- One guy who thought, "Hey we have this technology to send e-mail to multiply buyers, why not use it. Afterall it cost the same if you send e-mail to one or a thousand, ofcourse we will only send an e-mail to -potential- buyers".
- Then another guy took the idea a step further "...but..., is not every consumer a potential buyer???, so why not send to everybody!"
I hate spam as much as the next person but if you run a business, salespeople will call on you. That's the American way.
Now when salespeople turn into telemarketers selling you crap has no relevance, that's spam.
Calling or sending one email at a time is just sales. It is just cold calling which is pro active selling. So, I see it as one to one. Spam is one to many.
I have no objection to drawing up a list of prospectives and then emailing each individually and with personalization, but the idea that was being promoted is -
Bulk and mass are an opposite strategy to 'personal' and 'one by one'.
Its different if you are sending individual e-mails personalize to the receiver.
What I am against is Bullk/mass marketing, where you send a standard e-mail to "potential" buyers. And where the only thing that is different in the e-mails is the e-mail adress, nothing else.
So maybe my way of doing things is alil rough for you guys...always wanna do it the hard way....
you can nit pick it all you want....still aint gonna get the job done in timely manner....
the whole idea is everything takes time...some more than others...dont worry bout the finished product so much cause through the process...it will be perfected to whatever satisfaction you have....
btw on that database thing...i was more thinking of merging the new data with excel and merging it with the letter written in word...
hmmm....so maybe just getting the data merged then mailing one by one...different names in the files...though i could setup templates with my bulk email mailer....
anyways its fun to think up ways to make the job run alil faster once setup....
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Bumping this thread as I enjoy reading it. I have been sending out about 50 emails a week to potential end users. I get a reply on approx. 1 to 3 per 50 emails. Some replies end in sales and some don't. I am streaky in that sense. For example last month I scored end user sales on multiple domains, this month none even though I have had responses. I guess just being persistent is the best idea!
Just keep banging out those sales emails and phone calls. Remember, the phone is much more powerful but that darn receiver can be very heavy at times :-)
use the same keywords you have in your domain, search it on google.com and then first 10 that appears browse it and look for an online form they have most of the time they have this and use that to copy/paste your sales letter.
I personally don't like to fill out the forms, I think those types of things usually go to secretaries, lower lever managers, etc.. I would rather just look up the domain on whois and try to reach them there. Not saying that I never use the form, but usually as the second option. Also, when searching potential end users on google I will search the keyword followed by .com.
ie.. If I am searching for end users for: tactile.info, I will type "tactile .com" in google search box. Many sites come up that use that keyword in their domain, those are the sites I initially target for email advertising.
yeah i send email to them as well using worldcast but sometimes they don't reply so contact form for me are the best, usually they forward it to owner.
That sounds like it is better for the prospect than the sales person. I rather be on the phone and have a chance to overcome any objections than have my entire pitch be systematically deleted.
I guess I just had to whine a bit as I finally posted my first enduser sale this month. Hopefully this is the beginning of my hot streak!
The sale was initiated through email, he rejected my first price. Ignored my email to make an offer. Then when I emailed him with my new asking price he accepted. We completed the deal/transfer over the phone.
hi friends. I am new in this forum, but I ma impressed of all the info that collected here. I have read this specific tread carefully, because for a month I am wandering what to do.
I have 15 domains and a potential end-buyer for them. This particular buyer bought four domains ( similar to mine) for $2500 each in SEDO. My research shows that they ( they are a very big company, but no TM problems with the domains) have bought over 100 similar domains trough the years. Now I am considering my strategy and one of my ideas is to contact them. But they are using a special firm, MarkMonitor, which business is to protect trade marks in internet and this is the firm that actually buy all of the domain for them.
So, who I have to contact - MarkMonitor or the real end-buer?
I will be thankful for any advice, because it is very interesting situation and I want to play it wise.
Thank you. If you need more details to give me better answer - feel free to ask
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I personally wouldnt contact them at all. There maybe no TM issue but contacting a known buyer may decrease your bottom line. It will make you look like you need to sell. Find out where they are buying the names from, i.e. sedo and list your domains there. If they truely want to buy your name they will find it. Let them make an offer. This is a personal opinion. There are other ways to sell the name to them, this is just what i would do.
Hopefully this is the beginning of my hot streak! 
