strategy How to Find Potential End Users?

[shilmy]

Hi,

Do any of you has regularly sell your domain to end users? If so, do you mind share with me in this thread on how find potential end users for your domain?

Regards,
Sjarief

 

[Nattydomain]

http://www.google.com/search?source...rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-42,GGLJ:en&q=inurl:101.com

Try this.

Thanx! This really helps for my other domains to pitch...rep coming!

 

[StrictlyNames]

You're welcome. Yeah, those 101 domains seem that they would have special place in current 101 domain owners hearts. Wish you the best of luck.

 

[DNK.it]

http://www.google.com/search?source...rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-42,GGLJ:en&q=inurl:101.com

Try this.

thanks strictly,

I wasn't aware of inurl: command, I have always used allinurl: but inurl is definitively better :tu:

rep added

 

[MarkP]

More reps added Dave - good tip!

Natty, I'm afraid I don't have any advice for you on the 101 domain, that is a tough one.

 

[FPForum]

Here's a quick method of finding possible buyers for your domain name,

1. Go to WHOIS.SC and find owners of variations of your domain name. If you own example.com, there's a chance the owners of example123.com, exam-ple.com or example.us might be interested.

2. Go to Google.com and search for the keywords contained in your domain. Make a list of all the paying advertisers that appear in the "Sponsored Links".

3. Go to Overture.com and search for the keywords contained in your domain. Make a list of all the paying advertisers. (Click "View Advertisers' Max Bids")

These three steps will usually produce a decent sized list of potential buyers for your name. From there you can contact the companies and see if there's any interest in aquiring your name.

DO NOT SPAM! Mass mailing all these companies with a single spam email is a bad idea! Any time you do this you should be contacting these companies indivudually by email, snail mail or phone. Figure out how these companies can benefit by owning your domain and approach them with this information. Other threads on NP contain advice about how to go about this.

Also keep this in mind when expecting responses from contacting potential buyers:

You might contact 30 companies and not receive any interest. Don't fret, move on to the next domain.

Exactly what I was thinking...I never really searched for end users before. About 1-2 months back I began searching for them on a regular basis. Since then I have sold two domains to end users. My method was searching google and yahoo, then emailing them. I've sent out probably close to 75 emails in that amount of time, and so far 2 sales. Not too bad if you ask me. I am also going to continue reading this thread and hope I find some new ways to search for them.

 

[Nattydomain]

Natty, I'm afraid I don't have any advice for you on the 101 domain, that is a tough one.

Thats ok...My main question is WHO to pitch to. With a name that includes the City do you send it ONLY to tourist and travel sites? Or do you just send it to all who have that city name in their URL wether there business is food, roofing, cars etc. Am I limited to the type of business that I ptich to with a City101 style domain?

Thanx

 

[StrictlyNames]

Thanks for all the reps guys & girls.

Natty.. try searching domains like cityST.us / citySTATE.biz / City-ST.net, just a thought. You get the idea.

GL,

Dave

 

[Jake]

I sent out an email a few days ago, regarding an insurance domain.

I just got an email back asking my price :D

I'm trying to get mid $xxx-ish

 

[stone76]

Always looking for similar sites is a good idea and I have done this quite a few times with maybe 70% feedback of either yay or nea from the owner of site X. Then of both the yay/neas I will get about 40% that do not wish to sell over their site to me, or my site to them. Not too bad for a random email I guess.

 

[JoshuaPz]

A few amendments to my sales pitch letter from a few pages back, which may help increase the response rate:

* Shorten the signature a bit, to something along these lines:

John Smith
Software Developer, ITMagic Enterprises
http://www.itmagic.com
Tel: XXX.XXX.XXXX

* No need for the preamble in parentheses, unless you're e-mailing a large corporation.

* If you've Sedo-parked the domain you're pitching, make sure you set your domain's asking price greater than or equal to the price you're proposing to your end-user. Otherwise, the end-user may suspect you're ripping them off and mysteriously stop responding to e-mails.

I've gotten a very healthy 15-20% "I'm interested -- what's your price?" response rate this week using my original sales later with these modifications and have converted 5 sales over the last 4 days. Small end-user sales ($200-$600) are always in season, even during times of economic distress.

My latest finding has been that, quite surprisingly, individuals/families are generally willing to pay almost as much for domain names (and sometimes more) than small businesses. Who knew?

 

[weblord]

you can also use worldcast to send individual emails that can be mailmerged from fairlogic.com

also use this domain sales letter template generator
http://stashbox.org/245522/domainsaleslettercreator.exe.exe

 

[Nattydomain]

I been in a real slump as of late and maybe just needs some direction. If any care to help with these questions I will rep!

1. How many emails do you send on average for 1 domain your trying to sell?

2. How do you determine if the canidate is right for your domain IE: the url they already have?....the way the site looks?.... your domain is used in part or similar to the one they already have?

3. How many names do you try to sell a day 1 domain?...2 domains? etc

I sometimes can only find maybe 10 websites that have similar keywords in their url that I have in my domain so that makes for very little emails and roughly no respones back. I was happy about 2 weeks ago but I dont know what it is but damn the MOST I ever sent out for 1 domain was about 30 and out of that 2 responded.....what are you looking for to get those emails out!

Thanx all in advance

 

[Jake]

I been in a real slump as of late and maybe just needs some direction. If any care to help with these questions I will rep!

1. How many emails do you send on average for 1 domain your trying to sell?

2. How do you determine if the canidate is right for your domain IE: the url they already have?....the way the site looks?.... your domain is used in part or similar to the one they already have?

3. How many names do you try to sell a day 1 domain?...2 domains? etc

I sometimes can only find maybe 10 websites that have similar keywords in their url that I have in my domain so that makes for very little emails and roughly no respones back. I was happy about 2 weeks ago but I dont know what it is but damn the MOST I ever sent out for 1 domain was about 30 and out of that 2 responded.....what are you looking for to get those emails out!

Thanx all in advance

Heres what I do.

I don't send emails to anyone unless I am 90% sure they will want it.
So I usually send an email to 1-2 people.
That's not what most people do, but its been successful for me, so far.

Then I go from there.
If/when they reply, I send them my price, and a few comparable sales.

Good luck
-Jake

 

[weblord]

1. 10 or 20 a day
2. their site will appear on first and second results.
3. at least 1

I been in a real slump as of late and maybe just needs some direction. If any care to help with these questions I will rep!

1. How many emails do you send on average for 1 domain your trying to sell?

2. How do you determine if the canidate is right for your domain IE: the url they already have?....the way the site looks?.... your domain is used in part or similar to the one they already have?

3. How many names do you try to sell a day 1 domain?...2 domains? etc

I sometimes can only find maybe 10 websites that have similar keywords in their url that I have in my domain so that makes for very little emails and roughly no respones back. I was happy about 2 weeks ago but I dont know what it is but damn the MOST I ever sent out for 1 domain was about 30 and out of that 2 responded.....what are you looking for to get those emails out!

Thanx all in advance

 

[bgmv]

A few amendments to my sales pitch letter from a few pages back, which may help increase the response rate:

* Shorten the signature a bit, to something along these lines:

John Smith
Software Developer, ITMagic Enterprises
http://www.itmagic.com
Tel: XXX.XXX.XXXX

* No need for the preamble in parentheses, unless you're e-mailing a large corporation.

* If you've Sedo-parked the domain you're pitching, make sure you set your domain's asking price greater than or equal to the price you're proposing to your end-user. Otherwise, the end-user may suspect you're ripping them off and mysteriously stop responding to e-mails.

I've gotten a very healthy 15-20% "I'm interested -- what's your price?" response rate this week using my original sales later with these modifications and have converted 5 sales over the last 4 days. Small end-user sales ($200-$600) are always in season, even during times of economic distress.

My latest finding has been that, quite surprisingly, individuals/families are generally willing to pay almost as much for domain names (and sometimes more) than small businesses. Who knew?

Thats great Josh. I have been sending out emails but no responses thus far. Where are you buying your domains from? Are most expired or deleted?

 

[JoshuaPz]

1. Sometimes just 1 (if I'm 90% sure the end-user would want it), sometimes as many as 150. 60 per day max.

2. Their current domain is a more long-winded version of mine (e.g. BathTowels.com versus Towels.com) or appears in the first couple page of search results for the keywords in my domain. Remember to perform your search on both Google AND Yahoo! as in many cases they each reveal completely disparate results.

3. On average, one each weekday excepting Fridays.

Yes, 99% of my domains are drop-catches. I wrote my own tools to select names from the drop list are very likely to sell, but there is publicly available software that does the same.

I been in a real slump as of late and maybe just needs some direction. If any care to help with these questions I will rep!

1. How many emails do you send on average for 1 domain your trying to sell?

2. How do you determine if the canidate is right for your domain IE: the url they already have?....the way the site looks?.... your domain is used in part or similar to the one they already have?

3. How many names do you try to sell a day 1 domain?...2 domains? etc

I sometimes can only find maybe 10 websites that have similar keywords in their url that I have in my domain so that makes for very little emails and roughly no respones back. I was happy about 2 weeks ago but I dont know what it is but damn the MOST I ever sent out for 1 domain was about 30 and out of that 2 responded.....what are you looking for to get those emails out!

Thanx all in advance

 

[1901gt]

Tried Joshua's email method.
10 sent on Tuesday. No replied so far.
Sent another 10 a few minutes ago. Let see if I'm successful this time.

 

[JoshuaPz]

If my e-mail doesn't work for you, try some of the sales letters listed in this thread:

http://www.namepros.com/marketing-techniques/1757-domain-sales-letter-examples.html

I've just discovered it via a link from another NPer. It would be really interesting if someone could start a website with a repository of user-rated sales templates. The "ratings" would be based on how successful the letter has been at garnering positive end-user responses in practice. I'd like us to establish, as a community and empirically, which sales template letter works most effectively:

a) Overall, AND
b) Situation-specific (non-profit, large corp., etc.)

There's no doubt the quality and relevance of the domain itself reigns supreme in determining the end-user's interest, but I'm sure all of us are looking to maximize our sales % given our budgets for purchasing domains, be they loaded or modest.

Perhaps Mark could help assist with this effort via his SellingMy.com.

 

[Kimo]

emails.

remember folks it never hurts to ask!

 

[aladinonl]

Tried Joshua's email method.
10 sent on Tuesday. No replied so far.
Sent another 10 a few minutes ago. Let see if I'm successful this time.

10 is too small population.
I sent 200 this week using Joshua's template with number of tweaks. Got 1 reply so far stating interest, she will contact me on mid Oct after a Paris mission.