discuss The Dumbest Response to a Domain Name Inquiry

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I have to share what I think is the dumbest response to a domain name inquiry that I have seen in a very long time. I asked about the price of a domain name that had a “for sale” message on its landing page, and here is the response I received: “If you have to ask then you can’t afford it.”

I think this is a pretty dumb response. First off, how is anyone going to know whether or not they can afford a domain name without the price? How else is someone suppose to get the price of the domain name without asking what the owner wants for it?

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[domaintrades]

Yep, totally stupid response to an inquiry.

 

[MapleDots]

I got almost the exact response once and it was for an obscure .ca domain.
A month later I got a follow up email and I responded that I was prepared to go to 5k when I inquired but right now I cannot afford it because I gave the money to someone else.

I saw the domain drop 3 years later and I picked it up for ten bucks. This guy was not too smart with his initial response to a possible sale.

 

[alcy]

thats the ideal response................ if your goal is not to sell domains.

 

[WeSell-Domains]

That response was rude and unprofessional. I would not have responded either. He/she lost a possble sale.

 

[tonyk2000]

This is what happens when we have too many amateur domainers coming in, some time ago there was a thread is it good or bad. As a side note, IF mentioned communication occured through some marketplace where custom messages are enabled, such as uniregistry/domainnamesales, the marketplace should better close the sellers account and asap, for making the whole system in general and this marketplace in particular looking bad and unprofessional in enduser eyes.

 

[biggie]

what domain did you inquire about?

and did you submit an offer or just ask "how much"?

imo....

 

[MapleDots]

what domain did you inquire about?

and did you submit an offer or just ask "how much"?

imo....

It's a news article, you have to follow the link.

 

[ben pedri]

I got almost the exact response once and it was for an obscure .ca domain.
A month later I got a follow up email and I responded that I was prepared to go to 5k when I inquired but right now I cannot afford it because I gave the money to someone else.

I saw the domain drop 3 years later and I picked it up for ten bucks. This guy was not too smart with his initial response to a possible sale.

your a better man than me I would have contacted the guy back and offered him 10 grand after it expired, in the meantime list it on a fabulous banner for 200 bucks 2 days later just to give him what he deserves , when he goes to buy it back ,say sorry someone just snagged it

 

[hookbox]

This is what happens when we have too many amateur domainers coming in, some time ago there was a thread is it good or bad. As a side note, IF mentioned communication occured through some marketplace where custom messages are enabled, such as uniregistry/domainnamesales, the marketplace should better close the sellers account and asap, for making the whole system in general and this marketplace in particular looking bad and unprofessional in enduser eyes.

If it's a name Elliot Silver was enquiring about then I seriously doubt the guy was an amateur domainer.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

Sounds like the owner of this domain is a combination of......... Any one of these guys...lol

Blaine!

Cobra Kai!

Nerds!!!

 

[Dave]

How about this one.. there was a domain that had a for sale page on it, so "this domain is for sale please use this form..", so I contacted the owner from the WHOIS email address only to be told that the domain wasn't for sale at any price.

 

[biggie]

It's a news article, you have to follow the link.

the name and whether offer was made, could have been in first paragraph.

imo...

 

[MapleDots]

How about this one.. there was a domain that had a for sale page on it, so "this domain is for sale please use this form..", so I contacted the owner from the WHOIS email address only to be told that the domain wasn't for sale at any price.

Dang it all..... and someone was just about to offer 100k.. but I guess it's not for sale

Good one @Dave

 

[Cdomains]

Whoever this is will not make it very far in this business with that response.

 

[biggie]

Whoever this is will not make it very far in this business with that response.

but, the thing is.....
you don't know how far they have come, came or went, already.

imo....

 

[Asfas1000]

To me the seller sounds like someone who needs a very big fish to sell to and doesn't want to deal with domainers.

 

[urlurl]

...but an enduser might have started with the same email

 

[Asfas1000]

...but not the same email address.

 

[DomainVP]

Whoever this is will not make it very far in this business with that response.

Agreed.

It's like pulling teeth to buy from some people.

Give me a price, we can talk about it, if we can come to a deal then that's great. If not, it's not a big deal - no love lost.

Most sellers get all bent out of shape during negotiation and they can't price their domain properly.

But they sure can write PARAGRAPHS explaining blah blah blah...