Feedback Hello admin!?!?! Tried to ask you about an "infraction", and no email to respond to.

Hello,

I received notification of an "infraction", and I don't know what the email is actually describing as the issue, or even the comment I made, as the thread it seems to refer to (http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=2318644&p=16936478#post16936478) I don't recall posting in, plus am at a real loss as to what I would post anywhere that would warrant an infraction.

If you could contact me on a real email address so we could clarify the issue that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

 

Thank you for clarifying.

But like I said, a "real" email address would also assist with clarification.

 

That's fine, unfortunately not everyone has time to explore every element of a forum, and if I've received an email from someone logic would say I can reply to that email.

Unless you're PayPal or Google of course, so I thought.

Oh, or Apple (*remembers painful app submission/review process...* *shudder* )

 

Even Google give a working way to reply to them if they are penalising you in some way. Something to think about perhaps.

 

They don't sound very responsive, deeve. You should insist on getting your money back.

 

Oh boy, the old "don't complain of a free service" style comment. Didn't take long.

So why is it that a viewpoint offering a difference of opinion is instantly viewed as a negative? Especially one that's avoided any form of abuse or similar, but simply conveyed an opinion. It's a web forum, I would have thought thicker skins would abound from experienced members.

 

Why does my opinion differing from yours make me "thin skinned"?

Would it have been thicker-skinned to say policies should be altered on demand provided the member's been here at least 2 weeks?

 

I missed the part where I suggested policies should be changed on demand...?

And in case I misunderstood the forum title, I thought "Suggestions & Feedback" meant this forum was a place for... umm... suggestions & feedback. Am I wrong? Wouldn't be the first time, nor the last, so happy to be enlightened.

 

And related, as commented in this thread: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=2334519#post17010294

Why do I get an "infraction" for asking to be PM'd info, but the majority of sellers do it constantly, providing minimal information about the sites they're selling? I think the potential of being ripped off by a seller scam is far worse than my asking for some info to be PM'd.

 

Thanks for the explanation, appreciated. My initial post above actually came from the many, many sellers who always write "PM me", hence thought it was the norm to ask that.

So moving on from that... with regards to sellers, could you not make it mandatory to provide at least some basic info on their sales listings? Enough to indicate some evidence of what they're selling/saying? I'm not saying it needs to be as comprehensive as Flippa, but at the moment it seems the majority of listings are either scams or sellers trying to get something for very little. I'm a little tired of having to PM just for the site URL, for example.

 

As I've posted in that thread mentioned above, I've had a few times where it's taken a half dozen PMs or more just to get some basic info such as evidence & numbers/ratio of organic traffic, which to me is a basic for any site selling. I've been here less than a month and getting very frustrated at the amount of time I waste getting basic info from sellers, I can't imagine how it must be for those who have been here longer. It starts to make Flippa, even with their higher prices, seem a better place to frequent. At least you can avoid wasting your time getting the basic site and traffic info for the majority of listings, and time is worth $$$.

For me these should be mandatory before any site can be listed for sale:
- domain name
- traffic (with GA evidence earning a gold star listing or similar)
- ratio organic traffic (with GA evidence earning a gold star listing or similar)

Even adsense earnings aren't as important as that since it's traffic that counts for that anyway.

Anyway, just some suggestions.

 

True, but some basic info I think should be mandatory, same as the basic info you need to provide if selling a car on most good car sites ...etc.

 

You could just decide to buy from sellers who provide the info you want and don't waste your time with the others.

On the other hand, If I want to buy a good site, there is a pretty good chance I don't want its details, and the name itself, listed publicly in some DP thread where it persists forever. It cuts both ways.

The solution, as always, is that you get to decide who you want to do business with.

 

Fair point. Though certain details you could have only available to logged in members, and then seller could check a "site sold" option to remove all info.

And the main thing personally is that I have wasted a hell of a lot of emails back and forth to get some basic info from a seller (eg. organic traffic ratio), which should be made available up front imho.

Anyway, as the forum says, some suggestions/ideas.