all business should be handled with equal respect from both parties but domains wanted is a service for the buyer. he is the one that is in need of a domain and as such he places a want ad to fulfil those needs. that is the areas purpose. it is however a byproduct of this that it is of benefit to a seller that he is able to gain more exposure and perhaps a sale for his domain as a result.Originally posted by WebCat
Hey there Ciqala!
I agree with much of what you said, but ahve a couple of bones to pick!
I disagree that domains wanted is a service for the buyer only. Did you forget that you and all other platinum members paid good money for the SERVICES offered here? This is not WHT, which is 100% free and strongly caters to the casual member.
I believe anyone can make a request there, paid or unpaid. It is IMO equally a service for the serious sellers here as well. The sellers here deserve equal respect, if not more since it is our membership money that helps keep this place afloat.
Technically the buyer need only reply if a name takes his interest but as a matter of etiquette it may be nice if the buyer were to post a thanks but no thanks for each request. but this becomes a mammoth chore when you have to then respond to people who have blatantly ignored your intial requests in the first place which becomes a huge waste of the buyers time.Originally posted by WebCat
I agree sellers should act more responsibily, and post to the requesters needs. But the requester should also be required to act professionally, and monitor their requests. I beleive it's called fairness.
would you have been as happy to do so if upon logging on found my post was advertising my new drop service or something just as irrelevant thoughOriginally posted by WebCat
It's really not difficult at all! Did you notice how I got an email, and out of respect for you and your willingness to post here, came to respond to you?
I believe that if a buyer is interested they will email/pm you anyway as most prefer to handle the business side in private rather than in a public thread. If you do not hear back then obviously the buyer is not interested. to close a thread because the buyer did not tell you he doesnt want a name would make the whole domain wanted process far too convoluted as I know that some people are always interested in names of a certain type (myself for instance am always looking for names with low-end hiphop traffic) so its better (in some cases at least) to have a thread where people can offer names that fit my needs and if a name comes up that i like i can either make an offer or at least make a note of it and let them know i may be interested at a later date. it becomes a pain if i have to create a new thread every few weeks where i will be offered the exact same names as before when i could bump the existing thread and then have only new names offered over the ones i have already examined.Originally posted by WebCat
Just like a domain up for auction has an auction end date, so should these requests be made to either be monitored or be terminated! Out of respect for the sellers.
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