Uniregistry (for parking)

[ian]

I've been using Uniregistry for a few months now, solely for parking my domains for sale. Surely I can't be the only one that thinks their system is absolutely terrible? It is slow, clunky, and the structure is terrible.

I'm also sick of receiving bogus offers, including $100,000,000 (they didn't complete unfortunately), but more so, I've had a lot enquire, then when I request an offer, often get a reply saying they thought they were contacting someone else (on a multitude of domains, not one specifically). I've also had offers BELOW the minimum I've set, and a lot that I don't get notified about and appear in achieved (worth you all checking!).

Aside from that, being part of a larger database of domains must have its advantages, which is why I've stuck with them, but have the seasoned pro's on here found it valuable, or prefer to stick with your own platform and only entertain serious buyers looking for the domain specifically, rather than a general Uniregistry search?

We have two giants in this industry, Sedo and Uniregistry, and I personally don't find either are capable of getting the fundamentals right!

 

[Adam HAdam H is verified member.]

I moved alot of domains from uniregistry lately, I started to suspect that the enquiries which never get answered after broker interaction are fake to keep people interested in the platform, I've emailed those enquiries directly after a week or two of no replies to a broker to see if I could get a conversation going to gauge interest but no replies from those either.

 

[PaullasPaullas is verified member.]

Thats exactly what i found so i moved them all away back onto my parking page until i can come up with an idea/site for them.

 

[Aaron1]

I've been using undeveloped for the last few months, had a couple of sales and a few enquiries. I've found it the easiest to use and seems to do the business.

 

[getmeingetmein is verified member.]

I suspect a lot of enquiries come from people who have no interest in the domain name and totally misunderstand the process. Having clicked a domain for sale banner, gone to a domain for sale landing page I still get people sending messages that indicate they've completely missed the point.

In terms of the CRM - generally speaking I've been very happy with it - but it would be improved with GBP support and if Escrow.com supported GBP.

The brokers are one of the best features of the platform. They sold a domain for me 2 weeks ago to someone who made an enquiry in 2012, I would never have made that sort of effort to keep in touch with a prospective buyer.

There are lots of different business models - if you elect for the biz model where you make yourself difficult to find (PO Box in the Caribbean) then the effort prospective buyers have to go to, provides some qualification - but you'll lose genuine buyers too. Equally there are some large portfolio holders that require a nominal payment (say $20) to even respond to enquiry. There are pro's and con's to all these models, I think uniregistry provide a reasonable balance.

 

[Lovekraft]

This basically sums up my experience with Uniregistry, I do think a lot of the enquiries are fake. And yes sometimes enquiries appear in the archived section even though i received no notification by email like i do for others meaning i only see them several days or weeks after they came in.

I think i have made 2 sales through it, the rest never even respond.

I've even had a couple of enquiries asking if i can give them an estimate for a new kitchen and another for a boiler repair... just shows generic domains really do work!

And I also agree the interface is less than user friendly, one of the worst interfaces i've used.

 

[DomainManage]

I thought it was common knowledge that the last thing these companies actually want is for you to sell the domain

 

[deedee is verified member.]

I tried to buy a domain via them ... a serious enquiry offered decent money for a co.uk and uk. They basically faffed around trying to get the price up, which they did, every time i upped offer they time saying needed to get 'closer' to expectations. Never did get an actual price out of them.

 

[Adam HAdam H is verified member.]

I tried to buy a domain via them ... a serious enquiry offered decent money ( in the thousands ) for a co.uk and uk. They basically faffed around trying to get the price up, which they did, every time i upped offer they time saying needed to get 'closer' to expectations. Never did get an actual price out of them.

Its strange every offer ive made ive always had to make the offer and never found out the asking price like you said above, but as a seller the brokers always ask me the price and basically add $3k to my asking price to tell the person who made the initial enquiry straight off what my expectations are. I've never had the pleasure of seeing the initial offers made.

 

[deedee is verified member.]

Its strange every offer ive made ive always had to make the offer and never found out the asking price like you said above, but as a seller the brokers always ask me the price and basically add $3k to my asking price to tell the person who made the initial enquiry straight off what my expectations are. I've never had the pleasure of seeing the initial offers made.

I still get emails ( obviously automated now) , but it was a real person i was dealing with. They just kept saying 'the owner says' They were basically fishing. Walked away.

 

[deedee is verified member.]

Parking Crew seem okay. Ive been using them a while, and as well as generate income , any enquiries come diretly to you. I dont know how they compare in terms of revenue share, but I like them.

 

[Adam HAdam H is verified member.]

I still get emails ( obviously automated now) , but it was a real person i was dealing with. They just kept saying 'the owner says' They were basically fishing. Walked away.

I had an instance last year where the domain seller was selling on uniregistry, but had also listed the domain at BIN on Godaddy Auctions for $3300 , I offered $2000 on Uniregistry and they tried telling me the owner wouldnt accept low offers. I told them if I wanted it for $3300 I could buy it elsewhere of which it was promptly removed from Godaddy as they thought I was going to offer higher.

They still bug me to this day, Id like the domain but wont pay more than I see value for it.

 

[deedee is verified member.]

I had an instance last year where the domain seller was selling on uniregistry, but had also listed the domain at BIN on Godaddy Auctions for $3300 , I offered $2000 on Uniregistry and they tried telling me the owner wouldnt accept low offers. I told them if I wanted it for $3300 I could buy it elsewhere of which it was promptly removed from Godaddy as they thought I was going to offer higher.

They still bug me to this day, Id like the domain but wont pay more than I see value for it.

Yep. Totally. I offered way more than i feel it was actually worth as i wanted to do the project. I cant see them ever getting offered more. Shot themselves in the foot i reckon.

 

[Adam HAdam H is verified member.]

Yep. Totally. I offered way more than i feel it was actually worth as i wanted to do the project. I cant see them ever getting offered more. Shot themselves in the foot i reckon.

Yeah same here, I own the trademark of the term for the UK over lots of classes with this particular domain and the other person using a similar brand I know for a fact wouldnt pay what they are asking so its not a massive importance, I am realistically the only person that would pay anything reasonable for it. They know that but have held out for a couple of years now, I wont be moving on my valuation of it and to be honest I wouldnt buy it now unless it was directly from the owner, uniregistry pushed it too far.

 

[ian]

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one less than impressed with Uniregistry. I may set myself up with my own parking pages again and see what I get from that instead.

 

[deedee is verified member.]

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one less than impressed with Uniregistry. I may set myself up with my own parking pages again and see what I get from that instead.

I thought of trying that myself, but how do you get an up stream provider? Google for instance wont entertain adverts it unless you have content .

 

[martin-s]

I had exactly this conversation with them during the past week.

I wouldn't go so far as to say the enquiries are fake, but I've had two 'buyers' who didn't really understand that the enquiries were about the domain being for sale.

The problem is that their landing pages are shocking. What sort of a sales message is:

Domain.co.uk may be available
Complete this form to get a free quote on Domain.co.uk

What it needs to say this:

This domain name is for sale. If you are interested in making an offer, complete the following form.

And actually asking for an offer amount would be a start!

 

[Adam HAdam H is verified member.]

Couldnt agree more Martin, I actually thought i had setup my account incorrectly because im sure there used to be a "make an offer" landing page when Ive made an offer before. I spent ages looking at the settings but couldnt see anything obvious...........unless the make an offer landing pages only show when you don't use brokers.

 

[EdwinEdwin is verified member.]

I have very mixed feelings about them. I don't like the confusing landing pages and the wording of the emails they send, but they managed to turn a bunch of very old leads into sales a while back when I let their brokers loose on them (there's a setting somewhere you can flick to let their brokers have a go after X days have passed with no activity on a lead) - overall, they bagged low 5-figs in sales from that exercise.

That said, recent enquiries have been almost non-existent so it may be time to look again at alternatives.

 

[ian]

So, the trend continues of multiple email enquiries for all manner of domains from random locations across the globe, usually with throw away email addresses; yet verified by Uniregistry. Never an offer, just an enquiry, and never a reply when I ask for an offer. Looking forward to ditching Uniregistry in the new year; I figure a serious buyer looking for a specific domain will find me regardless, and I don't have to deal with archiving fake enquiries constantly. Uniregistry the new Sedo?