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Hi All,

A lot of people struggle with outbound or complain about having no sales via inbound or marketplace. Well domaining is not a get rich scheme and it takes lots of time , hard-work , capital and luck to succeed in the same.

Though everyone would love to have xxxxx sales however you cant have such big ticket sales without pouring thousands of dollars and wait for long time for the right end users to approach you. This post is for the beginner who wish to have regular xxx or low xxxx sales and keep their domaining journey going on.

3 words Geo/keyword domains has very low chances of getting sold via landing page or marketplace even if you hold them for years. Such domains can be sold via outbound easily however you have to follow the practice properly.

There are number of steps and factors in the same. I will try to list few of them here for your understanding.

Let me first share the basic..

1. Outbound is a volume game. It may happen that you wont receive any response for your first 20 domains and than your 21st domain may get sold.

2. Price is big factor . $200-$499 is a sweet spot for normal geo domains.

3. Searches and cpc matters in case of Geo/keyword domains and its easier to sell domains with good metrics.

4. Follow up matters a lot as it hardly happens that you would sell domain in your first mail itself.

5. Certain niche sells faster than other niches. Location and country matters a lot as well.

6. One need to have lots of patience and a proper schedule to succeed in outbound.

Now back to the outbound process:-

1. Find leads:- There are basically 5 ways to find lead for your domain.

a) Google.com :- You can find the list of existing companies which are presently ranking for your keyword.You can use semrush.com to get first 100 result of google.com if you wish to avoid manual work.

b) Google map/yellow-pages:- You would find names and details of the companies which are registered for that keyword in that region. For geo domains , google map works better than google.com. There are automated tools which can fetch the google map results .

c) ZFbot.com/Domainiq.com :- Both these tools provide you list of the domain which are related to your domain or have same keyword like yours.

d) Socal media:- LinkedIn etc can be great source for finding potential end user for your domain.

e) Advertisers:- It makes sense to contact the advertisers who are advertising for the keyword of your domain. You can find the list of the same from semrush.com.

2. Finding email id:- There are 3 ways to find email id for the leads you have collected from above sources.

a) Whois.com/whoxy.com :- After gdpr whois is no more openly available however you still find email ids in 20-30% cases as compared to earlier days as few registrars still shows whois detail. Whoxy.com is a portal from where you can fetch whois details in bulk.

b) Hunter.io/adapt.io :- Such paid tools are great way to find email id of potential leads. However be aware that even though they are paid tools but still email id accuracy would be 60-70% only.

c) Website:- Lastly you may directly visit the website and collect email id from there.

3. Sending mails:- This is a tricky step as it is very difficult to send mails these days. Free email id provider like gmail , yahoo etc have strict spam policy and most of your mail would land in the spam folder. Now you have 2 options:-

a) Free email providers:- You can create multiple email ids with free email providers like gmail , yahoo, outlook etc.

b) Logicboxes panel based registrar:- There are some registrar which uses logic-box panel and they provide 2 free email id along with every domain. You would have to set up email id there and use their server to send mail. It works like charm as i have tried Bigrock.com and nettigritty.com.

c) Own server:- You can set up your own smtp server and purchase multiple ip for sending mails. It is a complicated and expensive way so wont be suggested in the initial days.

4. Pricing & follow up:-

a) Pricing:-
Pricing plays a very big role especially in case of geo domains and 3 words emd domains. If you price them in $200-500 range than you can easily sell them. If it was a hand registered domain or purchased from go-daddy closeout than its a great roi.

b) Followup :- Now follow up can further be divided into 2 parts:-

1. Initial mail:- Suppose you collected 50 leads of end users for a particular domain and you sent mail to them. You may have received 1-2 response and no response from other leads. You can send a follow up mail after 2-3 weeks as its highly possible that many of them may have missed your initial mail or were out of office. Though never send more than 2 follow ups or else you would be spamming in general. Further be very careful not to send mail again to the same person who has already responded "No".

2. Price inquiry:- You have sent 50 mails and have received 3-4 price inquiry. You have sent them the details regarding the domain as well as your asking price. You should follow up every week or 2 regarding their interest. Under normal circumstances it takes 4-5 follow ups to finally sell a domain. It would hardly happen than you send them price and they immediately closed the deal.

5. Closing the deal:- You again have 3 options in this.

a) Paypal:- You can send a paypal invoice to the client and they can make the payment via them. I personally transfer the domain first and than ask for payment. It has never happened with me that client didn't make payment though their were delays in couple of cases. When you first transfer the domain and than ask for payment than it create trust factor in the eyes of end-users and deal closes faster. This works best in case of xxx deals as your risk factor is low.

b) Escrow :- You can create escrow account and ask the client to complete the transaction via that. Be aware that creating account at escrow is a tedious process and many times deal gets cancelled as end users do not want to take so much of headache. Escrow is recommended in case of xxxx and xxxxx deals and not at all recommended for xxx deals.

c) Marketplace:- If your domain is registered with Godaddy than you can ask the client to directly purchase from there or via landing pages like undeveloped.com. It works very well as these marketplace have high trust factor among the general public.


Some personal suggestions based on my experience of outbound.

1. Registrar:- If your domain is with Godaddy than it is easier to sell them . Godaddy is world's largest registrar and due to their massive advertising campaign everyone is aware about them. Most of the end user have account with godaddy or they dont mind opening account at Godaddy. If your domain is with any other registrar tha always do outbound after 60 days transfer lock is over.

2. Response time:- xxx purchases are normally spontaneous decision and end users immediately pay the same. If you receive a offer or end user agrees to your price than try to close the deal instantly. If you delay than their is high possibility that end user may change their mind or look for alternative options.

3. Related domains:- If you have a singular version than always purchase plural version as well if available. Further in case of Geo domain if you are marketing .com domain than always acquire cctld version of the same to be on safe side.

4. Calling :- If you receive a price inquiry than always try to call up the client as the possibility of leads getting closed increases manifold in case of calls rather than on mail.

5. Promo offer:- If you are into hand registered game than keep a keen eye on promo offers offered by various registrar. If you can grab promo offers for .com at $3-4 range than its always a winning game.

6. Expireddomains.net:- Thousands of domains expire on daily basis and you can find lots of decent domains in daily drop list which can easily be sold in xxx range via outbound.

Last but not the least , there is a very thin line between marketing and spamming and majority of newbies dont understand the difference. Outbound is great to have regular sales and to keep the cash register rolling but most of the time we end up doing spamming. Even though i am into outbound but i am strictly against spamming.
 
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Thanks@rohitgoyal for sharing. I have learnt a lot from your wealth of experience.

Have been trying outbound for a long time with no result. The end users won't even respond to my mail ,quite frustrating.
And am very sure those domains should be of good value to them.
A couple of the domains are:
Blockstonerealtor.com
Dublindrains.com
Vrstockphoto.com
Tampamoldinspector.com
Thebabyhamper.com
Please what do you write as a subject of your mail.

Just to add your domains have tma issue. "Realtor" is trademarked hence you can't use it
 
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I am sorry to bother, but I do not understand why you have created 100 emails to use for contacting buyers, can I have some made up examples to understand better, are the emails utilizing the domain name your selling ? or does using so many different emails avoid spam issues. or is it so you have industry related domains for various sectors related to the ones your marketing.
 
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I am sorry to bother, but I do not understand why you have created 100 emails to use for contacting buyers, can I have some made up examples to understand better, are the emails utilizing the domain name your selling ? or does using so many different emails avoid spam issues. or is it so you have industry related domains for various sectors related to the ones your marketing.

Well those email.I'd are used for sending mails. We work in bulk and do outbound for 200-300 domains per month so we do need so many mails id's to send mail and avoid spam...
 
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I am sorry to bother, but I do not understand why you have created 100 emails to use for contacting buyers, can I have some made up examples to understand better, are the emails utilizing the domain name your selling ? or does using so many different emails avoid spam issues. or is it so you have industry related domains for various sectors related to the ones your marketing.

I have purchased 100 domains separately just for outbound purpose.
 
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I have purchased 100 domains separately just for outbound purpose.

When a potential buyer goes to one of the 100 domains used for outbound emails to check you out what do they see? Can you give 1 or 2 examples of the types of domains you use for sending outbound emails (not the actual domains, just similar examples)?
 
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When a potential buyer goes to one of the 100 domains used for outbound emails to check you out what do they see? Can you give 1 or 2 examples of the types of domains you use for sending outbound emails (not the actual domains, just similar examples)?

Let me be frank and straight forward in this matter.... Email I'd doesn't matter at all in case of normal domains where your asking price is xxx or xxxx , it is important just to convey your message to the right end user.. 4 things actually matter...
1. Domain name which u r selling
2. Asking price of the same
3.Subject line as that would make the end user open your mail
4. Signature , as it creates trust factor.

You can use any customised email.I'd and in any extension apart from extensions like .xyz etc as it's famous for spamming
 
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When a potential buyer goes to one of the 100 domains used for outbound emails to check you out what do they see? Can you give 1 or 2 examples of the types of domains you use for sending outbound emails (not the actual domains, just similar examples)?

No end user actually have the time and interest to go and check the email I'd. Just to answer your query when end user goes to that email I'd than they do not see anything as nameserver of registrar is being used...
Couple of example of email I'd are:-
[email protected]
[email protected]
 
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Let me be frank and straight forward in this matter.... Email I'd doesn't matter at all in case of normal domains where your asking price is xxx or xxxx , it is important just to convey your message to the right end user.. 4 things actually matter...
1. Domain name which u r selling
2. Asking price of the same
3.Subject line as that would make the end user open your mail
4. Signature , as it creates trust factor.

You can use any customised email.I'd and in any extension apart from extensions like .xyz etc as it's famous for spamming

Can I have a clue of your headings??
If I want to outbound
Losangelesdesignfirmer
What I personally did was just to write
Los Angeles design firmer as the subject of the mail.
Does it makes sense this way?
 
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Does this headings good for outbound?

"Enquiry from mydomain.com" or "Enquiry"
 
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If I have a domain which would be a great purchase for a company, and I send an email about it to that company, what would be the response rate. I don't mean sale, just a response. In my experience response rate is like 1 percent, and doesn't lead to a sale. But as long as I can get a response (a measurable reaction), I don't care whether there is a sale, because a response would count as valuable feedback.
If someone says everything is ok but price is a little bit high, then this is almost equal to a sale. Or if the buyer says, how much did you pay for this domain, how much profit do you plan to make, is all this fair... still I can discuss it. There is no communication at all. I suspect this hapens because spam filters don't correctly.

I don't like giving unnecesary info. For example I don't give a phone number, or address, or even name. Just domain name, email, and how to make an offer, and why this domain is good for them, and why they don't need to trust me at all etc. Is this why I don't receive any response. They will buy my domain, not me. They will get the same thing at the end whoever is selling it.
 
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...I don't like giving unnecesary info. For example I don't give a phone number, or address, or even name. Just domain name, email, and how to make an offer, and why this domain is good for them, and why they don't need to trust me at all etc. Is this why I don't receive any response. They will buy my domain, not me. They will get the same thing at the end whoever is selling it.
With your attitude, keep your day job. Don't even think of starting up any kind of business :xf.wink:

FYI: business, trading, sales is all about the seller, trader. Especially in services, online sales and selling... domain names, which, to most people out there, amounts to selling them... nothing! Asking to pay an outrageous price to boot! :ROFL::ROFL:
 
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Can I have a clue of your headings??
If I want to outbound
Losangelesdesignfirmer
What I personally did was just to write
Los Angeles design firmer as the subject of the mail.
Does it makes sense this way?
@Kamaldeen here's my guess.
He said
4 things actually matter...
1. Domain name which u r selling
2. Asking price of the same
3.Subject line as that would make the end user open your mail
4. Signature , as it creates trust factor.
If you are not spamming and you are contacting the right end user like a Boston plumber. If the subject is BostonPlumber.com, he is obviously going to open it because he's going to see it's something relevant to him, or someone in his industry trying to link up with him. If you are not spamming and contacting the right user than I guess the best subject is simply the domain name.
With other companies you might change it. Like if you are contacting abccompany.com's CEO because you own abc.com, obviously the title could be abc.com is for sale! I guess thats just logic and creativity.
Adding for sale might not be good if you are just fishing for leads in a particular industry as they might just skip and not be interested.
@rohitgoyal please confirm.
I wouldn't personally share my own exact subject line templates if they are sophisticated. Might issues with spam filters.

Don't ask too much. So much information was given that you guys are resorting to ask silly questions.
<<Should I add my photo as signature?>>
<<How can contact an end user whom their email has already full?>>

+ people asking 10 point questions with ANYTHING THAT CROSSES THEIR MINDS..
@rohitgoyal if you answer anything it will only get worse.
''What font should I use.''
 
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At least when you ask a question, let it be about 1 point.
If you ask 10 points, he has to reply one point. go back to the message. answer the next etc.. he doesn't have that time.
If you really have 3 points, let it be about the same subject.
Otherwise try to ask 1 question. It's easier for all to read, easier for him to help.
 
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Can I have a clue of your headings??
If I want to outbound
Losangelesdesignfirmer
What I personally did was just to write
Los Angeles design firmer as the subject of the mail.
Does it makes sense this way?

At-least lets respect the time i have put to write the post and solve everyone's query to the best of my ability. Your query has already been answered in the thread but i guess you didn't even bother to read the same.
 
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If I have a domain which would be a great purchase for a company, and I send an email about it to that company, what would be the response rate. I don't mean sale, just a response. In my experience response rate is like 1 percent, and doesn't lead to a sale. But as long as I can get a response (a measurable reaction), I don't care whether there is a sale, because a response would count as valuable feedback.
If someone says everything is ok but price is a little bit high, then this is almost equal to a sale. Or if the buyer says, how much did you pay for this domain, how much profit do you plan to make, is all this fair... still I can discuss it. There is no communication at all. I suspect this hapens because spam filters don't correctly.

I don't like giving unnecesary info. For example I don't give a phone number, or address, or even name. Just domain name, email, and how to make an offer, and why this domain is good for them, and why they don't need to trust me at all etc. Is this why I don't receive any response. They will buy my domain, not me. They will get the same thing at the end whoever is selling it.

Thats not a right approach. You need t understand a simple thing that you are a salesman and you are approaching others to sell your product. If they dont trust you than they wont buy from you. Lets be practical that trust is major factor especially in online transaction as there is no face to face conversation.
 
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@Kamaldeen here's my guess.
He said

If you are not spamming and you are contacting the right end user like a Boston plumber. If the subject is BostonPlumber.com, he is obviously going to open it because he's going to see it's something relevant to him, or someone in his industry trying to link up with him. If you are not spamming and contacting the right user than I guess the best subject is simply the domain name.
With other companies you might change it. Like if you are contacting abccompany.com's CEO because you own abc.com, obviously the title could be abc.com is for sale! I guess thats just logic and creativity.
Adding for sale might not be good if you are just fishing for leads in a particular industry as they might just skip and not be interested.
@rohitgoyal please confirm.
I wouldn't personally share my own exact subject line templates if they are sophisticated. Might issues with spam filters.

Don't ask too much. So much information was given that you guys are resorting to ask silly questions.
<<Should I add my photo as signature?>>
<<How can contact an end user whom their email has already full?>>

+ people asking 10 point questions with ANYTHING THAT CROSSES THEIR MINDS..
@rohitgoyal if you answer anything it will only get worse.
''What font should I use.''

Domain name in the subject line is much for than enough for the person to open the mail if he/she would find the same worthy enough.

@Windoms thanks for bringing this up as i was about to say the same. Namepros is a free forum and no one gets paid for sharing their learning which they have acquired after lots of hard-work and experiment and everyone wants to get success and winning tips at flick of a finger.. A lot of my friends who are into outbound always complain that why do i share so much so openly as its gonna increase the competition.
Due to silly queries , people dont tend to share their experiences and learning. We all have our personal life and professional life and not sitting ideal to reply to the same dumb queries again and again..

I receive pm mentioning that they did outbound and why the hell end users is not replying , now common what the fu*ck do you expect me to reply to such pm? End-users is not your employee , they would reply or not reply as per their wish..
Its even hilarious when people message me that can I suggest them domains which they should hand register and sell instantly for 100x... Seriously man , i just get speechless....
 
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Just thought would she some light on 60 day lock being a deal killer, I have had several deals which have been or still are dead due to the lock and confusion surrounding transfer procedure.

However, recently I started using Undeveloped and their pages, I have not been doing much outbound for a month or two but have already sold 2 domains through outbound that were still in transfer lock.

For anyone who is trying to do outbound for the names still within lock, I would recommend to try them for few names, interestingly end users instead of replying to my email decided to go to the page and make an offer or click buy now.

@rohitgoyal The email you are basically domains that are hosted with bigrock? So you use their servers and everything? You mentioned 100 custom emails, are these on different domains? If yes, are these on specific domains you are trying to sell or more of portfolio websites? Another registrar that works great for free personalized emails is Alpnames!


@UmerK

What is different about selling locked domains through Undeveloped?

Are you saying they were able to have the domains unlocked at the registrar somehow,

or did they convince the buyers to accept a push at the same registrar,

or were the buyers persuaded to wait for the lock to be over before completing the sale?

Please explain.

Thanks :xf.smile:
 
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@UmerK

What is different about selling locked domains through Undeveloped?

Are you saying they were able to have the domains unlocked at the registrar somehow,

or did they convince the buyers to accept a push at the same registrar,

or were the buyers persuaded to wait for the lock to be over before completing the sale?

Please explain.

Thanks :xf.smile:
i sell locked domains everyday without any problem. I push them to undeveloped accounts or directly to customer's account, no problem at all.
 
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i sell locked domains everyday without any problem. I push them to undeveloped accounts or directly to customer's account, no problem at all.

Thanks for the answer.

When you say you push directly to customers account, do you mean if they make or have an

account at the same registrar where the domain is regged?



Also, after you push the domain to either Undeveloped's, or the customers account, do you

still get paid right away?

Thanks
 
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Thanks for the answer.

When you say you push directly to customers account, do you mean if they make or have an

account at the same registrar where the domain is regged?



Also, after you push the domain to either Undeveloped's, or the customers account, do you

still get paid right away?

Thanks
payment within a few hours, to a few days. yes, undeveloped or customers should open an account if they dont have.
 
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