows me to), however no email is being sent. I checked all my folders. It also does not allow the user to resend the email on demand. The button is disabled most of the time. Are you aware of this issue?
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  • I've got a website/domain that I would like to sell.

    The website is not much and produces no revenue, and the domain name is pretty good.

    Would I be better off listing the domain name for sell, or just go ahead and list it as a website?

    Thanks, and I hope this is the right place to ask.

    Vic
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    • Freelancer may have a different idea, but personally I would list it both ways... one as a domain only, and one as a website. Some buyers are looking for a complete site, other buyers are looking for only a domain - if your site is a "domain + site" they'll tell you they don't need the website and want to pay less than you're asking since they only want the domain.
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  • Hey there.

    I have a handful of trafficked domains. Can anyone recommend a good Domain Broker they have done business with? I have reached out to some companies which have showed great interest.

    One major US beauty brand has purchased the .com version of a domain I have.

    Appreciate the feedback to a good broker.
  • Banned
    Alaister - These listings should not be allowed. They don't come with the domain. They are using subdomains as sample sites for a customization job of a startup site. This should be in other Website Services.

    https://www.freemarket.com/sites/view.php?id=4352
    https://www.freemarket.com/sites/view.php?id=4345
    https://www.freemarket.com/sites/view.php?id=4349
    https://www.freemarket.com/sites/view.php?id=4078

    Really need that report button on listings.
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    • Banned
      Unfortunately, nobody pays much attention to many of the reports in the WSO section so I am not so sure a report button will do much good at this time. Sure the spam reports and other easy stuff are dealt with, but a lot of the more serious stuff is being ignored. I have reported a user (or a shill for the banned user) that has been banned at least 3 times from WF (this user actually sold a WF user email address scraper) and nothing has been done. I provided the proof and I also contacted Paul Myers, who also knows the story of this user, and he reported the banned user as well but this user still has 2 WSO's open.

      I also reported a WSO that boldly advertises pirated material on the sales page, I contacted the owner of the material who also reported the WSO, and that WSO remains open as well.

      I have reported several sellers for selling products in the WSO section for the exact same price as they offer on their websites and those WSOs also remain open.

      In the past the banned users would have been re-banned and the WSOs closed. The user that advertises stolen material on his ad copy would have been dealt with, and the many users selling regular priced material in the WSO section would have had their sales pages moved to the classifieds.

      Obviously Freelancer needs to hire more folks and/or get some volunteers that will have the power to deal with the reports --> because at this time they are not dealing with reports anywhere near as effectively as the crew Allen had doing it was.

      Too much emphasis on making more money and not enough emphasis on care and quality control, me thinks.

      Cheers

      -don
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  • Thank you so much for this great opportunity to sell my domain for free.
  • Great news for a (retired) site flipper like me! Finally I could came back and selling domains in the best place ever!

    Thank you very much!
    Alessandro
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    • REALLY glad to see this. I refuse to list domains on Flippa because of their fees, and I have a number of sites and domains to sell.

      I was just going through the site and there are so many incredibly priced domains and sites, it's a joke... anywhere from tens of thousands of dollars to over $1 million. It would really be nice if you could get some reasonably priced listings there. Since people don't have to pay anything they just price their listings out of sight.

      Maybe charge a small fee for a listing over, $500 or $1,000? Even $5 (nonrefundable) fee could keep some of those jokers from listing. And the higher the website listing goes, the higher the nonrefundable fee goes. Anyone who really thinks their website is worth $5,000 shouldn't mind making an investment to sell it

      Anwar said it...
      Just a thought.
      Jenny
  • Great section to sell websites. Keep it up the good work.
  • Just a suggestion.

    1) About the Search:

    Searches are case sensitive. When I listed two domains for sale, I used caps at the beginning of the words in the domain names, e.g. AfterWorkAtHome.com and InternetHomeBusinessGuide.com. A search using the caps at the beginning of the words in the domain names returns the listings for the domain.

    However, when no-caps are inputted at the beginning of the words in the domain names, the search returns no results, e.g. afterworkathome.com and internethomebusinessguide.com

    That means a potential buyer for a domain must search using caps at the beginning of the words. Otherwise, the listing will not be returned.

    Suggestion:

    1) Force the search function to return all results, e.g. with or without caps.

    Thanks for your time,
    Jeffery 100% :-)
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    • Have you tried the forgot password route?

      We will be removing those spam and polish up the commenting system. We are also looking to improve the ordering of the front page listings. Some of our functionalities are not perfect at the moment but it won't be long!

      Thanks for the insight! We will consider redesigning the comment system to bring you the best experience.

      Please send me the domains you want to list and I can take a look for you.

      Definitely! We are working very hard to bringing you the best product.

      Thanks, we will take a look at these and take them down in the case of any violations to our T&C.

      Thank you for your support!
      Thank you for your suggestion, that is definitely something we will consider.
      Thank you for the feedback! This will be fixed very soon as we are moving fast.
  • I hope Flippa goes out of business soon. Their fee and prices are absolutely ridiculous, They suck more than Paypal..All the marketers should first boycott and spread awareness about our service.
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    • Well the fact that they let Flippa employees BID on Flippa auctions isn't comforting either.
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  • Seems like Flippa is concerned now and they have reduced their fee, I think in response to Freemarket.com.
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    • Yes, I was just on their site. It just took a little competition to make them change (but it's still not enough!)
      Jenny
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  • Unfortunately, the search function is not optimal for buyers and sellers, because a buyer can not conduct a search using a keyword. Listings are not easy to find at all. I'm sorry, but if people cannot find what they are interested in paying for then as a seller I will never sell to those people.

    BTW, my Username was never changed, so the unified login concept must be delayed?

    Jeffery 100% :-
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    • Both questions applies for me too. Would like to know any update about both. I've PMed my details to Jimmy as suggested by him


      ~Mou
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  • Great offer indeed! I wish it will be another successful warrior stuff. Hey Alaister, I am going to sell my one niche blog.
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  • thank you to
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    • Has there been any successful transaction on the freemarket.com as I search through the website it does not seems to be any buyers.. I have over a 1000 high quality domains to list.. Many said this is the direct competitor with flippa but reading the comments it does not seems that way...
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  • I added 12 sites on Freemarket for sale with really low BIN options

    I will let you know how that works out..

    So far the process of adding your website for sale is very simple
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    • I have listed 13 sites on FreeMarket and so far I have no bids or buyers..

      I listed same sites on Flippa on same day and already sold half of the websites I listed..

      I will stick with Flippa , they know what they are doing,
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  • Also thinking on adding some of our websites, does anyone know if people have purchased via FreeMarket.com yet?
  • I click "List your website or domain for sale now!" but never auto link to my warrior forum account,why?
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    • Hi,

      Congratulations on coming up with a potential winner of a marketplace!

      Just a couple of things.

      While logged in to the WarriorForum, I clicked on the link you provided and was taken to Freemarket.com. However, I am not logged in there automatically. There is a link to the top right that says Login or Sign up.

      I clicked on the Login link and entered by WarriorForum credentials. But I got a message back saying:
      "Oops! The login details you entered were incorrect."

      I tried a couple of times to get in.

      So it seems the WF login credentials are not working on Freemarket.com.

      Do I need to sign up separately for Freemarket.com?

      Also, is there a page somewhere that explains:
      1. Terms and conditions
      2. The process for buying / selling a site
      3. Payment options / process

      Will you be collecting money from the buyer in an escrow-like arrangement and then paying the seller via Paypal / wire transfer once the sale process is completed? What about non-US sellers like me?

      Apologies if these questions have already been answered in this thread!

      Look forward to your response!

      Sanjeev
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  • I tried to make a listing with this website.....
    None of the links in the website work? None of the emails links they sent work?
    I replied to the support ticket and got a reply and the person had not got a clue what i was talking about? this website seems to be set up as a test and is not a real functioning site????
  • This is very exciting.

    I look forward to this!
  • WOW what a great asset to the Warrior Forum!
    This was the icing on the cake for me and I signed up as a member today.

    Excited to get started with the forum and all the great features here.
  • It's still completely ridiculous that the featured domains ending SOONEST aren't showing on the homepage. That's when a person is most likely to bid, and they can't even see them.
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    • Agreed - I also see now that when we sort by "ENDING" that live auctions aren't even shown first. Instead we see "Offers only" listings first (Over 1700 at this moment ahead of auctions just about to end). This is something that needs to be resolved ASAP.
  • Did payment.com just sell for 10m ????
  • hi my name ritesh plz help me....
  • So my auction ended...

    No notification by email that it ended.
    No notification that someone had hit the buy it now PRIOR to it ending.
    I only saw it because I went to the page and looked.
    I accepted the buyitnow, still no notifications as to whether the buyer has paid or not.

    You would think this kind of stuff had been worked out already.
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    • Banned
      Yeah, it's crazy. The way it's set up now, not many will buy or sell sites from it.
    • To add to this, the "buyer" commented that he didn't actually hit the buy it now, he was just trying to bid to my reserve (about half of the buy it now price). I have no way of contacting him other than posting comments on the listing. When I try to visit a user with the same name on freelancer.com it says the account is closed.

      Not only should freemarket.com not have been launched, it doesn't even qualify as BETA ... this is an alpha release at best. Send me my $45 back, what a waste. The "premium" spot was off the page after the first day, what good is a highlight if no one can see the listing anyway, and the high bidder's bid wasn't registered except as a buy it now at twice the price he intended? Jeez...
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  • I am so disappointed, sad really, to see that nothing has been upgraded.

    The listing pages don't link to stats, don't have any sort of html formatting, no private message function.

    And the front page still seems to be appealing to sellers to list, not buyers to buy.

    Please don't call it a rockstar of a platform when it's barely useable.

    This is such a BIG chance for Freelancer and sellers to make bank, but it's being blown without CRITICAL updates being implemented.

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    • Which like does not work on the website? Please feel free to send me a pm if you are having any trouble using the website, I am keen to help

      Thanks for your support!

      Please understand that Flippa has been established for 5 years. But we are moving fast to bringing you a better product and we need your support!

      We are working on this issue.

      No that is against the terms and conditions of both the sites.

      Yes we will get this fixed by early next week.

      This should now be worked out and you should be receiving emails regarding to your listings.

      Thanks for your feedback, things we are currently working on include a payment verification system before bidding, better navigation on the homepage as well as free upgrades for Warrior forum users! So stayed tuned as we are pushing out a lot of exciting stuff!
  • How do you end an auction? I started one, tried to edit it and the system simply does not allow me to do so.

    So how do I end it?
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  • ATTENTION JIMMY:
    Jimmy,

    I've paid for a boosting on the website freemarket, but I am having issues with the following:
    1. Logging in, I tried to get in contact with freelancer who I am not joined with (never intend to) to change e-mail address and they are no help. As I think I may have signed up with the wrong email which is not mine. But as your system has no verification for email I am cannot check/login. The email I think that may have been used is djhacker@live.com but should have been djhacker000@live.com.
    2. I cannot add a BIN price (NOT WORKING), so basically that is pointless. The feature is not working on your website.
    3. Ultimately I would like a refund for both payments processed for boosting as I don't believe your website is working as intended and described and you have no support or contact details on your website, other than your e-mail which you don't reply, nor will I even be able to sell the website because I can't even log in, so it's utterly pointless.

    Also you should do something about adding some support phones and things as your other company Freelancer have no idea what I am talking about when I mention FreeMarket.com.

    Please just give me a refund and I'll consider listing my websites when your site works properly otherwise I'm going to make a conscious decision to never use FreeMarket.com again.

    My listing is this one:
    https://www.freemarket.com/sites/view.php?id=7144

    I look forward to your reply and refund, otherwise I'll issue a charge back through PayPal.

    The fact that no one returns my contact really gets under my skin, like I'm just a number. I expected better than this.
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    • Suggestion: It would be nice to be able to see an image of the website in the listings on the left rather than having to click on the auctions link.
  • Hello WF,

    That is an excellent platform to sell and buy websites and Domain names. I really need help in selling some of my websites (which have good domain names and niche) but can not monitize them due to other obligations and focus. I have atleast 15 websites to sell.

    Thanks again

    Solomon
  • Why don't you reply to me Jimmy? I'd like my money back. Your platform doesn't work as intended. And full of issues. I'm surprised you've taken my money and don't reply to my comments or e-mails. Give me my money back. I'll never list our websites on Free Market again, and I'll stick with Flippa at least the treat you better and reply back to you.

    I'll now file a chargeback on Paypal and my credit card company. I've waited far too long. Pathetic.
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    • @mobilemarketingonline:

      I apologize for the time delay - I've responded to you via PM.
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    • I'm with you, I'd like my $45 back.
    • Flippa support is incredibly snide and freemarket support has shown itself to be very helpful.

      Yes, definitely.

      Plus
      Homepage NEEDS to be changed. the wording ONLY is appealing to sellers.
      It's not speaking to potential customers.
      Please fix search so buyers can look for dot coms.
      Too many new , meaningless extensions crowding up results.
      Still waiting for actual listing descriptions to be fuller.
      You guys should go pach developers from Flippa and pay them a lot more.
      Problem solved.

      <sigh>
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  • Agree with rhinocl above. It would be nice to chat to the interested party and or at least see what the bid price is ... Also what happened to payment.com ?
  • i have had some LLLL .com domains including Bemj.com listed for sale for 30 days with no interest yet.
  • I have listed HeyLeads.com for sale and this was my first time experience.

    FREEMARKET vs. FREELANCER ACCOUNT: I missed the message about how my WF account was already setup. This caused a conflict with my new account.

    FREE LISTINGS: Although it says your listings are free, when it verified my PayPal account, it automatically upgraded my Freelancer account and subscribed me to a monthly fee (I'll have to check but I think it was $9.99 or something in that area).

    So, not only did I end up with a Freelancer account, I now have to go in to my Paypal account and cancel it. How I ended up at Freelancer.com while verifying a payment method I do not know but this needs to be cleaned up.

    UPGRADES: Until you can start sending BUYING traffic, maybe these amount should be adjusted. If I am going to pay $30 for a featured listing, I need to know that BUYER traffic is already their shopping. At this stage, looking at what is currently available for sale vs. bids, I am just not seeing it.

    SOLD ITEMS: There needs to be a way to see items that have already sold on FREEMARKET. When we see this, it is a testament that your site is getting the job done in reaching BUYERS.

    I know this is still very new and will take some time to work out and hopefully it will continue and find it's place in the website and domain niche and I hope this feedback helps.

    All the best, Leah
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  • HELP and CONTACT: Where is the help and/or Contact section on Freemarket?

    Too many people having to come in here and on other forums just to ask for help with their account - this is BIG issue that needs to be resolved like, before it launched.

    Even back in the days when SitePoint introduced Flippa there was separate contact and help for their new marketplace.

    I don't mean to be critical here but this is such a basic need that I am in awe that it is simply either not available or hidden in plain sight?
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  • Hello, do i need to pay anything for selling/buying domains on freemarket? how much is it?
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    • Hey Shkoczhek, no you don't have to pay anything to list on Freemarket. Also we only charge a low commission of 5% on sales. I hope to see your listings on Freemarket soon
  • Very exciting news. Is there training and tutorials available?
  • This platform is beyond frustrating and completely unacceptable, especially considering the source.

    * I have no way to delete my listing?
    * I was forced to a subscription payment for Freelancer.com when I don't want or need anything from Freelancer.com
    * I had to spend the time to go in and manually cancel that subscription to Freelancer.com
    * Where is support?
    * How do you contact support?

    Really????

    Any of my customers would have fired me already if I delivered something like this to them.

    Your basic basic basic functions are NOT in place.

    Sorry, but you are wasting everyone's valuable time.

    PLEASE REMOVE MY LISTING and CLOSE my account.

    Leah
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    • Hey Leah,

      I apologize for the bad experience you've had. I've tried to answer your points inline below:

      * I have no way to delete my listing?
      --- If your listing is no longer on offer as an auction, you can remove it from the main listings page (select Remove Listing). If you are still having trouble and want me to remove your listing, please send me your request via PM.

      * I was forced to a subscription payment for Freelancer.com when I don't want or need anything from Freelancer.com
      * I had to spend the time to go in and manually cancel that subscription to Freelancer.com
      --- You may have received a welcome email from Freelancer, however you never get signed up to a paying subscription unless you opt in. If you mistakenly opt'd in to this and wish to cancel, please let me know and I can assist you further.

      * Where is support?
      * How do you contact support?
      --- You can contact support at "support@freelancer.com" or e-mail me directly at "stefan@freelancer.com"

      Hope this helps, cheers.
  • What if someone was not serious in buying a domain and just wasting time, will you return the listing back with it's paid features? Because it's not the fault of the domain owner.
    How you can verify the serious buyer and time waster?
  • When i first heard about freemarket i got exicted and then when i saw the listings very disapointed, theres nothing there that has any value to a buyer.

    I make websites for businesses in my home contry and when a customer comes along and we agree to work together on that project i get a small starter fee to get things moving in terms of content, to realy sell my websites i need great content for the site that relate to what my customer is working with that comes from stock photo sites and photos the customer provides to me, so why not provide sellers with images and demo text and im not talking about lorem ipsum demo text but something we can reuse for the purpose of showing a buyer how it can look and if the website is bought then the buyer can purchas the content them selfs and create the text for the newly bought website.

    My point is freemarket is attracting the wrong kind of business we should be focusing on real business like a local autorepair shop or local market, and make the sites so they can customize it with their own images and text, freemarket is attracting buyers that are looking for complete websites that dosent need any changes and can be profitable from day one, we should attract buyers that is more professional and are looking for something that will fit their needs.
  • After 3 weeks of arguments I finally managed to get a refund from FreeMarket.com. Although I can tell you I will never list a website on FreeMarket.com again due to the lack of attention and support.

    My overall opinion is that Freemarket.com have released a MVP and letting users like me and you become the puppet users who guinea pig test their website. Hell, no. I ain't doing your dirty work.

    For me I've never used Freelancer.com and I can't believe they've made me sign up on that crap website in order to get a refund. Legally, in Australia they have made me withdraw money from Freelancer into a bank account instead of issuing a refund as per my request. This is not correct and against Australia taxation best practice. Never again for me. I promise.
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    • Sorry to hear of the issue you had. I'll be speaking to the team on Monday about this. Also I have referred this issue to the QA head for support.
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  • After the post above & others I think I will wait until all the bugs & holes are sorted ! I certainly don't need the hassles & inconvenience at this stage - Sorry to hear about your experience fellow Aussie !
  • The support team in the freemarket.com is not responding to me.
    Guys in the support team, I have issues with my listing. I had sent yo pm's and wrote in this forum, but seems very difficult get back to your sellers. Also, you couldn't keep your promise when you said you would re-list my domain after these 14 LONG days period, when somebody didn't pay after hitting "buy it now". The doors are still open for anybody who want to play and waste time, as no strict conditions to identify those who are serious from those with childish behaviors.
    Now, I'm requesting either a full refund for my wasted $45, or at least, re-list my domain with full features.
    • [1] reply
    • Hey ash2611,

      I apologize for the delay- we have re-listed your auction with the features you originally paid for. Please let me know if you need any further help.
  • Adding my domains soon,hope they will get good offer
  • I gather that freemarket has been abandoned since there hasn't been any updates from support on here in over 10 days.
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    • We are still actively working on the site, we have not abandoned it. Sorry that I haven't updated you all, have been very busy making sure that the site is running smoothly. Check the latest stickied thread - updates on our releases and upcoming stuff.
  • how do we know if the traffic listed is genuine?
  • Hi,
    A few things:
    Just as "Csine" stated: I have never created an account there before and it is saying my phone number is associated with another account...???
    Any Help on that?
    Also.
    I have a question and the support is not responding, and everything I am looking in to is giving me mixed results.
    Can I list my domain on http://www.FreeMarket.com even though I am listing is for sale on
    Webitworks.com - Domain and Website Solutions and http://www.Flippa.com ???
    • [1] reply
    • When listing with us you are committing to, if sold, sell your listing to the buyer on Freemarket.com.

      Also, if your still having a issue with your number send me a PM.
  • Freemarket is free to list and has the lowest commissions in the industry (and only when you get paid).
  • The free listing thing is a lot better, compared to Flippa's fees to be honest.
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  • There needs to be a way to display imported Analytics and Adsense data, as well as a way to show on the homepage which has verified analytics and which has verified adsense.

    Also, I should be able to filter out the ones that don't.
  • @websiteflipper - that's not true at all. We've had very few scam problems with the site, and have resolved the ones we have had to the satisfaction of the users involved.
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  • HI,
    It is very nice idea.
    Well done!
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