Games that bitter, angry, ignored end-users play

[Aggro]

If you ignore their inquiries, they might do the following:

1/ use your Admin email to sign up for forums, free offers etc in the hope that you will be inundated with spam

2/ make countless fake randm inquiries on your other domains listed on Afternic, Sedo etc


Ignore them some more...and they think (or hope) you are dead so that, thru your inaction, they can acquire the domain thru one of the following:

3/ Report Invalid WHOIS - in the hope the domain will eventually be deleted

4/ bring UDRP action

:wave:

 

[bulkdomainz]

Maybe its best not to ignore end-users then. Send a polite 'Thank you but no' in response to any offers you do not wish to accept.

 

[av1atic]

That's what can be expected in this industry when very seldom do domainers and end-users alike take the time to simply respond to inquiries.

 

[Blake]

I have found that ignoring end users is ultimately losing out on yet another selling opportunity. I would say at least 3/10 times I give a very courteous reply email it ends up in a sale. The fact that you spend an extra say 2 minutes forming a nice reply says a lot about how you do business and your not just looking to empty their bank account. I guess I'm old fashion but I still say treat someone like you wish to be treated...put yourself in their shoes

Blake A. Worthington

 

[DU]

What about those people that randomly post the domains on blogs and forums with disparaging comments?

Those types of assholes exist too, don't they.

 

[Name Trader]

I agree with Blake. I (pretty much) always respond to all those low-ball offers. I've sold a few domains that way. As Blake says, you lose a selling opportunity by not responding. You never know if they are a serious buyer or not, if you don't respond (but usually they are not). I usually quote my price in the reply, since I think, they've quoted a price, it's beholden upon me to counter. It also short-circuits a wasted conversation if they are not serious.

 

[Dave_Z]

If you ignore their inquiries, they might do the following:

1/ use your Admin email to sign up for forums, free offers etc in the hope that you will be inundated with spam

2/ make countless fake randm inquiries on your other domains listed on Afternic, Sedo etc

2/1 rant in Twitter. (and whatever social media, heh...)

 

[Sabre]

I've had a couple of sales where an end user has come in with a low ball offer, to which I've replied with a variation of 'thanks, but no thanks - I am not looking to sell, especially not for a value that low' and they have come back with an offer 10x+ higher.

Put yourself in their shoes - if you'd taken the time to scout out a domain and contact someone, wouldn't you be pretty unimpressed if that person then blanked you?

 

[alien51]

A lot of end-users are also bitter, not because you never replied, but because of what they perceive as astronomical asking prices after you replied.

The bitterness gravitates when the end-user is looking for 'personal use' domains. They want really 'nice' domain names for their blog, and want to pay 20 bucks for it.

 

[Sabre]

A lot of end-users are also bitter, not because you never replied, but because of what they perceive as astronomical asking prices after you replied.

The bitterness gravitates when the end-user is looking for 'personal use' domains. They want really 'nice' domain names for their blog, and want to pay 20 bucks for it.

For those who don't understand the domain industry and the fact the domains are effectively 'online property', they may not understand that domains actually do have value and that you, as an individual or company, do actually have the right to have any domain you like. (apart from clear TM violations etc.)

It's not difficult to kindly let them know this, with a couple of selective links that help to back up your points, if they start to get stroppy about the whole situation.

 

[DU]

A lot of end-users are also bitter, not because you never replied, but because of what they perceive as astronomical asking prices after you replied.

The bitterness gravitates when the end-user is looking for 'personal use' domains. They want really 'nice' domain names for their blog, and want to pay 20 bucks for it.

The tactics aren't just limited to end users though. Really a domainer knows these tactics more than an end-user - a TRUE end user would not want their reputation potentially ruined by stupid childish behaviour. A small business wants to earn trust and respect and obviously you don't get that through surreptitious activities or poor manners.

But the tactics can be used by some domainers don't like being outsmarted or challenged in a public place and resort to proving they know words like "doo doo" and how to read a whois. These truth tellers seek to stop people registering donkey crap.

It's relatively harmless but it really says a lot about the individual that does this kind of thing. I don't know if this is what aggro was talking about or not. I have no idea what her motives were in making her original post. I'm not sure if Games that Bitter old domainers play are different than bitter ignored end-user....

It's quite sad really that people stoop to such stupid levels for apparently no reason. I'm sure that the stupid noobie Rick Schwarz and Frank bum lickers that end up broke, with shattered dreams aren't listening to the master beraters - so it's quite a strange activity to invest time in, I think.

 

[bulkdomainz]

The tactics aren't just limited to end users though. Really a domainer knows these tactics more than an end-user - a TRUE end user would not want their reputation potentially ruined by stupid childish behaviour. A small business wants to earn trust and respect and obviously you don't get that through surreptitious activities or poor manners.

But the tactics can be used by some domainers don't like being outsmarted or challenged in a public place and resort to proving they know words like "doo doo" and how to read a whois. These truth tellers seek to stop people registering donkey crap.
It's relatively harmless but it really says a lot about the individual that does this kind of thing. I don't know if this is what aggro was talking about or not. I have no idea what her motives were in making her original post. I'm not sure if Games that Bitter old domainers play are different than bitter ignored end-user....

It's quite sad really that people stoop to such stupid levels for apparently no reason. I'm sure that the stupid noobie Rick Schwarz and Frank bum lickers that end up broke, with shattered dreams aren't listening to the master beraters - so it's quite a strange activity to invest time in, I think.

Correct! It is more likely that it is a domainer that will actually resort to the tactics listed by the OP. A fellow domainer asks you for the price you want for a domain; you give it to them. They don't respond and you get back to them later asking what their best offer was. They put up a post WTB 'similar' domain at a range you would actually consider for the name if they had offered. You get back to them again and they just ignore you. Their 'lack of manners' has just prevented them from getting a name they would have gotten with a bit of polite 'haggling'. (The haggling's all part of the fun, me thinks.)

There are a lot of angry envious fellow domainers who want to get your 'prized' domain for $20. LOL! They don't care how much it cost you to acquire the name.

A polite 'thanks but no' is better than not responding at all. My first domain sale was a $100 offer which I responded to with a polite 'no thanks but will do $1999'. We completed the deal some 8 emails and 8 days later at $1799. :hehe: