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

 

[hyped]

In regard to using a more professional email address, for those of you that aren't aware, you can host email for all of your domains for free with Google.

Just go to http://www.google.com/a/ and sign up. You'll only need to create an account, verify domain ownership via dns settings, and then add mx records.

Hope this helps someone.

 

[Posterboy]

I use Ebay to buy / sell my domains. Seems to work ok. Only thing is that you have to pay a listing fee if you're selling.

 

[Sameh]

I use Ebay to buy / sell my domains. Seems to work ok. Only thing is that you have to pay a listing fee if you're selling.

You can find many good domains for cheaper prices here on NamePros. better than eBay trust me.

SCAM : 0% over here. not like eBay.

 

[smak786110]

those who want Professional looking emails...I can provide them at very cheap rates...
$50 PER YEAR... Unlimited Email accounts...50mb space...

 

[bentong]

those who want Professional looking emails...I can provide them at very cheap rates...
$50 PER YEAR... Unlimited Email accounts...50mb space...

Members here own a number of domains and definitely know what is a reasonable rate. They can setup any email they want with their own names

 

[RWAC]

Excellent thread, just read it through entirely, some information overload now, but managed to pull out some great tips.

Many thanks to everyone that has contributed so far.

Oh dear, here is that dreaded European ending ....

Best regards

Mark

 

[dezinerite]

This is a very useful thread, thanks a lot for the valuable info~!

 

[DnPresident]

email

I agree that the phone would be much better. For emails, this may be a good start with some tweaking:


Mr.Knife Man

My name is David Crutcher, I am part owner of Twilight Research. We are the internet domain name company controlling thousands of Premium domain names. I am writing you because of the close relationship between one of our domain names and your business in Handmade Kitchen Knives. One of the Premium names we control HandmadeKitchenKnives.com is currently for sale.

Your 'Handmade Kitchen Knives' Combined with the matching Internet Domain Name HandmadeKitchenKnives.com should not only increase sales greatly but is likely to give you the advantage of completely controlling the market.

For more information about HandmadeKitchenKnives.com please feel free to contact me.

Thanks you for your attention.

dave c
xxx-xxx-xxxx
[email protected]

537 West Second St
xxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxx

 

[socalcardude]

Gapa

I need some advice. I started a website in 1994 called GAPA.Com and sold automotive parts online for 10 years until some big competitors got into the market and I closed it down in 2004. Since then it has been sitting until recently when my son designed a bare bones eBay affiliate site to drive the existing traffic (700 unique visitors per month) to eBay’s automotive parts pages.

Anyway, we have decided to research the idea of selling it and I have no idea where to start.

Any ideas?

 

[steveteva]

In the past I alredy tried to use that method, contact potential buyers and always end with a no reply or thank you, no sales were made even with excellent domain names.

But the best way to sell I found is to have a parked page with full information including phone number because that's the way serious buyers contact you.

I sold for over 10 thousand dollar last year by phone (they contacted me).

 

[sOliver]

Great thread, lot of valuable information

I tried to contact another domainer who's selling a similar domain, here's the response

"Not interested - please don't spam me again"

I was very polite I think and it was a short mail, well at least I don't deserve that rough answer. Well next time I'll use a professional e-mail addy..
.. at least he replied and it was my first try to sell a domain :O


edit:
is that a prof email addy:
[email protected] ?

 

[RWAC]

Admittedly I use Gmail, which I need to sort out as per the suggestions above, but at least I've had nothing like that. I do however provide all my details, name, address, telephone numbers etc with a well worded brief letter.

Just had an inquiry come through. Somethings obviously working.

 

[fleadom]

Great thread guys, a lot of valuable information. I will try to sell one of my domains this way and i ll let you know about the results in the future

 

[brobi]

Magazine and site/company idea

There appears to be no more of a mention on the magazine front?

Why not collectively, maybe a few, get a site together. This site will list domains forsale after the user have had an education page first.

With that said the only price you will pay to the site is a strict commission, once sold! No listing price and it will remain on the site until sold.

There can be a seach facility using keywords and such.

The other part of the site is some briliant telephone marketers that can sell. Here in the UK the best sales people are the old double glazing salespersons. These people will not be moved. I have a couple of contacts there with a little interest. SO for that option you pay a little more.

The 3rd option will be to get government funded developers, students in college who want to work in their field. The government in the UK pays most of their wages! They will develope the site for you at a fixed cost which say may be 20% over their costs! SO £200 per week + 20%?

Back to the site idea... This site would also have a subscriber base and we can all contribute articles about domaining and somethings for Joe Public to read. Now for the newsletter you might charge a small fee or you could get targeted advertising banners, but nothing too heavy! Again a subscription could be $39.95 per year just to cover costs and some profit.

Rob at http://searchdomainsforsale.com/ has a nice start but it needs a little work and organisation. Sorry Rob I am a test manager but still an excellent effort and very informative! At least you are out there doing something about it!

This is my 2nd post so these are just ideas as I have only read 2-3 threads including this one.

Thanks for looking

 

[PeterBrown]

Great thread, I've read this thread fully will be using some ideas and tips very soon. One of the best threads I've read.

 

[gwkg]

Admittedly I use Gmail, which I need to sort out as per the suggestions above, but at least I've had nothing like that. I do however provide all my details, name, address, telephone numbers etc with a well worded brief letter.

Just had an inquiry come through. Somethings obviously working.

You can add (up to 5 I believe) POP email accounts to your gmail account. In other words, you can set up your gmail account to accept and send mail from [email protected], in addition to [email protected].

 

[h3rm4w4n]

I reg Liatti(dot)com because there is LiattiInsurance(dot).com
and LiveChatHouse(dot)com because .net and .de are living site.
Do they have potetntial buyer?

 

[Drewid]

Sorry for being slightly OT, but is there any difference between potential buyers of domains? I mean, if there is difference between market branches? Is easier to sell domain connected to business, than one connected to pregnancy?

 

[MildSeven]

Anybody consider calling a business up over the phone as their primary method of selling to end users?

Like making sales calls?

 

[Nattydomain]

Just sold my first domain to an end user. Big Event Planning company. They contacted me out of the blue via a parked page. Came at $5000 heard nothing for 4 days emailed back for there asking price. They said $1500 I said $2500 and came down to $2000....I tried to email end users and also other domain owners who own other extensions to my .com but no good..One even said they were a teacher and if I can "donate it" LOL