We all know Flippa.com is the largest, most active marketplace for people who buy and sell websites but they are far from perfect. Did you know they have a website for you to sound off on what improvements you want made? I didn’t know this myself until I saw this tiny little “feedback” link at the bottom of their website. The link goes to this website.
Not surprisingly, the number one request by website buyers and sellers is an integrated escrow service. This was a service I always thought would be a natural fit for Flippa and I’m surprised it hasn’t been added yet. It would certainly make it easier for those new to buying and selling websites if there was a “Flippa endorsed” escrow service that was easily integrated into the sales process.
The second most popular request, which also doesn’t surprise me, is the need for a Flippa affiliate program for Internet Marketers like myself to monetize their sites with:) This is another no-brainer improvement – but then again I’m slightly biased as an affiliate marketer myself.
And rounding up the top three requests is the need to allow adult sites to be sold. I didn’t think of this one but after doing some digging, it turns out there aren’t too many avenues for webmasters to buy and sell adult websites. I’m actually surprised Flippa doesn’t allow them because I suspect Flippa is leaving a lot of money on the table by not opening their marketplace to them. Those who don’t want adult sites allowed, which interestingly enough is the fourth most popular request, say they don’t want to be exposed to “porn.”
This concern could easily be solved by having the adult sites behind a second opt-in, or private area. They could handle these sites the same way eBay handles their adult items for sale where you can’t even view the items until you agree to the “Terms of Use” for their adult items for sale. Even after you agree to those terms there is an additional step required to go to the adult items for sale as they give you the chance to cancel your request. And no, I don’t know all this from experience! I actually wanted to know how eBay handled this to help the folks at Flippa on how they could handle this as well so I just tried to view the Adult Only category at eBay.
Do you have a request for Flippa? Leave your feedback for them here!
