End User Marketing on Your Premium Domains!

Here we go...

I sent 3 names for marketing, 2 of then acquire for under $10 here at NP, and one that I won for $120 at Snapnames against a very successful domainer. Naturally, the only name to get zero response was the expensive one. All are names that suggest a product, one was a geo domain.

Of the two that got responses, the geo domain was sold for $400. I let Federer's team handle the transaction for an additional 10%. Why? Besides simply being lazy, some buyers might get skittish when anything changes. For the marketing they do, $15 plus 10% is very reasonable.

I'm happy with the service. It's a good way to move decent names that have a large list of potential buyers, when you don't want to wait for the buyers to come to you. Think cash flow.

The two names that didn't sell are also hyphenated names, and I think I just realized that every hyphenated name I've ever sold has been sold passively. So stick with unhyphenated .coms that have clear meaning and use by a number of businesses.

If federder sells name like he plays tennis ….. you're on a winner, i may take the chance to ask if there is any price feedback 'too high' or 'try for more' ?

Have you guys actually sold any hyphenated names i wonder ?

evirtual1 said:

If federder sells name like he plays tennis ….. you're on a winner, i may take the chance to ask if there is any price feedback 'too high' or 'try for more' ?

Have you guys actually sold any hyphenated names i wonder ?

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I set the prices I was aiming for - but not too high, as this is active selling. They obviously weren't too low.

I wouldn't sell my prize names this way, but it's a good way to move some inventory out and get some cash in.

I don't know who the hyphen question is directed at. I still like hyphens, and on second thought, I just sold a hyphen last week by sending out about 20 emails (duh). I could only get $500 for it, but it was a $5 Godaddy closeout a month before, so I'm content with that.

It may be that some people are expecting Federer to work miracles. He certainly knows how to move names, but at half of that (most of it?) is choosing the right names to start with. Brandables, for example, can't be sold successfully this way.

i dont think brandables would do well this way either, they are a lottery at the best of times, i fully understnad this would be much more specific …….cheers

HI,

Just sent an email with some cloud domains of mine


Best regards

Just wanted to see if anyone else has had success using this service. Mine was marginal, at best.

I submitted a geo+service domain name for marketing and did receive a copy of the email used for marketing (before it was actually sent) and the list of companies/email addresses the email was supposedly sent to. To improve trust and customer service, the following should be done:

1, I thought the email sent to end users was rather pedestrian and did not do a good job of convincing business owners who feel that there is nothing wrong with their Joe-and-Mike-Bus-Iness-Service.biz domain name that they should upgrade to mine. Is this the actual email Federer used to market his names? It seems so inadequate.
2. If the end user was interested in negotiating a price, who were they supposed to contact, and where? This information was not included in the sample email sent to me. If they have to contact a marketing team that is not based in the US, that may be a hindrance to sales, as the end users may have been afraid of a scam.
3. Since there is no commission involved, why not have the end users contact the seller directly, unless the seller specifically wants your team to handle the negotiations?
4. The marketing team should copy the seller on whatever email(s) are being sent to end users.
5. I was told that there were no replies to the email, but why? No price should have been offered in the email, and I was willing to take between $100-$500 for the domain name. It was reasonably priced, and it was a good geodomain.

While this service is good for domainers to generate a list of end user prospects, I cannot, at this time, recommend that it be used to contact sales leads (because of the unimpressive email currently being used and the fact that the owners are not copied on these emails), and is it unclear how the end user gets in touch with the marketing department. (Is it based in the US, with a US phone number?). The lack of domainers endorsing this service is bothersome. We have good domains to sell, and if they are marketed properly, they should be an easy sell for end user. Not getting a reply from about 70 emails sent is not good, considering this is a professional brokerage.

Sounds like a very poor and dodgy business model in the long run - aimed mainly at those who have poor domains. However if it was changed to a commission only based selling, I personally would prefer it.

Any sale so far?

Just sent an email with some names to try the service.

Thanks in advance, Nick

A couple of domains sold over the past few days using this system:

PortlandLimousine.com
ElectronicDistributors.com

I just stumbled across this thread. Given the time required to construct a list of end user contacts, I am interested in giving the service a try - will send a list shortly.

So people should have no concerns sending their names to someone who has, in the past, sold names that he hadn't yet acquired?

This is an innovative twist - getting paid $15 to get permission to do so.

I tried his service. Very good report. There were two leads but but it did not convert into sales. However I am still happy because myself I would not have ever contacted these many leads.

Also I did buy a high ticket domain from Federer (Asbestos dot info) and that transaction was very smooth. He is very professional and thorough. His marketing technique does work. My domains were hyphenated and did get the response but they probably wanted it cheaper than my offer price.

Good Luck to you all.

I gave a try to his service. Paid $15. Received email saying thank you for the payment we will start marketing your domain next week. Week passed by and I got another email on the weekends saying we will be marketing your domain next week. So well see how it goes.

My opinion why this service is only $15 is because they might sell your domain for much higher price if there is a buyer, and pay you only what your minimum price was so they make much more than only $15. $15 is only for a coffee and a donut :D

And it looks like almost everyone who tries the service gets a message that there was someone interested in your domain but the sale wasn't completed as expected.

I have faith in Federer...I just submitted a domain of mine to test out. I will update once I hear back!

Federer said:

A couple of domains sold over the past few days using this system:

PortlandLimousine.com
ElectronicDistributors.com

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How much did the names sell for?