I'm going to share an inquiry I received yesterday on one of my smaller domains. I think it's hilarious.
The domain is a short two-word .org that I'm liquidating at $548. It used to be priced at $1,000 or so, but I renewed the name in April and priced to sell. The domain is currently listed on my website with the BIN price (MakeOffer option disabled).
The buyer approached via a Live Chat, and we continued the correspondence over the email.
BUYER:
Hello, how are you? Im ready to buy this domain name, wordword.org for 200 usd, not more. Would you be interested in such an incredible opportunity?
ME:
Hey! $400 and you have a deal. Sounds good?
Having received no response in the chat window, I quickly followed-up via the email. The buyer has shown some sense of humour (as I thought back then
), so I wanted to sound friendly too.
ME:
Thanks for reaching out via the Live Chat with such an incredible offer
If you could double that amount, we could make a deal. Let me know.
BUYER:
Hello,
thank you for holding on.
As I see that you are lowering the price, I will propose 150 USD as
it's obvious the offer displayed on the parking page as no value. I
think it will be fair for a domain worth 12 USD to be paid that price.
Is this still of interrest to you ? But don't forget, You'll Have to
Hurry Up because I may find a very cheap alternative by simply getting
a very nice domain also with one of these new extensions that are
available on the market. I think you'll have to think twice before
loosing a very good potential customer as myself.
I await you answer.
Honestly, I was in the middle of something else (and it's not a valuable domain by any stretch), so I wasn't very attentive. I didn't even notice immediately that the guy reduced his initial offer!
Skimming thru his response I saw that stupid $12 value mention and decided it's not worth my time – I mean, I might have engaged with him if that was a four-figure domain name, but this was not the case here, so I responded:
ME:
Thank you for your offer, but I will have to pass.
BUYER:
It hasn't found any buyer for at least two years as I've seen on stats
for it. I really think you should better think twice before loosing a
very precious exceptionnal potential buyer.
Get back to me once you have though about it.
Regards,
[buyer's name]
Really??
The guy seems to believe in what he was saying. Unf*king believable if you ask me.
My last response to him was a no-so-polite "Take it or leave it" email with a 24hr deadline (not gonna post it here). I also increased the price for the domain to $899 because I was pissed with such ignorance.
What were your very precious exceptional buyers lately?
The domain is a short two-word .org that I'm liquidating at $548. It used to be priced at $1,000 or so, but I renewed the name in April and priced to sell. The domain is currently listed on my website with the BIN price (MakeOffer option disabled).
The buyer approached via a Live Chat, and we continued the correspondence over the email.
BUYER:
Hello, how are you? Im ready to buy this domain name, wordword.org for 200 usd, not more. Would you be interested in such an incredible opportunity?
ME:
Hey! $400 and you have a deal. Sounds good?
Having received no response in the chat window, I quickly followed-up via the email. The buyer has shown some sense of humour (as I thought back then
), so I wanted to sound friendly too.ME:
Thanks for reaching out via the Live Chat with such an incredible offer
If you could double that amount, we could make a deal. Let me know.
BUYER:
Hello,
thank you for holding on.
As I see that you are lowering the price, I will propose 150 USD as
it's obvious the offer displayed on the parking page as no value. I
think it will be fair for a domain worth 12 USD to be paid that price.
Is this still of interrest to you ? But don't forget, You'll Have to
Hurry Up because I may find a very cheap alternative by simply getting
a very nice domain also with one of these new extensions that are
available on the market. I think you'll have to think twice before
loosing a very good potential customer as myself.
I await you answer.
Honestly, I was in the middle of something else (and it's not a valuable domain by any stretch), so I wasn't very attentive. I didn't even notice immediately that the guy reduced his initial offer!
Skimming thru his response I saw that stupid $12 value mention and decided it's not worth my time – I mean, I might have engaged with him if that was a four-figure domain name, but this was not the case here, so I responded:
ME:
Thank you for your offer, but I will have to pass.
BUYER:
It hasn't found any buyer for at least two years as I've seen on stats
for it. I really think you should better think twice before loosing a
very precious exceptionnal potential buyer.
Get back to me once you have though about it.
Regards,
[buyer's name]
Really??
The guy seems to believe in what he was saying. Unf*king believable if you ask me.
My last response to him was a no-so-polite "Take it or leave it" email with a 24hr deadline (not gonna post it here). I also increased the price for the domain to $899 because I was pissed with such ignorance.
What were your very precious exceptional buyers lately?
I even added a comment for the domain in my spreadsheet “Renew once”. I was going to drop it next year regardless.
