discuss The Dumbest Response to a Domain Name Inquiry

Yep, totally stupid response to an inquiry.

I got almost the exact response once and it was for an obscure .ca domain.
A month later I got a follow up email and I responded that I was prepared to go to 5k when I inquired but right now I cannot afford it because I gave the money to someone else.

I saw the domain drop 3 years later and I picked it up for ten bucks. This guy was not too smart with his initial response to a possible sale.

thats the ideal response................ if your goal is not to sell domains.

That response was rude and unprofessional. I would not have responded either. He/she lost a possble sale.

This is what happens when we have too many amateur domainers coming in, some time ago there was a thread is it good or bad. As a side note, IF mentioned communication occured through some marketplace where custom messages are enabled, such as uniregistry/domainnamesales, the marketplace should better close the sellers account and asap, for making the whole system in general and this marketplace in particular looking bad and unprofessional in enduser eyes.

what domain did you inquire about?

and did you submit an offer or just ask "how much"?

imo....

biggie said:

what domain did you inquire about?

and did you submit an offer or just ask "how much"?

imo....

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It's a news article, you have to follow the link.

MapleDots said:

I got almost the exact response once and it was for an obscure .ca domain.
A month later I got a follow up email and I responded that I was prepared to go to 5k when I inquired but right now I cannot afford it because I gave the money to someone else.

I saw the domain drop 3 years later and I picked it up for ten bucks. This guy was not too smart with his initial response to a possible sale.

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your a better man than me I would have contacted the guy back and offered him 10 grand after it expired, in the meantime list it on a fabulous banner for 200 bucks 2 days later just to give him what he deserves , when he goes to buy it back ,say sorry someone just snagged it

tonyk2000 said:

This is what happens when we have too many amateur domainers coming in, some time ago there was a thread is it good or bad. As a side note, IF mentioned communication occured through some marketplace where custom messages are enabled, such as uniregistry/domainnamesales, the marketplace should better close the sellers account and asap, for making the whole system in general and this marketplace in particular looking bad and unprofessional in enduser eyes.

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If it's a name Elliot Silver was enquiring about then I seriously doubt the guy was an amateur domainer.

Sounds like the owner of this domain is a combination of......... Any one of these guys...lol

Blaine!


Cobra Kai!


Nerds!!!

How about this one.. there was a domain that had a for sale page on it, so "this domain is for sale please use this form..", so I contacted the owner from the WHOIS email address only to be told that the domain wasn't for sale at any price.

MapleDots said:

It's a news article, you have to follow the link.

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the name and whether offer was made, could have been in first paragraph.

imo...

Dave said:

How about this one.. there was a domain that had a for sale page on it, so "this domain is for sale please use this form..", so I contacted the owner from the WHOIS email address only to be told that the domain wasn't for sale at any price.

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Dang it all..... and someone was just about to offer 100k.. but I guess it's not for sale

Good one @Dave

Whoever this is will not make it very far in this business with that response.

Cdomains said:

Whoever this is will not make it very far in this business with that response.

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but, the thing is.....
you don't know how far they have come, came or went, already.

imo....

To me the seller sounds like someone who needs a very big fish to sell to and doesn't want to deal with domainers.

...but an enduser might have started with the same email

...but not the same email address.

Cdomains said:

Whoever this is will not make it very far in this business with that response.

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Agreed.

It's like pulling teeth to buy from some people.

Give me a price, we can talk about it, if we can come to a deal then that's great. If not, it's not a big deal - no love lost.

Most sellers get all bent out of shape during negotiation and they can't price their domain properly.

But they sure can write PARAGRAPHS explaining blah blah blah...

HowToLoseaSale101

I understand the frustration some domain investors have because of the low offers they get. However, replying to an offer in such a way is unreasonable. A domainer could lose a six figure sale because of such a reply. If you receive a low offer, either reply with "Sorry, your offer is very low" or just don't reply at all. I remember watching a video of a domain interview with a few of the known domainers. One of them stated that a guy lost a mid-six-figure sale because of his stupid response. Here is the video

I think everyone's looking way to deep into this. Silver doesn't hide who he is when he enquires about domains so the seller knew who he was and knew he wasn't going to pay en enduser price so he gave him a smart ass answer. End of story.

Dave said:

How about this one.. there was a domain that had a for sale page on it, so "this domain is for sale please use this form..", so I contacted the owner from the WHOIS email address only to be told that the domain wasn't for sale at any price.

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I was contacted via text message about a domain that had a broken link to a GoDaddy BIN of $999.

First a $100 offer. (Me: No response)
Then a $250 offer (Me: I'm not interested in selling at this time)
Finally a text, "I just bought the domain."

... I then realized I didn't remove the domain from AfterNic. I still honored the $999 sale. (turns out the buyer was a active NP member, and possibly could have gotten the domain for less if he/she contacted me through NP)

Grilled said:

I was contacted via text message about a domain that had a broken link to a GoDaddy BIN of $999.

First a $100 offer. (Me: No response)
Then a $250 offer (Me: I'm not interested in selling at this time)
Finally a text, "I just bought the domain."

... I then realized I didn't remove the domain from AfterNic. I still honored the $999 sale. (turns out the buyer was a active NP member, and possibly could have gotten the domain for less if he/she contacted me through NP)

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I take my time to scan tru my prices. Almost all the time

hookbox said:

I think everyone's looking way to deep into this. Silver doesn't hide who he is when he enquires about domains so the seller knew who he was and knew he wasn't going to pay en enduser price so he gave him a smart ass answer. End of story.

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guess that sums it up

imo...