Selling a Domain to a Large Corporation

[jammin63]

Has anyone had any experience selling a domain to a large corporation? What were your experiences? Do you need a broker, a lawyer? What was the communication like? Did they appoach you or did you approach them? I need some guidence. Any help is appreciated. Thx.

 

[john_karr]

I found one dividual on jigsaw.com Marketing SEO-Manager, is this a good individual contact?

 

[Damion]

Definitely, send this person an email or if you're confident enough give this person a call to let him know you have the singular version of their plural version.

This person may or may not be authorized to make offers, but can definitely forward your domain to the appropriate person inside the company.

 

[john_karr]

Definitely, send this person an email or if you're confident enough give this person a call to let him know you have the singular version of their plural version.

This person may or may not be authorized to make offers, but can definitely forward your domain to the appropriate person inside the company.

This is another corporation they dont own the plural domain name. They purchase the plural domain name their competitor own with a Hyphen between. Example XXXXXXs.com they got XXX-XXs.com

I own the singular domain name and the hyphen domain name singular.

 

[HuntingMoon]

we have sold domains to massive corporations and it usually goes 1 of 2 ways. the usual- we are dealing with an employee of the company and they pay and we push the name. Or, they approach us via a broker to protect their identity.

 

[buyauthority]

Thanks for the great info guys.

 

[john_karr]

No don't use that email address, if it's a large corporation there is probably some info to be obtained to get your email under the attention of a more suitable person in the organization.

Do your research and try to find company contacts involved with marketing or promotions.

Perform these type of Google searches to find the right person:

Vice President of Marketing +[insert company name]
Director of Marketing +[insert company name]
Marketing and Promotions +[insert company name]
Project Manager +[insert company name]
Program Manager +[insert company name]
Product Manager +[insert company name]
Marketing Specialist +[insert company name]
Marketing Coordinator +[insert company name]
Press release +marketing +[insert company name]


If you're going to call, make sure to be prepared to do your story in a short and concise manor, be prepared to talk to a secretary/gatekeeper to get yourself connected to the person you're actually trying to get on the phone.

A good chance you'll need to speak to a gatekeeper first and convince this gatekeeper if you are worth the time to be connected through.

Do you recommend sending a email to the CEO?

 

[Damion]

For a small business where the CEO is more involved with all the things that makes the business what it is...sure.

For a large corporation...I wouldn't recommend it as there are other executives to make these decisions for him.

 

[john_karr]

For a small business where the CEO is more involved with all the things that makes the business what it is...sure.

For a large corporation...I wouldn't recommend it as there are other executives to make these decisions for him.[/QU


Thanks

 

[miranon]

I recently registered a dropped domain ( LLLLLL.COM ) which was originally registered in 2000. I searched for this name in Google and the first result was a company with the name LLLLLL-xxxxx.com ( xxxxx does not represent the company name but is a synonym to "productions", "industry", "group" etc. ) The Logo of this company has only 1 word LLLLLL which i registered and other websites describe the company in most cases only with LLLLLL and not LLLLLL-xxxxx.

After doing some searching i discovered that this company own the domain names LLLLLL.eu and LLLLLLcorp.com The company has around 400 employers and is making around 50-60 millions $ each year.

I searched for LLLLLL trademarks but didn't find any records.

I have put my business card on this domain and registered [email protected]. I'm going to send them the following email:

Hello,

My name is ..., and I am the owner of the internet domain: LLLLLL.com. The domain was originally registered on xx.xx.2000. I'm using it now for my business card. Because my business is not going well at this moment, I am offering this domain for sale, and wonder if [corp. name] would be interested in acquiring this domain.

Please feel free to contact me if you have interest in acquiring this domain, or if this information sparks any questions. Thanks for your attention.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
Name
[email protected]
Phone (Country)

Is the email good? Is the e-mail grammatically correct (English is not my native language)?

I especially mention the business thing to they cant sue me (however the LLLLLL is not a registered trademark).

Thanks for your help.

 

[nameboi]

In that situation I would call and ask to speak to president/CEO. Say the company name is BizName and your domain is BizName.com; just call receptionist and say "I am calling from a company called BizName.com, I have a confidential business matter to discuss with your president/CEO. Please transfer me to him/her".

Leave your phone number if they tell you they'll call you back. If they call you back or you get through to some decision maker, say more-or-less what you said in your email - that you have a business called BizName.com and that you would consider selling them the domain name.

In your case the value of the name to the company is 5 figures for sure, but be prepared that they will not want to buy it for even 4 figures.

I would call them instead of emailing them because your initial email can be used as evidence of bad faith in future lawsuit. The phone-call is much harder to bring up as evidence.

I recently registered a dropped domain ( LLLLLL.COM ) which was originally registered in 2000. I searched for this name in Google and the first result was a company with the name LLLLLL-xxxxx.com ( xxxxx does not represent the company name but is a synonym to "productions", "industry", "group" etc. ) The Logo of this company has only 1 word LLLLLL which i registered and other websites describe the company in most cases only with LLLLLL and not LLLLLL-xxxxx.

After doing some searching i discovered that this company own the domain names LLLLLL.eu and LLLLLLcorp.com The company has around 400 employers and is making around 50-60 millions $ each year.

I searched for LLLLLL trademarks but didn't find any records.

I have put my business card on this domain and registered [email protected]. I'm going to send them the following email:



Is the email good? Is the e-mail grammatically correct (English is not my native language)?

I especially mention the business thing to they cant sue me (however the LLLLLL is not a registered trademark).

Thanks for your help.

 

[john_karr]

How long do you think its going to take a Large Coporation to get back to you about your DN? My opinion is it may take weeks or months for them to get back to you. I send out my email to a couple of large corporations no answer yet.

 

[Damion]

Depending on the email address used you could expect a reply if they're interested in a week., that is if you've used an direct contact versus an info@ or contact@ generic email address prefix.

If you haven't received an reply you could try to follow up, but most likely there is no interest for what you're offering.

 

[john_karr]

Depending on the email address used you could expect a reply if they're interested in a week., that is if you've used an direct contact versus an info@ or contact@ generic email address prefix.

If you haven't received an reply you could try to follow up, but most likely there is no interest for what you're offering.

I email them with my [email protected], having some trouble setting up my generic.com DN so I use my .net. You think this is a problem?

 

[Damion]

When you send out an email to [email protected] or [email protected] this usually ends up nowhere.

It would have been better if you could have used the domain you're wanting to present to them to send out an email notifying them of the opportunity to buy the name, but i don't think it's a real problem.

The problem is getting your email send to the right person...sending out an email to [email protected] or [email protected] doesn't usually get your email to be read by someone who would actually care.

 

[twomoon]

I’m in negotiations with a large corporation now. It was my first mail to them, and then they made me an offer. I accepted it. And there were no answer So, I’ve sent them e-mail asking is it ok? They replied me that they will have IPO now, so they don’t buying anything.
Now I’m waiting

The style of communication is different. No: Good day, Hello, Dear… or something. No Thanks, Regards etc. – just 1 or 2 sentences . But the style is not important for me – I’m looking for results

 

[shane mac]

I think they thought they had over priced the offer when you accepted right away.Perhaps you should have waited a few days and responded with a higher amount,specifying that the amount they offered undervalued the domain name.

This topic should really be a sticky though as its a great read with plenty of great advise.