advice This Person Really Doesn’t Like Domainers – How Would You Respond?

[Omar Negron]

Even though the domain name industry can be extremely lucrative and very interesting to be involved with, some people really don't like domainers.

I ran across an interesting comment on one of our videos and wanted to share it with you.

How do you feel about this persons view of "domainers"?

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[Omar Negron]

They are a troll Omar! Like Brad commented on OmarandWill.com, their vulgarity, poor spelling, grammar and punctuation speak volumes about the type of person leaving the comment.

The dogs bark but the caravan goes on...

Yep!

That was good for a laugh! The angry person that posted probably does not have enough money to buy a .99 cheeseburger.

I just had one person send a nasty email about a name I've had for eleven years. About a year ago they offered me 100, then went to 300 about 2 months ago. Believe it or not, they hired a broker to contact me and the offer was 500. The name is fairly priced at 2500 and the broker agreed. I said if they took it within 24 hours I would drop the price to 2200 and even let them finance it for 2 years.

Based on the tone of their most recent email, we will not have a meeting of the minds. I tried to explain the value of the name, reg fees, etc. but they did not want to hear/read it.

Now that I think about it, the price will go up to 3500 soon and I may use it for my domain marketplace...oh well.

LOL. Yeah, I've been in that situation as well. Even when the price is fair, sometimes people just don't want to budge.

LOL...if they eventually contact you again and ask why the f**k the price is raising you could answer that you have bonded the pricing to bitcoin value:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/

I have to agree with that point of view. This is exactly what we are.
Of course its frustrating to be on the buyer's side.

Nah, I don't agree with that one.

 

[CJ6]

For some reason, this reminds me of a call I had once received over a handreg. Here are the details:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/anger-over-my-newly-registered-domain.986857/

 

[Omar Negron]

For some reason, this reminds me of a call I had once received over a handreg. Here are the details:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/anger-over-my-newly-registered-domain.986857/

Thanks for sharing! I'll check it out.

 

[Joe N]

I have to agree with that point of view. This is exactly what we are.
Of course its frustrating to be on the buyer's side.

I don't think it's a good analogy. Scalpers force you to pay extra money when there's a limited supply of tickets. In most cases you have no other options... either pony up or you don't get to see the show.

Domains are more or less unlimited. If buyers don't want to pay a premium, they can just get a lower quality name and make a website. Domainers aren't stopping anyone from building a site.

 

[Fast Flipping]

No.problem. everyone have own ways of understanding..

 

[Smiles76]

Domaining is considered a shady business for most people outside of domaining. Many domainers have helped contribute to this perception. So, there is no need to get bent out of shape every time someone says something less than flattering about the domaining industry.

 

[Omar Negron]

Domains are more or less unlimited. If buyers don't want to pay a premium, they can just get a lower quality name and make a website. Domainers aren't stopping anyone from building a site.

Agreed.

No.problem. everyone have own ways of understanding..

Yes.

So, there is no need to get bent out of shape every time someone says something less than flattering about the domaining industry.

Not getting bent out of shape at all. Just wanted to hear others opinions on it. =)

 

[Brands.International]

I would not bother with a person like this. It is not because he does not like domainers (he can surely have his opinion on domaining, it is not a problem) but it is the way how he presented that which is problematic..too many f* words on my taste.

It is also 99% chance considering the way he presented himself he has no significant money at all to buy some good domain- so why to even really bother?

 

[E-Promote]

How do you feel about this persons view of "domainers"?

They don't need to like you, they need to like your domain.

 

[Omar Negron]

It is also 99% chance considering the way he presented himself he has no significant money at all to buy some good domain- so why to even really bother?

Good point!

They don't need to like you, they need to like your domain.

Very well put. =)

 

[SpareDomains]

I was actually thinking about offering this option for some of my domains. Has it worked out for you?

I just offer payment plans because options are good and anything you can do to turn a maybe into a yes helps and escrow services offer them...

https://escrow.payoneer.com/blog/new-options-for-domain-sellers-domain-holding-orders

My prices might be different though...
Price A - One upfront payment
Price B - Lease To Own price based on how many months they need to complete the purchase, few months no biggie, long term little finance charge doesn't hurt for the delay in payment

With that said I've only done a couple in 14 years as most buyers would rather find their own financing as I think if you intend to launch a major site you might get nervous making payments without having the domain sitting in your account smiling at ya, using a licensed escrow service helps but I still think a little fear, I still promote that the majority of my inventory has a payment plan option though as I think this option will slowly increase in usage as time goes on, if not doesn't cost me anything to promote it as an option and more options doesn't hurt.

 

[anantj]

Domains are more or less unlimited

While I don't agree with the Scalpers analogy, this statement is also inaccurate. A particular domain is, in fact, even more limited than concert tickets as there's exactly one of each domain (including the TLD).

An analogy to your analogy (concerts, scalpers and limited tickets) would be - if a particular concert is sold out and a scalper is asking 100's or 1000's of $$$s for the ticket, go to another concert. There are hundreds of other concerts (big and small, by artists known and unknown). But of course, you want to go to that one specific concert and hence have to bow down to the asking price of the scalper

 

[Omar Negron]

My prices might be different though...
Price A - One upfront payment
Price B - Lease To Own price based on how many months they need to complete the purchase, few months no biggie, long term little finance charge doesn't hurt for the delay in payment

With that said I've only done a couple in 14 years as most buyers would rather find their own financing as I think if you intend to launch a major site you might get nervous making payments without having the domain sitting in your account smiling at ya, using a licensed escrow service helps but I still think a little fear, I still promote that the majority of my inventory has a payment plan option though as I think this option will slowly increase in usage as time goes on, if not doesn't cost me anything to promote it as an option and more options doesn't hurt.

Thanks for the breakdown. I'll be testing this our heavily this year when a buyer is interested but having some doubts or w.e the case may be. Super interesting to me!

 

[Joe N]

While I don't agree with the Scalpers analogy, this statement is also inaccurate. A particular domain is, in fact, even more limited than concert tickets as there's exactly one of each domain (including the TLD).

An analogy to your analogy (concerts, scalpers and limited tickets) would be - if a particular concert is sold out and a scalper is asking 100's or 1000's of $$$s for the ticket, go to another concert. There are hundreds of other concerts (big and small, by artists known and unknown). But of course, you want to go to that one specific concert and hence have to bow down to the asking price of the scalper

Absolutely not.

Sorry, I get what you're trying to say here, but the logic is faulty. The ticket gets you access to a concert. A domain gets you access to website ownership. If you can't afford the former, you cannot partake in the latter.

Going to a different concert is like creating a Facebook page instead of my own website. However, using a different (cheaper) domain than the one I want is like sitting in a crappier seat at the concert I want to attend. I can still do what I want to do, and for the price I want, but it won't be as good.

The specific domain you want is limited, yes (unique, actually), but your options are very much unlimited. If I can't have ABC Plumbing, I can register ABCplumbingcompany.com or ABCplaumbing123.com.

Scalpers' high prices can stop you from attending an event entirely. No domainer in the world can stop you from building the website you want to build on a $10 domain.

 

[cipcip]

If people would've pay taxes doing this, there wouldn't be a lot of domainers out there. Imagine you receive 5000$ via paypal and you withdraw them to your bank account, except the tax that you pay to paypal for withdrawing, that is it, you do not pay anything else.

 

[fatter]

I am not a domainer, just very slow at building websites on my domains, I built one once and had to scrap it , I am just real slow 10, years and not one is finished yet, may take me another 10 or 20 years , but if you would like to buy one of my names I might consider selling.

 

[lock]

Many feel the same on multiple home owners and their rent.
If the f bomb comes out as first argument then know dealing with a debating champion.

 

[Omar Negron]

If people would've pay taxes doing this, there wouldn't be a lot of domainers out there. Imagine you receive 5000$ via paypal and you withdraw them to your bank account, except the tax that you pay to paypal for withdrawing, that is it, you do not pay anything else.

Not to sure about everyone else but I've paid taxes from the income of domains. I am sure many others do as well.

I am not a domainer, just very slow at building websites on my domains, I built one once and had to scrap it , I am just real slow 10, years and not one is finished yet, may take me another 10 or 20 years , but if you would like to buy one of my names I might consider selling.

That's cool. It's your internet property and you have the right to sell or hold.

If the f bomb comes out as first argument then know dealing with a debating champion.

Good point.

 

[Ayodeji]

I worry not at all. Omar, tell that one Anything valuable get picked up and this apply to every commodity of value. If needs it he needs he has to pay me what I want or fvck off.

 

[Steven McEvoy]

I really don't like Domainers... Many domainers price their domains with ridiculous prices.