Here is one conversation with me, but i easily understood he is someone going to ask me to get the domain appraised through the website he know. Below are 4 emails i received from him, he seems some allfordomains.com person as he said me this company is only he accept.
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Hello,
Please send me price for your domain.
We are very interested in this name.
Did you get offers from other people already?
Our company develops client-server systems ( MS SQL/ Visual C++ ), so investing in domain names is not my main business.
Looking forward to do business with you.
Best regards,
Takashi Nakagami, Ph. D.
President
Opera Systems Ltd.
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I need a proof (independent valuation) that your price is fair. I hope you understand the importance of this question.
Domain sellers always provide buyers with certificates. This is a common practice.
I thought about Afternic, but found their service inaccurate and automated.
Post from Afternic's customer Daniel:
Afternic Appraisals really SUCK!!!
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{I turned down a $5,000 dollar offer and just recently a $7,000 offer on my PokerPod.com (note that I am selling the pokerpod.com / net / org , together as a package).I thought I woudl give afternic a chance to redeem themselves on their terrible appraisals in the past and they only appraised PokerPod.com for only $575.00.
you can view the appraisal at
http://www.afternic.com/appraisal.php?id=23988
Now I will be attending the T.R.A.F.F.I.C west convetion in Vegas next week ( i paid out $1900 for a ticket) and I can assure you that the people from Afternic will be hearing about this mess up.Now lets take the 2 hottest keywords on the net today "poker" and "pod" and put them together with a .com extension...for only a $575 domain - Bull S#!T. Last week I sold ImperialPoker.net (outside the portfolio sale) for $4,000 on afternic and I am sure they would have appraised it for only $100. I hope Michael Collins will be at the TRAFFIC WEST in vegas.}
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So Afternic.com is NOT acceptable.
Reading responses from experienced sellers I was impressed by one reply:
"Many Internet users are not smart enough and popular domain brokers are
using this fact to make money. They offer them cheap appraisal services. But
if their customers would have something in their heads they'd understand
experts could not make a professional research for $15-$20. These appraisals
are made by machines. Easy money for such appraisers as
http://www.Afternic.com and several other major brokers that offer cheap
auto-generated appraisals. In my eyes, all services under $50-$55 are not
manual and the results are generated by special scripts. I don't trust
auto-generated appraisals."
The same is true for GoDaddy and SEDO. Their services are not manual. They are just collecting money using their well-known names.
I heard many appraisal companies often overpriced domains. So I cannot
accept appraisal from each and every site.
To avoid mistakes I asked about reputable appraisers in a forum. Several
experts recommended me AllDomains' appraisal service -
http://www.allfordomains.com/appraise.asp as a fast, accurate and
non-expensive manual service.
I also trust the manual appraisal service from
http://www.DomainMart.com but
it's very expensive - $200/hour. This service was also recommended by many
people but I thought it was too expensive. But if you can afford
DomainMart.com's fee it's ok with me.
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I need a proof that our price is fair. I hope you understand the
importance of this question.
Usually, people who are selling names or web sites, provide buyers with
appraisals. This is a common practice and I'm not going to change this rule
because it's the best way to protect an investment.
I heard many appraisal companies often made inaccurate appraisals. So I
cannot accept appraisal from each and every site. I will only accept
appraisals from independent appraisal companies I know and trust.
Reading responses from experienced sellers I was impressed by one reply:
"Many Internet users are not smart enough and popular domain brokers are
using this fact to make money. They offer them cheap appraisal services. But
if their customers would have something in their heads they'd understand
experts could not make a professional research for $15-$20. These appraisals
are made by machines. Easy money for such appraisers as
http://www.Afternic.com and several other major brokers that offer cheap
auto-generated appraisals. In my eyes, all services under $60-$65 are not
manual and the results are generated by special scripts. I don't trust
auto-generated appraisals."
The same is true for GoDaddy and SEDO. Their services are not manual. They
are just collecting money using their well-known names.
Thank you for understanding. I'm looking forward to do business with you.
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Sorry, but I don't understand your position.
You can always use this appraisal to promote your name or sell it to
somebody else. But what will I do with the appraisal certificate if you
decide to sell your name to another buyer?
I'm interested in your domain but I don't want to risk and will not proceed
without appraisal. I never change this rule because it helps me to
make good investments.
Thank you for understanding. I'm looking forward to do business with you.
