first sale offer

gioserge · 11-13-2007, 03:46 AM

Hi there domainers,

i'm the owner of youbotox(.)com and I've listed it in some auctions.
I have just received an e-mail from a consulting company offering to buy my domain. As I have never sold a domain before, is there the possibility of it being a fraud? Is e-mails a common way to contact byers-sellers or should I be careful? Thank you and if you think you have spare time take a look here http://www.namepros.com/domain-appra...st-domain.html
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/395266-first-sale-offer.html
and give my domain an appraisal giving me an idea of what the sell price should be about!

I appreciate your help

1024byte,net - betto21,com - youbotox,com

SimpleDomaining · 11-13-2007, 02:10 PM

it depends what kind of email it is. there are lots of emails people getting from "consulting companies" or from somebody, who is NOT in domain business, who wants you to appraise domain in certain place, that "he trust". you put your domain for appraisal there, and "buyer" disappear. So be careful, and for name like that i would use sedo or escrow, just to protect a name from fraud.

notlikeyou · 11-13-2007, 02:39 PM

Beware of the appraisal scam!

If you are not familiar with it just search for it here on NPs, you will probably see the exact same wording in the email you have received.

gioserge · 11-13-2007, 03:39 PM

Thank you all, domain fraud seems to be more and more common these days unfortunately.

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gioserge New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11	first sale offer Hi there domainers, i'm the owner of youbotox(.)com and I've listed it in some auctions. I have just received an e-mail from a consulting company offering to buy my domain. As I have never sold a domain before, is there the possibility of it being a fraud? Is e-mails a common way to contact byers-sellers or should I be careful? Thank you and if you think you have spare time take a look here http://www.namepros.com/domain-appra...st-domain.html ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/395266-first-sale-offer.html and give my domain an appraisal giving me an idea of what the sell price should be about! I appreciate your help 1024byte,net - betto21,com - youbotox,com

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SimpleDomaining Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 1,639 Follow @simpledomaining	it depends what kind of email it is. there are lots of emails people getting from "consulting companies" or from somebody, who is NOT in domain business, who wants you to appraise domain in certain place, that "he trust". you put your domain for appraisal there, and "buyer" disappear. So be careful, and for name like that i would use sedo or escrow, just to protect a name from fraud. __________________ naturalskincareproducts.com

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notlikeyou Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: midwest Posts: 1,385	Beware of the appraisal scam! If you are not familiar with it just search for it here on NPs, you will probably see the exact same wording in the email you have received. __________________ DriverSalary.com PopularAppetizers.com need a LLLL.com make an offer

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gioserge New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11	Thank you all, domain fraud seems to be more and more common these days unfortunately.

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