I Got An Offer On One Of My Domain Names! What Do I Do?

[bfluid]

This is the first time I have been given an offer.

The domain the company wants to buy is a completely non-premium LLLL.COM I own.

Here is the following email I got:

Hello,

We've found your name listed for sale.

If you are still interested in selling please send your quote and I will consider it with my partners.

Main direction of our business is software development and technical support.

Domain names is not our business but a new way to earn on reselling. We are going to buy domains to resell them at higher prices since we have a large database of clients interested in good domains.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Regards,
Edited For Privacy

What do I do?

This guy and his company are respected. I googled them.


EDIT: This is a scam. From

Brian Rivard
CEO
BNT Consulting

 

[Achaias]

Based on company size the sky could be the limit. Give something a little above premium llll.com and see what he does .

 

[bfluid]

What would that price be? :D

 

[Achaias]

Maybe 500-1250 depending on the letters. Did you hand reg the llll?

 

[bfluid]

Yes. Hand-reg. Terrible letters btw.

 

[Achaias]

Haha well it doesn't hurt to try. They approached you so the ball is in your court with price. You have two options, wait for the llll's to dry up and inflate in price (which I hardly see happening anytime soon) or sell now and get 1000%+ profit. Sounds like a good deal for you either way.

GL

 

[Earthian]

the wording is very similar to the appraisal scam ... a kind of updated version but the "feel" is the same ... search "appraisal scam" in the warnings forum f you don't know what it is ...


they sometimes "use" legitimate business names so as to trick people ...


lastly , they usually have one of these at the end ... CEO , MD , LLC , etc ... so as to appear respectful ...

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[DnPresident]

That email sounds fishy to me.

 

[bfluid]

Yes, there was a ceo in there. :D

i'll watch out

 

[Devil_Dog]

haha, tell him to piss off then delete that trash.

 

[Achaias]

Well its nice to dream . Good luck.

 

[yandig]

the wording is very similar to the appraisal scam ... a kind of updated version but the "feel" is the same ... search "appraisal scam" in the warnings forum f you don't know what it is ...


they sometimes "use" legitimate business names so as to trick people ...


lastly , they usually have one of these at the end ... CEO , MD , LLC , etc ... so as to appear respectful ...

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The email also sounded familiar to me. I checked through my past emails, and couldn't find the one I was looking for. I may have deleted it, since I was sure it was a scam.

I definitely remember the phrase: "domains are not our main business"

Be careful, and good luck...

 

[Napkin.com]

you never know...
don't write the guy off yet.

shoot him an offer, and if the appraisal thing pops up just
tell him to forget it.


the way I always knew it was the appraisal scam is
when they said they'd pay ANYTHING...

So i quoted $300,000 for an LLL.com and they said sure,
and I replied that I really needed $400,000 and they said that's fine

 

[ipodxpert]

just be very careful with this offer/email. this is how it will go after you quote some figure,

e.g. you will say that i want $xxxx (some amount).

then the person will say "Ok. Good" i'll buy the domain, if you can just get the appraisal certificate, i'll pay as per the appraisal certificate. Then he will recommned few websites for appraisals. And one of the website name would be the one with which this person is affiliated.He will highly recommend his affiliated website for appraisal,since he trusts their appraisal.

And if you get the appraisal certificate, this person will say "Ok, Good". Then he will say here is the deal, i'll buy this domain only after i find some client willing to buy this domain. Once i find the client i'll buy the domain.

This is nothing but a scam for domain appraisals.

Just be very careful. If you want you can just play around as i mentioned in my message, just make sure you don't get the appraisal. but play arnd with this guy.

wish you luck.

 

[bfluid]

I knew if he wanted an appraisal it was a scam but, i replied with a $650 offer.

We'll see what the next day has in store for us. :D

I'll probably require he pays through escrow.

 

[briman1970]

This is an appraisal scam. This part of the email is the kicker... "Domain names is not our business but a new way to earn on reselling. We are going to buy domains to resell them at higher prices since we have a large database of clients interested in good domains."

Every appraisal scam email I've ever gotten has some version of this paragraph in it. Is your domain a recent reg? The emails I get are always for recently registered names.

It's discouraging to get an offer from a seemingly interested party only to find out it's a scam. I wish someone would stop these guys. Ask them for $100,000 or tell them to go (expletive) themselves. Unfortunately, either way they won't be buying your domain. :td:

 

[bfluid]

That stinks.

This part did get me a little fishy.

 

[-Raja-]

Received the same letter(word to word) yesterday for a name registered day before yesterday. hahaha

 

[Earthian]

two interesting links ...


an NPer shut down the Emetrix account connected with these scams ... thread ... though they will probably try to use other accounts/services ...


a step by step description of the scam ...
domainappraisalscam.com

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[sibaong]

Main direction of our business is software development and technical support.

Domain names is not our business but a new way to earn on reselling. We are going to buy domains to resell them at higher prices since we have a large database of clients interested in good domains.

99% Appraisal Scam