Scamming In the domain business!

Every single blogger who is also a domainer has written a blog on the recent scams in the business.

When I say every domainer, I immediately lie, rather those who need content for their blog, those who have nothing interesting to say, and occasionally those who are generally concerned/interested in the matter. (I appreciate this sentence is rather blunt. A couple of guys who have written extensive articles about scamming are great people, and I dont mean any offense.)

The reason for this post is so I can post my own view on scamming.

My immediate feeling when I read these posts is simple. Dont complain about paypal, and the registrars not helping you out. Rather move on, and get over it. Admittedly I'd be thoroughly p****d off if some moron stole hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars worth of domains off me. However I dont think they ever will (this is not a challenge), simply because I am thorough, precautious, and without intending to be arrogant... clever.

• From my experience the majority of scammers hang on Digitalpoint. DP is a rubbish forum, it IS scammers. You cant really conduct any decent business there. Those who are not scammers dont know the market. Simply dont use digital point OR if you must, see below...
• Use ESCROW.com for transactions with a)anyone at DP b)Any $x,xxx+ transactions
• Dont be a stupid idiot.
• Use unique passwords at every place you are a member.
• A password like abc is stupid. Abc768A is better.
• Check TR. Also communicate with the person thoroughly before hand. Without meaning to generalize, if they cant put an English sentence together, dont deal with them. Maybe you will lose a nice deal, but more likely than not you will avoiding a scam.
• If they are offering a good domain at a stupidly low price, it is a scam!
• If they offer a large offer for your awful domains: scam!

Follow those simple rules, and you cant get scammed, Simple as!

Linking in to point 3, "Dont be a stupid idiot". This is the most important point. Have a bit of common sense, and you cant go wrong. Think, and take your time with every deal. Be honest yourself and the scammers will eventually realise that we are too clever for them.

Sit there crying about paypal all day, and a)you wont get anywhere b)you are trying to shift the blame, when actually it is your own fault, end of.

N.B. I thought I would add, occasionally scammers are exceptionally clever. Do your best. If anything seems dodgy, escrow is the way to go.

The moral of the story, if you get scammed....

blame yourself, NOT paypal.

1222 Comment(s) Posted by Tom on February 16, 2008, 1:44 pm