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Have you exaggerated your offers to get a higher sale price?

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  • Hell yes, I do it all the time

  • Heck no, I am an angel in the business

  • Yes if the person asking was a dork

  • Seriously, never

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I was offered 30K twice and turned it down

I heard that so many times I'm starting to get sick of it. Then you check after a few months and the domain sells for a couple thousand bucks or even as low as a couple hundred.

I always say the same thing....

I purchase every domain I have because it has potential for me to develop. If you want it you have to offer me an amount that is larger than my envisioned potential use for the domain.

Still has a ring of BS but it is at least straight forward.

So what is your answer to the poll?

Also what is your favorite line?
 
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Interesting, adding the yes and no, we are at a tie. so far.
 
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This is what I call a sceemer unprofessional salesman. If you have to lie to make a sale your not doing anything but scamming the buyer. If this is how you have to sale your domain or product then obviously it isnt worth shit.

I hate crooked sales people.
 
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theres so many liars in this business.
 
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Thanks for the responses guys

Don't forget to add what your favorite response to the potential client is?
 
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Personally, I prefer to sell a quality product for a good price than to trick people out of bidding on auctions, shill bidding, lying, and other 'best' practices.

The 2 $30k offers is the equivalent of an old American trick of boys without girlfriends claiming that they have a girlfriend 'in Canada' or 'from vacation' or any other unverifiable place that you may store a girlfriend.
 
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What your reality is might not be the same as another person.

If someone claims that, and then you see the DN sell elsewhere for pennies then you are 100% right.

However, I can personally tell you that I have turned down offers for domains that most people would have have accepted without even thinking about it. Sometimes the sale never materializes, and sometimes they offer more and you can either take it or still say no.

You take your acceptable risks depending on your present reality.

I will quote something Rick said recently:

"Know what the difference is between a $25k domain and a $1 Million domain? The owner of the domain!"

There are also many people that have never sold a single domain, ever.

I've seen people with 2009 NP accounts pop up as recent as last year and post about their 'first domain sale' that was $xxx.

At the end of the day, you do what's best for you. Live and let live.
 
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If someone claims that, and then you see the DN sell elsewhere for pennies then you are 100% right.

That is exactly why I posted, I offered a good solid amount on a domain and the guy responded saying he had numerous larger offers. Then I see it later selling for less than what I offered. The guy did not even take the time to re-contact me a few months later to offer it to me.

I just don't understand why he exaggerated his offers by such a high amount.
It really frustrated me because I wanted the domain.
 
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I just don't understand why he exaggerated his offers by such a high amount.
It really frustrated me because I wanted the domain.

I agree, that is very frustrating.

That happened to me once; the seller downright said had offers of $10k+ for the domain.

It took 2 months of patient contact and we ended up at $1,500 for the 4L.com - going from $10k to $5k to $3k to $1500. I still paid well over 'liquid' value for the domain, but I am happy with it as an investment.

Acquiring a domain is more sales than investing. When someone says that they have had high offers, it's just another objection that you will have to find a creative way to answer.
 
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It depends what your method i think is. Because look at the big boys they have so many names that They might sell just one or two and cover the rest of them.

But if it is someone silly and it is their first name I think they are just wasting their time. A lot of people are super spiteful sadly and even if you give them 10k profit, they will refuse it if they think you might make 15...

All and all I personally try to sell my names for whatever the offer is , profit is profit and for me I'm still building my portfolio up. If I can sell one name and use that money to buy 20 - 30 more names, then by all means.
 
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Agreed Joshh but the guy would have to have an ego the size of a football field because my offer was significantly higher. As in many thousands....

I track every inquiry on my excel sheets, if I ever decide to sell lower than the amount I have in mind I would at least send a previous bidder an email asking if he was still interested.

I'm just gob smacked that I did not get the domain!!!!

He told me he wanted 30k, I said 25k, he said I was an idiot if I thought I could steal it for that.
Well I guess I must be the idiot because he sold for under 5k six months later.

This was a special domain for me and I made an exception with that offer. The domain was not worth anywhere near my offer.

So I make an offer to someone else on a domain recently and a similar scenario is playing out, hence my frustration and the reason for this post.
 
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Unless it's a category killer, me when someone says they've turned down $30k+ for a domain name:-

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Do you have a graphic that says $hit for brains?
Seriously, when god was handing out brains this guy was hiding behind the door.
 
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Why not contact the party that bought it for 5 k and offer 20? now you just saved 10k off original price =) or even 15k im sure that other person would be more then excited to triple up his / her 5 k investment
 
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Why not contact the party that bought it for 5 k and offer 20? now you just saved 10k off original price =) or even 15k im sure that other person would be more then excited to triple up his / her 5 k investment

You read my mind...

That is exactly what I am going to do but I thought I would wait a month just so I don't seem too eager.
Except this time I am going to start at 7k to see if he wants to make a quick 2k.
 
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Unless it's a category killer, me when someone says they've turned down $30k+ for a domain name:-

Not a 'category killer' by the standards of many, and I turned it down. Why? Because it's a category killer to me by my valuation, and if someone is offering me a nice sum for it I'm going to go with my valuation over that of another domainer.

Top domainers (Rick Schwartz, Mike Mann, etc...) keep telling the industry that they are selling too cheap, and all the industry does is try to find excuses on why they are 'wrong'.

Instead of calling bullshit, maybe you should open your mind.


The hardest thing to do is to say "no," but it is also the most powerful thing you can do.

I blocked out what I don't want to share, but you can get the gist of the conversation...

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i'm usually pretty straight with buyers, There are prices i want for each name and i don't usually give specifics. I may on occasion quote what i paid (assuming they offered below) but i could provide proof if i was called out on it.

No time for games in business
 
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Not a category killer. Turned it down.
The hardest thing to do is to say "no," but it is also the most powerful thing you can do.

Respect for that (y)

But I can guarantee you will not sell the domain six months later for 10k after turning down 40.

But I guess there is a silver lining because now I get to negotiate with the new owner at a much lower starting point. I'm hoping it's another domainer who won't mind making a couple thousand on a flip.

HeHe, I just hope its not DomainVP or I might have to mortgage the house :ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:
 
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its not about "lying"
we are not in the church

its business

so you want the best price and the other party wants the best price too
any emotion that helps to come to an agreement is fine

"lying"
is a term that belongs to the relation between loved onces
has no meaning in business

if its not fraud
its not a lie but a story

you may want to read a book:

https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Thro...id=1489603671&sr=8-2&keywords=robert+j+ringer


or maybe 2 books?

https://www.amazon.com/Start-Negoti...id=1489603877&sr=8-1&keywords=start+with+a+no
 
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No time for games in business

This.

If someone said they were offered $30k I would wonder why they didn't take it.
 
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There is a huge difference between lying about a fake sale and telling a prospect you received better offers.

If the buyer tells you he had a better offer just give him your best offer and hope for the best. Regardless if he had a better offer or not in the past it's 100% up to the seller what he wants to do.

I'm guessing you probably made the mistake of not at least making him your best offer, if you had he may have at least considered it in the future if his circumstances changed.

P.s it's all relative, what is expensive for a domainers is cheap for an end-user.
 
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I'm guessing you probably made the mistake of not at least making him your best offer, if you had he may have at least considered it in the future if his circumstances changed.

Actually quite the opposite, in this case I way overbid. I knew he was full of crap and a 25k bid was insane for that domain. I had an end use for it and I figured I could depreciate the cost over a number of years. The fact that it sold in the 5k range shows you my offer was way beyond what it was worth.

But I agree with you I did make a mistake..... I wanted the domain too much, I let my emotions rule over my head. Most assuredly that will not happen again and when I open negotiations with the new owner I will probably stick to a tight budget. That is what I should have done the first time around, offered him 3k and move to 5k. I knew it was bs when he said he turned down 30k.

From here on forward I'll just say thank you, good luck with that.
 
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Actually quite the opposite, in this case I way overbid. I knew he was full of crap and a 25k bid was insane for that domain. I had an end use for it and I figured I could depreciate the cost over a number of years. The fact that it sold in the 5k range shows you my offer was way beyond what it was worth.

But I agree with you I did make a mistake..... I wanted the domain too much, I let my emotions rule over my head. Most assuredly that will not happen again and when I open negotiations with the new owner I will probably stick to a tight budget. That is what I should have done the first time around, offered him 3k and move to 5k. I knew it was bs when he said he turned down 30k.

From here on forward I'll just say thank you, good luck with that.
It was his mistake and loss. I don't think your bid was as much a factor as timing.

P.s. bit of advice don't insult the seller with a "good luck with that" comment unless you are no longer interested at any price. Sellers can be very sensitive:)
 
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P.s. bit of advice don't insult the seller with a "good luck with that" comment unless you are no longer interested at any price. Sellers can be very sensitive:)

I will take that advice - thank you (y)
 
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