i want to buy a site, need info

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    I am planning to buy a website with full content and i am paying a good amount. I was wondering how everyone would go about dealing with the payment. I have heard that www.escrow.com is 1 possibility. But i would like to have other options.

    Anyone have another idea or method?

    thanks
     
    mark41185, Apr 5, 2006 IP
  2. sebastya

    sebastya Well-Known Member

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    Have you tried PayPal?
     
    sebastya, Apr 5, 2006 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    If it's less then $1000 and you can trust the seller, Paypal is a good option.
     
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  4. mark41185

    mark41185 Peon

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    it's over my paypal limit. any other options aside from paypal? it's much more than $1000
     
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    apwn Active Member

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    you can always meet the person in question if he doesn't live to far ...

    If not you can find a honest person who will be an intermediate person, you pay him and he pays the webmaster when you have received the site!
     
    apwn, Apr 5, 2006 IP
  6. sebastya

    sebastya Well-Known Member

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    Bank deposit?
     
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  7. Seiya

    Seiya Peon

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    Use escrow its the safest way... you can also pay by Western Union Money Transfer.
     
    Seiya, Apr 5, 2006 IP
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    Havent done but most website auction sites take care of this. Are you a direct buyer?
     
    americanguy, Apr 6, 2006 IP
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    escrow is safe
     
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    itsme Well-Known Member

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    escrow.com

    meet in person

    PayPal if the $$ amount is low and you trust the seller

    Bank Wire, don't do it without a letter of credit or contract in place

    Western Union, never
     
    itsme, Apr 7, 2006 IP
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    seems quite unsafe.
     
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  12. itsme

    itsme Well-Known Member

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    Well I guess technically it is, because most people don't take percautions...

    BUT, I like to believe that most people are generally good and as long as the amounts are relatively small, I just go on the trust/honour system.

    If I get ripped off, I will make a LOT of noise about it and make sure that everyone knows about it and maybe prevent it from happening again. I'm proud to say that so far at this forum I haven't had any problems whatsoever.

    If you take the steps to prevent getting ripped off, you'll be fine. Escrow, letter of credit from your bank or meet in person and draw up a contract... that's safe.
     
    itsme, Apr 9, 2006 IP
  13. William

    William Well-Known Member

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    I would strongly recommend monikers escrow service. Much safer than escrow.com when dealing with domains and websites as they are a registrar and the ervice is developed for domains.
     
    William, Apr 10, 2006 IP
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    Cal813 Active Member

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    just use a cheque... that way you have a recipt too :)
     
    Cal813, Apr 10, 2006 IP