I got a £2,000 offer for as domain in the street today.

[Kuffy]

It just shows that you never know when you will meet a potential buyer. I was at a street fair in a local town, and I started talking to a guy about some classic cars. I mentioned that I owned a few .coms, and he offered me £2,000 for one of my 3x2s. He even had the cash in his pocket - I've never had this happen before. Anyway, I took an email addy, and I'll see what happens. It's one of my favourite names, so I'm in two minds as to whether I want to sell it. The problem is that it will be difficult to replace it at a reasonable price.

 

[SpareDomains]

Wait so Domainers actually leave their houses? I thought it was a myth.
Whether ya sell it or not still cool. Good Luck.

 

[tetrapak]

I guess the only way you could do it would be by registrar push whilst you were on McDonalds WiFi.

I have once sold a domain in a hotel room of the buyer, connecting to the WiFi of the hotel. Got 10k USD in cash and pushed the domain to the buyers account right on the spot. Buyer just flew in to Europe from the Middle-East for this.

 

[Smiles76]

If you like the offer sell the domain. Don't get greedy. Many domainers will go to their graves with 99% of their domains unsold because of greed.

 

[rafaelo0]

@Kuffy congrats that's living the dream man

When i read your post i immediately remember a old song from ice cube

Today it was a good day

Just imagine going outside enjoying live, socializing and out of the blue getting a £2,000 for your domain, someday

Usually when i socialize and i talk about domains people look at me like i'm from mars, they dont even dream what a domain is.

If you don't want to sell the domain lease it or ask for ad space.

I would take the offer. You said he wanted the name for a younger guy he is funding, this means is a investor?

If he is i would sell the domain for that price and would ask him to go to me in the future when he needs domains for is investments (projects he funds) or recommend your domains to other investors, build a relationship with him.

Investors are powerful relationships, don't let that contact go.

Good luck!

 

[Chris Hydrick]

he offered me £2,000 for one of my 3x2s

What are 3x2s?

 

[Kuffy]

Two three letter words that make a relevant keyphrase. Maybe that should be a 2x3.

An example is TopDog ( not the name in question).

 

[deez007]

Lol..thats freakin awesome.... pity it's not one of the domains you would be happy to let go...but still an awesomely original way to close a sale.

 

[Kuffy]

I tend to talk to a lot of people when I'm out and about. When they ask me what I do, I say I'm an amateur Internet photographer. But recently I've started to add that I'm an amateur investor in domain names. Most people don't understand this, and say something like " I just use facebook, I wouldn't pay for a website".

I was a bit shocked when he said he'd got £2,000 in his pocket for the name, and I'm not sure he understood the process of buying domain names. It does raise the interesting possibility of selling names for cash though. I guess the only way you could do it would be by registrar push whilst you were on McDonalds WiFi.

I've just registered a 3+4 name that's in the same niche ( but not as good). I might try to sell him that as an alternative.

 

[deez007]

I tend to talk to a lot of people when I'm out and about. When they ask me what I do, I say I'm an amateur Internet photographer. But recently I've started to add that I'm an amateur investor in domain names. Most people don't understand this, and say something like " I just use facebook, I wouldn't pay for a website".

I was a bit shocked when he said he'd got £2,000 in his pocket for the name, and I'm not sure he understood the process of buying domain names. It does raise the interesting possibility of selling names for cash though. I guess the only way you could do it would be by registrar push whilst you were on McDonalds WiFi.

I've just registered a 3+4 name that's in the same niche ( but not as good). I might try to sell him that as an alternative.

Lol.... I hope there was no booze being sold at this street fair and that this dude was stone cold sober

Would be keen to hear how this whole scenario plays out, please keep us in the loop.

Selling domains for cash, certainly puts an interesting spin on things.

 

[Kuffy]

It all started when I saw a matte black Camaro, and I thought I would take some pictures for the domain name I picked up the other day - MatteBlackCars.com , and I saw a matte black rat van as well. Domaining isn't about staying at home and getting red eyes from scanning the drop lists. It can be about getting out and enjoying yourself to promote that name you found. Anyway here are the pics of the two matte black cars.

and I've slipped up big time - I should have hosted those pics on MatteBlackCars.com

 

[Kuffy]

It raises the possibility of selling names at public meetings - car names at classic car meetings for example.

Another one is geo-names.For example, I own WestMeon.com. West Meon is a small village in Hampshire England, so the name is not going to be worth a lot. I reg'd it for historic reasons, but I don't need it any more. I was going to advertise the name in the local newsagent's window, but I'm thinking that I could rent a stall at the village fete, and maybe I could sell some other names as well. My partner buys bags of costume jewellery for pennies, and she sorts through them to see if there is anything she likes in them. I'm sure she would make a good profit selling the stuff she doesn't want ( and it would clear some storage space, ).

 

[tetrapak]

It was like a scene out of a movie, bag full of cash and no explanation why wire was out of question.

 

[Marc Riccio]

That is the key.... originality and getting out of the box. Am a newbie at this, but not anewbie at sales. I was in sales my whole adult life and retired at 52. Get cards made out stating that you are a Domain Collector and hand them out.

Will be posting my thoughts o this subject soon...

M

 

[Kuffy]

Lol..thats freakin awesome.... pity it's not one of the domains you would be happy to let go...but still an awesomely original way to close a sale.

Everything has it's price.

 

[Kuffy]

Lol.... I hope there was no booze being sold at this street fair and that this dude was stone cold sober

Would be keen to hear how this whole scenario plays out, please keep us in the loop.

Selling domains for cash, certainly puts an interesting spin on things.

I'm tempted to try a joint arrangement. The guy I was talking to wanted the name for a younger guy he is funding for a new project. What would suit me is if the name was used to promote the new project, and I was able to put some advertising on the site. I would keep ownership of the name. At the moment the name isn't earning anything for me. Another alternative is to flip the name I've just registered. Certainly, I think it is worth following up on the contact.

 

[Kuffy]

OK - here is more to the story. I was discussing this car with its owner, and that's when the name came up. The car isn't really a rat rod, it's in far too good a condition imho, but some people seem to include cars like this with airbrushed paintwork. I've also got a rat rail domain name, and I'm not so interested in that. I'll see if the guy can use that.

 

[frank-germany]

That wouldn't give him any security. I could stop the transfer at any time over the following 5 days.

use registars where you can confirm the outgoing push immediately
( as soon as you hold the money in your hand )

 

[Kuffy]

It was at the street fair in Petersfield. Petersfield is a market town in Hampshire, England. The Waitrose ( a supermarket) car park is the former sheep market, and the street names reflect this. The shopping mall is called "Ram's Walk" for example. I'm on their free WiFi in the car park at the moment, but I'll try to post some pics later. There are a few on my photo site - Jazz pics

 

[Marc Riccio]

Vice President Domain Acquisitions and Promotions

 

[deez007]

Everything has it's price.

indeed!

 

[deez007]

I'm tempted to try a joint arrangement. The guy I was talking to wanted the name for a younger guy he is funding for a new project. What would suit me is if the name was used to promote the new project, and I was able to put some advertising on the site. I would keep ownership of the name. At the moment the name isn't earning anything for me. Another alternative is to flip the name I've just registered. Certainly, I think it is worth following up on the contact.

Now that puts an interesting spin on things.... hell even if you could convince them to give you like a 10% share in the venture in exchange for the name.. (obviously if you feel it's a worthwhile venture)

 

[kite26]

Nice, nice

 

[atinc]

It just shows that you never know when you will meet a potential buyer. I was at a street fair in a local town, and I started talking to a guy about some classic cars. I mentioned that I owned a few .coms, and he offered me £2,000 for one of my 3x2s. He even had the cash in his pocket - I've never had this happen before. Anyway, I took an email addy, and I'll see what happens. It's one of my favourite names, so I'm in two minds as to whether I want to sell it. The problem is that it will be difficult to replace it at a reasonable price.

Lease the domain, if you are not seeking to sell it.

 

[frank-germany]

I tend to talk to a lot of people when I'm out and about. When they ask me what I do, I say I'm an amateur Internet photographer. But recently I've started to add that I'm an amateur investor in domain names. Most people don't understand this, and say something like " I just use facebook, I wouldn't pay for a website".

I was a bit shocked when he said he'd got £2,000 in his pocket for the name, and I'm not sure he understood the process of buying domain names. It does raise the interesting possibility of selling names for cash though. I guess the only way you could do it would be by registrar push whilst you were on McDonalds WiFi.

I've just registered a 3+4 name that's in the same niche ( but not as good). I might try to sell him that as an alternative.

got a smartphone?
get the auth code
take the money ...