Emailing People To Sell Your Domain Names

[Dave_Z]

One thing that got me curious is how an end user feels if a "domainer" emails them out of the blue. You know, something like "Hey Joe, I got this domain name like yours that's hot. I'm selling it at X price and thought you'd be interested".

Now, some people will, to be expected, be upset about that. What I hadn't expected is it turns out that feeling is rather shared, as rather heavily discussed in one marketing forum I visit.

That's just an example, of course, and not necessarily reflective of "society" at hand. If anything, that should tell you how lots of people feel when you do that to them.

Food for thought, perhaps. Feel free to share yours.

(Oh, and kudos to scorpionagency for checking it out with me when I asked prior to posting...)

(Update: sadly the link wasn't allowed. But PM me and I'll send you that link so you can see for yourself what people there said.)

 

[alien51]

I am in the End-User business. I buy domains, and build them.

I think there are two (2) kinds of End-Users:

1. The End-User who understands domains; and

2. The End-User who is clueless about the internet and very much old-school businessman.

For end-users who are savvy about domains, these kind of emails are very annoying. If i want a certain domain, I would know where to search for them, and how to offer to buy them, or pick them up in an auction or drop pool. It's more like: Don't call me. I'll call you. If you have a domain, it's very easy how to find it no matter where you are in the planet. All you need to do is hang a sign that says "My domain is for sale". If i see that it's for sale, you don't need to send me an email just to tell me it's for sale.

For end-users who are totally naive about transforming his business into an online venture, these sales pitches can help. For example a novelty shop run by an old lady, who doesn't know a thing about what a domain is. Let alone how to bid in Afternic, or backorder from Godaddy. These are the kind of end-users that email bombardment "can" work and be appreciated. I have an Uncle who clicks on every special offers he sees in his email, eventhough i told him a thousand times a lot of them are scam.

 

[DU]

I think its great that domainers complain that they receive emails trying to sell them domains. How are those geniuses selling theirs? ESP? I can't think of a less intrusive method. I can buy people in marketing/sales/services that use domains as part of a service.. but come on, domainers? They email. That's what they do.

I also noticed that the thread quickly changed from the initial post of "I hate receiving mails.." to "scumbag scammers who cheat the system.." This is clearly the transition to true domainers who view their personal emails as a "service to clients" and not of the "scam variety".

I used to nod my head at people as they told me Windows sucks because it blue screens and has so many issues... as I was fixing their code because they couldn't manage to get a loop right because counting from 0 was too hard

 

[Aboutdomains]

I receive many messages every day and I normaly put the email address in black list.

 

[don19]

same as me, but most case...for the spam, gmail will in junk folder automatically.