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AbdulBasit.com

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Hello everyone,

As I recently published a post with several of my recent domain sales, today I wanted to share another domain sale with complete detail of how it started and the deal was wrapped up successfully.

The domain I sold is Quaestor.com which was the oldest domain by creation date I owned until it sold. It was initially registered in 1994 but I acquired in 2018 for around $1100 via GoDaddy Auctions.

The inquiry came in via Uniregistry lander and I quoted price of $26,888. The buyer countered with $3000. After exchanging several emails and asking to come close to quoted price, the buyer revised his offer to $6,000.

Again after more communication, I said to present an offer of over $20,000 to get into negotiation.

With no response, I gave my final price of $25,000 with 7 days to accept. The buyer came in August and offered $10,000 but only after the 7 days period was over.

Sticking firm to the final price, the buyer came again in October and presented $15,000 offer to which I declined by informing the price is reverted back to $26,888 which was initially quoted because the offer of $25,000 was valid for 7 days only.

There was once again silence until the buyer came again in November by asking if I’m willing to negotiate as they’ve to decide and move on within a week period.

During this silence period of more than a month, I already upped the price at all marketplaces to $29,888 so I informed the buyer new price at all marketplaces but if he is still willing to buy, I can offer $26,000 to you only which is valid until the end of November.

Buyer immediately accepted and we used Sedo escrow and buyer paid the Sedo commission.

At one stage the domain was offered for $25,000 but ultimately sold for $26,000 to the same buyer. Every time you need to grab the offer at the right time, but you’re not always sure what’s that perfect time. We keep learning from our and others experiences. What best we can do is to keep learning all the time and improving ourselves.
 
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Thanks for sharing, it is something I have recently learned to curve. My eagerness to close the deal and get the customer onboarded.

Thank you!
I like your openness. Best wishes! (y)
 
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good financial names are always very good and carry a very good value. This name is really very sweet to pronounce, it is an antique kind of name and the meaning that it carries is more sweeter. Just see the meaning
"any of a number of officials who had charge of public revenue and expenditure".
Who would not want this name, of-course big financial firms are real hot users who would like to lead.
I would say a great pick at first and than having a great sale
Good story to share, congrats bro

Thank you for your detailed analysis and feedback which is much appreciated :xf.smile:(y)
 
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Once the deal was finalized via Uni platform, I asked buyer to create account with Sedo and removed the domain from my Sedo account in order to save 15% commission and Uni's service fee so I can NET $26,000.

It was good job to save $213 Uni fres, but I feel it was a risky move, it is safer to continue on same platform where deal was negotiated because you cannot predict all outcomes, for example end user me get difficulty in creating Sedo account and then change his mind and cancel the deal.
 
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Once the deal was finalized via Uni platform, I asked buyer to create account with Sedo and removed the domain from my Sedo account in order to save 15% commission and Uni's service fee so I can NET $26,000.

Thanks for sharing this. I was not sure that you could do this, without the penalty of the 15% comission, if the domain was already listed at Sedo.
 
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Congratulations @AbdulBasit.com
You are a toughest negotiator, really.
This sales story is very much inspiring. Further you every sale has a great lesson to learn. Patience pays and your consistent behavior pays more.
Please accept my hearty congratulations for the great sale. More powers to you.

Thank you so much Haroon bhai :xf.love:
 
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not trying to be negative but i dont see any value in the name at all and it does not pass the radio test for pronunciation at all.being aged seems to be the only value factor.still, sometimes 1 mans garbage is another mans Gold.thats why domains have no value in mainstream banking.

I agree.
I think the reason is simple: If I buy thousands of lottery tickets I can occasionally hit the jackpot.
 
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through emails, do you know exactly who buyer are? and purpose of purchase or plan for that domain?
 
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Congrats!
But crying about $215 fee on a $26k sale :)
That sounds like a cheapskate to me. Sorry.
Do not take it personally.

Thanks!
Senseless for me to pay $213 when I'm getting similar service for free.
 
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Hello everyone,

As I recently published a post with several of my recent domain sales, today I wanted to share another domain sale with complete detail of how it started and the deal was wrapped up successfully.

The domain I sold is Quaestor.com which was the oldest domain by creation date I owned until it sold. It was initially registered in 1994 but I acquired in 2018 for around $1100 via GoDaddy Auctions.

The inquiry came in via Uniregistry lander and I quoted price of $26,888. The buyer countered with $3000. After exchanging several emails and asking to come close to quoted price, the buyer revised his offer to $6,000.

Again after more communication, I said to present an offer of over $20,000 to get into negotiation.

With no response, I gave my final price of $25,000 with 7 days to accept. The buyer came in August and offered $10,000 but only after the 7 days period was over.

Sticking firm to the final price, the buyer came again in October and presented $15,000 offer to which I declined by informing the price is reverted back to $26,888 which was initially quoted because the offer of $25,000 was valid for 7 days only.

There was once again silence until the buyer came again in November by asking if I’m willing to negotiate as they’ve to decide and move on within a week period.

During this silence period of more than a month, I already upped the price at all marketplaces to $29,888 so I informed the buyer new price at all marketplaces but if he is still willing to buy, I can offer $26,000 to you only which is valid until the end of November.

Buyer immediately accepted and we used Sedo escrow and buyer paid the Sedo commission.

At one stage the domain was offered for $25,000 but ultimately sold for $26,000 to the same buyer. Every time you need to grab the offer at the right time, but you’re not always sure what’s that perfect time. We keep learning from our and others experiences. What best we can do is to keep learning all the time and improving ourselves.
 
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may I ask what was your at the time financial position when he first wrote you?
And up until he offered you 10K?
 
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Thanks!

As the year ends, I'll be having 3,400 domains in my portfolio.
I know you sell very well but, how do you deal with renewals in terms of knowing when each of them is due for renewal
 
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