Big Company buying your domain name

[dnk]

If a big company wants to buy your domain name, how and who approaches you?
The domain is not listed for sale. In general, do large companies approach you through Sedo / domain brokers?

Thanks

 

[Silhouette]

(not-so-big) company, thru' network solution or sedo broker is possible.

 

[DotWeekly]

Phone or some kind of hidden email address from what I have seen.

Become a detective and search, search search on the info that you have.

 

[dnk]

In my case, they did not bother to cover their tracks - an employee contacted claiming to be a "poor student" . This is one of the largest financial websites in India, they seem to think a domain owner does not have basic internet research skills.

 

[ssamriga]

well, are you sure he isn't buying it for himself? I also recently was contacted by "a poor student" who doesn't want to pay more than $100 for a name, but he seems legit. maybe that is your case too?

 

[dnk]

Maybe, but I have checked his other domain regs, there is a pattern which seems fishy. I think he is a proxy for some one else.
Mr "poor student" is a Senior Interactive Designer at xyz company .
This is a premium letter LLL.in . I am not interested in selling the domain, I have got offers earlier, let's see what happens.

 

[cybermonkey]

Me too, have been recently contacted by a "Poor'' company (which sell their product in major retail stores) with $200 offer for the generic name of their product. I've counted back with the reasonable price but never heard from them. Well, I guess when they wake up in a year or two the price for the domain would hardly be the same.

 

[DomainLobe]

The last big company I sold a great LLL.IN to announced their intention and the negotiation was very smooth.
I have been tossed the 'poor student' or other line by other prominent individuals/companies for LLL.IN.

"Search Twice, Sell Once"

 

[dnk]

Thanks for your inputs, seems to be a common practice. If you refuse to sell, do these companies take any action against you?

 

[goodkarmaco]

Lol, contact you thru Sedo.

Not bashing Sedo here but most auction houses have millions of names and only sell a dozen or so a day, Sedo has nine million names for sale. In a nutshell your odds are slim selling only thru auction houses.

How most find the owner of a name is thru a who is search. That is why for the life of me I don't understand why so many fall for the "privacy" option when they reg a name. Make your "who is" public and if a big company wants your name they will find you .

I just sold a name for $1,000 to a big company and they made a simple phone call to me and I had the cash a few days after the phone call. Think about it, if you want to sell a car, you provide your phone number don't you?

I have sold as many names thru the who is as in auction houses. So I make it plain as day how to get a hold of me. Privacy is good for places like Godadi, ( they get the cash each year for the privacy) but if you want to sell names don't make who is private.

 

[dnk]

The problem in India is that some internet companies are very vicious, they have launched a DDOS attack on my websites, may be to get me sell the domain at a low price.

 

[owntype]

Godaddy contacted me by email directly.

 

[htmlindex]

Maybe, but I have checked his other domain regs, there is a pattern which seems fishy. I think he is a proxy for some one else.
Mr "poor student" is a Senior Interactive Designer at xyz company .

Although he's a Senior Interactive Designer, maybe he's also a student & gets a crap salary in his job. Therefore he classes himself as a "poor student" :hehe: