I've found that at least 10% of my sales come from whois inquiries. I'd make sure to mention in the whois that the domain is for sale. And keep in mind, in most cases, if the domain is registered at Dynadot and someone does a whois search at Godaddy, it won't show your actual details. (Just your nameservers, registrar, and create/updated/expired dates).
So to show users it is for sale from the initial view, without them going to Dynadot for the details, I also use a nameserver that tells the person it is for sale. In this case "buy-this.com".
This is what is typically shown:
Code:
Domain Name: INTERNETFRIENDS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1310271_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.dynadot.com
Registrar URL: http://www.dynadot.com
Updated Date: 2019-02-08T11:52:34Z
Creation Date: 1997-11-12T05:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z
Registrar: DYNADOT, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 472
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +16502620100
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: NS1.BUY-THIS.COM
Name Server: NS2.BUY-THIS.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
For a time period, I was even listing the price in the whois info to show that it was for sale early and anchor the negotiations. Lately, I haven't maintained it to this level, but I really should be. It is easy and all you need to do is sort your domains by price in a spreadsheet and do 10 or so mass updates based on price.
I would typically add the following to the whois:
Code:
Registrant Organization: BetterNames.com (THIS DOMAIN IS FOR SALE - 2,450USD)
To show the importance of the whois info, I've even had one user send me a 2 paragraph email pitching an idea about a leasing plan for buying one of my domains. This person even contacted me at my
[email protected] email address and never looked at my marketplace before contacting me. I told them there was a leasing plan already available on the website. In this case, the user would have probably figured out a way to contact me, but when people have limited time, it is better to let them know it is for sale as early as possible and get them thinking about it.
Good morning Garett,
Thanks for the email.
Ha, I had not seen the marketplace, I simply did a WHOIS search and emailed you...Yes, the lease to buy option for $58.33month is great...I went online to start the process and wanted to confirm that the leasing it for the "1 month prepay $58.33" is the correct option? Will this set up recurring payments for 60months?
Thanks