It FINALLY happened!! VICTORY!!

[MikeRibby]

It FINALLY happened...

I received a cold email inquiring about a service company .com that I own. The email asked if the domain was for sale and if so, for how much. Naturally these types of emails tend to be the generic "I'll give you a ridiculous amount of money but we need to go through this [insert shady appraisal domain here] before we go through with the deal".

To waste as little time as possible, I responded with a simple "yes it's for sale.. $250 paypal only... GoDaddy only" . Three minutes later I got a counter offer for $150. No appraisal nonsense, no shady propositions. I accepted the offer and send my paypal email address. Again, expecting the worst...

Then it happened... Five minutes later paypal sent a confirmation email for the amount of $150!!! :sold: My FIRST unsolicited sale! VICTORY!!!!!!!

For everyone trying to get better at this hobby...

DON'T GIVE UP!

IT WILL HAPPEN!!!!

-Ribby :wave:

 

[Keith]

Congrats Mike!

Here's to many more :sold:

 

[jaydub]

Congrats on your sale....:tu:

 

[johname]

Awesome Congrats


but try moving up to names you wouldn't sell for $150 Goodluck

 

[tarikpierce]

Congrats on the sale! Was this a hand reg? Very nice ROI!

 

[FX]

congrats

 

[RyanAM]

Congratulations man, hoping I get an unsolicited sale in the future.

 

[slumdog]

congrats on first sale ! hope many more in the future at much more ~

 

[Bizname]

Congrats!

:wave:

 

[crazydomaindeals]

Congrats !

 

[twomoon]

Congrats!

It's like first sex

 

[StoneRoses]

Congrats!

It's like first sex

1st sex?,, that transaction took 8 minutes, not 8 seconds :lala:

 

[Traffiz]

Congratulations!

 

[gmd]

Congrats and more to come!!!!

 

[PlusNames]

Congrats!!!! :D

 

[Kate]

Congrats.
Don't forget that paypal payment can be reversed, for larger amounts or people you don't know prefer escrow

 

[Bannen]

Always a vicarious pleasure to see someone get their domaining cherry popped

 

[twomoon]

1st sex?,, that transaction took 8 minutes, not 8 seconds :lala:

LOL
You're right!

 

[ninjadomain]

Congratulations! %%-

 

[MikeRibby]

Thanks guys...

Thank you everyone!

It was a hand reg with exactly 2 days left before I would've had to renew it for the year! Perfect timing! I've sold a few names to end users that I have found and pitched but never the other way around. It was quite refreshing!

Again, thanks guys!

-Ribby :wave:

 

[abdussamad]

Thank you everyone!

It was a hand reg with exactly 2 days left before I would've had to renew it for the year! Perfect timing! I've sold a few names to end users that I have found and pitched but never the other way around. It was quite refreshing!

Again, thanks guys!

-Ribby :wave:

So why did they buy it from you now when they could have just waited to see if you might drop it? Seems strange.

 

[Archangel]

I do say "congrats" but I'm not so excited here. I almost pity you. It all seemed so suspicious that I really don't know if you can celebrate orr not.

It was close to expiring. That's a red flag (why would he give you $xxx for an expiring domain? He saw the expiration in the whois!) As well, cold-call emails that promise you $xxx tend to end with the buyer pulling a payment-reversal & getting their money back. That's somewhat unlikely, since he gave you a counter offer, but on the other hand, the counter might have just been a ruse to make him look legit. And seeing it wa expiring might have resulted in him screwing with your thought-process -- that perhaps you were gonna drop it but saw a chance to make money from it instead..

Give it a few days before you start cheering sinew he might scam you outta money and the domain. Just a heads-up.

 

[MikeRibby]

Maybe I should elaborate...

I had this domain for 4 years and it was the name of my business. I was always going to renew it because the name is in use in few locations in the US and was hoping to sell it one day.

Hope I didn't get scammed!

 

[Archangel]

You were gonna renew. You knew that -- but that doesn't mean the buyer did. Again though, congrats but you shouldn't be excited just yet. Give it a few days. If I were you, I'd wait up to a week. If a payment reversal wasn't done by then, you could probably assume it won't happen. Then you can celebrate

Maybe I should elaborate...

I had this domain for 4 years and it was the name of my business. I was always going to renew it because the name is in use in few locations in the US and was hoping to sell it one day.

Hope I didn't get scammed!

 

[abdussamad]

I have heard that in a payment dispute paypal sides with the recipient of the funds in the case of intangible goods. So if there is a dispute be sure to mention that it was a domain name.

However, I don't know how paypal will react if it's a credit card chargeback. With a CC chargeback it's entirely out of paypal's control.