Emailing the Owner of a Domain You Want

[movieman]

What's the best way to email the owner of a currently-dormant/parked domain that I'm interested in acquiring? What's worked for you?

Here's some examples I found:

Hello,
I am interested in purchasing your domain name, name.com.

Would you be interested in selling? I’m interested in the domain name itself.

If interested let me know. Also, if you can provide an asking price or a ballpark figure that would be appreciated but not neccesary.
Thank you,

I have a client who's working on a new project and
would be interested in purchasing your domain name,
"xxxx.com".

Would you be willing to sell?

Please reply with any interest at your earliest
convenience.

 

[Rush]

If you are emailing the owner, one thing always to keep in mind is that it will be atleast 20%overpriced.
Most of the times, not all.
But the first one is pretty okay... i wouldnt use the second one.
I would use Dear Sir, (instead of hello ) not much of a diff though :D

 

[tzmartin]

Every domain that I directly pursued ranged between $2,000 to $10,000 from the owner. One guy even wanted $x,xxx plus a percentage of the REVENUE.

 

[Kate]

Don't say you are trying to acquire a name on behalf of a client. The owner will believe you are broker making a huge margin and will push the price upwards.

I prefer sentences like

Since the domain does not appear to be live/used [it may be parked actually] I was wondering if you would consider selling the name blah blah

 

[deet]

Be prepared to pay a little higher. And be serious about your offers. start low then work your way to your high budget. this may take some time.

 

[dongan]

staightway i mail them with the my interest in buying the domain without the price quote. but, requesting them to mention the price if they are interested in selling.

 

[tajimd]

dont metion what would u offer just let them quote a price. and never ask to buy on others behalf. this may make u as broker and the domain owner will charge u high

 

[DomainSage]

The first one is alright, as Rush says I would replace the 'Hello' with 'Dear Sir' ... Or better still find out the owners actual name and use that to make it more personal. Also I would re-phase it slightly, using the word 'interested' four times in a short mail just makes it look a bit wrong to me.

All the best.

Richard

 

[Kate]

Agree with Richard, check in the whois if there is a person listed as owner and print out the full name to make the E-mail look more personal.
If it looks like spam, odds are the owner will not even see or read your message.

Like:

ATTN: Mr John Dude
Company: Capitalist Ventures Inc.
Re: domain name xxx.com

Dear Sir,

I am writing to you concerning the domain name xxx.com as you are listed as the registrant owner in the whois records [Let them know where you found out the info].
Since the domain does not appear to be live/used [if parked domain this sentence is still OK] I was wondering if you would consider selling the domain ?
If interested please let me know. Also, I would appreciate if you could provide me with an asking price along with your reply. Feel free to get in touch with me by E-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (555) 555-1212.

Sincerely,
Don Duck

[Use your real name, sign and leave contact info such as phone number. I would suggest using a personal E-mail. Do not say your company name. The owner will want to guess if your company has big bucks. When I receive an offer I do the same]