question Outbounding Geo Domain Names

Trent1000 said:

expect 1-2 sales per week.

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Trent1000 said:

I'm making the assumption that OP meant hand registered GEO domain names.
150-250 emails/week for 5-10 average quality hand registered GEO domain names is about 1-2 sales per week. Again I'm using an average experienced person example who knows what he/she is doing. Not heavy duty team effort.

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biggie said:

I don't want to crush nobody's hopes and dreams, but at the same time, I don't want to give false hopes and expectations, especially when considerations are based on assumptions and unknowns.

just saying....

imo...

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BigElliot650 said:

Hello everyone, I’m Elliot and I’m new to selling Geo Domain Names, (BigCity+Service.coms). I created a list of questions I had about selling Geo Domain Names to businesses thru e-mail. I was hoping to hire virtual freelance workers in The Philippines to do the “grunt” work for me for about Four US Dollars per hour after I learn the process on virtualstaff.ph

I was hoping to generate responses and some discussion with these questions.

1.) What’s the best and most thorough way to generate a long list of potential businesses in a given city that might be interested in buying a Geo Domain Name?


2.) Which person in the business should you write an e-mail to in order to sell a Geo Domain Name? What is the best way to obtain this person’s contact e-mail?


3.) What is the best bulk e-mailing program, platform, or website for sending massive amounts of cold and “unsolicited” e-mails to potential businesses? (Is it something like mailchimp?)


4.) What in your experience is the best e-mail subject line for both generating results and getting past SPAM filters in selling Geo Domain Names?


5.) What in your experience is the best initial e-mail draft to send to businesses to get a response to get a response from them about your Geo Domain Name? Should your include the price of the domain you are selling in your initial e-mail to them?


6.) How can you check to see how many of the e-mails you send to businesses get read or get blocked in the SPAM filter?


7.) I understand that the United States has really strict anti-spamming laws. My understanding is that, (in the United States), if your unsolicited e-mail to a business allows them the ability to “opt-out” of receiving future e-mails from you and you make it clear that you are trying to sell them a product in the e-mail that you aren’t breaking the law in sending them unsolicited e-mail. Is this true?


8.) If a business replies back to your initial e-mail and is interested in buying your Geo Domain name but they are concerned about how they would “technically” switch their domain name to a new one how should you respond? What is they best way to explain to potential businesses how to do a 301 redirect on Google? Is there anything else a business must do besides a Google 301 redirect in order to get there new Geo domain name listed on “all” possible search engines? When a business transfers to your new Geo Domain Name will they be able to keep all of the previous SEO ranking factors that they had on their previous Domain Name? After they transfer to your Geo Domain Name will they have the exact same search engine ranking as before on both Google and on every other website?


9.) Should you include your personal cell phone number in the initial e-mail you send to businesses or just your e-mail address?


10.) I understand that having an “Exact Match Domain Name” on Google these days has a little bit of value as far as ranking higher on Google when people type that search phrase on Google but not nearly as much as it used to. I understand that “Exact Match Domain Names” are currently very important to Search Engine rankings on Bing and Yahoo. Am I correct with these two assumptions?


11.) What is the best way to know how to initially price your Geo Domain Names when local businesses e-mail you back and inquire about the price? How much should you be willing to lower the price when negotiating? What is the average starting price for a Geo Domain Name?


12.) What are the best arguments to present to customers about why a specialized Geo Domain Name is beneficial over their current domain name? Why is houstontattoos.com better than jeffstattoos.com? Should you include these arguments in your initial e-mail to customers?


13.) I understand that including a video in your initial outbound e-mail greatly decreases the chance your e-mail gets put in the SPAM filter and also greatly increases the chance that your e-mail gets viewed and replied to. Have you had any previous success in including a video in your outbound e-mails? If yes, what is the best way to create a video to embed in your initial outbound email?


14.) Is the best way to conduct the transaction of the Geo Domain sale; to list the Geo domain for sale at a set price on GoDaddy and then instruct potential customers to buy it off of the GoDaddy Website? Is there a better way of conducting a Domain sale than this method?


15.) Typically, how many times will you have to respond to a potential customer’s emails and phone calls for the Geo Domain to get sold?


16.) If you are working hard at selling your Geo Domain names and outsourcing most of the work in selling your Geo Domains then how many Geo Domains do you think you’d be able to sell in a week?


17.) Are there any other advice or recommendations that you would give to a person who is just getting started with selling Geo Domain Names?


Thank you for reading this and thinking about my questions.


-Elliot

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1. Not a long list, a targeted list, the more targeted the better chance of success
2. The most senior person you can find (Google, LinkedIn, etc..). Use this Google search site:domain.com "@Domain.com" usually shows all listed emails
   
3. Don't do this (see 1) - would want to get such an e-mail? I immediately send to spam
4. Use the contacts first name and ask a question (i.e. "James, what do you think?")
5. Make it short, don't include the price, and don't use a template (see 1)
6. Bulk e-mail is spam, you'll get blocked very quickly
7. Tell contact "I'll leave it with you and wait for our response"
8. Good question. Read this 2019 post on TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/news/how-to-avoid-an-seo-nightmare-when-changing-domain-names
9. You should include a contact number. Better to register 2nd number that you only use for business, and record a professional business greeting. Don't use a free email service (Gmail, Yahoo, etc)
10. SEO is not just about exact-match domains, however the less competition for a search term the more it matters. It's something you can briefly list in your email.
    
11. You need to look on past domain sales websites (eg.NameBio, DNPric.es). YTD Sales data for "tattoo" (Geo only): seattletattooemporium.com ($162) is the highest.
12. I would just say it's a good way to rank higher on Google and generate more traffic/sales. The problem is many people are protective of their brand as that's how their customers know them. I would do a Google search for "houston tattoos" and find companies listed not listed on the first page - you can mention this (briefly) in your email
13. Never tried this - thanks for the tip (where did you read this?). Potentially a good idea, but make the video professional and very short (30-60 seconds)
14. Not the worst idea, as GoDaddy is the biggest DN marketplace in the world and your customer can contact them in multiple languages, by email, chat and phone. But you can also sell on Uniregistry and if you broker the deal yourself there's no commission (just transaction charges)
15. Depends on whether you accept first offer or negotiate - I would list $1,000 and take nothing less than $500. If $500 is their first offer then accept and move on (depending on is you hand-registered the the domain or bought it from someone else)
16. Don't outsource. Look at past domain sales (see 11) to see average sales
17. Treat it like a business, think from the customer's viewpoint, keep looking at DN sales data and post any questions or ideas on NamePros