offers Received $3000 initial offer on ☁ dot ws

[Haris]

Hi

Just received $3000 initial offer on ☁ dot ws. My only emoji domain.

xn--l3h.com 13,600 USD 2016-12-31

Any advice for me?

Thanks.

 

[frank-germany]

appraisal scam

 

[Haris]

appraisal scam

I don't think so, the only appraisal scam I came across was when I registered my first domain years ago, and I don't think those scammers do it via landing page, they email us on our whois email.

 

[dande]

I was thinking more in the $5000 range for this one but if you would like to make the deal fairly fast I could be persuaded to meet you half way for a total selling price of $4000 USD.

I think this is a nice response to give for the offer

 

[The Durfer]

take it, great price, great domain.

 

[abdou01]

You should accept in my opinion!

 

[Bob Hawkes]

It's about 4x the highest NameBio sale of last year in .ws. It is 4th highest sale in last 5 yr in .ws (if it does become a sale). I like @MapleDots wording a lot but at the same time would not be greedy and try to close asap. That said, if there is a great emoji you have it! Hope the sale happens!
Bob

 

[mawels]

I will counter $3500 USD. ($500 help for commission)

 

[Jay Ha]

It is a unique self descriptive emoji domain on whatever mobile OS you're using. In a very lucrative field. All that at ~1% of the price of the .com

That's how I'm seeing it play right now. They are getting a bargain imo.

 

[wwwweb]

.ws really is this even an afterthought? If you take to long when you finally accept, they are going to come to their senses and probably reneg.

 

[hookbox]

Why? All other extensions are taken? Or what is so special in .ws?

Emoji domains are either .com or .ws. The .com is taken and worth much more then what they will offer which leaves only the .ws domain.

 

[Haris]

@ everyone, I didn't accept his offer but also didn't sent a counter offer, I am waiting for a reply.

 

[Haris]

whats the roi range

hope buyer/venue looks serious

Purchased for low $xxx, I don't like to accept initial offers but not sure how much I should ask for, maybe buyer has deep pockets, received inquiry via Efty but can't pinpoint who the buyer really is (multiple people with same name).

 

[Haris]

Once in a lifetime offer imho. I'd sell in a heartbeat before the other party changes their mind (or sleep off their intoxication)

I think they saw MediaOptions asking price for .com and thought $3000 should be the price of .ws..

 

[Vito]

I like this one a lot. I've bought many of these dot ws emoji domains and still hold a quite few pretty good ones. The demand I have seen has been from Marketing savvy people. I have sold many in the $x,xxx range. This one is a real good one with what the cloud represents to any Techy Company.

I think they saw MediaOptions asking price for .com and thought $3000 should be the price of .ws..

I saw that 250k ask from Drew's MO for the same emoji domain of yours, but in dot com. If anyone will get to that 6-figure range, it will be Drew for sure.

Since you are debating this with yourself at this current offer price range then I believe MD's suggested reply here is right on. If anything just change the numbers but otherwise this reply sounds perfect to me.

Personally I would respond like this (I am not telling you how to respond, just stating what I would do)

I would respond with a positive first.

Thank you very much for your offer, it is an offer that is definitely in range of my target selling price.

Then the not so negative

I was thinking more in the $5000 range for this one but if you would like to make the deal fairly fast I could be persuaded to meet you half way for a total selling price of $4000 USD.

This way the buyer can deal and you are not accepting too fast. It is close enough that they probably won't walk and it allows them to realize a discount. The response for me is pretty standard and has been very effective for me when closing deals.

Good luck and keep us posted on how everything goes.

 

[AIS01]

Aceept it.

 

[YairDD]

Take the $3,000

 

[alcy]

so did u accept?

 

[wks123]

You should accept the $3000 offer.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Or what is so special in .ws?

Probably, it is considered by this company as Cloud Web Services...

 

[1john2004]

take money

 

[Brands.International]

I am thinking about it from little different perspective:

Personally I do not feel emoji domain names at all, from many various reasons...however:

In terms of close alternatives, there is no close alternative to your "cloud emoji" in .ws

reasons:
a) it is single picture emoji domain names
b) afaik only .ws now supports large ranges of emojis

So if they are data/cloud oriented company and someone important from their marketing team got such idea (ideal scenario for you) so that they want to use this on social networks or for their VISUAL add campaign, there is simply no alternatives for them. They can not choose different extensions as different extensions does not support emojis (so far).

Conclusion: all depends on your personal situation. If 3k is lot of money for you, take it. If you do not care about 3k, and this amount of money makes no difference for you, give them 50k counter offer and hope it is a big company with lot of money and stubborn marketing team VP (so called "ideal end user")...in case of such large counter your probabilities of sale are reduced drammatically, of course. But you have very nice name, so think twice..

GL

 

[golan]

there is no second choice for them. They only have the option to buy this one domain so they are not going to walk away and choose another domain.

Why? All other extensions are taken? Or what is so special in .ws?

 

[Jv1999]

Hi

Just received $3000 initial offer on ☁ dot ws. My only emoji domain.

xn--l3h.com 13,600 USD 2016-12-31

Any advice for me?

Thanks.

Wow, so howard Paige was right??

 

[BaileyUK]

Probably, it is considered by this company as Cloud Web Services...

And I doubt Western Samoa gets many clouds

 

[WingMan]

I like @MapleDots answer a lot and will certainly be adding it to my domaining toolbox. Be decisive and don't get too greedy. Let's know how it goes. All the best.