question Ever received offer through multiple marketplaces for the same domain by the buyer?

[Leo2k]

I have a domain listed in all marketplaces as Make Offer (for discovery) except one to which the NS is configured (where I would like the sale to happen -lot of convenience) and listed as BIN.

A buyer has sent an offer through another marketplace / registrar, and that too 50% higher than the BIN lander.

Seeing it I changed the BIN price immediately to the same offer price. But the lander page shows no traffic.

1. Do these potential buyers ever visit the domain directly if there is no responce to the offer? or is there a risk I would miss this offer?

2. Ever received offer through the other marketplace from the same buyer (assuming same if/since offer received from another marketplace within a short period), when not responded to the offer or asked for higher price?

 

[karmaco]

Hope it's real but sounds suspicious to me.

In 2025 there isn't a soul alive looking for a domain that doesn't know how to type a name into a browser.

In my experience there are trolls-- often times other domainers with a similar name who like to play games.

If it's a real buyer he will click your BIN. Best of luck.

 

[Brother Bob]

I have a domain listed in all marketplaces as Make Offer (for discovery) except one to which the NS is configured (where I would like the sale to happen -lot of convenience) and listed as BIN.

A buyer has sent an offer through another marketplace / registrar, and that too 50% higher than the BIN lander.

Seeing it I changed the BIN price immediately to the same offer price. But the lander page shows no traffic.

1. Do these potential buyers ever visit the domain directly if there is no responce to the offer? or is there a risk I would miss this offer?

2. Ever received offer through the other marketplace from the same buyer (assuming same if/since offer received from another marketplace within a short period), when not responded to the offer or asked for higher price?

This might actually be a legit offer. Maybe you should not have changed the Bin to the same offer price.

About a month ago, I had an experience showcasing an ai domain on Sedo for a month. With 3days left, I received an offer through Atom because I was using their ns. The buyer didn't submit the offer on Sedo, even though the domain was listed & showcased there, but rather through Atom n SS. Atom advised me not to accept the first offer, but I turned it down because the offers were decent for me, and the buyer never followed up.

1. Not everyone has the time to check the homepage; for instance, when Atom shows your main domain, it also displays similar domains below it. If I see something I like, I wouldn't mind checking out the homepage.

2. Yes, I have had that, but I think it's from "Sedo staff" since they want me to relist it again, so they can make more money since I had gotten first offers from the advert.


Simply remain optimistic; you never know what might happen.

 

[Leo2k]

Maybe you should not have changed the Bin to the same offer price.

But how would that affect the offer? I thought if the potential buyer visit the domain by any chance and see the BIN lower, he/she.might change their idea avout the offer price.

Also, didnt promote this domain on any other marketplace.

Would waiting for few days make them visit the domain lander and potentially buy through that marketplace or are there buyers who just search only through the registrar? Its been 3 days and no follow up from the offered person and no landing page visits as per the statistics.

Anyway, planning to wait for 10 more days to check if they send another offer or visit the domain url directly.

 

[Jannes]

1. Have you checked that the BIN lander is working properly?

2. Perhaps the buyer cannot use the payment methods available through the lander, or the registrar if the lander is connected to one. (This doesn’t explain why the offer is above the BIN though. Unless the set minimum offer is accidentally higher than it’s meant to be.)

 

[Leo2k]

Have you checked that the BIN lander is working properly?

Yes. I got the same doubt and checked. Its working fine. But as far as the statistics is correct, they never visited the lander. As soon as I saw the offer i wondered what made them give a higher offer and checked all and immediately increased the BIN (may be the buyer has seen more value in the name than I did) before they potentialy visit the lander page.

 

[Eric Lyon]

To me, that would be a 65/35 chance of a red flag in play when the same person hits multiple marketplaces to do that.

You figure, the majority of start-ups or potential end users in the real world, will check availability at one marketplace and maybe visit the domain directly (That's two potential contact sources). Normally, they don't know to or won't check multiple different marketplaces for the same domain.

It sounds more like someone familiar with the domain industry, like another domain investor/reseller.

With that in mind, you can expect some tire kicking, low-balling, hard core negotiating or false interest, just to poke at you a little bit.

They obviously went out of their way to track down all the listings, indicating premeditated intent.

It could also be their way to see how consistent you might be with your minimum asking price or counter offerings.

if you slip and counter for less at one place than the others, they will know they can get it for even cheaper than that.

 

[Leo2k]

To me, that would be a 65/35 chance of a red flag in play when the same person hits multiple marketplaces to do that.

Hi Eric, sorry for the confusion. The 'another marketplace' i mentioned makes it sound like they sent offers through different marketplaces, but actually no. They have sent the offer through one of the registrars which is also a marketplace where i have listed the domain as Make Offer, but they have never visited the domain lander which is pointing to another site landing page where the BIN price was lesser. They offered 50% higher than the BIN price on the my lander page and immediatwly i increased the bin price to their offer price througb the registrar, hoping tgey will visit the lander and buy through the marketplace through which i plan to sell it. But lander page shows no visits in the recent period just before or after their offer.
Wondering why they dont get the idea of visiting the domain directly. Maybe they are not aware off landing page purchases.

 

[Eric Lyon]

Hi Eric, sorry for the confusion. The 'another marketplace' i mentioned makes it sound like they sent offers through different marketplaces, but actually no. They have sent the offer through one of the registrars which is also a marketplace where i have listed the domain as Make Offer, but they have never visited the domain lander which is pointing to another site landing page where the BIN price was lesser. They offered 50% higher than the BIN price on the my lander page and immediatwly i increased the bin price to their offer price througb the registrar, hoping tgey will visit the lander and buy through the marketplace through which i plan to sell it. But lander page shows no visits in the recent period just before or after their offer.
Wondering why they dont get the idea of visiting the domain directly. Maybe they are not aware off landing page purchases.

Interesting, thanks for clarifying.

It now sounds like they tried to register it, found it taken, and the registrar showed them an option to contact you or a broker to buy it.

Not everyone thinks to visit the domain directly after checking registration availability.

so, that's probably normal.

They may have visited the domain, if the registrar did not already offer them a contact option.

 

[Leo2k]

They may have visited the domain, if the registrar did not already offer them a contact option.

Thats true.

 

[UncleBrand]

last year,
i got a weird case, with multiple offers for the same domain in December 2024
from 200$ to 1000$,
after i countered at 1400$, the prospects said that he can only pay 200$ for this domain,
which was weird after offering 1000$

i suspected someone was brokering this domain,
and found it listed by someone at DAN at 3888$( the guy probably received an offer on DAN)
after i reported the listing to DAN and it was removed

i increase my Bin on Afternic to 3500$ with LTO, and it sold in January

it was a good sale,
but i suspect the offers were not from the buyer, could be the webmaster or some guy close to the buyer