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Hello everyone,

As I recently published a post with several of my recent domain sales, today I wanted to share another domain sale with complete detail of how it started and the deal was wrapped up successfully.

The domain I sold is Quaestor.com which was the oldest domain by creation date I owned until it sold. It was initially registered in 1994 but I acquired in 2018 for around $1100 via GoDaddy Auctions.

The inquiry came in via Uniregistry lander and I quoted price of $26,888. The buyer countered with $3000. After exchanging several emails and asking to come close to quoted price, the buyer revised his offer to $6,000.

Again after more communication, I said to present an offer of over $20,000 to get into negotiation.

With no response, I gave my final price of $25,000 with 7 days to accept. The buyer came in August and offered $10,000 but only after the 7 days period was over.

Sticking firm to the final price, the buyer came again in October and presented $15,000 offer to which I declined by informing the price is reverted back to $26,888 which was initially quoted because the offer of $25,000 was valid for 7 days only.

There was once again silence until the buyer came again in November by asking if I’m willing to negotiate as they’ve to decide and move on within a week period.

During this silence period of more than a month, I already upped the price at all marketplaces to $29,888 so I informed the buyer new price at all marketplaces but if he is still willing to buy, I can offer $26,000 to you only which is valid until the end of November.

Buyer immediately accepted and we used Sedo escrow and buyer paid the Sedo commission.

At one stage the domain was offered for $25,000 but ultimately sold for $26,000 to the same buyer. Every time you need to grab the offer at the right time, but you’re not always sure what’s that perfect time. We keep learning from our and others experiences. What best we can do is to keep learning all the time and improving ourselves.
 
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Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your story!
 
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Congratulations @AbdulBasit.com
You are a toughest negotiator, really.
This sales story is very much inspiring. Further you every sale has a great lesson to learn. Patience pays and your consistent behavior pays more.
Please accept my hearty congratulations for the great sale. More powers to you.

Thank you so much Haroon bhai :xf.love:
 
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not trying to be negative but i dont see any value in the name at all and it does not pass the radio test for pronunciation at all.being aged seems to be the only value factor.still, sometimes 1 mans garbage is another mans Gold.thats why domains have no value in mainstream banking.

You've full right to give your feedback. However, it shows you've long way to learn about domain investing.
Best wishes!
 
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Hi Basit Bhai, Congrats For An Awesome Deal, Just Wanted To Ask If You Set BIN At Multiple Places? Like More Than One?
What If In Some Rare Case , Domains Are Sold At Both The Places At BIN Simultaneously?

Yes, I set BIN at both Sedo and Afternic.
That rare case has never happened with me to date. I don't think it's going to ever happen. Also I immediately remove the domain after it's sold from the other platform to cause any problem.
 
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Congrats bro, your selection and understanding of what constitutes VALUE in domains is inspirational. New domainers, need to look at this as an example how much research actually goes into buying domains that sell and the importance of understanding the art of negotiation. I look forward to the next one:xf.smile:.
 
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Congratulation for your sale
 
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Congrats bro, your selection and understanding of what constitutes VALUE in domains is inspirational. New domainers, need to look at this as an example how much research actually goes into buying domains that sell and the importance of understanding the art of negotiation. I look forward to the next one:xf.smile:.

Thank you so much my friend :xf.love:
 
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Wonderful ! Great dealing. I think its a symbolic way of dealing but you won by the patience. Many Sellers usually lost patience when a buyer doesn't reply to the counter offer but you showed how to stick with a final price. Its a lesson to learn. Thank you for sharing.
 
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Congratulation @AbdulBasit.com, Now Quaestor.com resolving very beautifully, just one question Where did you were discussing it on private email or Uniregistry marketplace ? or did you know buyer's business email?
 
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not trying to be negative but i dont see any value in the name at all and it does not pass the radio test for pronunciation at all.being aged seems to be the only value factor.still, sometimes 1 mans garbage is another mans Gold.thats why domains have no value in mainstream banking.

I agree.
I think the reason is simple: If I buy thousands of lottery tickets I can occasionally hit the jackpot.
 
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through emails, do you know exactly who buyer are? and purpose of purchase or plan for that domain?
 
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Literally just picked up a 5L Latin .com a few days ago, so it gives me hope that I can make a big sale like yours as well.

Congrats on your sale! Thank you for being a real inspiration and showing us that even domains that we may never have expected to sell can sell.
 
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Thanks for the detailed outline of the sales, as always. :)

Next sale:

Abdul: $10K
Buyer: $9,500, Final offer.
Abdul: $10,500. Final.
SOLD.
 
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Wonderful ! Great dealing. I think its a symbolic way of dealing but you won by the patience. Many Sellers usually lost patience when a buyer doesn't reply to the counter offer but you showed how to stick with a final price. Its a lesson to learn. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you dear :happy:
I think we learn all this by experience and as the time goes by. As we all know that every business requires patience but IMO this particular business requires bit more patience than most if not all...
 
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Congratulation @AbdulBasit.com, Now Quaestor.com resolving very beautifully, just one question Where did you were discussing it on private email or Uniregistry marketplace ? or did you know buyer's business email?

Thank you!
It seems the buyer has upgraded from GetQuaestor.com and Quaestor.io missed the boat.
The entire communication happened via Uni marketplace. Buyer's email ID was not traceable to get any clue.
 
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I agree.
I think the reason is simple: If I buy thousands of lottery tickets I can occasionally hit the jackpot.

If you think this business is of buying lottery tickets, then better buy the real lottery tickets and not domain names because then you've no idea.
 
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through emails, do you know exactly who buyer are? and purpose of purchase or plan for that domain?

Never knew who the buyer was or get any clue by any way. Smart buyer and the way he negotiated was very smart and I like his style as well.
Purpose you can find via Quaestor.com as it's currently forwarding to GetQuaestor.com
 
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Thanks for the detailed outline of the sales, as always. :)

Next sale:

Abdul: $10K
Buyer: $9,500, Final offer.
Abdul: $10,500. Final.
SOLD.

:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:
Like your sense of humor :xf.laugh:
Hope to have something like in future as well and I'll make sure to share that as well.
 
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Thanks for sharing this Abdul, That negotiation skills isn't for everyone...but I learned that the more you invest the more you gain :)
 
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Thanks for sharing this Abdul, That negotiation skills isn't for everyone...but I learned that the more you invest the more you gain :)

Thank you!
That's for sure. I agree with you. It increases the probability of your sales. But we need to keep buying only quality domains. In almost a decade of being in this business, I've witnessed that both quality as well as quantity are needed to keep things moving smoothly. By having just few quality domains, I don't see this model working for anyone willing to do full time domain investing.
 
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Congrats...thanks for sharing!
 
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