discuss Outbound inquiry went wrong!

karmaco said:

You didn’t do anything wrong. Such is the world of outbound. Just make a buy it now and follow up with him once.

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Robin Hablani said:

I had an outbound inquiry for my domain, he asked me to schedule a call. As it was my first outbound inquiry, I didn't know what his query would be.

When we initiated the call, his first question was "how much traffic does the domain gets?". I was honest and said about 10 visits/day.

But it will help him grow faster, because it's Exact search match, keyword has about 33000 monthly searcher. Advertisers are paying $1.59/click for this keyword...

Suddenly, he said I will think and get back to you and then we disconnected...

What went wrong here? Did you have similar experience?

What should I have done? Should I follow up?

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Robin Hablani said:

You're right, I should give it a try. Should I reduce the price and make it most reasonable?

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karmaco said:

Did he ask you for a price? If you feel you quoted too high (which is very often the case in outbound) when you send the follow up say something along the lines of lowest I am willing to go, good for the next 48 hours with a link to the buy it now. I would wait about a week but that’s me. Do not follow up more than once unless he restarts the conversation.

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CraigD said:

No.

People buy domain names for different reasons.

Some want existing traffic and backlinks and PR, while others buy for the name.

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Robin Hablani said:

Yeah, I think he is looking for the traffic domain, but it's a brand-able .com with some value, he might be interested for buying at a lower price. That way I will have my first outbound flip, lol...

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CraigD said:

I disagree.
He could be a 'tyre kicker' just trying to find how low you will go.
Move on and find another buyer, or just sit on it.

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Robin Hablani said:

Yes, you might be right, but will at-least shoot an email and see what he says...

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CraigD said:

Wait for him to contact you, and in the meantime, keep doing what you are doing.

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Robin Hablani said:

Ok, I'll try that!

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