General
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Allow adult sites to be sold
Flippa should be a neutral marketplace and shouldn't distinguish between sites for sale on the basis of content.
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Don't allow adult sites to be sold
I do not want to log in and see Porn Sites for sale on Flippa. I am an Adult, but do not consider these Adult sites, they are porn. Seeing there is a thread to suggest them, maybe there should be a thread here against them. Anyone else?
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Don't allow auction owner to delete comments
Comments can be seen as an anti-fraud measure, as they allow users to signal issues with an auction. However, they also allow users to talk down an auction without basis, so we allow auction owners to delete comments to combat this.
Our philosophy is that Flippa should provide large amounts of verified information to potential buyers, so that the worth of an auction can be correctly assessed. This means the comment system is not required for more than feedback requests to the auction owner.
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Allow bidders to have maximum bid
When a bidder bids on an auction, let them have an option to enter a maximum bid they're willing to pay... similar to Ebay. Then the system will auto bid on his behalf if his initial bid is outbidded by another user. This allows bidders from different countries win auctions without having to be up at some crazy hours to outbid other users before the auction ends.
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Add search to homepage
Add the ability to search directly on the homepage so we don't have to dig down to another link.
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Make buyers have a deposit before bidding
Have 10% Deposit in account before a bid can be placed. Shows buyer intent. This money should also be forfeited if the buyer ends up winning the site and does not pay. At least there should be some loss to the buyer. Too many dead beats.
48 votesunder review ·
AdminDave Slutzkin
(Admin, Flippa) responded
Buyers now need to be premium certified to bid over $2000. This isn’t the complete deposit solution but it provides some measure of protection.
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Shorten the 4-hour extension towards the end of the auction
With all due respect, but a 4-hour extension is way too long. I mean what is the point? People know when the auctions end so they should be stand by. Besides, a few minutes extensions should be more than enough to avoid biddings on the "buzzer"...
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Provide a checklist of all the questions a buyer should ask before placing a bid
Many people are brand new to buying web businesses and it would be handy if you would display a "Buyers Checklist" of all the questions a buyer should ask before placing a bid.
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Create iPhone App for Flippa
I think if you created an iphone app to make it easy to adjust and control everything you would get a lot more users on it. Most sellers have iphones. I know it would be a big benefit for me.
27 votesplanned ·
AdminDave Slutzkin
(Admin, Flippa) responded
This is under development.
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A new section that allows for buyers to post wanted ads
I would like to be able to inform the community of what I am interested in buying. Then sellers who are on the fence can post their website for sale, or contact me directly and make a deal without running the risk of not selling the site and paying fees.
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Add a checkbox declaring whether a domain is recently dropped
Adding a Check Box for Site Owners That must declare whether a Domain is Recently dropped (alot of Ripoffs selling dropped domains with PR)
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Have a monthly payment program for frequent sellers to avoid individual listing fees
Many people like myself list a ton of sites on here, and the listing fees, while reasonable really start to add up. It would be nice if there were a monthly payment plan that entitled us to unlimited or X number of listings per month, for those that choose to take advantage.
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Allows sellers in a failed sale to offer the site to the second highest bidder
If the auction received a fraud last bidder who wins, it's better if you give 2 options to the seller: 1. Re-listing or 2. Offer the website to the 2nd highest bidder. This will be very helpful should the seller doesn't want to spend more time to re-list the website.
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We should receive emails for listings in our watchlist when seller reduces BIN price.
I have missed quite a few websites because of this. The seller sometimes reduces BIN price by more than half but I am not notified and the website slips away
10 votes -
24 hour support service
As Flippa is based in Australia, a completely different time zone to the majority of users, Support needs to run 24 hours per day - and not when I am asleep!
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Add Buy It Now range to the search
When you create a search filter you could be able to set what the price range is for Buy It now Auctions.
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Create a logged chat or make private discussion with AJAX
Especially post-sale I find that communication is very tedious with the current private messaging system and I also find myself often going on skype or other chat systems to speak through the transaction details.
However everything that happens outside flippa can't be tracked by them and taken into consideration, should a dispute arise.
That's why I suggest a chat function in Flippa that is logged and that flippa staff can have a look at when there is a dispute.
Alternatively if the discussion area was based on AJAX principles so that one would
a) see whether the other member is… more9 votes -
Internal Blast of New Auction
When a seller posts a new auction, a PM goes out to all folks IN GOOD STANDING, that, watched, bid, bought or commented in the past.
This allows Flippa to control the activity, and helps the seller blast out to previous people interested in their products for sale.
members could opt OUT when they do any of the activites, bid, buy, comment, watch, an opt OUT box shows saying "I do not want updates on this seller"
8 votesplanned ·
AdminDave Slutzkin
(Admin, Flippa) responded
Yep, good thinking guys, this is definitely on our list.
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6 votes
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Add revenue and platform to the search
Add search tags for both Revenue & Platform, for example you would add the tags: Google Adsense or Clickbank for revenue & for Platform you would add the tags: vBulletin, Wordpress, PHP, Custom etc.., This would help when looking for sites to buy that generate revenue via a certain avenue or for a site thats a forum or blog.
6 votes