Unsolicited offers

[DNFactory]

I received an email from someone for a domain that I won, now this offers was out of the blue. The domain the person was asking about was a domain I eventually plan on building maybe a few months later.

However,
This offer has now changed my mind a bit and I'm considering selling. The buyer didn't specify and price and I'm reluctant to list one, does asking for offers work better or does a solid price more manageable in terms for working out a good price.

 

[MDizzy]

I'm far from an expert on this stuff, but my first sale happened the exact same way... I was approached about a domain I was hanging onto without a specified price. However if you ask the buyer to offer a price, they may try to lowball you. What I did was run my domain name through some free appraisal sites (swift appraisal, esitbot, etc) and then put a solid price on the domain and haggled from there. Once again though, I'm pretty new to this myself so read through some of the threads and stickies on here, they're super helpful. Good luck!

 

[mosilager]

I would also suggest running your "keywords" through previous domain sales to see what similar domains sold for and when, that should give you an indication on how much domains containing your "keyword" are fetching...try namebio or dnsale to see...

 

[biggie]

I received an email from someone for a domain that I won, now this offers was out of the blue. The domain the person was asking about was a domain I eventually plan on building maybe a few months later.

However,
This offer has now changed my mind a bit and I'm considering selling. The buyer didn't specify and price and I'm reluctant to list one, does asking for offers work better or does a solid price more manageable in terms for working out a good price.

imo...


i typically won't ever respond to blind inquiry with a fixed price

mostly i ask them to submit an offer if interested and go from there.

if they do submit an offer and it is too low, i will reply stating such and thank them for their interest.

if they are really interested, then they will either come back with a higher offer or ask for a BIN


at that point if the offer is acceptable, i'll have them make it official.

if they ask for a BIN, without submitting a counter offer, depending on how the mail is written, i may or may not give one (gmail/yahoo/aol address) no, other domain email addresses more likely.

i really depends on how desperate or not, you are for a sale and what value you have set for the domain in your mind.

 

[nielsencl]

We almost never get offers that mention an amount. When we do, they are serious and we have sold the domain, even if the first amount is low.

When people just ask what the price is, they are being cautious, either because they don't want to spend anything, or they don't want to "offend" the seller, or both. Most of the time I ask them to let me know what they want to pay for the domain and that they can offer whatever they want. If they do, then you know what the starting point is. If they say $100 you know the end price should be nice. If they say $10, then you know they are either not going to spend much, or they are testing you to see if you reply with $20 or $2,000. Then you need to figure out how to reply, but if you are greedy they may go away. If you counter too low, you may miss out on getting what the domain is worth.

I suggest making a counter that will make you happy, but not one that will make you jump up and down with joy. If it's too high for them you can then offer a price that is "ok", but no smile. After that, then you may have to walk away.

When someone contacts you, it gives you an advantage. You know they are interested in the domain. You just need to figure out HOW interested they are and what kind of resources they have. Are they buying the domain for a big company, or are they buying for a site they want to build. Do a search in google for their email, their phone numberm and anything else you know about them. Learn as much as you can about your buyer and it may help you in making a deal.

Just don't pay for any appraisals if the buyer asks you to.

 

[DavidH]

Tell them that you have plans for developing the name but may be prepared to accept an offer and what did they have in mind?

Then see what they come back with and decide if this is something you are comfortable with or if you still want to proceed with your original plans of development

 

[johname]

just think about your development. are you real good at it? will it be much more valable afterwards, think about your time. put these things together and come up with a price that you would give up the domain for. then write them back. Fast quality $$$ is hard to say know to, if your good at this game you will know what to use the money for. good luck