The domain name game is a tough one. Security issues during transactions, listing domain names with Sedo and Afternic to only have your domain names lost in the mix. Parking revenue is down with your X amount of uniques in a day and your pennies of revenue, uneducated buyers etc.
The fact is, I am pretty sick of depending on "others" and it’s time that I do something about it.
I am tired of waiting on Sedo to "try and close the deal" when I send a visitor to my domain listing. Same goes with Afternic. I mean did you ever look at an Afternic.com listing page and look for what would "make you buy" the domain? If you park with Sedo, it’s even hard for me to find out how to get to the "listing page" of the domain a lot of times, so think of the end user. The parking pages change and the This Domain May Be For Sale link moves as well and is not always at the top.
Did you ever email some of these services? I guess they feel that 24-48 hours is "ok" to get back to the email. Heck, I hope it’s not a Friday when that email came in… Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon and that’s if your lucky and they answer the email on Monday. 4 Days, the chances of your buyer waiting around are getting much, much lower…. or they were shopping around and found a different domain.. Now that would piss you off.
Am I mad? No. Am I ticked about these services, no not really. That’s just how they work and it took me this long to figure it out! I mean, Sedo takes Days to get back to me, so if you have an interested party using the service because you sent them their, they could be waiting for Days as well.
I’m not saying not to use Sedo or Afternic and similar services but ask yourself… What good are they doing for YOU and your Domain? Is your traffic your sending, selling other people’s domains and not yours? Do they earn their 10-20% commission? Could you be selling your domain names for More if they were not in a mess of 11 Million or 3 Million "other" domains? What if your buyers were educated more? Are you happy with "splitting" your parking rev if you use their services?
You might want to step back a little and think…. Are these services Helping or Hurting "me"… Do they care about "my" business?
As the title says, I am tired of depending on others. I’m a salesman. I know what payment services are Quick and Secure. I know what most end users Need to know but are not informed of. I work daily and answer emails quick, so why am I depending on others.. just think about it.