Flippa, the domain, web site and app marketplace has witnessed overwhelming growth in recent months.
At the beginning of 2014, there were 2,000 domain listings, and now more than 1.6 million.
Flippa is therefore planning to redesign its domain marketplace and search features, in a manner that will efficiently handle the current traffic and more.
With that in mind, the current “premium upgades” will be removed, albeit temporarily, and will be introduced in an improved format in 2016:
We have decided to take it back to basics and redesign the domains search experience from the ground up. We’re on the home stretch of building this out and are very excited to show you the results.
To this end, we have made a key decision to remove the sale of Premium upgrades from our domain platform, temporarily. This change allows us to focus on delivering the best marketplace experience for everyone.
We plan to reintroduce a new Premium offering in early 2016. ‘Premium Version 2.0’ will be one which supports – rather than harms – the Flippa domains eco-system and offers Sellers the best available promotional exposure.
This change comes into effect as of the Tuesday, December 1st, AEST. At that date, the options to purchase any new Premium or Ultra Premium domain upgrades will be removed.
We hope you bear with us while we make several key changes to the Domains marketplace. Stay tuned for our exciting pre-Christmas launch announcement…