advice A domain I sold for £300 now has an almost $10000 offer

[alienbaba]

So I sold a domain a while back for £300 on Dan.

I assume the buyer didn't change my details as whois request are coming to my email..

Got some emails saying someone was enquiring. Then they made an offer via domain agents and also emailed me directly offering almost $10,000.

I missed the emails as I don't check that email much & just saw today that multiple people had been making offers & I had about 5 emails this month..

I don't own the domain anymore so technically it's the new owner that has these offers but I am receiving the emails. Domain expires in about a month and I am hoping it doesnt get renewed so I can snipe it back and sell to the inquirer..

What would you do in this situation? Reach out to the new owner and try buy it back? Wait till expiry? Inform hot lead that I don't own it anymore? Tell new owner that they can get $10,000 for it?

Actually I can't even contact the new owner as I only have their name not email..


Also has it happened to any of you? Thanks.

 

[gilescoley]

Has happened to me a couple of times over the year

Repy to the offer email and tell them you dont own and can they forward the offer to the new owner. Do what you would expect someone to do if the roles were reversed

 

[alienbaba]

Has happened to me a couple of times over the year

Repy to the offer email and tell them you dont own and can they forward the offer to the new owner. Do what you would expect someone to do if the roles were reversed

Yeah I'd consider it but there's no way for them or even me to reach the new owner as the owner left my details as the whois contact & all whois enquiries come directly to me..

Plus the domain is not developed and just has a nginx error page..

 

[capybara]

It might be a scam to make you buy it back at increased price.

 

[alienbaba]

It might be a scam to make you buy it back at increased price.

Lol if I was buying it back it'd be at reg fee after it expires & there's no way I'd even buy it back as it's not listed on any marketplace..

I guess I'll just have to wait it out and hope it expires in a month..

 

[OnlineDomainShop]

It might be a scam to make you buy it back at increased price.

If offer is from domainagents then it seems a valid offer.

 

[alienbaba]

If offer is from domainagents then it seems a valid offer.

I had never heard of domain agents and thought it might be a scam too, but I just did some research and they seem legit..

 

[JudgeMind]

So I sold a domain a while back for £300 on Dan.

I assume the buyer didn't change my details as whois request are coming to my email..

Got some emails saying someone was enquiring. Then they made an offer via domain agents and also emailed me directly offering almost $10,000.

I missed the emails as I don't check that email much & just saw today that multiple people had been making offers & I had about 5 emails this month..

I don't own the domain anymore so technically it's the new owner that has these offers but I am receiving the emails. Domain expires in about a month and I am hoping it doesnt get renewed so I can snipe it back and sell to the inquirer..

What would you do in this situation? Reach out to the new owner and try buy it back? Wait till expiry? Inform hot lead that I don't own it anymore? Tell new owner that they can get $10,000 for it?

Actually I can't even contact the new owner as I only have their name not email..


Also has it happened to any of you? Thanks.

If you have their name you can try linkedin… or since you sold it on Dan, ask Dan to forward a message to the buyer asking if you could buy it.

 

[Jason Baudendistel]

DM me domain name I'm pretty tech savvy. See what I can find out.

 

[gilescoley]

Yeah I'd consider it but there's no way for them or even me to reach the new owner as the owner left my details as the whois contact & all whois enquiries come directly to me..

Plus the domain is not developed and just has a nginx error page..

The offer came from somewhere and domain agents would have a way of contacting the buyer, how would they arrange the sale if they didnt.

 

[alienbaba]

If you have their name you can try linkedin… or since you sold it on Dan, ask Dan to forward a message to the buyer asking if you could buy it.

Tried linkedin, directories, address search etc. Found a few matching names, but locations didn't match and others didn't fit the buyer persona.. Thanks I'll try ask Dan and see how it goes. If it comes to it, I'll send them a postal mail..

DM me domain name I'm pretty tech savvy. See what I can find out.

Lol sorry can't give it away. Nothing personal, just want to keep it private unless I manage to succeed in this quest..

The offer came from somewhere and domain agents would have a way of contacting the buyer, how would they arrange the sale if they didnt.

By buyer do you mean the new owner or the person enquiring?

If it's the person enquiring, I already have their email as they emailed me directly both before and after the domain agents offer. Sent to my email @withheldforprivacy.com.

If you mean the new owner, then I don't think domain agents would be able to contact them as when they were emailing the @withheldforprivacy.com email believing it was the current owner, it'd have gone to them not me which means I'm still showing up as the default contact for this name.

 

[Jason Baudendistel]

Tried linkedin, directories, address search etc. Found a few matching names, but locations didn't match and others didn't fit the buyer persona.. Thanks I'll try ask Dan and see how it goes. If it comes to it, I'll send them a postal mail..




Lol sorry can't give it away. Nothing personal, just want to keep it private unless I manage to succeed in this quest..



By buyer do you mean the new owner or the person enquiring?

If it's the person enquiring, I already have their email as they emailed me directly both before and after the domain agents offer. Sent to my email @withheldforprivacy.com.

If you mean the new owner, then I don't think domain agents would be able to contact them as when they were emailing the @withheldforprivacy.com email believing it was the current owner, it'd have gone to them not me which means I'm still showing up as the default contact for this name.

No worries, best of luck in your efforts

 

[gilescoley]

By buyer do you mean the new owner or the person enquiring?

No, the person inquiring, just tell them you dont own the domain anymore. Its really up to them to find out who owns the name now.

 

[Tomasso90]

Was in the situation last month, sold a domain for peanuts, since it was about to expire and i didn't want to keep it, sold it on auction for 150, 10days later got an offer for 1999.
So at least im not the only unlucky guy out here.
Keep us updated on this in curious

 

[MIDHUN]

Lol if I was buying it back it'd be at reg fee after it expires & there's no way I'd even buy it back as it's not listed on any marketplace..

I guess I'll just have to wait it out and hope it expires in a month..

You can't buy it immediately after the expiry!

 

[ir7]

Yes, it happened to me too! And now the owner seems an end-user.

 

[lock]

First thought is why care what your names sells for next time. Second thought is if you cannot see the scam is designed for you to get greedy as you can buy that name back and then keep it at your new price.

 

[Xiberia]

Old thread. The name should be in redemption period by now, or renewed.

I assume the buyer didn't change my details as whois request are coming to my email..

When was the last time you had to update whois contact details manually when a name transferred to your account?

 

[lock]

Old thread. The name should be in redemption period by now, or renewed.



When was the last time you had to update whois contact details manually when a name transferred to your account?

Old enough to be available but the lesson is not to fall for this.

 

[HiFiNames.com]

This happened to me also. I sold a domain for $ 99 at NP auction (after no response for my out bound). I got higher offer later. Simply replied I no longer own the domain.

Also I had a different situation few years back.
I sold a domain for $1.5K to the highest offer ( second one was $1.25K) From out bound marketing.

It got expired!! after 1 year. I re-registered the same domain. Sold for $1.25K to another buyer.

It was a legal domain and geo targeted.
This luck happened to me twice