Domain Name Marketplace And Forum Review Part 3

By John Motson

Sitepoint is an Australian based web community. It is an internet development enthusiast's "candystore". It is split into a large education article section, education videos section, educational blogs section and a large forum community which prominently features an outstanding domain name marketplace.

Registration is completely free. Once registered, you are free to browse around and read all the forums sections that you like. If however you decide to sell a name or website, you will face paying for a placement. Currently, placing a name for sale will cost you $5 US. If your domain is valued around at least $xx then listing is definitely worth it due to the large amount of traffic Sitepoint gets. It is a highly reputable community and as such gets many visitors, many of which happen to be end-users... a domainer's favourite.

Just like most of the other domain market places, Sitepoint.com has a buyer-seller rating system. Once a transaction is completed between two domainers, they go to the effort of rating each other. The rating system helps you decide whether a seller or buyer is reputable and whether the risk of trading with them is small. Sitepoint of course transfers all the risk of the transaction to the trading parties.

Being such a large website, they do however lack in the "sense of community" department. A more professional approach to the sales has cut out the human factor, while introducing a stricter, rules based system. This can be a positive since it discourages the lowballers and the trolls.

Sitepoint is a solid medium to high level marketplace. If you own a valuable domain name, Sitepoint.com is definitely one of the places you should consider as a candidate for your sale placement.

Similarly to DNForum, Sitepoint lacks a live chat feature. Live auctions are also missing. On the other hand, a superb contests section provides you with a perfect place to order your logo and website designs. Sitepoint prides itself in being home to some of the best graphics and web designers that offer their services for sale. So if you have purchased your domain and require some development work, you should definitely check out their contests section.

Overall, Sitepoint.com is a strong contender for the title of best domain name marketplace on the web.

Article written by John Motson. When not writing articles, John Motson writes for http://www.dnxpert.com Visit http://www.dnxpert.com for expert domain name advice.