The article starts off with:
Would you like people to pay to make an offer on your name? Would you like to pay to make an offer on someone else’s domain name?
I read a tweet from
George Kirikos about low ballers (someone offered him $500 for Orderly.com)
I think not everyone shares the opinion to compare domain names, truly one of a kind to cars or houses. First off I don't think Nat Cohen or Web Magic cares what any of us here think, I thought it was interesting George wondered why Epik did not offer this ability and tagged Michael Cyger an investor and not Doron who I tagged on Twitter.
For some people it's not about low ballers, some people don't want to be contacted unless it's to buy something, they don't want to educate, they don't want snide remarks. There are some who use the Linda Evangelista line of
I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.
Not to what
@Silentptnr mentioned I think many have wanted places like Sedo and Afternic to get a deposit when making an offer, that is non refundable if they back out of an agreed upon deal.
Like some have mentioned you really need to own names like Web Magic and Nat does for this to even be plausible, of course anyone can do that, Domain Agents will provide this ability if you open an account with them and you could only own madeup pronounceables.
The beauty of domaining is anyone can ask for whatever terms they like in order for someone to buy their domain names. The flipside is buyers have a lot of choices.