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I've read posts about how long a sale takes and I thought I would share a quick funny story that is still active.

January 9, 2020: Contact from GoDaddy Broker


I set the price mid $x,xxx, received no response....until (I assume) the same buyer emailed me directly through privacy...

February 5. 2020: Direct email from buyer


and this is how the conversation went:


Notice that the buyer has opened the emails twice since we finished our conversation.

Most recently yesterday.

All domainers should track their emails. It's free to do and very valuable.

Think it will sell?
 
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Well I think that same rude buyer is here in the thread above... they can only get triggered and aggressive/abusive when things don't go the way they like...If I were you, I would keep the price as is and have patience as a better buyer will surely come in the future. :)
 
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@Silentptnr Keep it as it is. I see this happen many times, he or she will probably be back
 
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Sometimes what some people rush to judge as a rude response is actually just a bad Google Translate translation and/or the result of a minimal amount of English language classes. Combine that with someone who genuinely doesn't know the value of domains and it's not surprising to see responses like that from time to time. I wouldn't make a big deal out of it.
 
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I would be saying when your crowd funded page makes the amount you've got a deal look forward from hearing from you before the next quarter price rise.
 
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True, but on the other hand, the big G's literal translation of "a humane and ethically affordable price" might be exactly what someone is trying to say :xf.smile:
 
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If buyers has proper budget and really want to get it , buyers would come to make serious transaction.
 
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I hope you get a humane and ethically priced offer.
 
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@Silentptnr posting emails with full email and name is a huge no, no. In all levels. Communication should be confidential in 99.99% of cases, and at least you should've blacked out his name /email.

I am 100% sure it will sell if you price it between $10 and $50.
I'm 200% sure it will "sell" if he gives the buyer the name and $50. :)

Never know if he comes back or not but its obvious that this is not a good name so it has a lot of limitations. I.e., no $million business.
 
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@Silentptnr posting emails with full email and name is a huge no, no. In all levels. Communication should be confidential in 99.99% of cases, and at least you should've blacked out his name /email.


I'm 200% sure it will "sell" if he gives the buyer the name and $50. :)

Never know if he comes back or not but its obvious that this is not a good name so it has a lot of limitations. I.e., no $million business.
Requested removal. You're right.

And to think, our president publically gave out someone's cellphone number on tv.:ROFL:
 
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Domain buyer are becoming more and more difficult to deal with. I think you should just give him your final price and seat back. If he's serious he'll come for it.
 
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I use mailtrack. It's a free gmail tracker. Interestingly, they use the domain name mailtrack.io.
Thanks for the advice. Not sure why I didn't think of that before. I track emails in all my non domain related marketing.
 
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I requested removal of the images in the original post because I mistakingly posted them with email addresses.

Here's the post fresh with emails removed:
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I've read posts about how long a sale takes and I thought I would share a quick funny story that is still active.

January 9, 2020: Contact from GoDaddy Broker
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I set the price mid $x,xxx, received no response....until (I assume) the same buyer emailed me directly through privacy...

February 5. 2020: Direct email from buyer
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and this is how the conversation went:
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Notice that the buyer has opened the emails twice since we finished our conversation.

Most recently yesterday.

All domainers should track their emails. It's free to do and very valuable.

Think it will sell?
 
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I personally wouldn't read too much into how often an email is opened, sometimes people just want to keep reminding themselves how disappointed they are with a response. Or alternatively seeing if there is any other counter response they can give to crack-this-nut (You).

Obviously they want the domain but when price is really that far apart and there is No movement towards your asking price, only a lot of chat, then you can take it, your asking price is well outside his/her budget.

I'd expect to receive something like - "I'm making a very generous final offer of $200" or something similar. And that will be the end of the story
 
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Notice that the buyer has opened the emails twice since we finished our conversation.

Most recently yesterday.

All domainers should track their emails. It's free to do and very valuable.

I see the value of knowing the other party has opened your email just for that, to know that the email has reached the target.
But nothing more than that. I totally agree with the following quote:

I personally wouldn't read too much into how often an email is opened, sometimes people just want to keep reminding themselves how disappointed they are with a response. Or alternatively seeing if there is any other counter response they can give to crack-this-nut (You).
 
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I can't believe the guy says "For our crowdfunding site".

He want's to take money from donations made to others and I'm unethical???

People are crazy!

I'll tell you this much. I don't open old emails from a month ago usually. Not those kind at least.

Clearly, he's a professional panhandler. He should consider crowdfunding the domain name he wants to use for crowdfunding.
 
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I requested removal of the images in the original post because I mistakingly posted them with email addresses.

Here's the post fresh with emails removed:
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I've read posts about how long a sale takes and I thought I would share a quick funny story that is still active.

January 9, 2020: Contact from GoDaddy Broker
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I set the price mid $x,xxx, received no response....until (I assume) the same buyer emailed me directly through privacy...

February 5. 2020: Direct email from buyer
Show attachment 147076

and this is how the conversation went:
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Notice that the buyer has opened the emails twice since we finished our conversation.

Most recently yesterday.

All domainers should track their emails. It's free to do and very valuable.

Think it will sell?
I will reply to him: Please put on your poor clothes (worth $ 50).:)
 
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I also track the emails I send. There been cases where the folks opened my mail 20-30+ times but never came back with even a response. So, it's hard to tell. Usually, people who end up purchasing are the ones to shoot back with "we are interested, how much?", "how much?" or "but we can offer only $xxxx".
 
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I also track the emails I send. There been cases where the folks opened my mail 20-30+ times but never came back with even a response. So, it's hard to tell. Usually, people who end up purchasing are the ones to shoot back with "we are interested, how much?", "how much?" or "but we can offer only $xxxx".

Anything below the $xxx quote is spam. A 3 figure offer may be a negotiation strategy, but there is no doubt that $xx offers no transaction.
 
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