Mama said there would be days like this...

[buckshotdots]

I rarely decide to sell my domains at a fire sale auction instead of renewing (starting at $1 or $5). A couple weeks ago I sold a domain for $5 (not even worth my time but I was thinking 8 bucks to renew $5 sale is a swing of $13). Had it for 1 year no real bites so I thought what the hell-must have been bored that day .

Anyways I received an offer through my parking company for an initial offer of $300 for it. I contacted my buyer and told him I had an offer and if he wanted me to broker it for him I would. I have countered at $500 and will see where it goes.

Has anyone had this happen to them before and want to share? Feels like getting a kick in the nads... Oh well what can you do.

gary-

 

[goodkarmaco]

Oh, that is incredible. Chalk it up to your karma points.

I have a theory when something like that happens. It means you are aligning yourself up with the universe and to be in the moment is everything. Be happy, you were only a moment away from your goal, lol.

Thanks for sharing the pain. Hope the next offers finds your domain in your inventory.

 

[accent]

By contacting the buyer and offering to broker you made lemonade from the lemons.

Not as good as getting it all, but not bad.

 

[HcDomains]

I had the same expetience... And I was rejected when contacting the new owner who bought the name from me.

That is a part of domaining...

 

[DotWeekly]

I had this happen about 10 times to me this year. Some I was able to work out deals for, some I was not. It seems for many domains, the first contact I get about them is the 9th-12th month that I owned the domain, or right away after purchase.

 

[Zilla]

buckshotdots
Senior Member
Name: gary
Location: British Columbia
Trader Rating: (44)
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,000

Hi..Gary, not really every day can like this day, look, that is ur #1000 posts!

so, have a good luck!

 

[HFear]

Congrats! You are not a good domainer, you just got lucky. :D

 

[domainer50]

So you sold the name for $5 and got a $300 offer afterwards, or did i miss something?

 

[buckshotdots]

buckshotdots
Senior Member
Name: gary
Location: British Columbia
Trader Rating: (44)
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,000

Hi..Gary, not really every day can like this day, look, that is ur #1000 posts!

so, have a good luck!

Thanks, nothing wrong with luck

Yes, I sold it for $5 after holding it for a year and right after I sold it a first offer of $300 came in.

gary-

 

[Devil_Dog]

So you sold the name for $5 and got a $300 offer afterwards, or did i miss something?

From what I can comprehend, yes.

Same thing happened to me, sold a name at another forum for 200 and hadn't removed it from sedo yet. 3 days later get an offer for 1500, then 2000, then 2500 on sedo.

I cried myself to sleep that evening.

 

[AussieDomainer]

Hi Gary

Yes, I had the same experience but somewhat less extreme. I sold a LLLL.com here at NamePros for about $50 and then the next morning the same name sold at TDNAM for $300. Tried to repurchase the name from the first buyer but with no success. The worst thing wasn't even the lost money as I almost lost my TDNAM account because of not following through with the sale. Thankfully the second buyer was understanding though and was happy to have the money refunded and I got away with a warning from TDNAM.

 

[gramma]

I was actually in escrow for 18K on a name 2 months ago - and was offered 25K and 35K by two other buyers. I stuck with my original deal (of course) - but it makes me physically ill at times to think of it.... along with domains I've sold waaay too cheap. like silverandgold.com for 2500.