Thus far, they are asking to buy one of my domains. I did a counter-offer so I will see what comes of it. I took some time to read up on escrow.com to be sure it was on the up & up. From what I read, the process is:
How does It work? 1. *Buyer and Seller Agree to Terms* After registering at Escrow.com, both parties agree to terms of the transaction, which includes the domain name(s) and sale price. 2. *The Buyer Pays Escrow.com* The Buyer submits a payment, selecting wire transfer or in some cases PayPal, credit card (American Express, MasterCard and Visa) or check/money order. Escrow.com verifies good funds and updates the website to prompt the seller to transfer the domain. 3. *The Seller Indicates the Domain Name Transfer Process Has Started.* After payment is secure, the seller is prompted to work with the buyer and the registrar to transfer the domain ownership to the buyer. Each domain registrar has a different procedure to transfer domain ownership. 4. *Domain Registration Transferred by the Registrar* The inspection period is started once the Buyer indicates control or Escrow.com confirms the WHOIS information reflects the Buyer's customer profile. The Buyer confirms full control through the registrar and accepts the domain on the Escrow.com site. 5. *The Seller is Paid by Escrow.com* When Escrow.com can verify the domain has been transferred to the Buyer and the inspection period has ended, the Seller is paid. The transaction is complete. On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:43 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are they asking for a domain evaluation to find a fair price? If so, it > is probably a scam. You foot the bill for the domain name review > through the one suggested and you never hear from them again. > > Warning signs > > 1. They ask you to pay for a domain name assessment > 2. It is through someone they suggest > 3. They poo-poo on well known/respected domain name resellers like > Afternic. > > These are usually form E-mails. If you Google the name or some of the > next, you might find a match. If still in doubt, post some of the text > for us to see :) > > On 2/14/2012 5:30 AM, ColdFusion Developer wrote: > > > > Disregard... I found the answer :-) > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:28 AM, ColdFusion Developer > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Have a general question. > >> > >> I was contacted by someone to purchase a domain name that I have. The > >> proposed to use escrow.com for payment. > >> > >> Of those who have experience in using escrow.com, does the buyer& the > >> seller pay the service fee or just one party? > >> > >> Thanks! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346767 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
