question Outbound Sales $

[Cdomains]

I was just wondering what your experience has been with getting higher $ amounts for domains when contacting end users with outbound email.

My experience has been it is hard to get good $ when you contact them, and you must give a price to get a good response rate.

Excluding Geo domains (which seem to always go for less than 1k, and mostly in the low $xxx) I have found it is usually hard to crack the 2k mark when you contact them.

What do you think?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Do you sell shoes on the street by pursuing people?
Outbound - the same behaviour...

 

[Cdomains]

Do you sell shoes on the street by pursuing people?

Yes shoes are my biggest seller.

 

[trp3]

Do you sell shoes on the street by pursuing people?
Outbound - the same behaviour...

When that shoes would fit perfectly for me and would be that great that I would use it for the rest of my life, at the same time it would save me a lot of money, why not?

I would not ask that person for his strange marketing strategy, I would just accept and be very thankful.

 

[Wannabean]

If you would send 500 mails and only 1 person would reply with a 4 figure offer, would it not be worth for all that time and work?

That's 499 people who've been spammed, had their time wasted and hate domain name investors as a result.

As you can tell I'm not a fan of of outbound. It gives is all a bad name and in no small way contributes towards the widely held belief that domain name investors are squatters.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And no problems - sell how you want and able to do...
As for me - passive sales are preferred and enough.

 

[trp3]

That's 499 people who've been spammed, had their time wasted and hate domain name investors as a result.

As you can tell I'm not a fan of of outbound. It gives is all a bad name and in no small way contributes towards the widely held belief that domain name investors are squatters.

That number was just demonstrative meant.

You may not be a big fan of outbound, but there always will be people who will make a lot of money with it, if you like it or not; no offense.

 

[trp3]

There just was a completely new domain beginner who made his first sale within weeks with outbound marketing, you can read his whole story on the 'domain beginner' section.

Do things right and see that success comin' ...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Everyday I receive a lot of such outbound-offers... And I don't even read them - simply trashing...
So I completely understand what feels receiver... on my own skin.

 

[trp3]

No one says that you have the read their novels, I honestly also would not read such mails until it points me directly what the sender wants from me.

 

[trp3]

So you do not even open them up or what do you mean?

 

[Bullock]

Everyday I receive a lot of such outbound-offers... And I don't even read them - simply trashing...
So I completely understand what feels receiver... on my own skin.

I also receive such stuff of "unprofessional" invasion!

Anyway, a marketing campaign BtoB is different from scamming.

Having, i.e., a good domain I can wait the right enduser, but, also, I could promote it toward targeted potentials.
I think that clients must be "stimulated" because they don't conceive the importance of quality domain names, and they don't search them with purpose.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Quality domains don't need any outbounds.

 

[Bullock]

Quality domains don't need any outbounds.

Haha... Ok, but I didn't say "unique"

Few entrepreneurs are aware that a good online presence is a competitive factor, beginning with the choice of name, follow by the management of contents.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Endusers are not stupid...
Just there are many domainers that are not able to think like endusers... this is the difference.

 

[Cdomains]

Quality domains don't need any outbounds.

This is the same BS I have been reading on this forum and hearing for years.

Yeah, yeah, I know - if you have a great domain the end user will beat your door down to find you.

B*llS**t!! I have contacted end users who were thrilled that the name was available and they never even thought of looking for it, or they looked for it before and it was taken and they did not know it was now available.

I do this every day, for hours a day, and I if you don't, or you just do it part time, you do not know what you are talking about.

You are just repeating the same old tired crap that other people say.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

You have asked about my experience... do I need to quote you??? (see above)
And I just answered.

 

[DomainVP]

Endusers are not stupid (anymore).

Outreach is pointless, let them come to you. It's much more profitable.

 

[Bullock]

Outreach is pointless, let them come to you. It's much more profitable.

 

[Cdomains]

Endusers are not stupid (anymore).

Outreach is pointless, let them come to you. It's much more profitable.

I agree it is more profitable to wait for them to come to you, but it is expensive to hold a bunch of domains for years just waiting.

This is a good idea for your best domains, but for all the others outbound is the best way to go.

 

[DomainVP]

but it is expensive to hold a bunch of domains for years just waiting.

"Expensive" is just a perception based on investment level.

The best way to go is to not do any outbound sales at all for all domains.