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Is Flippa slowly becoming the new SEDO/Afternic?

by marketinguk
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Hi everyone, I hope you're all having an awesome day.

I have been active on Flippa for around 2 years and have noticed a trend that has been developing over the 6 months or so. There has been a number of domain sellers looking to offload their premium domains (as well as some selling some very average ones as well). I could be wrong on this but 2 years ago I don't remember so many domain flippers using Flippa seriously in the domain aftermarket.

To show some examples of what i'm referring to, there has been an Australian called Wayne Bond or concarnie as he's known on Flippa: https://flippa.com/users/378563

He has recently sold POW.ORG, Grossed.com, Organ.com and Nak.com to name but a few. It could be he finds it easy to list and get some targeted buyer's as he approaches his retirement, although i'm not sure why he couldn't use SEDO and their brokering service in all honesty to give an example.

However, in the last few days there's been another new user called CategoryDefiningDomains who's also selling some serious domains: https://flippa.com/users/544648

They include: Winnipeg.com, Juice.org, Sushi.net, Cosmetics.net, Salons.com, Pasta.com, Sushi.com etc.
Wow, what a list of premium domains!

I am interested if you think Flippa is now starting to become a serious competitor to the likes of SEDO, Godaddy and Afternic, and if so why is that? Afterall it's set up as principally a website selling marketplace which is clear from their home page: "The #1 Marketplace for Buying and Selling Websites"!

So what do you guys think, and where is Flippa heading in the Domain aftermarket space and also why do you think a number of domain vendor's with some serious premium domains seem to be heading towards Flippa as opposed to the more "traditional alternatives"?

N.B. As someone who also owns some domains that i'm thinking of selling this also has some interest to me business wise.

Joel
#flippa #sedo or afternic #slowly
  • Profile picture of the author zxboss
    Your question also interests me, as i have some domains to sell. Ive used Flippa as i was unaware of these other domain name selling sites. If anyone has some advice that would be great
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  • Profile picture of the author krestup
    flippa is a platform to sell website and domains.. although they are well know for flipping website. I think most domainer are using flippa because they are more end users on flippa then afternic or sedo because most of the buyer that come to flippa are looking for a website to buy and develop. So they may be attracted to some of the premium domains which would be good for them to build a business on. Sedo, afternic would always be different from flippa except if flippa decides to change their model... Just my thought
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  • Profile picture of the author hiryuu
    I haven't had a great experience with AfterNIC, I think in general Flippa has cheaper domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I'll stick with sedo for listing domains for sale. I've gotten some nice offers and smooth transactions from them. The best way to sell domains is still to actively seek out buyers for them and send them an email.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    Flippa generally isn't a good choice for selling domain names unless you have an exceptional domain name and have the facility to attract the right eyeballs to your auction. With Flippa, you have to pay a substantial listing fee in advance. If you sell, no problem, but more don't sell than do. You're out the listing fee for a very short-term run. With Sedo or Afternic, you don't pay a thing until after the sale is made, you can list as many as you want at zero out-of-pocket cost, and they stay listed forever or until you sell - whichever comes first ;-)
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  • Profile picture of the author czzzo
    Gonna go check out Flippa
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