How do you respond to this type of offer?

[domainar]

Hello,

My girlfriend's name is ******* and she is interested in *******.com to showcase her artwork and graphic design. Please let me know how much you'd like for the domain.

Thank you for your time,

-******

The domain is a female first name. Not too popular; but it is the very first result on Google when you search for this name.

How do you respond to such an offer? It could be exactly what it is... but it could be a disguised offer maybe?

Thanks for your time, namepros!

D

 

[Ben42]

Well, you could choose to give them a discount, but thats really is all up to you.

You could say my set retail price is $XXXX, but if you send me some samples of her work I could make it $XXX because I'm an art fan.

Do domainers have a heart? Does heart matter in business? Again, that is up to you. Good luck!

 

[diddie]

ask what is her actual online portfolio url, so you can check if its legit

 

[Albert]

search his email. I received an offer recently and a search of his email return result from domainspammers.com . I replied back $1million and he actually replied back to me with half a million. LOL. After i sent him the link to domainspammers.com He disappeared.

 

[hookah]

I'd not act as a detective as you never know whether she is his girlfriend or aunt or sister...etc. It is time wasting. She can showcase her art using any other domain name like her name + artgallery.com, net etc., and so on. I dont think that private art gallery is a kind of charity. I'd advice you to send him your wanted price and even a little bit higher to have some room for negotiations. What if he is from Bill Gates family? She want a name - she will get a name, despite of a price :lala:

 

[nicedomains]

what if, what if, what if??

What is the domain worth to you? Does it make any revenue? Get any traffic? Have you had previous offers on that domain?

I would ask if she has an online portfolio you could check out. Depending on the quality of the domain, the size/value of the collection of artwork this person wants to showcase, set a reasonable price (with negotiations in mind). Good luck.

 

[- me -]

Hello,

My girlfriend's name is ******* and she is interested in *******.com to showcase her artwork and graphic design. Please let me know how much you'd like for the domain.

Thank you for your time,

-******

The domain is a female first name. Not too popular; but it is the very first result on Google when you search for this name.

How do you respond to such an offer? It could be exactly what it is... but it could be a disguised offer maybe?

Thanks for your time, namepros!

D

- My - rule of thumb is simple.

If they go into detail why they want the domain, it's BS.

 

[labrocca]

It's BS imho. Playing to you emotionally. Set your price based on market value not on emotional value.

My response:

"Thank you for the contact. Currently I am selling this domain for $x,xxx. If you interested in further negotiations please reply".

Short simple and professional.

 

[beljf123]

It look like a scam. Be cautious.

I received that kind of email often. I have been catch one time.
They start by telling you they want to buy your domain. After that they will ask for an appraisal. Once you have ordered the appraisal they tell you they are no more interested.

Best advice: Put the domain on sedo and tell them to bid there.

 

[bobdigital]

when I try to snag a deal, I make up a story.

 

[napa]

Just let them know your asking price. It doesn't matter what they say or not.

 

[Ross]

IMO, i would just add a couple thousand on to the price you want to sell it for and send the offer over. Negotiate but take caution on who you are dealing with. Google the email address, especially if it is a gmail, yahoo, ect. Also if they provided a full name or a company. If they ask you to get an appraisal just leave.

 

[nameboi]

Poor artist wanting to buy a premium domain for nothing is an old scam. Tell him you are thinking about giving the name for free to the most worthy cause and ask him to submit an application. And tell him that you already have several applicants. One applicant is a homeless college student with a disabled dog and another applicant is a group of refugees orphans.

 

[notlikeyou]

do some digging, attempt to learn as much as you can about where the offer came from (email search, name searches etc)

It's always easier to dance when you know who your partner is.

 

[nicedomains]

Tell him you are thinking about giving the name for free to the most worthy cause and ask him to submit an application. And tell him that you already have several applicants. One applicant is a homeless college student with a disabled dog and another applicant is a group of refugees orphans.

Why do something silly like this to a potential buyer? Do you participate in domaining to sell domain names or not?

It look like a scam. Be cautious.

I received that kind of email often. I have been catch one time.
They start by telling you they want to buy your domain. After that they will ask for an appraisal. Once you have ordered the appraisal they tell you they are no more interested.

Best advice: Put the domain on sedo and tell them to bid there.

Not all inquiries are scams, this one doesn't sound like one I have heard of before. Usually appraisal scam emails are easy to detect within the first email.

Best advice is not to put it on sedo and lose out on brokerage fees, etc.. I would say try to get more information on this party. Try to get this person on the phone. Talking to a potential "end user" usually end up with better results for me.

 

[omnia]

My son...., my sister...., my brother.... Send them the price you want + add a layer for the negotiations... if you get the appraisal email back you know its a scam, if they're genuine they'll enter negotiations, otherwise they'll go away

 

[exdon]

I receive these types of emails on a daily basis.

Stories include:
- Poor third world student needing the domain (top quality premium domain) for a college project.
- Want to use the premium domain to host a blog (about whatever), but don't have much money
- Can only $100, which you should accept as you paid much less for the domain, and its pure profits for you (excuse me???!)
- I just want to use the domain to forward to my main site, so can't pay more than $25

And the list goes on. I don't even bother to reply to these emails anymore. I just hit "Delete".

When you have been selling domains for a while, you will naturally learn who the serious buyers are by the way they approach you.

My rule is, if you want my domain, pay me what he domain is worth, unless I am offering it as part of a special deal.

 

[ssamriga]

well I sold a 5L.net to and enduser who claimed that he is a poor student it is his last name later it really turned out to be his last name and he is using the site noncommercially for his email

 

[Marck]

Tell him you are a business and you don't care what he intends to use your product for. Jeez, do people go to a store and ask for a special price because it's for their girlfriend, art project, etc?

The way I see it domain speculators perform a service by keeping quality domains out of the hands of nerds/geeks/artists and people who wouldn't make good use of them. Think purple.com. And keeping them on the market until a business appears that can really put such historic domains like business.com to proper use. So taking pity on someone and selling for a small price is not doing society a service.

 

[r5000]

Geek and artist are not good for society? Is the owner of purple.com or hot.com an artist or even a geek? I don't think so just a random idiot IMO. Should every good domains be taken only by huge wealthy bussiness to remain internet "clean"? I don't think so but it's happening.
As for the price of your domain, yes domain trade is a bussiness like art gallery etc... so i don't see any reason to make a discount price, just a reasonable price considering previous offer and value of domain.