Potential End Users that P**s You Off...

[lennco]

I am dealing with this guy who thinks he got the best of me.

He wants to buy a 2 keyword .com from me, but before he contacted me he went ahead and bought the .net, org, .info, .us, .mobi, biz.
And he paid for 10 years on all of them...lol
Plus he got privacy on them, I dont know if he got the privacy for free or if he paid for privacy for the whole 10 years, and for all I know he probably didn't even use a coupon and may have paid full price.
Anyway, assuming he didn't use a coupon he may have spent $400 or more already.

So he contacts me and says he wants to buy this domain.
I emailed him back and told him $1795
And that was the price I already had in mind before I knew he bought all the other extensions.

So he writes me back and says,

I appreciate you getting back to me, but the price is a bit steep.

I've purchased every other significant extension (.biz, .net, .info, .us, etc.), so I think I'm good for now. The fact that the best of the other extensions has been taken may make the .com of lesser value to a prospective buyer; if your price should come down, let me know.

Thanks.

My first though?
What a complete Idiot :lol:
So I write back,

Hello,

Thanks for replying back.

I appreciate your comment but I will say that I have been in the domaining business a long time and the lack of availability of the other extensions never has a negative effect on a .COM.
As it's known in the business, .COM is king.

Sorry we couldn't make a deal today.

Best regards,

I own the .COM and this guy thinks he has me by the short hairs? :bah:
I'll take this name to the grave before I let an idiot like that think he can get the best of me.

I just might out of spite turn the domain into an adult site :hehe:

 

[RaiderGirl]

i would think the most practical thing to do is simply send the domain for auction, so you can cut all these negotiations eating up your gold precious time.

You must be in the business of losing money.

If the price for the domain is $2000 and I send it to auction, I would either have to increase the price to cover the commission OR I would absorb the commission fee, losing roughly $300.

Then next time I have an offer and want to lose money, I'll have you be my broker so I can lose even more.

I think negotiations don't have to be dragging into complications like this. Just show me the money, bargain with numbers, if no deal, then move on. But then again, it appears people are required to INTIMIDATE the other side, so he will surrender on your terms.

The seller refuses to sell for the price buyer is requesting, Seller declines and put's a period at the end of it and you claim theirs "animosity"? that sellers intimidate buyers? Are you in the right thread?

Just because the buyer made a lower offer, sellers are supposed in your words; Surrender to their terms? You must sell A LOT of domains.

 

[eurorealtor]

If I were you I'd list the domain at Sedo with a fixed BIN and forward the domain to the offer page. This could put some pressure to this type of end user.

I like this idea, but I would increase the fixed price about 20% and let the buyer know, that he still may get your original price with private sale. Good luck. :bah:

 

[cdboard]

any sedo link you send the guy should be a sedo afiliate link. %%-

 

[RaiderGirl]

any sedo link you send the guy should be a sedo afiliate link. %%-

I won't have worry about what link I send, I don't deal with 3rd party brokers, why give them hundreds or thousands of dollars of YOUR money to do something you can easily do using Escrow.com?, and probably do it far more efficiently.

 

[zoomactive.com]

Obviously, the person who bought all those domains is not a domain expert. Probably a business owner who simply wants all the domains for a new business he is launching. Also, the .com becomes more valuable when all the other popular domain extensions are taken. Ask what he is willing to pay, if it is fair take it. Otherwise, make an offer you believe you both settle for and let him know the value of the domain is more now that the other extensions are taken so thank him for that letting him know you will have a buyer for a higher price than you were asking to begin with.

I am sure if he really want's it. He will buy it, especially if he spent $400 before even buying the .com. Negotiate my friend!

 

[surprise]

I won't have worry about what link I send, I don't deal with 3rd party brokers, why give them hundreds or thousands of dollars of YOUR money to do something you can easily do using Escrow.com?, and probably do it far more efficiently.

It is not about escrow it is about the extra exposure you will have if you featured your domains with sedo , ie: there is only 250+ domains featured there ,that will give you hundreds of views monthly , another benefit for sedo is the buyers insurance , which makes them more comfortable to go through with the deal . That will cost 15% extra , which is not a problem you could adjust your selling price accordingly , but ofcourse you have to pay 39 euros monthly to feature your domain which is nothing unless you are selling peanuts domains :imho: ...

 

[RaiderGirl]

Obviously, the person who bought all those domains is not a domain expert. Probably a business owner who simply wants all the domains for a new business he is launching.

Your right, this is exactly what he is, I can count the number of times I've seen this from buyers wanting to acquire a .com I have, They register the .net and .org if available, (for brandable domains they usually are) then the very next day the buyer contacts me and proposes a low ball offer.. This happens quite often with the buyer being very reluctant to pay, either because he doesn't have the money OR he does and he simply refuses to pay an inflated amount from seller.

The buyer already committed himself to the domain, and WILL buy it eventually, maybe not now or next month, but in time he WILL buy it.

I think the longest time a buyer held out was 1 year, and in that case I sold it for $2700 more than he was offering, well worth the $7.99 renewal fee

It is not about escrow it is about the extra exposure you will have if you featured your domains with sedo

Good point, and for generics, this is true, but considering that roughly 75% of my domains are brandable, the interest they would receive from resellers or visitors would be almost zero. My market is primarily end users.

 

[wo]

I would say, the price increase is more attributed to Insult Fee (plus 2% VAT).

That's hilarious :lol:

 

[heirJORDAN]

I am dealing with this guy who thinks he got the best of me.

He wants to buy a 2 keyword .com from me, but before he contacted me he went ahead and bought the .net, org, .info, .us, .mobi, biz.
And he paid for 10 years on all of them...lol
Plus he got privacy on them, I dont know if he got the privacy for free or if he paid for privacy for the whole 10 years, and for all I know he probably didn't even use a coupon and may have paid full price.
Anyway, assuming he didn't use a coupon he may have spent $400 or more already.

Sounds like a godaddy special.

Wait! Add .org, .info. for $49. $34

Wait! You'll never be taken serious unless you secure .us, .biz. and mobi for $59 $45

Wait! Protect your domain forever. 10 years for $150 $135

Wait! Add privacy protection for $8.99 $4

Wait! Add our rip off generous 1gb hosting plan for $99 $89

Wait! Add 5 e-mail addresses for $9.99 $8.99

Wait! The .com is already taken, but for $69 we'll be more than happy to negotiate with the owner for you.

Wait!!!!!!



You can't talk to a newb about the value of domains once they've been zombified by godaddy.

 

[bulkdomainz]

I just might out of spite turn the domain into an adult site :hehe:

:cy: :cy: This thought never came across my mind before!

---------- Post added at 10:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:52 PM ----------

You can't talk to a newb about the value of domains once they've been zombified by godaddy.

:tri: ROTFLMAO! Zombified! :great:

 

[dompro]

the best of the other extensions

I just love to read it over and over

 

[SpareDomains]

"I appreciate you getting back to me, but the price is a bit steep.

I've purchased every other significant extension (.biz, .net, .info, .us, etc.), so I think I'm good for now. The fact that the best of the other extensions has been taken may make the .com of lesser value to a prospective buyer; if your price should come down, let me know.

Thanks."

I probably would have done something like this if I was bored...

This is a keyword .com domain with X amount of searches per month and an average advertiser cost per click of X. Any type in traffic that exists will generally fall to the .com as .com is the industry standard and has has been branded as such for years.

Owning a handful of inferior extensions is the equivalent of having 5 Kia's in your garage instead of 1 shiny new Cadillac. In my opinion the registration of other extensions actually increases the value of my .com as once you develop them numerous consumers will type .com by default as it's the industry standard and will just leak even more type in traffic to the already existing traffic flow on my .com.

Best price we can do on this domain is X, if above your budget than we wish you well on your project.

Thanks, X

 

[dompro]

Owning a handful of inferior extensions is the equivalent of having 5 Kia's in your garage instead of 1 shiny new Cadillac.

5 Kia's would be still pretty good compared to the crap he owns. 5 old rusty bicycles would be a better analogy.

 

[SpareDomains]

5 Kia's would be still pretty good compared to the crap he owns. 5 old rusty bicycles would be a better analogy.

sure about that

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/24/3778134/horror-ride-on-i-35.html#storylink=misearch