discuss Outbound Marketing: What's Your Best Approach?

[Amzymayor]

I've read a lot about outbound domain marketing on and off Namepros. I've done for some of my domain names, followed up, and got very low replies.

So I have some questions I believe will help a newbie like me about Outbound Marketing.

Thank you as you help out.

1. What works best for you - a short or long sales pitch?
2. What's your average domain sales via outbound - 1 out of 10, 1 out of 20, 1 out of 50?
3. Do you follow u? How many times?
4. Who do you send your emails to?
5. Do you make use of your Gmail account or your customized domain name?

Thank you.

 

[Kuffy]

Wow! The lander feels great. But don't you think a lander that will make them buy the domain right from the page will make it easy for your prospect?

I've got some landers like that, but this is to try to get the guy to visit the landing or sales page from an outbound email. I took the advice earlier in this thread that simple was best, and that the subject should be the domain name. If the guy isn't interested, then he won't even open the mail. I didn't want to put any links or formatting in the email, as that may put off the ( potential ) buyer. I also took the point that one should have credibility and authority to give a buyer confidence, and that site is part of the process of building that. The ultimate goal is to get the buyer to purchase the name through a Name Silo transfer without my involvement once the price is agreed. Not all buyers will want this, so there must be a way to offer alternatives. Hopefully he will look at the email address, and I will have stimulated his interest enough for him to go to tht site without my requesting it.

There is a secondary objective, and that is to build the image and reputation of my domain selling structure, you never know what other projects the company may have. I remember that some years ago a major part of the profits of General Motors came from finance and loans. One thinks of General Motors as wanting motoring domains, but they probably had a shed full of those, and loans would have been a better prospect. This is a historic example, I'm not sure what GM is doing these days.

 

[Amzymayor]

I've got some landers like that, but this is to try to get the guy to visit the landing or sales page from an outbound email. I took the advice earlier in this thread that simple was best, and that the subject should be the domain name. If the guy isn't interested, then he won't even open the mail. I didn't want to put any links or formatting in the email, as that may put off the ( potential ) buyer. I also took the point that one should have credibility and authority to give a buyer confidence, and that site is part of the process of building that. The ultimate goal is to get the buyer to purchase the name through a Name Silo transfer without my involvement once the price is agreed. Not all buyers will want this, so there must be a way to offer alternatives. Hopefully he will look at the email address, and I will have stimulated his interest enough for him to go to tht site without my requesting it.

There is a secondary objective, and that is to build the image and reputation of my domain selling structure, you never know what other projects the company may have. I remember that some years ago a major part of the profits of General Motors came from finance and loans. One thinks of General Motors as wanting motoring domains, but they probably had a shed full of those, and loans would have been a better prospect. This is a historic example, I'm not sure what GM is doing these days.

Interesting. I'm at your back. Please do carry us along with your progress

 

[Amzymayor]

And please. The prospect you sold the domain to, did they ask the same "how much" question? What was your reply and how did it go? Do you also mind sharing the name please?

yeah ,, they said "what is the cost ?
my reply : the domain is currently priced at 225
end user reply :could you provide the current host and proof of ownership
me: provide screenshot of domain in my control panel and link to the whois
end user reply: Just to clarify I am happy to purchase it now provided I own it and am not renting it.
my reply: deal done. would you like us to use escrow or i transfer the domain to you first
they chose escrow
then i sent a link to undeveloped buy now page of the domain[/QUOTE]

Thanks so much for this

 

[Haroon Basha]

Interesting thread indeed. Outbound selling methods are very tiresome and time consuming to gather the email IDs of concerned companies. Sending 100 to 300 emails to sell a domain name is really one needs a lot of patience. I list my domain names in several marketplaces, and my favorites are Godaddy Auction pages, Afternic and Ebay Auction. I sold 95% of my domain sales through these three marketplaces only. My simple logic is if someone want a domain name, he will try first to hand register it, if he did not find it there he will search it in the marketplace. Many a times I hand register domain name at Godaddy and immediately list it in their both marketplaces. I got scores of email from them saying "Your Domain Name is Sold" within a week to fortnight from the listing date. Running after the end user brings negligible results. Last but not the least, if you want to sell your domain names cheaper, quicker and without commission, obviously NamePros platform is the best place in the industry.

 

[Amzymayor]

Interesting thread indeed. Outbound selling methods are very tiresome and time consuming to gather the email IDs of concerned companies. Sending 100 to 300 emails to sell a domain name is really one needs a lot of patience. I list my domain names in several marketplaces, and my favorites are Godaddy Auction pages, Afternic and Ebay Auction. I sold 95% of my domain sales through these three marketplaces only. My simple logic is if someone want a domain name, he will try first to hand register it, if he did not find it there he will search it in the marketplace. Many a times I hand register domain name at Godaddy and immediately list it in their both marketplaces. I got scores of email from them saying "Your Domain Name is Sold" within a week to fortnight from the listing date. Running after the end user brings negligible results. Last but not the least, if you want to sell your domain names cheaper, quicker and without commission, obviously NamePros platform is the best place in the industry.

This is interesting. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Findom]

Wonderful thread! Thank you @Amzymayor for starting it and thanks for all the contributors for sharing these gems!
I've started to do outbound myself, just a short of a week ago. Although, I didn't sell any yet, I can recommend you the following useful tools:

1) Boomerang and Clearbit Connect for Gmail
2) whoisology.com , mailtester.com and mail-tester.com (the last two are different services!)
3) Talkatone mobile app available for both iOS and Android. It gives you a free U.S. number, so that you can add it to your email signature and receive calls from interested prospects.

Best of luck! Keep us updated on your progress
Assem

 

[satyadeep singh]

nice thought

 

[Kuffy]

OK - it's cold light of day time after knocking out that quick site yesterday,

I'm having second thoughts about not using the domain for subsequent email conversations if I receive a response from the initial shot. There are so many problems and scams on the modern internet, that I think that if I have built some confidence in the prospect, it might be better to stay with the same domain through to the sale. Of course if the buyer moves to another of my sites, then I should follow him. In fact, the need for this decision is the result of having multiple sales sites, and some domainers believe that it is better to use one site for everything.

Another useful addition would be a page outlining the payment and transfer process. However, adding all these extra pages is starting to turn this idea into a primary project, and it was intended to be a tertiary experiment.

I don't think I'll add a page about me, I've got a blog for that. I do need to decide whether to link to that blog though - as it discusses my activities with expired lists and drop lists, it may not be wise to let the buyer think about my purchase prices.

The large images for the other domains listed are fine in my opinion, but I think I should wrap a bit of text around them, and include a "call for acton" to encourage the viewer to buy the name.

 

[Amzymayor]

OK - it's cold light of day time after knocking out that quick site yesterday,

I'm having second thoughts about not using the domain for subsequent email conversations if I receive a response from the initial shot. There are so many problems and scams on the modern internet, that I think that if I have built some confidence in the prospect, it might be better to stay with the same domain through to the sale. Of course if the buyer moves to another of my sites, then I should follow him. In fact, the need for this decision is the result of having multiple sales sites, and some domainers believe that it is better to use one site for everything.

Another useful addition would be a page outlining the payment and transfer process. However, adding all these extra pages is starting to turn this idea into a primary project, and it was intended to be a tertiary experiment.

I don't think I'll add a page about me, I've got a blog for that. I do need to decide whether to link to that blog though - as it discusses my activities with expired lists and drop lists, it may not be wise to let the buyer think about my purchase prices.

The large images for the other domains listed are fine in my opinion, but I think I should wrap a bit of text around them, and include a "call for acton" to encourage the viewer to buy the name.

Nice one at Kuffy. I think you can build credibility like Abdulbasit. He said some of his domain sold because of the trust some buyers have because of his website. I'm considering that as well.

I have been using [email protected] to do my outbound. And I think it's not helping at all. One day, I received a message from a prospect warning me of one of my staff that sent message to them about my domain. I told them I was the one. Then they became cold...as usual.

So I thought, what if I have another website that focus solely on acquiring and selling domain? Then I checked Abdulbasit site and I became motivated.

So, I think you should consider it as a major project too. And, I think Kate has a website of hers too

 

[Amzymayor]

Wonderful thread! Thank you @Amzymayor for starting it and thanks for all the contributors for sharing these gems!
I've started to do outbound myself, just a short of a week ago. Although, I didn't sell any yet, I can recommend you the following useful tools:

1) Boomerang and Clearbit Connect for Gmail
2) whoisology.com , mailtester.com and mail-tester.com (the last two are different services!)
3) Talkatone mobile app available for both iOS and Android. It gives you a free U.S. number, so that you can add it to your email signature and receive calls from interested prospects.

Best of luck! Keep us updated on your progress
Assem

Thanks for your contribution. But don't you think being having a US number when your location isn't in the US will label you as a scammer?

 

[Kuffy]

I've been looking at email contact form possibilities, and it looks as if they are discouraged these days. It seems there is a risk of spam for both the contact and the website owner. I like the look of OS ticket as a means of contact, and I think I'll try that. It opens the possibility of including abuse reports and other categories. Now I have to decide if I will use it for all sites, or just for the name cougar, and where to install the software.

 

[Amzymayor]

I've been looking at email contact form possibilities, and it looks as if they are discouraged these days. It seems there is a risk of spam for both the contact and the website owner. I like the look of OS ticket as a means of contact, and I think I'll try that. It opens the possibility of including abuse reports and other categories. Now I have to decide if I will use it for all sites, or just for the name cougar, and where to install the software.

Can you shed more light on the Os ticket please?

 

[Kuffy]

Os ticket is an open source ticketing system. It is free to use. I will install it and post a link.

 

[Findom]

Thanks for your contribution. But don't you think being having a US number when your location isn't in the US will label you as a scammer?

Well, I didn't think about that before. But I'm not claiming that either I'm a U.S. Citizen, or that I live there. It's just that having a U.S. number will make it easier for the negotiations to run smoothly in case of U.S. leads.

 

[Kuffy]

I've made a few changes, and I realised that I hadn't added the site to the Google search console. This is a simple process, and you can start it by entering site://NameCougar.com into your browser bar ( use your name of course ). The results page will ask you if you are the owner of the name, and if you follow the links, you will end up with this page -

Search Console
Verify your ownership of https://namecougar.com/. Learn more.
Recommended method Alternate methods
Recommended: HTML file upload Upload an HTML file to your site.

1. Download this HTML verification file. [googlenh8890fg59b1e6.html] ( altered for security )

2. Upload the file to https://namecougar.com/

3. Confirm successful upload by visiting https://namecougar.com/google916ecc87f259b1e6.html in your browser.

4. Click Verify below.

To stay verified, don't remove the HTML file, even after verification succeeds.

 

[obocar]

i have a team of 10 who does outbound for my domains. I will try to answer your queries..

1. A short pitch works best. If the end user would be interested and enquire about price than you can send a long reply with all the details.
2. 1 out of 10. Best response i have recieved from Geo domains and sometimes on keyword based domains.
3. yes i personally prefer to follow up only once for all the mails sent. I personally feel that following up more than once would be pure spamming. If a negotiation is going on than there can ofcourse of be multiple follow ups.
4. We can mail id via bulk whois. In case we have a premium domain whose target end user is a big corporate than we collect and send mail via hunter.io.
5. We use customized email id for all the mails.

Nice
Thanks for sharing.

 

[creataweb]

Nice
Thanks for sharing.

Still curious to know where the team of 10 came from.

 

[jideofor]

Wonderful thread! Thank you @Amzymayor for starting it and thanks for all the contributors for sharing these gems!
I've started to do outbound myself, just a short of a week ago. Although, I didn't sell any yet, I can recommend you the following useful tools:

1) Boomerang and Clearbit Connect for Gmail
2) whoisology.com , mailtester.com and mail-tester.com (the last two are different services!)
3) Talkatone mobile app available for both iOS and Android. It gives you a free U.S. number, so that you can add it to your email signature and receive calls from interested prospects.

Best of luck! Keep us updated on your progress
Assem

Thanks so much for this... TIP I am highly grateful for the TALKTONE MOBILE APP... JEEZ, I lost over $1500 and $2500 in sales few months ago... just for displaying a Nigerian INFO.

Thanks man!

Amzymayor, I owe you something one just for starting this thread alone.

 

[Amzymayor]

Still curious to know where the team of 10 came from.

Those were the people handling his outbound marketing

 

[Amzymayor]

Thanks so much for this... TIP I am highly grateful for the TALKTONE MOBILE APP... JEEZ, I lost over $1500 and $2500 in sales few months ago... just for displaying a Nigerian INFO.

Thanks man!

Amzymayor, I owe you something one just for starting this thread alone.

Oga I'm waiting to receive the gift

 

[Amzymayor]

I've made a few changes, and I realised that I hadn't added the site to the Google search console. This is a simple process, and you can start it by entering site://NameCougar.com into your browser bar ( use your name of course ). The results page will ask you if you are the owner of the name, and if you follow the links, you will end up with this page -

Thanks so much for this. Must it be a desktop browser?

 

[Kuffy]

Still curious to know where the team of 10 came from.

I've got a team of 10 people working for me. The trouble is, they are all me using different web identities.

 

[creataweb]

Those were the people handling his outbound marketing

Right, where did he find them? I am curious as I had a few people doing this as well but he had better success.

 

[creataweb]

I've got a team of 10 people working for me. The trouble is, they are all me using different web identities.

Now if you could clone yourself you'd be all set!

 

[maxtorz]

@Federer has a system in place and he knows what he is doing.
The quality of the names is less important when you have frequency(daily outbound) and consistency...at the end of the week You can predict your sales and make a nice profit.
Not every name sells but if you market 5-8names/day per person times 7 days a week then you can get an idea of what's going on...thus creating a "system that works in your favor"

ApartmentRentalsNewYorkCity.com won't get any inbound inquiries anytime soon but it's a $9 liability that can turn into $500 quick profit with some outbound marketing