How to email potential buyers without pass as spammer?

[Genialnames]

I read an interesting article here (one of the many)and it deals with contact potential users.
how to not pass as spammer?
How to avoid the e-mail is trown away , filtered without being even read.
Even better: how to make an e-mail to be read ( serious and professional e-mail I mean).
Afterall to offer a product, it is a business common practice.

 

[moua]

If you don't send mass emails it should not goes to the spam folder.

Don't write too much, 2~5 lines should be enough, and you will be read.

Try to don't put any URL.

PS : do you have tips do find the right potential buyer ?

 

[Genialnames]

do you have tips do find the right potential buyer ?

David,
I am following now another thread that deal with such question it is very interesting, quite long.

http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=68798
thanks for your reply

 

[kjmz]

I would just try to make it as professional as I could. I usually put the domain in the title, just to get their attention. I don't know if it makes it go into the spam folder but I have gotten a lot of replys.

One thing you never do is put more than one email in the "To:" form. That looks really unprofessional.

Hopefully this helps you!

 

[DomainSage]

Two things I have found that help ( amongst many others ) are :
1) Find out exactly who at the company you should be sending it to.
2) Do your research on the company you are promoting it too, if you can include a little detail about them in the e-mail then it shows them you are not just mass mailing everyone.

There are many things to concider but I find these two to be the best for getting the e-mail actually read ... Having said that even if you produce a perfect copy it is more than likely to be deleted.

Hope that helps.

All the best

Richard

 

[Genialnames]

Kjms, wold yo sahre a sample with us?
I personaly would find it very useful since being not english, as many other here, it is very hard to appear professional, not because we are not, but since different forms are used .

Do your research on the company you are promoting it too, if you can include a little detail about them in the e-mail then it shows them you are not just mass mailing everyone.

not easy to find but fine, have a practical example to better understand?

 

[kjmz]

Kjms, wold yo sahre a sample with us?
I personaly would find it very useful since being not english, as many other here, it is very hard to appear professional, not because we are not, but since different forms are used .


not easy to find but fine, have a practical example to better understand?

Okay, I actually just sold a domain today for $150. This is the exact email:

From: ***** <*****@gmail.com> Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: *****@*****.com
Date: Nov 23, 2005 2:05 PM
Subject: www.*****.com
Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Add sender to Contacts list | Trash this message | Report phishing | Show original | Message text garbled?

Hi,

My name is ***** and I recently acquired the domain www.*****.com. I seen that you were interested in the domain as well. Since I was just going to buy the domain and sell it I thought you should be the first person I ask. So I'm wondering if you are still interested in the domain and want to make me an offer for it.

Please get back to me ASAP since I would like to just have a quick and easy transaction.

Thanks, have a great day!

P.S. We can use an escrow service if you want.

 

[RJ]

I agree with Sage's advice. If you're approaching end users, don't just compile a list of email addresses and send the same message to ever one. That is being a spammer.

Instead, take the time with each letter to personally address the recipient, and where possible, customize the letter specifically for them.

Best of luck,

RJ

 

[Raz0rBlade_uk]

keeping it short makes it look more personal

 

[Genialnames]

Kjmz, compliments for the transaction , 1000 more like this and even better!
Wow! This is a great experience sharing, I appreciate very much I am shure many others will too.
Can I ask you if it was an individual or a company?
I argue it is an individual since you started with "hi" that sound to me very confidential, friendly, is it a common way?
I have more difficult at the beginning when contacting a company,
I to start ? Dear.----sems too much confidential too,
Hello?
Mr., miss. ...

Dunno, have some suggestion?
Here in Italy there are standards for various situation, but you know Italian (like french) are known also because their cerimonials and their formalities.
I couldn't even find on google a corrispettive for some expression like Spett. Egr. Es,

Also another question, when try to contact medium -big companies what department it is better to adress the e-mail, if they have say a marketing division, Public relations division, CEO secretary office. etc.?

 

[kjmz]

Kjmz, compliments for the transaction , 1000 more like this and even better!
Wow! This is a great experience sharing, I appreciate very much I am shure many others will too.
Can I ask you if it was an individual or a company?
I argue it is an individual since you started with "hi" that sound to me very confidential, friendly, is it a common way?
I have more difficult at the beginning when contacting a company,
I to start ? Dear.----sems too much confidential too,
Hello?
Mr., miss. ...

Dunno, have some suggestion?
Here in Italy there are standards for various situation, but you know Italian (like french) are known also because their cerimonials and their formalities.
I couldn't even find on google a corrispettive for some expression like Spett. Egr. Es,

Also another question, when try to contact medium -big companies what department it is better to adress the e-mail, if they have say a marketing division, Public relations division, CEO secretary office. etc.?

I always start-off with "Hi" no matter who I'm talking to but it also seems more professional. I usually say "Hey" to my friends though because I know them well. Basically just try to sound nice and they will see that you are. I actually had three other emails with this guy (yes he was an individual) and he ended one of his emails with this sentence "I trust you." Just from three emails! Consider these things: grammar, politeness, niceness, and being fair. That's all I do and I've never gotten turned down.

Hope this helps! (Rep appreciated )

 

[DomainSage]

Hi Genial,

Difficult to show you a template as each would be different, but if we take an example ... Suppose you wanted to offer one of your domains to the great people here at NamePros.com.
I would only add a simple line along the lines of :
' I see you run a very popular forum on domain name trading. '
Then very briefly explain why your domain would be an advantage to their business.

As has been mentioned here, make sure it is fairly short. Remeber it is really just more of an introduction rather than a full sales letter, if they reply and say they are interested then compose a longer e-mail and go into more description.

The person that is reading it will probably have a lot of work to be doing ( or golf games to attend ) so try and get them hooked with a short mail, then present the sales pitch in a slightly longer one ... But still keep it to the point, don't pad it out with ramblings.

Hope that helps.

All the best

Richard

Do your research on the company you are promoting it too, if you can include a little detail about them in the e-mail then it shows them you are not just mass mailing everyone.

not easy to find but fine, have a practical example to better understand?

 

[wasistdas]

Better to try to call and them send email.

 

[Genialnames]

wasistdas.
I agree , generally speaking it is better to meet in person the potential buyer, but that it is much more difficult and much more time consuming, and cost much more if one live in another continent. thanks anyway!

Reps added to most of participants, due.