I'm making some changes to the domain forum.

[Head Boy]

We're getting a lot of sales and wants threads which is good, but it's causing the news and discussion threads to drop down the index. I'm going to take the idea of flagging sales threads, and I'm going to flip it over. I'll be marking news items with the title prefix of [NEWS] and interesting discussion threads with be prefixed by [***]. I'll also make these threads sticky, so please look at the top of the index when you arrive at the domain forum.

Do you think this is a useful change?

[ting_tong]

If they did the same in the main forum i belive it would've been a bunch of [SPAM] and [PURE BULLSHIT] flagging

[fresh]

I think ist good. On another note its nice to see domain forum so active. Its more active than it was 6 months ago

[Head Boy]

That's because of all the domains being sold.

[rogue]

why not just have a "for sale" sub-sub domain?

[Head Boy]

Originally Posted by rogue

why not just have a "for sale" sub-sub domain?

That's Meat's decision, and not mine.

[hithit]

Originally Posted by rogue

why not just have a "for sale" sub-sub domain?

Thats what i want to say.

[Head Boy]

If it was up to me, I'd have a for sale and auction section without any payments for posting. That would clean up some of the threads.

[PornFactory]

Sounds like a good idea for me...

[rogue]

Originally Posted by rogue

why not just have a "for sale" sub-sub domain?

i meant to say forum and not domain

[GTP Dave]

Developed domains for sale should include traffic & revenue stats--
I would make this mandatory;

Links to screenshots of Traffic and/or Revenue should be provided if you are claiming either one

[Head Boy]

Originally Posted by rogue

why not just have a "for sale" sub-sub domain?

nice idea, but sub-sub.com and subsub.com are taken. I own femfem.com - would you acept a pair of lesbians instead.

[rogue]

i'll always accept lesbians

[Head Boy]

Originally Posted by GTP Dave

Developed domains for sale should include traffic & revenue stats--
I would make this mandatory;

Links to screenshots of Traffic and/or Revenue should be provided if you are claiming either one

That would be good if everybody was honest, but the domain business is riddled with fraud. Stats are easy to fake, and traffic can be boosted with a load of blog links. I know that from my "amazing juggs" experiment.

I guess it's a case of "caveat emptor", and if you are buying domains for traffic, then make a few peripheral checks as well as looking at the stats.

[glowlite]

Originally Posted by GTP Dave

Developed domains for sale should include traffic & revenue stats--
I would make this mandatory;

Links to screenshots of Traffic and/or Revenue should be provided if you are claiming either one

That might be OK for a $100 or less deal. But that would kill it for serious buyers and sellers dealing with a domain or site of any value. I'll post my URL and traffic and rev stats if you post a snapshot of your bank acct # and current balance.

Then you'll know I have something of value for sale and I'll know you're not just another window shopper with no money and no real intentions of buying anyway.

Other than having all our info published online and indexed by the SEs for a couple years it's no big deal.

I have no prob posting traffic numbers. Beyond that it requires exchanging email addys and finishing the discussion. The other persons email addy needs to be on a domain they own with valid public whois info also.

[glowlite]

The news and discussion needs to be on top. Good plan HB. Like fresh mentioned, it's nice to see the activity growing.