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question Would you counter a 6 figures offer from a big company?

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This is the biggest offer I ever got.

But the buyer is a Company, quite big in their Country.

What would you do?
 
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Depends on the name and if you feel the offer is fair.
 
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Too many variables and unknowns to answer your question brother... 6 figures would change my life right now... But I dont know what you have in it and all the other unknown details withheld...

Use the force!

Side note:
I bet your wife says take it. :)
 
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I would offer to fly out and talk to them in person.
 
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True. I certainly think it is more than fair.

If it's far above the value of the name just take it. No sense in possibly losing the deal of a lifetime.
 
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I always counter even if I think the offer is fair so the buyer doesn't get buyer's remorse by thinking they offered too much. But I've never gotten a 6 figure offer. All I can say is... good luck! I hope you can close it.
 
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If it's far above the value of the name just take it. No sense in possibly losing the deal of a lifetime.

And if that's what you decide to do, please don't sign a non-disclosure so we can share in the excitement!
 
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And if that's what you decide to do, please don't sign a non-disclosure so we can share in the excitement!

Hah.

I'd sign anything for 6-figures.
 
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If the buyer happens to see this thread, offer drops to 5 figures..
Please keep quiet..and take it.
 
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If the buyer happens to see this thread, offer drops to 5 figures..
Please keep quiet..and take it.
I don't think so. "How dare you ask people for advice! I'm making a smaller offer!"
 
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If that amount of money would change your life, and you lose the potential sale by being greedy, then you will always kick yourself for not taking their generous offer. I know this from experience.D-:
 
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This is the biggest offer I ever got.

But the buyer is a Company, quite big in their Country.

What would you do?

me personally ? 6 figures? Id be too scared to counter.
 
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Assuming you are happy with the offer, you don't want to be too happy and eager to accept it.

Don't lose the sale if it makes your year or decade.

Obviously if the domain was Sex.com you dont even answer their email lol So money amount is all about the domain. Good Luck
 
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I'd probably take it (it all depends on the domain name as well ...), but if you counter, counter hard and not for 10-20% cause the risk/reward is not worth the extra hassle of it.
 
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I always counter even if I think the offer is fair so the buyer doesn't get buyer's remorse by thinking they offered too much. But I've never gotten a 6 figure offer. All I can say is... good luck! I hope you can close it.

I agree in that I am always extremely reluctant to accept a first offer, even if I would be happy to sell at that level - in some cases I have had potential buyers walk away when I accepted their first offer!

I have not yet received a 6 figure offer but I have turned down some pretty big 5 figure offers. It all depends on how you feel about the name and the fairness of the offer. If the name is worth a 6 figure sum to one company, are there other potential buyers to whom it would be worth as much or more?

Is your need to sell bigger or smaller than their need for the name?

How do you feel about it in yourself - putting aside greed or thinking about possibly leaving money on the table, does it feel right intuitively - take or leave it? That is the answer you should listen to.
 
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I would counter a bit higher..I never accept the first offer

watch the scam though...are you 100% sure its a big company...not many will start off with a 6-figure offer unless its a real premium (which it could be but I we dont know)
 
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This is the biggest offer I ever got.

But the buyer is a Company, quite big in their Country.

What would you do?

You may want to add more detail about the domain name. I would look at related sales data, competitors, availablity in other extensions etc, before commit
 
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A decision into doing so, should not be done right away. Sleep on it and give it some thought.

Just remember to block out those greedy thoughts.

6 figures? Go figure!
 
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Six figures starts at 100,000 (or 100.000 since you're in Italy) and ends at 999,999 (999.999) so there's plenty of negotiation potential.

You can only sell this domain once, so max out your ROI. Good luck.
 
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