opinion No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Niraj Kumar said:

Liked the happy ending turn in the story.

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Always leave them with a smile.

While it must be super frustrating @DomainRecap I just wanted to thank you on behalf of the non-thankful small business owner for the efforts that you made. Even though it did not work out here because of the delayed response, I think it is actions like these that help give our industry more respect and appreciation. Thank you, and sorry the experience ended ungratefully.
Bob

Bob Hawkes said:

While it must be super frustrating @DomainRecap I just wanted to thank you on behalf of the non-thankful small business owner for the efforts that you made. Even though it did not work out here because of the delayed response, I think it is actions like these that help give our industry more respect and appreciation. Thank you, and sorry the experience ended ungratefully.
Bob

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Thanks for the thoughts but read further and you'll see a happy ending to this tale.

DomainRecap said:

Thanks for the thoughts but read further and you'll see a happy ending to this tale.

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Perfect! I had missed that. So glad it worked out for him, and I hope you like the gift but the appreciation is what counts! Thanks for sharing the happy ending, and sorry I missed it before.

Hey, this thread just made Elliot Silver's Twitter Feed:

https://twitter.com/DInvesting/status/1058093032006995968

We're all media stars, baby!

Not so long ago I saw a domain go on auction for a group (not really a charity by organization to spread good info) that was using a very long domain with .net, but this was the short exact name in a .com.

Knowing things would get ugly if other domainers recognized this was the name of a living, nationwide group I bought the domain at a low price and gave it to the organization. They said
'thanks', but just put forwarding on it to their terrible domain, and it's still working that way.

I would bet a PILE of money that they'll "forget" to renew it, and it will be at auction yet again -- and probably blame me for it.

WebInceptions said:

I would bet a PILE of money that they'll "forget" to renew it, and it will be at auction yet again -- and probably blame me for it.

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My thoughts exactly.

This sounds like a post i made 2 weeks ago

uglydork said:

This sounds like a post i made 2 weeks ago

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Ohhh, man don't bring it up or you will open a flame war.

Just say you're happy for @DomainRecap and be done.

It's best to get busy posting small little posts and put about 1000 posts between you and you infamous topics

Time and a super post count heals all wounds

MapleDots said:

Ohhh, man don't bring it up or you will open a flame war.

Just say you're happy for @DomainRecap and be done.

It's best to get busy posting small little posts and put about 1000 posts between you and you infamous topics

Time and a super post count heals all wounds

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Much love Canada!

Great job @DomainRecap - keep helping people

Good Samaritan? Hahaha, lemme tell you my story.

Was going through auctions one day. Saw a lovely brandable domain which had only a minute or less for the auction to get closed.

Just didn't had time to go through all those trademark checks or all those checks I usually do before buying a domain.

I thought it's a cool name and will do the checks later since it was now just a few seconds away from closing down.

Anyway, purchased it. It was supposed to be in my account 3-4 days later. Now went back to do those trademark checks and all.

Saw it was an 18 years old domain with an existing trademark. And it was some company's very first product.

Let's say for example there is this somecompany.com who owns 3-4 products:

ProductA.Com
ProductB.Com
ProductC.Com
ProductD.Com

Product BCD domains were up and running with their own respective domains, while the productA domain is with me. And they have running sub-products of that productA too.

I googled the company and couldn't find much info about the people to connect.

I never wanted to sell this domain. I wanted to give it for free to the owners. Anyway selling a trademark domain would do no good to anyone.

Then I went to social networking sites to find anybody owning or representing the company.

Finally found a Regional manager on LinkedIn (couldn't find anybody with a higher position than that).

Before telling him about owning that domain I asked him if they are still working on that product or have abandoned it, just to be sure if it is for any use to them.

Within a few minutes, the manager replied that the product is very much running and is being regularly updated since it's launch almost 2 decades ago. And he would be happy to assist me with any other questions.

I told him that I hold a domain that belongs to their company and I am willing to give it to them.

There was pin-drop silence. He didn't reply back.

The next day I thought that he must have misunderstood that I wanted to sell, so I told him clearly that I was looking forward to gifting it to them 100% free, no strings attached.

Again there was dead silence. He read the message but there was no reply again.

I mean, why on earth somebody would do this? I was giving their 18 years old domain, their prestige, their very first product name back to them, and they were dead silent?

That was my last try. I just stopped hunting contact for their company persona after that.

Well, it's a pity, wasn't able to gift them, nor can sell it anywhere. Feeling trapped

Nahdism said:

Good Samaritan? Hahaha, lemme tell you my story.

Was going through auctions one day. Saw a lovely brandable domain which had only a minute or less for the auction to get closed.

Just didn't had time to go through all those trademark checks or all those checks I usually do before buying a domain.

I thought it's a cool name and will do the checks later since it was now just a few seconds away from closing down.

Anyway, purchased it. It was supposed to be in my account 3-4 days later. Now went back to do those trademark checks and all.

Saw it was an 18 years old domain with an existing trademark. And it was some company's very first product.

Let's say for example there is this somecompany.com who owns 3-4 products:

ProductA.Com
ProductB.Com
ProductC.Com
ProductD.Com

Product BCD domains were up and running with their own respective domains, while the productA domain is with me. And they have running sub-products of that productA too.

I googled the company and couldn't find much info about the people to connect.

I never wanted to sell this domain. I wanted to give it for free to the owners. Anyway selling a trademark domain would do no good to anyone.

Then I went to social networking sites to find anybody owning or representing the company.

Finally found a Regional manager on LinkedIn (couldn't find anybody with a higher position than that).

Before telling him about owning that domain I asked him if they are still working on that product or have abandoned it, just to be sure if it is for any use to them.

Within a few minutes, the manager replied that the product is very much running and is being regularly updated since it's launch almost 2 decades ago. And he would be happy to assist me with any other questions.

I told him that I hold a domain that belongs to their company and I am willing to give it to them.

There was pin-drop silence. He didn't reply back.

The next day I thought that he must have misunderstood that I wanted to sell, so I told him clearly that I was looking forward to gifting it to them 100% free, no strings attached.

Again there was dead silence. He read the message but there was no reply again.

I mean, why on earth somebody would do this? I was giving their 18 years old domain, their prestige, their very first product name back to them, and they were dead silent?

That was my last try. I just stopped hunting contact for their company persona after that.

Well, it's a pity, wasn't able to gift them, nor can sell it anywhere. Feeling trapped

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Gift it to a competitor

Nahdism said:

...Well, it's a pity, wasn't able to gift them, nor can sell it anywhere. Feeling trapped

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$1

Domains - Wanted said:

$1

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How about adding a few zeroes after 1? :P

Nahdism said:

How about adding a few zeroes after 1? :P

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For a trademarked cat in a bag?

What's happened to "wasn't able to gift them, nor can sell it anywhere. Feeling trapped" ??

Still trapped ... but $1 is of no use I guess :D It's either them (for free) or some other end user (a big fat escalated price). I guess a banking and financial related domain shouldn't be of much use to resellers like us. I think I will wait till some end-user offers something, or will sell in a simple bargain BIN when it's renew date approaches. Till then I can imagine big bucks or a big thank you note from a CEO of a company :D
Meanwhile, feel free to throw some cool offers. Who knows I might consider it

DomainRecap said:

From the "All's Well That Ends Well" file, I was up late last night working and found that the domain had popped up again on Closeout for $11 - someone must have been revolve-holding it in their Cart as that locks it from being purchased or viewed.

So I sent another email out (I know), and miraculously the owner emailed to let me know he was also up late and immediately grabbed it last night, thanking me and offering a free gift.

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Well, that changed quickly. Thread title should be updated. Congratulations, you deserved it.

In another tidbit of information, after the owner finally got the domain, I found out through WHOIS that it had been owned by a big domain company since 2003 (!) and I guess they didn't want it anymore and decided to drop it.

Then it slid through auction, to Closeout and to me seeing it right after it hit, and making the connection to his business, then the subsequent screw-ups, until the owner finally bought it that night.

Weird how random life is.

DomainRecap said:

In another tidbit of information, after the owner finally got the domain, I found out through WHOIS that it had been owned by a big domain company since 2003 (!) and I guess they didn't want it anymore and decided to drop it.

Then it slid through auction, to Closeout and to me seeing it right after it hit, and making the connection to his business, then the subsequent screw-ups, until the owner finally bought it that night.

Weird how random life is.

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Hey man heart felt thread and all friend but you know I could use this gift you speak of to fill my pickets since they are a bit empty. I'll trade you one if my domains :D

P.S im joking but I'm in if you're in

DomainRecap said:

Damn, it's infuriating trying to help some people....

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Just bask in the afterglow of knowing YOU were a good guy and tried to do someone a BIG favor -- but HIS procrastination is going to end up costing him MUCH more in the long run...

Nahdism said:

Good Samaritan? Hahaha, lemme tell you my story.

Was going through auctions one day. Saw a lovely brandable domain which had only a minute or less for the auction to get closed.

Just didn't had time to go through all those trademark checks or all those checks I usually do before buying a domain.

I thought it's a cool name and will do the checks later since it was now just a few seconds away from closing down.

Anyway, purchased it. It was supposed to be in my account 3-4 days later. Now went back to do those trademark checks and all.

Saw it was an 18 years old domain with an existing trademark. And it was some company's very first product.

Let's say for example there is this somecompany.com who owns 3-4 products:

ProductA.Com
ProductB.Com
ProductC.Com
ProductD.Com

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That feels even more hurtful
Do you still own the domain name?

You need to work a few years in sales. Doing demos. Traveling 50,000 miles driving in traffic jams on sales calls, explaining, assisting, “free consulting”, wasting your time with people insisting on brain picking, user people, late appointments, no shows, Group decisions where one decision maker isnt enough... ugh the worst, etc. and you will become immune to these type of people. It’s just normal. Keep smiling.

offthehandle said:

You need to work a few years in sales. Doing demos. Traveling 50,000 miles driving in traffic jams on sales calls, explaining, assisting, “free consulting”, wasting your time with people insisting on brain picking, user people, late appointments, no shows, Group decisions where one decision maker isnt enough... ugh the worst, etc. and you will become immune to these type of people. It’s just normal. Keep smiling.

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Sounds like a terrible life.