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Lihem
05-06-2010, 04:05 PM
Is anyone working for pickydomains right now? I have searched about the company; there are good and bad comments about them.
I found more good comments and last week, I got registered and submitted 19 domain names that I created; the status shows, three of the domains are disliked. The rest of the domain names have no response yet.
When I search at google, someone said, his domains were disliked, but when he searched domain names he created, they were already up; he said pickydomains is a scam.
Unless there is a block to not publish the domains disliked, companies who want domain names pay $50 and assume they disliked suggested domains and ask their money refunded and then publish the domain name they disliked.
To make sure, I checked the 3 domain names which are disliked and they are not published yet.
I would have created more domain names, but if I don't get paid at least for one out of the 19, I am not going to continue.
The website address is, www.pickydomains.com
Let me know if this company is really legit; if any of you get paid from it.
Thanks.
I found more good comments and last week, I got registered and submitted 19 domain names that I created; the status shows, three of the domains are disliked. The rest of the domain names have no response yet.
When I search at google, someone said, his domains were disliked, but when he searched domain names he created, they were already up; he said pickydomains is a scam.
Unless there is a block to not publish the domains disliked, companies who want domain names pay $50 and assume they disliked suggested domains and ask their money refunded and then publish the domain name they disliked.
To make sure, I checked the 3 domain names which are disliked and they are not published yet.
I would have created more domain names, but if I don't get paid at least for one out of the 19, I am not going to continue.
The website address is, www.pickydomains.com
Let me know if this company is really legit; if any of you get paid from it.
Thanks.
Aslyn
05-07-2010, 04:35 AM
I have never heard of this before, but on the website it looks like (if I am reading this right) the domain has to be registered before you get paid..meaning someone has to buy it. I could be wrong but thats what I am gathering from the small blurb on the site.
Kranbery
05-07-2010, 06:48 AM
I tried it a few months ago, and only got one dislike. There wasn't enough activity for it to be profitable in my opinion. I don't know if it is a scam though.
New user
06-16-2011, 02:51 PM
Hey,
I signed up for pickydomains.com a few months ago. After submitting tons of suggestions, one of mine got picked "LatteForTwo" (A dating website). I continued doing it for a few months, but just for fun and not too often. The most that ever happened was my suggestions were disliked, liked, or viewed. Then (probably about 4 months after having one picked), my second one was picked "DateInADash" (A speed dating website). I have been paid for both suggestions ($25 for the first and $30 for the second because they raised their payment). When they pay via paypal, they ask users to post a positive comment on a random forum because they know how often people doubt their site.
It works and if you give good suggestions you will get picked and paid! Though, there is a lot of competition!
I signed up for pickydomains.com a few months ago. After submitting tons of suggestions, one of mine got picked "LatteForTwo" (A dating website). I continued doing it for a few months, but just for fun and not too often. The most that ever happened was my suggestions were disliked, liked, or viewed. Then (probably about 4 months after having one picked), my second one was picked "DateInADash" (A speed dating website). I have been paid for both suggestions ($25 for the first and $30 for the second because they raised their payment). When they pay via paypal, they ask users to post a positive comment on a random forum because they know how often people doubt their site.
It works and if you give good suggestions you will get picked and paid! Though, there is a lot of competition!
khakigirl
06-16-2011, 03:29 PM
Hey,
I signed up for pickydomains.com a few months ago. After submitting tons of suggestions, one of mine got picked "LatteForTwo" (A dating website). I continued doing it for a few months, but just for fun and not too often. The most that ever happened was my suggestions were disliked, liked, or viewed. Then (probably about 4 months after having one picked), my second one was picked "DateInADash" (A speed dating website). I have been paid for both suggestions ($25 for the first and $30 for the second because they raised their payment). When they pay via paypal, they ask users to post a positive comment on a random forum because they know how often people doubt their site.
It works and if you give good suggestions you will get picked and paid! Though, there is a lot of competition!
Based on this reply, I call scam. This is the ONLY post this person has made and they registered JUST to answer. This is probably Picky Domains' owner.
FWIW, I joined and submitted hundreds of domain suggestions and they were all disliked. I kept them in a spreadsheet and a few months later went back to check some of them - 11/15 of the ones I checked had been purchased shortly after I suggested them. I think that many of the "buyers" dislike all the domains, wait a little bit and then go buy the domain they really liked. There is absolutely no way around this so pickydomains CANNOT work, IMHO.
I signed up for pickydomains.com a few months ago. After submitting tons of suggestions, one of mine got picked "LatteForTwo" (A dating website). I continued doing it for a few months, but just for fun and not too often. The most that ever happened was my suggestions were disliked, liked, or viewed. Then (probably about 4 months after having one picked), my second one was picked "DateInADash" (A speed dating website). I have been paid for both suggestions ($25 for the first and $30 for the second because they raised their payment). When they pay via paypal, they ask users to post a positive comment on a random forum because they know how often people doubt their site.
It works and if you give good suggestions you will get picked and paid! Though, there is a lot of competition!
Based on this reply, I call scam. This is the ONLY post this person has made and they registered JUST to answer. This is probably Picky Domains' owner.
FWIW, I joined and submitted hundreds of domain suggestions and they were all disliked. I kept them in a spreadsheet and a few months later went back to check some of them - 11/15 of the ones I checked had been purchased shortly after I suggested them. I think that many of the "buyers" dislike all the domains, wait a little bit and then go buy the domain they really liked. There is absolutely no way around this so pickydomains CANNOT work, IMHO.
khristal23
06-16-2011, 04:58 PM
I have heard of this but never tried it ... seems like I have seen where some people say they've done it and been paid though. However, I seriously doubt it would be an extremely profitable venture.
luvsdragonflies
06-17-2011, 01:21 AM
I'm gonna try it and see what happens.. I'll keep ya'll updated
PickyDomains.com
06-17-2011, 01:53 AM
Based on this reply, I call scam. This is the ONLY post this person has made and they registered JUST to answer. This is probably Picky Domains' owner.
No, that was not a PickyDomains owner, I am, and no, we are not a scam. We do require our contributors to post online when they got paid, but not in a manner Nancy did. The idea is to post in on a blog or a forum where everyone knows you, not to go to a forum and register there, because then the effect is just the opposit.
Anynow, we are a 100% legit company, we've been reviewed by mainstream media, like San Francisco Chronicle
We've never scammed anyone, this issue is covered in our FAQ - it's 50% misinformed individuals and 50% (likely intended and paid for) competitors BS claims.
Since we didn't require our paid contributors to post before, there weren't as many posts about getting paid, but they are out there
etc.
I think around 300 people (out of 44,000 registered contributors) got paid. I should have required 'I've been paid' posts right from the beginning.
As far as other questions go - no, you won't get rich working for PickyDomains, but it's fun. Nancy's experience - getting paid a couple of times in a span of few months is typical. Our best contributors made $1000-$1500 in a span of 'lifetime' (a year or two). But we don't claim to be a full-time job opportunity. It's more of a 'five minutes every other day' and get $25-$30 after a couple of months.
If you have any questions, my e-mail is support AT pickydomains DOT com
No, that was not a PickyDomains owner, I am, and no, we are not a scam. We do require our contributors to post online when they got paid, but not in a manner Nancy did. The idea is to post in on a blog or a forum where everyone knows you, not to go to a forum and register there, because then the effect is just the opposit.
Anynow, we are a 100% legit company, we've been reviewed by mainstream media, like San Francisco Chronicle
We've never scammed anyone, this issue is covered in our FAQ - it's 50% misinformed individuals and 50% (likely intended and paid for) competitors BS claims.
Since we didn't require our paid contributors to post before, there weren't as many posts about getting paid, but they are out there
etc.
I think around 300 people (out of 44,000 registered contributors) got paid. I should have required 'I've been paid' posts right from the beginning.
As far as other questions go - no, you won't get rich working for PickyDomains, but it's fun. Nancy's experience - getting paid a couple of times in a span of few months is typical. Our best contributors made $1000-$1500 in a span of 'lifetime' (a year or two). But we don't claim to be a full-time job opportunity. It's more of a 'five minutes every other day' and get $25-$30 after a couple of months.
If you have any questions, my e-mail is support AT pickydomains DOT com
PickyDomains.com
06-17-2011, 01:54 AM
Sorry, your system did not let me insert links as I was a newbie. Here they are
xxx://allbusiness.sfgate.com/business-planning/starting-a-business/4974281-1.html
xxx://www.pickydomains.com/faq
xxx://outbox.here.my/2009/02/yeah-i-got-paid-by-pickydomainscom.html
xxx://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080706214128AACvxyY
xxx://wahadventures.com/2011/05/picky-domains-put-your-creative-mind-to-work.html
xxx://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2125428.aspx
xxx://allbusiness.sfgate.com/business-planning/starting-a-business/4974281-1.html
xxx://www.pickydomains.com/faq
xxx://outbox.here.my/2009/02/yeah-i-got-paid-by-pickydomainscom.html
xxx://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080706214128AACvxyY
xxx://wahadventures.com/2011/05/picky-domains-put-your-creative-mind-to-work.html
xxx://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2125428.aspx
khakigirl
06-17-2011, 05:34 AM
No, that was not a PickyDomains owner, I am. *snip*
This post does prove something, though. You scour the internet (or have a Google Alert set up) for posts about your website so you can go out and defend its honor. To me, that SCREAMS scam but I might be the only one.
Also, since you mention your FAQ, I pulled out something from it that I have a problem with
I want to become a contributor, but I am afraid your clients will steal my suggestions.
Our system tracks all suggestions each contributor made. At any time you can click ‘My Suggestions’ and see if any of your domains have been registered. We had only around 10 or 11 instances of theft out of 1500+ orders. So it’s a non-issue. Most people really do need a cool domain and $50 isn’t a huge sum worth risking a lawsuit for.
I logged into my account today to check just this. Two of the websites I made suggestions for show as "refunded" and there is no information available about what I suggested. Those accounts match up with the ones in my personal records that I found that were registered. So yes, you have a flaw in your system and you are trying desperately to hide it.
Oh and how many of the 10 or 11 fraud/theft cases have you sued? I'm guessing none and even if you did, how many cases did you win?
This post does prove something, though. You scour the internet (or have a Google Alert set up) for posts about your website so you can go out and defend its honor. To me, that SCREAMS scam but I might be the only one.
Also, since you mention your FAQ, I pulled out something from it that I have a problem with
I want to become a contributor, but I am afraid your clients will steal my suggestions.
Our system tracks all suggestions each contributor made. At any time you can click ‘My Suggestions’ and see if any of your domains have been registered. We had only around 10 or 11 instances of theft out of 1500+ orders. So it’s a non-issue. Most people really do need a cool domain and $50 isn’t a huge sum worth risking a lawsuit for.
I logged into my account today to check just this. Two of the websites I made suggestions for show as "refunded" and there is no information available about what I suggested. Those accounts match up with the ones in my personal records that I found that were registered. So yes, you have a flaw in your system and you are trying desperately to hide it.
Oh and how many of the 10 or 11 fraud/theft cases have you sued? I'm guessing none and even if you did, how many cases did you win?
khakigirl
06-17-2011, 05:55 AM
Sorry, your system did not let me insert links as I was a newbie. Here they are
1 - Pickydomains or Catchy Dotcoms | Funny Business (http://allbusiness.sfgate.com/business-planning/starting-a-business/4974281-1.html)
2 - http://www.pickydomains.com/faq
3 - http://outbox.here.my/2009/02/yeah-i-got-paid-by-pickydomainscom.html
4 - Has PickyDomains.com paid you? - Yahoo! Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080706214128AACvxyY)
5 - Picky Domains- Put Your Creative Mind to Work! | (http://wahadventures.com/2011/05/picky-domains-put-your-creative-mind-to-work.html)
6 - myLot - Has anyone used the site PICKY DOMAINS ? (http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2125428.aspx)
There is a problem with almost all your links. I'll go ahead and detail them so you know in the future that we are not easily fooled.
1 - This is a summary of the business with not much more information that what is available at your website. If the writer had actually tried your website on either end, this would be a very credible source.
2 - This is a page from your website - not exactly something I would use as an argument to prove a website is legitimate.
3 - This one is actually a good one.
4 - The person who answered the question joined JUST to answer it and that has been the only thing they've ever answered in 3 years. Basically it's just like the person who joined WAHM just to answer this thread. It looks fishy.
5 - Again, this is just a summary and although the blogger has tried the website, she didn't make any money either. Yes, there is one comment by someone who "has been paid" but I would say that it isn't very reputable because she makes some spelling and grammar mistakes. In a business that requires good spelling and grammar, it doesn't seem likely that she would actually get her domain chosen unless the client actually wanted a misspelled domain, which could be true, I suppose.
6 - The only people with positive things to say in this discussion were MyLot newbies and most did not respond to any other discussions on that website.
If you're going to require that your paid contractors make comments, remind them that it looks spammy and strange to join a new site JUST to make the comment.
1 - Pickydomains or Catchy Dotcoms | Funny Business (http://allbusiness.sfgate.com/business-planning/starting-a-business/4974281-1.html)
2 - http://www.pickydomains.com/faq
3 - http://outbox.here.my/2009/02/yeah-i-got-paid-by-pickydomainscom.html
4 - Has PickyDomains.com paid you? - Yahoo! Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080706214128AACvxyY)
5 - Picky Domains- Put Your Creative Mind to Work! | (http://wahadventures.com/2011/05/picky-domains-put-your-creative-mind-to-work.html)
6 - myLot - Has anyone used the site PICKY DOMAINS ? (http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2125428.aspx)
There is a problem with almost all your links. I'll go ahead and detail them so you know in the future that we are not easily fooled.
1 - This is a summary of the business with not much more information that what is available at your website. If the writer had actually tried your website on either end, this would be a very credible source.
2 - This is a page from your website - not exactly something I would use as an argument to prove a website is legitimate.
3 - This one is actually a good one.
4 - The person who answered the question joined JUST to answer it and that has been the only thing they've ever answered in 3 years. Basically it's just like the person who joined WAHM just to answer this thread. It looks fishy.
5 - Again, this is just a summary and although the blogger has tried the website, she didn't make any money either. Yes, there is one comment by someone who "has been paid" but I would say that it isn't very reputable because she makes some spelling and grammar mistakes. In a business that requires good spelling and grammar, it doesn't seem likely that she would actually get her domain chosen unless the client actually wanted a misspelled domain, which could be true, I suppose.
6 - The only people with positive things to say in this discussion were MyLot newbies and most did not respond to any other discussions on that website.
If you're going to require that your paid contractors make comments, remind them that it looks spammy and strange to join a new site JUST to make the comment.
PickyDomains.com
06-17-2011, 02:43 PM
I logged into my account today to check just this. Two of the websites I made suggestions for show as "refunded" and there is no information available about what I suggested. Those accounts match up with the ones in my personal records that I found that were registered. So yes, you have a flaw in your system and you are trying desperately to hide it.
No, this is incorrect. All suggestions are tracked. Click 'My Suggestions'. You'll see orders where you made your suggestions to. Click the order, scroll down, and you'll see individual suggestions you made, as well as their status. You can also check all of your suggestions for availability - they should all stay unregistered (if they weren't picked and if you really came up with suggestions yourself and have not used any tools or expired domains lists). This is really simple - there is no flaw and nothing to hide. We do have occasional cases that are borderline. As far as other questions go - suing makes sense only if it's financially sound, i.e. stolen domain is worth a lot. And the reason I ended up commenting all this nonsense about 'scam' is because Nancy sent me the link to her post (all paid contributors are now required to mention this fact online and send me a link when they do). When I clicked the link to check out her post, I saw what was going on and I thought that the thing to do was to react to this 'scam' nonsense. I can kind of understand people's concerns and skepticism, but honestly, I don't get all this insistance that there is something fishy. We've been around for 4 years. We've got 44,000 contributors, 1,200 clients, tons of domains, etc.
We try to make things really simple and really transparent. Like click 'My suggestions' and all your suggestions are nicely kept under each order you've ever worked with. Seems to be self-explanatory to me. Never had an issue with that. Yet here we go again, just like with 'scam' claims - someone says 'hey, how come you don't keep my suggestions? What are you hiding?'.
Nothing. Your suggesions are where it says 'My Suggestions'. All of them. If you ever see that someone stole your suggestion - notify us immediately. Most likely you'll find out that all of your suggestions are still unregistered, like all refused suggestions should be.
No, this is incorrect. All suggestions are tracked. Click 'My Suggestions'. You'll see orders where you made your suggestions to. Click the order, scroll down, and you'll see individual suggestions you made, as well as their status. You can also check all of your suggestions for availability - they should all stay unregistered (if they weren't picked and if you really came up with suggestions yourself and have not used any tools or expired domains lists). This is really simple - there is no flaw and nothing to hide. We do have occasional cases that are borderline. As far as other questions go - suing makes sense only if it's financially sound, i.e. stolen domain is worth a lot. And the reason I ended up commenting all this nonsense about 'scam' is because Nancy sent me the link to her post (all paid contributors are now required to mention this fact online and send me a link when they do). When I clicked the link to check out her post, I saw what was going on and I thought that the thing to do was to react to this 'scam' nonsense. I can kind of understand people's concerns and skepticism, but honestly, I don't get all this insistance that there is something fishy. We've been around for 4 years. We've got 44,000 contributors, 1,200 clients, tons of domains, etc.
We try to make things really simple and really transparent. Like click 'My suggestions' and all your suggestions are nicely kept under each order you've ever worked with. Seems to be self-explanatory to me. Never had an issue with that. Yet here we go again, just like with 'scam' claims - someone says 'hey, how come you don't keep my suggestions? What are you hiding?'.
Nothing. Your suggesions are where it says 'My Suggestions'. All of them. If you ever see that someone stole your suggestion - notify us immediately. Most likely you'll find out that all of your suggestions are still unregistered, like all refused suggestions should be.
Lihem
06-17-2011, 06:25 PM
khakigirl,
I totally agree with you; everything you said is right. I have an IT background plus I have created domain names before to the people I know and myself; I have experience. I joined PickyDomains in April 2010 and suggested 19 domain names. I thought if not all of them, some of them will get picked. I checked many times and showing me pending and some of them were disliked by the client. When I saw the PickyDomains clients membership rules, it says, they have three months or something trial month to cancel without obligation; which means, if they don't like the service or any reasons, they can cancel their account and get the full refund. When I see that, I was wondering, what if with in the trial period, they see domain suggestions of people like me and reject while they like the suggestions and cancel their account; after canceling their account and get their refund, they turn around and register the domain they rejected. I had so many questions in my mind and checked on Google if someone commented about them; I found many negative comments from people like me. The only positive comment I found was from clients who get domain names from PickyDomains, register domain names and sell them for high price.
You know what, I just checked my account at PickyDomains right now and I see only the nine domains I suggested are listed with status of "Refunded". From nine of them, five of them are "Pending" and four of them are "Disliked". You see, I suggested for 19 domains and only nine of them are listed on the site with "Refended" status. When I asked in August 2010 if clients canceling their membership and use people suggested domains, the response was, less than 1% of them do that. But I see from my account, in August, my suggestions were 19; now 10 of them are missing plus the rest nine status are "Refunded"....at this moment I approve based on my account, it is 100% of them who are cancelling their membership or PickyDomains is registering those domains people suggested and selling/owning them on the side.
I will paste questions I asked in the beginning of August using contact form and answers from the PickyDomains support below.
Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:46 AM
> lihem sent a message using the contact form at
> Contact | PickyDomains (http://pickydomains.com/contact).
> I did a lot of suggestions and I wonder how come at least one of them not
> succeeded. I spent my time to come up with the site suggestions. What if
> companies with trial period backed up from being member with you after
> seeing my suggestions and without paying any cent use my domain suggestion
> to publish sites? Can you do something about it?
We had 9 or 10 thefts out of 1300+ orders. So yes, it does happen,
but since it's less than 1%, we don't even worry about it.
> What if you pick my
> suggestions and sell it without me knowing?
The system keeps track of every single suggestion you've made. You
can log in any time and check them for availability. If any of them
became registered - let us know immediately. But don't every use any
domain suggestion tools based on keywords - like NameBoy or expired
domain lists, I am sick and tired of people who use these publically
available (to anyone) tools, and then claim that we or our clients
'stole' their suggestions.
> I did trust you at first and provided about 19 suggestions to the
> companies; but after I searched and saw negative comments about your
> company, I regretted that I suggested 19 instead of 1 or 2 for try.
I've read several posts that claim we are a 'scam'. Some are
obviously written by competitors, because the next comment is - "use
this service instead". Others are by people who work with expired
domain lists and domain suggestion software.
> I read comments that you sell site suggestions provided to you by people
> like me. I also saw comments that when the site suggestions provided
> here, the sites are proven that they are not existed or not taken; after
> the suggestions are posted on your website, the status shows they are not
> wanted by the company while suggestions are actually get sold and
> published. If you sold my or other people suggestions and get publish
> them, why you assume that my or other people suggestions are pending?
Can you rephrase your last question? I did not get it. If your
suggestion is picked, you get $25. If your suggestion is not picked -
you get nothing. All of your suggestions that are not picked should
stay available. Nobody is going to register them, neither us, nor
clients.
> If that is your system, it is not fair.....why waste people time? You want
> to make money for free? It is really ugly.....u better play game than play
> on people.
How is it not fair? If your suggestion is picked by a client - you
get paid. If not - it's not. You can come up with your own
suggestions, buy domains and then resell them on Sedo.com or
BuyDomains.com - that's fine by us. You take all the risks and all
the profit. In our system we take on the most important part -
finding a client who'll pay money. We take our cut for that and share
the rest with a client whose suggestion has not been picked. I know
of no other service you'll pay you just for suggesting names (naming
and branding agencies aside - you'll have to start your own for that).
--
PickyDomains.Com mailto:support@pickydomains.com
I am glad that I didn't do more than 19 domain suggestions; I am giving feedback at this forum, because I don't want other people to waste their time and energy for nothing. I guess if any of you really want to make money creating domain names, just create domain name on your own and register the domain; someone who wants that name can buy it from you with higher price.
I even forgot to cancel the account after this experience....I will cancel it now if the system let me.
I totally agree with you; everything you said is right. I have an IT background plus I have created domain names before to the people I know and myself; I have experience. I joined PickyDomains in April 2010 and suggested 19 domain names. I thought if not all of them, some of them will get picked. I checked many times and showing me pending and some of them were disliked by the client. When I saw the PickyDomains clients membership rules, it says, they have three months or something trial month to cancel without obligation; which means, if they don't like the service or any reasons, they can cancel their account and get the full refund. When I see that, I was wondering, what if with in the trial period, they see domain suggestions of people like me and reject while they like the suggestions and cancel their account; after canceling their account and get their refund, they turn around and register the domain they rejected. I had so many questions in my mind and checked on Google if someone commented about them; I found many negative comments from people like me. The only positive comment I found was from clients who get domain names from PickyDomains, register domain names and sell them for high price.
You know what, I just checked my account at PickyDomains right now and I see only the nine domains I suggested are listed with status of "Refunded". From nine of them, five of them are "Pending" and four of them are "Disliked". You see, I suggested for 19 domains and only nine of them are listed on the site with "Refended" status. When I asked in August 2010 if clients canceling their membership and use people suggested domains, the response was, less than 1% of them do that. But I see from my account, in August, my suggestions were 19; now 10 of them are missing plus the rest nine status are "Refunded"....at this moment I approve based on my account, it is 100% of them who are cancelling their membership or PickyDomains is registering those domains people suggested and selling/owning them on the side.
I will paste questions I asked in the beginning of August using contact form and answers from the PickyDomains support below.
Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:46 AM
> lihem sent a message using the contact form at
> Contact | PickyDomains (http://pickydomains.com/contact).
> I did a lot of suggestions and I wonder how come at least one of them not
> succeeded. I spent my time to come up with the site suggestions. What if
> companies with trial period backed up from being member with you after
> seeing my suggestions and without paying any cent use my domain suggestion
> to publish sites? Can you do something about it?
We had 9 or 10 thefts out of 1300+ orders. So yes, it does happen,
but since it's less than 1%, we don't even worry about it.
> What if you pick my
> suggestions and sell it without me knowing?
The system keeps track of every single suggestion you've made. You
can log in any time and check them for availability. If any of them
became registered - let us know immediately. But don't every use any
domain suggestion tools based on keywords - like NameBoy or expired
domain lists, I am sick and tired of people who use these publically
available (to anyone) tools, and then claim that we or our clients
'stole' their suggestions.
> I did trust you at first and provided about 19 suggestions to the
> companies; but after I searched and saw negative comments about your
> company, I regretted that I suggested 19 instead of 1 or 2 for try.
I've read several posts that claim we are a 'scam'. Some are
obviously written by competitors, because the next comment is - "use
this service instead". Others are by people who work with expired
domain lists and domain suggestion software.
> I read comments that you sell site suggestions provided to you by people
> like me. I also saw comments that when the site suggestions provided
> here, the sites are proven that they are not existed or not taken; after
> the suggestions are posted on your website, the status shows they are not
> wanted by the company while suggestions are actually get sold and
> published. If you sold my or other people suggestions and get publish
> them, why you assume that my or other people suggestions are pending?
Can you rephrase your last question? I did not get it. If your
suggestion is picked, you get $25. If your suggestion is not picked -
you get nothing. All of your suggestions that are not picked should
stay available. Nobody is going to register them, neither us, nor
clients.
> If that is your system, it is not fair.....why waste people time? You want
> to make money for free? It is really ugly.....u better play game than play
> on people.
How is it not fair? If your suggestion is picked by a client - you
get paid. If not - it's not. You can come up with your own
suggestions, buy domains and then resell them on Sedo.com or
BuyDomains.com - that's fine by us. You take all the risks and all
the profit. In our system we take on the most important part -
finding a client who'll pay money. We take our cut for that and share
the rest with a client whose suggestion has not been picked. I know
of no other service you'll pay you just for suggesting names (naming
and branding agencies aside - you'll have to start your own for that).
--
PickyDomains.Com mailto:support@pickydomains.com
I am glad that I didn't do more than 19 domain suggestions; I am giving feedback at this forum, because I don't want other people to waste their time and energy for nothing. I guess if any of you really want to make money creating domain names, just create domain name on your own and register the domain; someone who wants that name can buy it from you with higher price.
I even forgot to cancel the account after this experience....I will cancel it now if the system let me.
Lihem
06-17-2011, 07:07 PM
I checked the nine suggested list on my account and when I click on them, I don't even see the my suggested domain names on them; I can't even check if the sites are registered, because I trusted the site at the time I put my suggestions and I did not save domain names offline.
I was just to cancel my account, but there is no option to cancel account. Even if you check the FAQ, you only see their favorite questions and answers; their is no question on how to cancel the account.
I was just to cancel my account, but there is no option to cancel account. Even if you check the FAQ, you only see their favorite questions and answers; their is no question on how to cancel the account.
PickyDomains.com
06-17-2011, 11:29 PM
I have an IT background plus I have created domain names before to the people I know and myself; I have experience
I checked the nine suggested list on my account and when I click on them, I don't even see the my suggested domain names on them; I can't even check if the sites are registered, because I trusted the site at the time I put my suggestions and I did not save domain names offline.
If you have IT background, you should be able to understand simple directions.
1. Log in your account.
2. Click 'My Suggestions'.
3. You'll see orders you've worked on.
4.Click any order.
5. Scroll down.
6. Your suggestions ARE THERE. You'll see them. Imposible not to see.
7. You can now check them for availability.
If you have any problems, send me your e-mail you used when registering. I'll find your account, find your suggestion and will make a screenshot.
khakigirl, did you have a chance to look for your suggestions, where it says 'My Suggestions' and verify that, inspite of you and Lihem say, we DO keep all your suggestions?
Lihem, given your IT back ground, did you have a chance to look for your suggestios, where it says 'My Suggestions' and verify that, inspite of you and KhakiGirl say, we DO keep all your suggestions?
Is it just possible that PickyDomains in not a scam, but rather there are a few individual contributors who ARE MISINFORMED and when two misinformed indivuduals get together they seem to interpret their error of judgement as proof (i.e. "if my suggestions weren't picked, I must be a scam" or "if for some strange reason I can't find my suggestions where it says 'My Suggestions' then there aren't suggestions, there fore it must be a scam')?
Can I go now?
I checked the nine suggested list on my account and when I click on them, I don't even see the my suggested domain names on them; I can't even check if the sites are registered, because I trusted the site at the time I put my suggestions and I did not save domain names offline.
If you have IT background, you should be able to understand simple directions.
1. Log in your account.
2. Click 'My Suggestions'.
3. You'll see orders you've worked on.
4.Click any order.
5. Scroll down.
6. Your suggestions ARE THERE. You'll see them. Imposible not to see.
7. You can now check them for availability.
If you have any problems, send me your e-mail you used when registering. I'll find your account, find your suggestion and will make a screenshot.
khakigirl, did you have a chance to look for your suggestions, where it says 'My Suggestions' and verify that, inspite of you and Lihem say, we DO keep all your suggestions?
Lihem, given your IT back ground, did you have a chance to look for your suggestios, where it says 'My Suggestions' and verify that, inspite of you and KhakiGirl say, we DO keep all your suggestions?
Is it just possible that PickyDomains in not a scam, but rather there are a few individual contributors who ARE MISINFORMED and when two misinformed indivuduals get together they seem to interpret their error of judgement as proof (i.e. "if my suggestions weren't picked, I must be a scam" or "if for some strange reason I can't find my suggestions where it says 'My Suggestions' then there aren't suggestions, there fore it must be a scam')?
Can I go now?
PickyDomains.com
06-17-2011, 11:40 PM
P.S. I've located both of your accounts. And checked for suggestions. I looks like after upgrade our system shows suggestions made only to active order, not to inactive orders. I'll ask out techguy about settings for that. Meanwhile I'll go and look up made suggestion manually.
PickyDomains.com
06-17-2011, 11:50 PM
Lihem suggestion #1
ITTCorpSec.com
Lihem suggestion #2
MSWebOptima.com
#3
MaxDialerWeb.com
#4
MaxPhoneDial.com
#5
TopSEORanker.com
#6
NServeCorp.com
#7
SystDevice.com
#8
ESDHA.com
#9
EAutoDevic.com
#10
MajicNetwork.com
#11
DreamSocialNet.com
#12
AdultDelightNW.com
#13
UKRBabyCloths.com
#14
UKRKidseCom.com
#15
UkrainBaby.com
#16
PretyMakeover.com
#17
VertuMakeover.com
#18
MakeoverSW.com
#19
WebMakeoverSW.com
Are these your suggestions, Lihem? Has it been over a year, since you suggested them? Aren't they still unregistered? Has anything changed since you wrote me an e-mail in 2010? I don't have any superpowers, so I obviously could not forsee that this discussion would pop up. I'll ask my tech guy, why did May upgrade resulted in splititng all suggestions in Active and Inactive orders and ask him to restore full access to old inactive orders (why have My Suggestions at all if you can't see your old orders - so sorry about this one, you were right, I was wrong)
ITTCorpSec.com
Lihem suggestion #2
MSWebOptima.com
#3
MaxDialerWeb.com
#4
MaxPhoneDial.com
#5
TopSEORanker.com
#6
NServeCorp.com
#7
SystDevice.com
#8
ESDHA.com
#9
EAutoDevic.com
#10
MajicNetwork.com
#11
DreamSocialNet.com
#12
AdultDelightNW.com
#13
UKRBabyCloths.com
#14
UKRKidseCom.com
#15
UkrainBaby.com
#16
PretyMakeover.com
#17
VertuMakeover.com
#18
MakeoverSW.com
#19
WebMakeoverSW.com
Are these your suggestions, Lihem? Has it been over a year, since you suggested them? Aren't they still unregistered? Has anything changed since you wrote me an e-mail in 2010? I don't have any superpowers, so I obviously could not forsee that this discussion would pop up. I'll ask my tech guy, why did May upgrade resulted in splititng all suggestions in Active and Inactive orders and ask him to restore full access to old inactive orders (why have My Suggestions at all if you can't see your old orders - so sorry about this one, you were right, I was wrong)
PickyDomains.com
06-18-2011, 12:25 AM
khakigirl suggestions
#1
omfgchat.com
#2
OhWowChat.com
#3
CraziestChat.com
#4
CraziestChats.com
#5
AllNightPokerParty.com
#6
CrazyPokerParty.com
#7
KidStockXchange.com
#8
StocksandKids.com
You also have 2 suggestions in active orders, so I can't publish them, but you can see those yourself in a manner I described (just checked, I like the short one). Could you please confirm that these are in fact your suggestions made in 2009 and they are still unregistered? Like I told Lihem, I'll talk to our tech guy how come contribs can no longer see old suggestions made to inactive orders, but like I said, we have nothing to hide, there are no flaws in the system and we aren't a scam. All refused suggestions should stay unregistered. It doesn't always happen this way, but thefts are very rare. Your and Lihem suggestions were looked at by clients, refused and never used by anyone.
#1
omfgchat.com
#2
OhWowChat.com
#3
CraziestChat.com
#4
CraziestChats.com
#5
AllNightPokerParty.com
#6
CrazyPokerParty.com
#7
KidStockXchange.com
#8
StocksandKids.com
You also have 2 suggestions in active orders, so I can't publish them, but you can see those yourself in a manner I described (just checked, I like the short one). Could you please confirm that these are in fact your suggestions made in 2009 and they are still unregistered? Like I told Lihem, I'll talk to our tech guy how come contribs can no longer see old suggestions made to inactive orders, but like I said, we have nothing to hide, there are no flaws in the system and we aren't a scam. All refused suggestions should stay unregistered. It doesn't always happen this way, but thefts are very rare. Your and Lihem suggestions were looked at by clients, refused and never used by anyone.
PickyDomains.com
06-18-2011, 02:39 AM
Ok, my tech guy got back to me - we fixed the bug, all suggestions are now visible. Here is why there was a problem. Не decided that once a client refunds an order he or she should no longer be able to see suggestions made. This was agreed upon as a way to protect our contributors. So we took off a checkmark that allowed visibility of suggested names for refunded orders. Unfortunately this started to apply to contributors as well as clients. We've now fixed it so it applies to clients only. I've checked - it works. Sorry for confusion.
khakigirl
06-18-2011, 03:09 AM
khakigirl suggestions
#1
omfgchat.com
#2
OhWowChat.com
#3
CraziestChat.com
#4
CraziestChats.com
#5
AllNightPokerParty.com
#6
CrazyPokerParty.com
#7
KidStockXchange.com
#8
StocksandKids.com
You also have 2 suggestions in active orders, so I can't publish them, but you can see those yourself in a manner I described (just checked, I like the short one). Could you please confirm that these are in fact your suggestions made in 2009 and they are still unregistered? Like I told Lihem, I'll talk to our tech guy how come contribs can no longer see old suggestions made to inactive orders, but like I said, we have nothing to hide, there are no flaws in the system and we aren't a scam. All refused suggestions should stay unregistered. It doesn't always happen this way, but thefts are very rare. Your and Lihem suggestions were looked at by clients, refused and never used by anyone.
I know I did more suggestions than that - I had a whole spreadsheet with them...some of those I don't even remember submitting. Perhaps I had an account under a different name?
Oh and I don't find it very professional publishing our submissions and I doubt anyone here would either, especially because you assumed that because the usernames match that these are definitely our accounts. I have run into several other people who use the username khakigirl. Those are my submissions and I did log into that account to check the submissions and try out your system again but I think it was very unprofessional on your part.
#1
omfgchat.com
#2
OhWowChat.com
#3
CraziestChat.com
#4
CraziestChats.com
#5
AllNightPokerParty.com
#6
CrazyPokerParty.com
#7
KidStockXchange.com
#8
StocksandKids.com
You also have 2 suggestions in active orders, so I can't publish them, but you can see those yourself in a manner I described (just checked, I like the short one). Could you please confirm that these are in fact your suggestions made in 2009 and they are still unregistered? Like I told Lihem, I'll talk to our tech guy how come contribs can no longer see old suggestions made to inactive orders, but like I said, we have nothing to hide, there are no flaws in the system and we aren't a scam. All refused suggestions should stay unregistered. It doesn't always happen this way, but thefts are very rare. Your and Lihem suggestions were looked at by clients, refused and never used by anyone.
I know I did more suggestions than that - I had a whole spreadsheet with them...some of those I don't even remember submitting. Perhaps I had an account under a different name?
Oh and I don't find it very professional publishing our submissions and I doubt anyone here would either, especially because you assumed that because the usernames match that these are definitely our accounts. I have run into several other people who use the username khakigirl. Those are my submissions and I did log into that account to check the submissions and try out your system again but I think it was very unprofessional on your part.
PickyDomains.com
06-18-2011, 03:24 AM
I know I did more suggestions than that - I had a whole spreadsheet with them...some of those I don't even remember submitting. Perhaps I had an account under a different name?
Oh and I don't find it very professional publishing our submissions and I doubt anyone here would either, especially because you assumed that because the usernames match that these are definitely our accounts. I have run into several other people who use the username khakigirl. Those are my submissions and I did log into that account to check the submissions and try out your system again but I think it was very unprofessional on your part.
Call me unprofessional, rude, etc. - that's fine. I deal with people every day who tell me - hey, I submitted by suggestions, but never got paid - something is going on. Well, we have 44.000 contributors and 1,200 clients, so there is no way for everyone to get paid. It's simple math. And nobody is stealing anyones suggestions, with the exception of few instances of theft that we really did have. I am glad we had this discussion, because it help us find a bug after we upgraded our system mid May (thank you and Lihem for that). I hope this puts this 'scam' issue to rest at least on this forum. I am sure that in a few months on some other forum two people who submitted few suggestions that nobody picked with get together and will say something like 'Hey, I worked with PickyDomains.com and never got paid' 'Me too!' 'Oh my god, it's a scam!' Than one of our paid contributors will post a reply that he or she has worked with us and got paid maybe on several occasions, like Nancy who posted there. And this post will be interpreted as a proof that there is a big conspiracy going on to steal people suggestions. This post will be brought to my attention and I'll waste another few hours digging into data just to discover that nothing fishy is going on and then I'll waste another few hours writing back and forth and then I'll get pissed that people don't understand very basic things and say something rude and people will call me unprofessional or something.
Oh and I don't find it very professional publishing our submissions and I doubt anyone here would either, especially because you assumed that because the usernames match that these are definitely our accounts. I have run into several other people who use the username khakigirl. Those are my submissions and I did log into that account to check the submissions and try out your system again but I think it was very unprofessional on your part.
Call me unprofessional, rude, etc. - that's fine. I deal with people every day who tell me - hey, I submitted by suggestions, but never got paid - something is going on. Well, we have 44.000 contributors and 1,200 clients, so there is no way for everyone to get paid. It's simple math. And nobody is stealing anyones suggestions, with the exception of few instances of theft that we really did have. I am glad we had this discussion, because it help us find a bug after we upgraded our system mid May (thank you and Lihem for that). I hope this puts this 'scam' issue to rest at least on this forum. I am sure that in a few months on some other forum two people who submitted few suggestions that nobody picked with get together and will say something like 'Hey, I worked with PickyDomains.com and never got paid' 'Me too!' 'Oh my god, it's a scam!' Than one of our paid contributors will post a reply that he or she has worked with us and got paid maybe on several occasions, like Nancy who posted there. And this post will be interpreted as a proof that there is a big conspiracy going on to steal people suggestions. This post will be brought to my attention and I'll waste another few hours digging into data just to discover that nothing fishy is going on and then I'll waste another few hours writing back and forth and then I'll get pissed that people don't understand very basic things and say something rude and people will call me unprofessional or something.
khakigirl
06-18-2011, 03:28 AM
Is it just possible that PickyDomains in not a scam, but rather there are a few individual contributors who ARE MISINFORMED and when two misinformed indivuduals get together they seem to interpret their error of judgement as proof (i.e. "if my suggestions weren't picked, I must be a scam" or "if for some strange reason I can't find my suggestions where it says 'My Suggestions' then there aren't suggestions, there fore it must be a scam')?
Can I go now?
Yes, it is possible that it isn't a scam however there are many red flags that pop up concerning your website. First, you REQUIRE that paid contributors go out and promote your website. That sounds like paid advertising and a PR campaign to me. Who's to say that YOU don't "choose" someone's domain, pay them and get some very cheap advertising out of the deal. Second, for being a business based solely on the internet and relying on the internet and computers to make money, your IT department sucks. What kind of IT guy doesn't have an account he can log into and check to make sure all the upgrades went okay? Finally, you are unprofessional. You created an account here to defend your website, which in an of itself is okay, but you attacked me and another user for being "misinformed" and you insinuated that we are stupid. You stated "If my suggestions weren't picked, I [sic] must be a scam". I am NOT stupid and I don't believe that. I understand that it is purely a creative endeavor and not all clients will like all submissions. I am a graphic designer so believe me when I say that I understand rejection. You also stated, "If for some strange reason I can't find my suggestions where it says 'My Suggestions' then there aren't suggestions, there fore it must be a scam." Yes, I'll agree I jumped to conclusions but let's be honest here. If you were on the fence about someone's credibility and they did something or said something that you found to be untrue, wouldn't you err on the side of caution and say that person is probably not credible? I think most people would, especially with the number of scams that are around in the work at home field.
To answer your final question, you can leave anytime you want but if you want some tips on how to make the contributor side of your business better, send me a message. I have been working from home for 5+ years and one of my gigs is posting legitimate work at home jobs on my blog. I can spot a scam and if I'm in doubt, I err on the side of caution because I don't want anyone to get scammed. I can help you correct the red flags I mentioned and make your website more successful for everyone.
Can I go now?
Yes, it is possible that it isn't a scam however there are many red flags that pop up concerning your website. First, you REQUIRE that paid contributors go out and promote your website. That sounds like paid advertising and a PR campaign to me. Who's to say that YOU don't "choose" someone's domain, pay them and get some very cheap advertising out of the deal. Second, for being a business based solely on the internet and relying on the internet and computers to make money, your IT department sucks. What kind of IT guy doesn't have an account he can log into and check to make sure all the upgrades went okay? Finally, you are unprofessional. You created an account here to defend your website, which in an of itself is okay, but you attacked me and another user for being "misinformed" and you insinuated that we are stupid. You stated "If my suggestions weren't picked, I [sic] must be a scam". I am NOT stupid and I don't believe that. I understand that it is purely a creative endeavor and not all clients will like all submissions. I am a graphic designer so believe me when I say that I understand rejection. You also stated, "If for some strange reason I can't find my suggestions where it says 'My Suggestions' then there aren't suggestions, there fore it must be a scam." Yes, I'll agree I jumped to conclusions but let's be honest here. If you were on the fence about someone's credibility and they did something or said something that you found to be untrue, wouldn't you err on the side of caution and say that person is probably not credible? I think most people would, especially with the number of scams that are around in the work at home field.
To answer your final question, you can leave anytime you want but if you want some tips on how to make the contributor side of your business better, send me a message. I have been working from home for 5+ years and one of my gigs is posting legitimate work at home jobs on my blog. I can spot a scam and if I'm in doubt, I err on the side of caution because I don't want anyone to get scammed. I can help you correct the red flags I mentioned and make your website more successful for everyone.
PickyDomains.com
06-18-2011, 03:50 AM
First, you REQUIRE that paid contributors go out and promote your website. That sounds like paid advertising and a PR campaign to me
That's because this is exactly what it is. People would claim we are a scam and tell me 'why aren't there people online writing that they got paid?' We had a few folks who had their own blogs and got paid write about this on their own, but apparently that was not enough. I mean there will always be more people who never got paid by a service than those who did get paid. So I started requiring people who get paid to mention it online. This is a PR campaign of sort. I am tired of wasting my time on proving things to people. I am going to require every single paid contributor mention it online. This way after a year or so there will be so many posting by people who got paid that I don't have to waste my time on this nonsense. This is exactly my intention. I am not trying something sneaky. This is not a hidden promotion under false pretenses. I am telling people who got paid to tell others that they got paid, so I don't have to waste my time any more.
That's because this is exactly what it is. People would claim we are a scam and tell me 'why aren't there people online writing that they got paid?' We had a few folks who had their own blogs and got paid write about this on their own, but apparently that was not enough. I mean there will always be more people who never got paid by a service than those who did get paid. So I started requiring people who get paid to mention it online. This is a PR campaign of sort. I am tired of wasting my time on proving things to people. I am going to require every single paid contributor mention it online. This way after a year or so there will be so many posting by people who got paid that I don't have to waste my time on this nonsense. This is exactly my intention. I am not trying something sneaky. This is not a hidden promotion under false pretenses. I am telling people who got paid to tell others that they got paid, so I don't have to waste my time any more.
khakigirl
06-18-2011, 04:49 AM
Here are 5 ideas on how to make your website better for everyone so you can "stop wasting time" on people who claim you're a scam:
1. Create a rewards system for those who submit domains. Maybe give 1/2 point per submission, add another 1/2 point for a "liked" submission and allow clients to report very bad submissions (ones with slang, curse words, gibberish) and have that contributor lose 1/2 for that submission. The rewards could be something simple like stickers and other promo materials and range up to something really good like gift cards and small electronics. If possible, put in some small rewards that won't take too much work to earn. As soon as people start getting their rewards, they will start to realize that your website probably isn't a scam.
2. Give some guidelines to the contributors who are posting positive experiences. Remind them that it looks spammy to join websites JUST to post about your website. Encourage them to post on their personal Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, blog and also on forums they are already active on. These are the kinds of testimonials you want anyway. ;)
3. Force the client to like or dislike a domain when they view it. Part of the reason people are so quick to call it a scam is because so many submissions sit there and never get rated. That is frustrating and disheartening.
4. This suggestion may already be in use but in case it's not, change the system so that when the client dislikes a submission, they can NEVER see it again. If they don't like it, there is no reason for them to view it again.
5. Create a way for contributors to easily check if their submissions have been registered. You are on the right track with the current system (with the newest update ;) ) but it could be even better if we could click on the domain and be directed to a page that shows whether it has been registered.
I hope you can take my suggestions to heart and consider them.
1. Create a rewards system for those who submit domains. Maybe give 1/2 point per submission, add another 1/2 point for a "liked" submission and allow clients to report very bad submissions (ones with slang, curse words, gibberish) and have that contributor lose 1/2 for that submission. The rewards could be something simple like stickers and other promo materials and range up to something really good like gift cards and small electronics. If possible, put in some small rewards that won't take too much work to earn. As soon as people start getting their rewards, they will start to realize that your website probably isn't a scam.
2. Give some guidelines to the contributors who are posting positive experiences. Remind them that it looks spammy to join websites JUST to post about your website. Encourage them to post on their personal Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, blog and also on forums they are already active on. These are the kinds of testimonials you want anyway. ;)
3. Force the client to like or dislike a domain when they view it. Part of the reason people are so quick to call it a scam is because so many submissions sit there and never get rated. That is frustrating and disheartening.
4. This suggestion may already be in use but in case it's not, change the system so that when the client dislikes a submission, they can NEVER see it again. If they don't like it, there is no reason for them to view it again.
5. Create a way for contributors to easily check if their submissions have been registered. You are on the right track with the current system (with the newest update ;) ) but it could be even better if we could click on the domain and be directed to a page that shows whether it has been registered.
I hope you can take my suggestions to heart and consider them.
PickyDomains.com
06-18-2011, 05:48 AM
Here are 5 ideas on how to make your website better for everyone so you can "stop wasting time" on people who claim you're a scam:
1. Create a rewards system for those who submit domains. Maybe give 1/2 point per submission, add another 1/2 point for a "liked" submission and allow clients to report very bad submissions (ones with slang, curse words, gibberish) and have that contributor lose 1/2 for that submission. The rewards could be something simple like stickers and other promo materials and range up to something really good like gift cards and small electronics. If possible, put in some small rewards that won't take too much work to earn. As soon as people start getting their rewards, they will start to realize that your website probably isn't a scam.
2. Give some guidelines to the contributors who are posting positive experiences. Remind them that it looks spammy to join websites JUST to post about your website. Encourage them to post on their personal Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, blog and also on forums they are already active on. These are the kinds of testimonials you want anyway. ;)
3. Force the client to like or dislike a domain when they view it. Part of the reason people are so quick to call it a scam is because so many submissions sit there and never get rated. That is frustrating and disheartening.
4. This suggestion may already be in use but in case it's not, change the system so that when the client dislikes a submission, they can NEVER see it again. If they don't like it, there is no reason for them to view it again.
5. Create a way for contributors to easily check if their submissions have been registered. You are on the right track with the current system (with the newest update ;) ) but it could be even better if we could click on the domain and be directed to a page that shows whether it has been registered.
I hope you can take my suggestions to heart and consider them.
1. We are working on this one. It's going to be called 'picky points'. People will get points for 'likes' and then will be able to exchange them for things likes games or free advertising. The idea is to reward those whose suggestions weren't picked with things other than money.
2. Known.
3. No. We thought about it, but client is king, he (she) is the one with money. We did, however, change the system - we now pause orders have have been inactive for over 7 days.
4. Interesting. Have not thought of that, makes sense.
5. This is a technical issue with whois servers. There are only so many quires we can send in a time unit automatically. We do check domains for availability, but we can't check all domains every hour, for instance. We've had to get special access from Verisign for that, took us (them, really) a long time, still working out all the kinks in direct access to whois servers.
1. Create a rewards system for those who submit domains. Maybe give 1/2 point per submission, add another 1/2 point for a "liked" submission and allow clients to report very bad submissions (ones with slang, curse words, gibberish) and have that contributor lose 1/2 for that submission. The rewards could be something simple like stickers and other promo materials and range up to something really good like gift cards and small electronics. If possible, put in some small rewards that won't take too much work to earn. As soon as people start getting their rewards, they will start to realize that your website probably isn't a scam.
2. Give some guidelines to the contributors who are posting positive experiences. Remind them that it looks spammy to join websites JUST to post about your website. Encourage them to post on their personal Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, blog and also on forums they are already active on. These are the kinds of testimonials you want anyway. ;)
3. Force the client to like or dislike a domain when they view it. Part of the reason people are so quick to call it a scam is because so many submissions sit there and never get rated. That is frustrating and disheartening.
4. This suggestion may already be in use but in case it's not, change the system so that when the client dislikes a submission, they can NEVER see it again. If they don't like it, there is no reason for them to view it again.
5. Create a way for contributors to easily check if their submissions have been registered. You are on the right track with the current system (with the newest update ;) ) but it could be even better if we could click on the domain and be directed to a page that shows whether it has been registered.
I hope you can take my suggestions to heart and consider them.
1. We are working on this one. It's going to be called 'picky points'. People will get points for 'likes' and then will be able to exchange them for things likes games or free advertising. The idea is to reward those whose suggestions weren't picked with things other than money.
2. Known.
3. No. We thought about it, but client is king, he (she) is the one with money. We did, however, change the system - we now pause orders have have been inactive for over 7 days.
4. Interesting. Have not thought of that, makes sense.
5. This is a technical issue with whois servers. There are only so many quires we can send in a time unit automatically. We do check domains for availability, but we can't check all domains every hour, for instance. We've had to get special access from Verisign for that, took us (them, really) a long time, still working out all the kinks in direct access to whois servers.
stuart44107
06-18-2011, 07:55 AM
I signed up with them the other day. And so far everything is going swell. I'm submitted quite a few domain names, a few got rejected. However I've submitted a few and they took them.
Coming up with names on on your own is very difficult. And I find this to be a fun thing to do. To me it's a fun challenge.
Whether they accept my names or not. It's still fun. On one work order I submitted 17 domain names and they were all accepted. I hope this thread gives people enough faith to go and give it a try. I'm bound to get a bite on one of these names I've submitted.
Anyhoo, sorry for such a long thread, just very happy I've found something that is so much fun. I do recommend this company. Two thumbs up. =)
Coming up with names on on your own is very difficult. And I find this to be a fun thing to do. To me it's a fun challenge.
Whether they accept my names or not. It's still fun. On one work order I submitted 17 domain names and they were all accepted. I hope this thread gives people enough faith to go and give it a try. I'm bound to get a bite on one of these names I've submitted.
Anyhoo, sorry for such a long thread, just very happy I've found something that is so much fun. I do recommend this company. Two thumbs up. =)
khakigirl
06-18-2011, 09:06 AM
I signed up with them the other day. And so far everything is going swell. I'm submitted quite a few domain names, a few got rejected. However I've submitted a few and they took them.
Coming up with names on on your own is very difficult. And I find this to be a fun thing to do. To me it's a fun challenge.
Whether they accept my names or not. It's still fun. On one work order I submitted 17 domain names and they were all accepted. I hope this thread gives people enough faith to go and give it a try. I'm bound to get a bite on one of these names I've submitted.
Anyhoo, sorry for such a long thread, just very happy I've found something that is so much fun. I do recommend this company. Two thumbs up. =)
Just a note: just because your domain submission gets "accepted" does NOT mean that it will be chosen by the client. But thumbs up on coming up with 17 unique domains. That's pretty difficult especially with some of the crazy guidelines some of the clients come up with, lol.
Coming up with names on on your own is very difficult. And I find this to be a fun thing to do. To me it's a fun challenge.
Whether they accept my names or not. It's still fun. On one work order I submitted 17 domain names and they were all accepted. I hope this thread gives people enough faith to go and give it a try. I'm bound to get a bite on one of these names I've submitted.
Anyhoo, sorry for such a long thread, just very happy I've found something that is so much fun. I do recommend this company. Two thumbs up. =)
Just a note: just because your domain submission gets "accepted" does NOT mean that it will be chosen by the client. But thumbs up on coming up with 17 unique domains. That's pretty difficult especially with some of the crazy guidelines some of the clients come up with, lol.
starbirdy66
06-18-2011, 09:11 AM
In addition to khakigirl's suggestions about points, I think it would be cool and an extra bonus for the client, if other contributors voted on names so the client has a focus group of sorts on what names are popular. But that could be a second tier service after all the submissions have been made so future submissions aren't influenced by the creativity of others.
I've contracted with many companies for brand names/logos etc., and clients pay hundreds of dollars for a package of ideas to be submitted to them. I commend you if you are truly helping out small businesses and matching them with creative ideas with an affordable price tag, but it is fair to wonder about your intentions.
To not appear a scam, why not make it known who owns pickydomains.com. Why is the registration set to privacy. "Domains by Proxy"
Are you a marketing/branding firm getting ideas from others while collecting top dollar from businesses whom you service? Are the owners of pickydomains.com actually most of the clients? Are you a domainer? Why the secrecy? I don't think there is any shame in what you are doing if you are not hiding it. People join focus groups and forums all the time to earn small amounts. What you payout seems fair (unless you are just registering names for resale and not compensating others at all for their ideas), let the business seem more legit.
In regards to paying for backlinks, you are encouraging spam (although you clearly say no spam, if you are paying for comments/backlinks...50 in a day...that is spam!) You should probably invest in a pr/social media person who could handle this better. Our rules on this forum state we do not allow paid backlinks.
This service should be successful without spam as many small businesses or companies that want to spend their money wisely could take a crack at getting so much from the service you offer than they would if they went with a marketing firm that asks for x amount of dollars (at least 3 times more than what you claim to claim to charge them) and will deliver only x amount of ideas for them to choose from.
I think an affiliate program is good and encourages word of mouth, but you have to think outside the box. A pr person can get the word out effectively so that businesses are signing up, and I think you need more businesses right now than you do creative people. Do you know what the ratio is of contributors to clients? Clients: 1298 | Contributors: 44688 and there are only 32 available orders. Lets face it, the client count is meaningless to contributors, available orders is all that matters because a client might only use your service once. You definitely have something to offer clients (even if only a portion of that 44k was active).
And I had to do the math to figure out how many completed orders there are on your site. There are 436 (is that to say none of these were refunded?)
If you are a legit business, get the word out to businesses because the majority of them aren't on the web and you have to account for that, because when they want to get on the web, they would love your service, then all of the creative people will flock to your site.
Regards
I've contracted with many companies for brand names/logos etc., and clients pay hundreds of dollars for a package of ideas to be submitted to them. I commend you if you are truly helping out small businesses and matching them with creative ideas with an affordable price tag, but it is fair to wonder about your intentions.
To not appear a scam, why not make it known who owns pickydomains.com. Why is the registration set to privacy. "Domains by Proxy"
Are you a marketing/branding firm getting ideas from others while collecting top dollar from businesses whom you service? Are the owners of pickydomains.com actually most of the clients? Are you a domainer? Why the secrecy? I don't think there is any shame in what you are doing if you are not hiding it. People join focus groups and forums all the time to earn small amounts. What you payout seems fair (unless you are just registering names for resale and not compensating others at all for their ideas), let the business seem more legit.
In regards to paying for backlinks, you are encouraging spam (although you clearly say no spam, if you are paying for comments/backlinks...50 in a day...that is spam!) You should probably invest in a pr/social media person who could handle this better. Our rules on this forum state we do not allow paid backlinks.
This service should be successful without spam as many small businesses or companies that want to spend their money wisely could take a crack at getting so much from the service you offer than they would if they went with a marketing firm that asks for x amount of dollars (at least 3 times more than what you claim to claim to charge them) and will deliver only x amount of ideas for them to choose from.
I think an affiliate program is good and encourages word of mouth, but you have to think outside the box. A pr person can get the word out effectively so that businesses are signing up, and I think you need more businesses right now than you do creative people. Do you know what the ratio is of contributors to clients? Clients: 1298 | Contributors: 44688 and there are only 32 available orders. Lets face it, the client count is meaningless to contributors, available orders is all that matters because a client might only use your service once. You definitely have something to offer clients (even if only a portion of that 44k was active).
And I had to do the math to figure out how many completed orders there are on your site. There are 436 (is that to say none of these were refunded?)
If you are a legit business, get the word out to businesses because the majority of them aren't on the web and you have to account for that, because when they want to get on the web, they would love your service, then all of the creative people will flock to your site.
Regards
funmommy
06-18-2011, 09:21 AM
I decided to give it a try for the heck of it. Came up with one name but the client doesn't seem very active in reviewing their names unless it's possible they didn't like the few hundred of names submitted? I may decide to just register the name myself actually.
PickyDomains.com
06-18-2011, 11:58 AM
In addition to khakigirl's suggestions about points, I think it would be cool and an extra bonus for the client, if other contributors voted on names so the client has a focus group of sorts on what names are popular. But that could be a second tier service after all the submissions have been made so future submissions aren't influenced by the creativity of others.
I've contracted with many companies for brand names/logos etc., and clients pay hundreds of dollars for a package of ideas to be submitted to them. I commend you if you are truly helping out small businesses and matching them with creative ideas with an affordable price tag, but it is fair to wonder about your intentions.
To not appear a scam, why not make it known who owns pickydomains.com. Why is the registration set to privacy. "Domains by Proxy"
That idea was often suggested but it's a non-starter. If you suggest a name to PickyDomains, only three people will see that suggestion.
1. You.
2. Client.
3. Admin.
Voting on suggestions would mean giving access to your (unregistered) suggestion to hundreds of people. That would certainly mean troubles. So we decided against it long, long time ago.
As far is ownership of PickyDomains.com - too much spam so we had to make it private. It's no secret who owns PickyDomains.com - my name is Dmitry Davydov, I am one of the top ranking bloggers in Russia. I blog about PickyDomains regularly on my blog - davydov.blogspot.com. Domain is actually registered by my partner's name who does all tech stuff. Ownership of PickyDomains.com has never been a secret - I've done tons of interviews. I also go by 'David' online - this is my highschool nik (derived from my last name).
I've contracted with many companies for brand names/logos etc., and clients pay hundreds of dollars for a package of ideas to be submitted to them. I commend you if you are truly helping out small businesses and matching them with creative ideas with an affordable price tag, but it is fair to wonder about your intentions.
To not appear a scam, why not make it known who owns pickydomains.com. Why is the registration set to privacy. "Domains by Proxy"
That idea was often suggested but it's a non-starter. If you suggest a name to PickyDomains, only three people will see that suggestion.
1. You.
2. Client.
3. Admin.
Voting on suggestions would mean giving access to your (unregistered) suggestion to hundreds of people. That would certainly mean troubles. So we decided against it long, long time ago.
As far is ownership of PickyDomains.com - too much spam so we had to make it private. It's no secret who owns PickyDomains.com - my name is Dmitry Davydov, I am one of the top ranking bloggers in Russia. I blog about PickyDomains regularly on my blog - davydov.blogspot.com. Domain is actually registered by my partner's name who does all tech stuff. Ownership of PickyDomains.com has never been a secret - I've done tons of interviews. I also go by 'David' online - this is my highschool nik (derived from my last name).
starbirdy66
06-18-2011, 06:11 PM
Good luck with the business. I'd like to see it succeed because it is a great idea.
Lihem
06-18-2011, 10:06 PM
Of course I clicked on My suggestions under “Menu” and it showed me, “Active orders” and “Not active orders” sections. My suggestion were listed under, “Not active orders”. I clicked on each link and I did not see any of my suggested sites yesterday.
You can’t underestimate my qualification; I even did Technical Writing and you can’t tell me how to check it. If I know how to suggest sites using your system, how do you think I don’t know how to check “My suggestions”?
How about the canceling accounts option? I couldn’t find it because I have no knowledge? If you are professional, then you should show me where the cancellation button is located. Do I have to email you to cancel my account? Is that professional?
Why the status of my suggestion lists on my account show, “Refunded”? I thought there are other contributors who give site suggestions too; if my suggestions are not picked, why other contributors suggestions are not picked? Why “Refunded”? When I contacted your support team in August, didn’t you say that only less than 1% clients will cancel and that you don’t worry about it? In my account case, all of them show Refunded and that means 100% of them I suggested are canceled and refunded?
I assume you put my suggestion in “Not active order” section because you put the status, “Refunded”
How my suggestions get refused and at the same time the status show, “Refunded”?
If all of them are refunded, why four from the list, a total of 10 sites show, “Pending client’s action”; it doesn’t make sense at all.
If there are other contributors right suggestions for the same task we did, give us information of picked sites names. If for example five contributors gave site suggestions of same client projects and if one of the contributor suggestion is picked, let us know by email what site suggestion is picked.
There is “Top 100 contributors” under the “Menu” pane and it doesn’t even show what site name they created and how many successful site they created…just says Rank 1, 2.
Khakigirl, me to I don’t remember when I see the domain names since I don’t have backup saved copy…but in your case, you saved it on spreadsheet; you compared your domains and they are not same; you know what your suggestions are.
I agree Khakigirl, it is not only unprofessional, but also violates terms and conditions to post something from our account. Why we created our account on the system, why we have user name and password, if the owner of the business is disclosing personal information on this forum?
In my case I pasted in the forum questions and answers from the support team; I am not violating terms. Because, questions I ask can be asked also by other contributors; usually other companies add questions and answers on FAQ section. Even the question I asked in August is not added in FAQ section at PickyDomains, putting them here helps other people know without asking same questions to PickyDomains.
PickyDomains, you get complaints from contributors, because your management and everything is bad. If your client canceled or get refund, you don’t email to inform us. If the client picked a domain from any contributor, you don’t inform us, what domain name is picked. If our suggestion is failed, we need to know why it is failed by providing us the site name that was picked; so then we can compare and we will know why our name suggestion is not picked. Everything you do is hidden and everyone I know is confused to know what is going on and what you are doing.
About contributors who got paid, they don’t have to say they got paid; it is your job to inform us by email, what domain name is picked, the project name/number of the client, and the day that was picked. If you give us that information, we know our suggestion is failed, because some other contributor did a better job than us.
About failed domains, why don’t you register them and put them on sale and when the domain is sold, you share the amount with the contributor. Otherwise, I don’t know what will do being in Not active order section while declined.
I saw on your website on your terms and conditions, there is $1000 punishment for registering site after refund. How about domain name contributors, if their suggestions are declined by clients, can they register their suggested sites or sale them on their own?
I don’t think you did usability testing before you start your business; if you did, you would have corrected your problems earlier and may be some would have positive view on you.
If you put domains in “Not active order section”, how clients have access to that section?
About commenting or defending your company and saying waste of time, is not fair; you are the owner of your site and either way, you make money; but we the contributors gave our suggestions to sites, wasted our time and wasting our time on discussing here to help others.
If I were satisfied with your system, I would have submitted more domain suggestions; but I was not comfortable with your system and didn't continue.
You can’t underestimate my qualification; I even did Technical Writing and you can’t tell me how to check it. If I know how to suggest sites using your system, how do you think I don’t know how to check “My suggestions”?
How about the canceling accounts option? I couldn’t find it because I have no knowledge? If you are professional, then you should show me where the cancellation button is located. Do I have to email you to cancel my account? Is that professional?
Why the status of my suggestion lists on my account show, “Refunded”? I thought there are other contributors who give site suggestions too; if my suggestions are not picked, why other contributors suggestions are not picked? Why “Refunded”? When I contacted your support team in August, didn’t you say that only less than 1% clients will cancel and that you don’t worry about it? In my account case, all of them show Refunded and that means 100% of them I suggested are canceled and refunded?
I assume you put my suggestion in “Not active order” section because you put the status, “Refunded”
How my suggestions get refused and at the same time the status show, “Refunded”?
If all of them are refunded, why four from the list, a total of 10 sites show, “Pending client’s action”; it doesn’t make sense at all.
If there are other contributors right suggestions for the same task we did, give us information of picked sites names. If for example five contributors gave site suggestions of same client projects and if one of the contributor suggestion is picked, let us know by email what site suggestion is picked.
There is “Top 100 contributors” under the “Menu” pane and it doesn’t even show what site name they created and how many successful site they created…just says Rank 1, 2.
Khakigirl, me to I don’t remember when I see the domain names since I don’t have backup saved copy…but in your case, you saved it on spreadsheet; you compared your domains and they are not same; you know what your suggestions are.
I agree Khakigirl, it is not only unprofessional, but also violates terms and conditions to post something from our account. Why we created our account on the system, why we have user name and password, if the owner of the business is disclosing personal information on this forum?
In my case I pasted in the forum questions and answers from the support team; I am not violating terms. Because, questions I ask can be asked also by other contributors; usually other companies add questions and answers on FAQ section. Even the question I asked in August is not added in FAQ section at PickyDomains, putting them here helps other people know without asking same questions to PickyDomains.
PickyDomains, you get complaints from contributors, because your management and everything is bad. If your client canceled or get refund, you don’t email to inform us. If the client picked a domain from any contributor, you don’t inform us, what domain name is picked. If our suggestion is failed, we need to know why it is failed by providing us the site name that was picked; so then we can compare and we will know why our name suggestion is not picked. Everything you do is hidden and everyone I know is confused to know what is going on and what you are doing.
About contributors who got paid, they don’t have to say they got paid; it is your job to inform us by email, what domain name is picked, the project name/number of the client, and the day that was picked. If you give us that information, we know our suggestion is failed, because some other contributor did a better job than us.
About failed domains, why don’t you register them and put them on sale and when the domain is sold, you share the amount with the contributor. Otherwise, I don’t know what will do being in Not active order section while declined.
I saw on your website on your terms and conditions, there is $1000 punishment for registering site after refund. How about domain name contributors, if their suggestions are declined by clients, can they register their suggested sites or sale them on their own?
I don’t think you did usability testing before you start your business; if you did, you would have corrected your problems earlier and may be some would have positive view on you.
If you put domains in “Not active order section”, how clients have access to that section?
About commenting or defending your company and saying waste of time, is not fair; you are the owner of your site and either way, you make money; but we the contributors gave our suggestions to sites, wasted our time and wasting our time on discussing here to help others.
If I were satisfied with your system, I would have submitted more domain suggestions; but I was not comfortable with your system and didn't continue.
khakigirl
06-19-2011, 05:27 AM
PickyDomains, you get complaints from contributors, because your management and everything is bad. If your client canceled or get refund, you don’t email to inform us. If the client picked a domain from any contributor, you don’t inform us, what domain name is picked. If our suggestion is failed, we need to know why it is failed by providing us the site name that was picked; so then we can compare and we will know why our name suggestion is not picked. Everything you do is hidden and everyone I know is confused to know what is going on and what you are doing.
Lihem brings up a good point. It would be very nice to get a automated notification email when the client gets a refund. Even better would be if that email included the domains we submitted. Then, we can decide if we want to register those domains ourselves or let them go. Plus, it would keep contributors coming back for more.
About contributors who got paid, they don’t have to say they got paid; it is your job to inform us by email, what domain name is picked, the project name/number of the client, and the day that was picked. If you give us that information, we know our suggestion is failed, because some other contributor did a better job than us.
This is a great idea too. Why not create a weekly or monthly newsletter that spotlights the domains that were chosen. You could simply ask the client to let you know when their website is up and you can "advertise" it in the newsletter. That will promote their website, making a happy client; and prove that people's suggestions are getting chosen, satisfying some of the grumpier contributors. Plus, a newsletter adds to the community feel that so many successful websites have.
Lihem brings up a good point. It would be very nice to get a automated notification email when the client gets a refund. Even better would be if that email included the domains we submitted. Then, we can decide if we want to register those domains ourselves or let them go. Plus, it would keep contributors coming back for more.
About contributors who got paid, they don’t have to say they got paid; it is your job to inform us by email, what domain name is picked, the project name/number of the client, and the day that was picked. If you give us that information, we know our suggestion is failed, because some other contributor did a better job than us.
This is a great idea too. Why not create a weekly or monthly newsletter that spotlights the domains that were chosen. You could simply ask the client to let you know when their website is up and you can "advertise" it in the newsletter. That will promote their website, making a happy client; and prove that people's suggestions are getting chosen, satisfying some of the grumpier contributors. Plus, a newsletter adds to the community feel that so many successful websites have.
PickyDomains.com
06-19-2011, 06:54 AM
Guys (gals), just read the rules. You can register your own suggestions ANY TIME YOU WANT. We explicitly say that you aren't giving away any rights to anything.
scentastic
06-19-2011, 08:38 AM
Guys (gals), just read the rules. You can register your own suggestions ANY TIME YOU WANT. We explicitly say that you aren't giving away any rights to anything.
I have read through this whole thread and I must say that you have come across as VERY unprofessional. Your responses of people not being able to read and follow rules and of them wasting your time would be enough for me to NEVER recommend your company to anyone.
I can understand that maybe you felt attacked and the need to defend your site but that was not the way to go about it. These ladies simply offered an opinion and their own personal experience with your company. Maybe instead of making rude comments you should concentrate on REALLY understanding the valid points they have made and working to better your business so that these things can be avoided in the future.
I have read through this whole thread and I must say that you have come across as VERY unprofessional. Your responses of people not being able to read and follow rules and of them wasting your time would be enough for me to NEVER recommend your company to anyone.
I can understand that maybe you felt attacked and the need to defend your site but that was not the way to go about it. These ladies simply offered an opinion and their own personal experience with your company. Maybe instead of making rude comments you should concentrate on REALLY understanding the valid points they have made and working to better your business so that these things can be avoided in the future.
truitt661
06-19-2011, 12:35 PM
This is my first time hearing about them. I hope to find something out later and let u know.
sweetiesw
06-21-2011, 02:00 PM
So, has anyone's domain been picked? Or is this a waste of time?
sweetiesw
07-30-2011, 02:07 AM
I just wanted to update and let people know that this site IS legit. I was skeptical at first too (as you might see in my previous post,) but I have been paid! My advice? Just keep suggesting, try and focus on what the client is really looking for and your suggestions will eventually get picked too. :)
kylari
07-30-2011, 04:10 PM
I just wanted to update and let people know that this site IS legit. I was skeptical at first too (as you might see in my previous post,) but I have been paid! My advice? Just keep suggesting, try and focus on what the client is really looking for and your suggestions will eventually get picked too. :)
This is what we needed to hear in order to dissuade fears of being scammed. sweetiesw has been a member here since 2009 and has made several posts in other parts of the forum. A success story from an established forum member will go a lot farther here than a new member who signed up just to say she got paid, or the site owner signing up just to unprofessionally defend their site.
If you want your site to be successful you need to show yourself as an intelligent adult an not an insolent teenager, which is how your posts sound. I understand you're upset about what you feel is an attack, but the spelling and grammatical errors throughout your posts, combined with your childish name calling and personal attacks, do nothing to instill confidence in me about you, your system, or your site.
If you find it necessary to scour the net and defend yourself then maybe you should take a look at why you're finding yourself in that situation to begin with.
I have no problem with an owner defending their business, and I welcome it. But there are much better ways to go about it. For future reference, "I'm sorry you had a disappointing experience. Please tell me what I can do to make things clearer for everyone." would have gone a lot farther in convincing us all that this is a legitimate way to make money over the approach you took. You might want to think about that.
This is what we needed to hear in order to dissuade fears of being scammed. sweetiesw has been a member here since 2009 and has made several posts in other parts of the forum. A success story from an established forum member will go a lot farther here than a new member who signed up just to say she got paid, or the site owner signing up just to unprofessionally defend their site.
If you want your site to be successful you need to show yourself as an intelligent adult an not an insolent teenager, which is how your posts sound. I understand you're upset about what you feel is an attack, but the spelling and grammatical errors throughout your posts, combined with your childish name calling and personal attacks, do nothing to instill confidence in me about you, your system, or your site.
If you find it necessary to scour the net and defend yourself then maybe you should take a look at why you're finding yourself in that situation to begin with.
I have no problem with an owner defending their business, and I welcome it. But there are much better ways to go about it. For future reference, "I'm sorry you had a disappointing experience. Please tell me what I can do to make things clearer for everyone." would have gone a lot farther in convincing us all that this is a legitimate way to make money over the approach you took. You might want to think about that.
Lihem
07-31-2011, 04:18 PM
kylari,
You are right; we gave him our opinion for free about his business and he couldn't accept it; instead he was defending it and was disrespectful.
Companies pay/hire mystery shoppers to get positive or negative feedback about their service and to correct themselves. Our opinion is free and he should appreciate it.
You are right; we gave him our opinion for free about his business and he couldn't accept it; instead he was defending it and was disrespectful.
Companies pay/hire mystery shoppers to get positive or negative feedback about their service and to correct themselves. Our opinion is free and he should appreciate it.
PickyDomains.com
08-10-2011, 03:00 AM
Thanks everybody for your suggestions and feedback, especially to SweetieSW, who finally put this "scam" issue to rest. FYI we now have a lot more orders than when this topic was started, so anyone interested in making a few extra bucks via naming (vs. complaining about this and that) is very welcome. We've added premium orders that pay twice the regular fee ($50-$60, vs. $25-$30) and well as non-refundable orders for those who are still afraid that clients may ask for a refund and 'steal' suggestions later.
dagaul101
08-10-2011, 03:19 AM
This doesn't sound good, plenty of opportunities to be ripped off if they want to, it's a risky business and one I would instinctively keep away from
keeee691
08-10-2011, 05:51 AM
Its Just domain reselling, They may wait till they find a buyer then the submitter gets paid who Knows. It is always to better to be cautious though.
kiah
08-11-2011, 02:51 PM
I don't think i will go with this company. Just sounds like to big an opportunity to get ripped off and the owner is too defensive.
Tracidb80
08-11-2011, 11:55 PM
I don't believe this is a scam, but it is just not something to do for a job online and if you don't like the idea of going through all of the trouble to create names with a very slim chance of getting picked(this is more trouble than it is worth), just don't do it. I think the owner is clear about things, but if it is not worth your time, avoid it.
sweetiesw
08-20-2011, 02:09 PM
I got paid again from this company today. Like I said in my previous post about this, yes it takes time and patience, but if you try and focus on what the client is really looking for, even through trial and error (getting dislikes from the client,) you can make some extra bucks.
As someone pointed out, no, you can't make a living off this- but you can certainly pick up some extra cash.
Also, I think the owner is doing a great job at listening to his contributors as he has already implemented a new bonus system for those who have been "liked" but not picked. Very cool IMHO. :)
As someone pointed out, no, you can't make a living off this- but you can certainly pick up some extra cash.
Also, I think the owner is doing a great job at listening to his contributors as he has already implemented a new bonus system for those who have been "liked" but not picked. Very cool IMHO. :)
