Help!

[Krane65]

I got a proposal to sell a domain name I just caught a few days ago that I was planning on developing into a mini site. He wanted to know my asking price and he says he has $xxx,xxx to buy 20-30 domains. He works for a company in the UK. How do I go about this? I always had to tear tooth and nail to find someone to sell a domain to, yet this guy apparently has come to me within days!! I'm excited and scared at the same time.

What do I do?

 

[vivaldi]

I got a proposal to sell a domain name I just caught a few days ago that I was planning on developing into a mini site. He wanted to know my asking price and he says he has $xxx,xxx to buy 20-30 domains. He works for a company in the UK. How do I go about this? I always had to tear tooth and nail to find someone to sell a domain to, yet this guy apparently has come to me within days!! I'm excited and scared at the same time.

Sounds like that scam mail going around for years. First off, who would tell you their budget in a pre-negotiation state?

 

[Krane65]

That's the problem, I don't know if it's a scam or for real. He listed a legit company name, and how do I go about all this?

 

[vivaldi]

That's the problem, I don't know if it's a scam or for real. He listed a legit company name, and how do I go about all this?

Check his email address, what domain he is using. keyword-keyword-keyword.info would not be used by a serious buyer.

 

[gilescoley]

Its a scam, as soon as they say they have xxx,xxx for 20-30 names, you know its a fishy

Another sign is you have only had the name a few days, what are the chances of that

Ask them if they want an appraisal at a company of their choice and see what they say

 

[Krane65]

Check his email address, what domain he is using. keyword-keyword-keyword.info would not be used by a serious buyer.

Yes yes! It comes from web-hosting-solution.info which I immediately found suspicious.. The domain redirects to 123-reg.co.uk/ which seems to be a legit business. But any domain can redirected anywhere... Thanks for your help!

This is obviously a scam, which thanks to you guys, I have read up on. I am going to throw him a curve ball and ask for $500. Now he wont be able to use the trick of "must get an appraisal for greater than $1000" in order to list the domain for sale on a market. Will post back with results LOL.

If anyone else wants some live entertainment, give me ideas of how to lead this scammer on/waist his time, etc.