Contacting endusers email, How NOT to get flagged as spam.

[John0]

As per title, Im going to be sending out emails to endusers that may have an interest in what I have? Now I know gmail is pretty strict about sending emails, so I can realistically only send 50 in a day.
So I have to make these emails count and straight to the point of what Im trying to do.

However over a period of time users are going to start reporting spam for my address. How can I stop my email address from going into the spam filter?

 

[serryjw]

Ah, gotcha. Yes very true, but I'm not at that stage yet so for now gmail has to suffice. When I get a few sales under my belt, I intend to do something to rectify that problem

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Bite the bullet and get a business gmail. It can't be very expensive...you'll give your domain selling a much better chance.

 

[SBS66]

The thing is, not everybody can sell handregs through gmail. To find good handregs you need experience.
Domainers need to set the bar high enough for themselves. When people put the cart before the horse, we see the result: we get spam for atrocious handregs.

Also, it is very telling that domainers want to sell names to end users for $,$$$ but they would not buy a good domain on the aftermarket for themselves. So they don't even believe in their own sales pitch. How can you think like an end user without being one ?

The focus shouldn't be so much on contacting end users, but rather on acquiring good names so that the end users will be contacting you. If you do outbound, you have to make it worthwhile for all the parties involved.

The thing is you have to start somewhere in terms of having the funds to invest as well as learning about which names may a good acquisition. Learning to do outbounds can go a long way in teaching newbies about valuable domains and buying names for yourself.

 

[Pierre Barnard]

Your email "From Address", "Content" and "Signature" are the most important things guys.

You are sending an unsolicited mail to someone, at least try to make a good impression and show the person that you are a professional and know your stuff. Those 3 things I mentioned above are the FIRST impressions a potential buyer will get of you and your business.

I wouldn't continue without at least having a Gmail Business account (using your OWN domain).

Spend the $10! If you dont have it, SAVE first!

 

[eurorealtor]

Try to call instead of email

However make sure you are gonna attract the company / person with a decent domain, otherwise you may end up to upset them.

 

[ET76]

Nice tips @Jeeps

 

[Kuffy]

Why do you think that soemone with a business and a domain name will want to buy your name?
What you need to find are the startups, and the new business planners. I suspect that the best way to get their attention is to host your name with a sales contact option, and to list your names at suitable venues like Name Pros. If you spam someone, then you risk getting blocked, and then you can never sell to them.

 

[BOBAH]

if you use the contact form of your potential buyer's website, you will never go to the spam folder, because the contact form does not use mail service (or may be their own php mail)

 

[SBS66]

Why do you think that soemone with a business and a domain name will want to buy your name?
What you need to find are the startups, and the new business planners. I suspect that the best way to get their attention is to host your name with a sales contact option, and to list your names at suitable venues like Name Pros. If you spam someone, then you risk getting blocked, and then you can never sell to them.

Why do you think that a startup would be interested? Why does Toyota, Honda or anyone else who sells car thinks that anyone would be interested? If you've sold domains to startups using this method, I would really like to learn too. If not, then I suspect all this is just guessing too.

 

[B0NES]

Don't use Gmail, use a real email like one off one of your domains.

Customize each email to the end user you're contacting, include their company name, contact name, etc. don't just copy and paste the same template.

That's really it. If you use gmail and send 50 emails a day with 1 template, you'll be marked spam in probably 2 days.