Certified Offer Service by Network Solutions _ LOL

[CureCancer]

Received my very first Certified Offer Service from network solutions.... unfortunately not high enough and the other problem is, their maximum counter offer is set at $25,000 US - their loss! I was going to settle for $100,000 US.

[Acro]

It's a waste of time.

[radioz]

I grant that I don't know the name involved but I have sold a few names through them. Obviously, you just say no if the offer option is too low. I don't know why they would do that. If I was the potential buyer I'd be interested in knowing the real answer if nothing else. They do pay quickly and don't deduct a commission as some do in their fine print on the positive side. Its a much nicer service than Go Daddy who can take 15-45 days to pay.

[AMERICAR]

Received my very first Certified Offer Service from network solutions.... unfortunately not high enough and the other problem is, their maximum counter offer is set at $25,000 US - their loss! I was going to settle for $100,000 US.

The potential buyer who made the offer through netsol would have set the maximum counter offer not netsol .. in other words he paid his money to netsol to make you the bid, he set the bar at $25K .. thats his max bid to negotiate to ..

[.no]

The potential buyer who made the offer through netsol would have set the maximum counter offer not netsol .. in other words he paid his money to netsol to make you the bid, he set the bar at $25K .. thats his max bid to negotiate to ..

That's not entierly correct.

When placing an offer you can chose the normal service or a plus service. The normal service only supports offers/counter offers up to $25k. The plus service is phone based and only supports offers over $25k. This results in a funny situations in regards to negotiations. If the end user making you an offer wants to start with a lower offer than $25k, s/he has to use the normal service. Then you'll be unable to counter over $25k.

http://www.certifiedofferservice.com/

.no

[Rico]

I got one too today, was it a $500 offer on a LLL.com?

[CureCancer]

I got one too today, was it a $500 offer on a LLL.com?

no

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That's not entierly correct.

When placing an offer you can chose the normal service or a plus service. The normal service only supports offers/counter offers up to $25k. The plus service is phone based and only supports offers over $25k. This results in a funny situations in regards to negotiations. If the end user making you an offer wants to start with a lower offer than $25k, s/he has to use the normal service. Then you'll be unable to counter over $25k.

http://www.certifiedofferservice.com/

.no

Dude made an offer by paying $19, that sucks. Dude could have just emailed me lol.

[Acro]

Dude made an offer by paying $19, that sucks. Dude could have just emailed me lol.

Exactly.

[katherine]

Either the potential buyer does not know how to use whois, or wants the benefit of anonymity, like on sedo.

[AMERICAR]

Oh well .. i cant be right all of the time

[radioz]

Dude made an offer by paying $19, that sucks. Dude could have just emailed me lol.

That is almost always the case. Unrelated to NetSol, I once had someone using sedo to buy a name. The sedo agent told me that if I didn't sell now, I would probably never get a better offer, etc. It was $2K for a very good .BIZ (but a .BIZ) so I ultimately took it. The funny thing is that the Sedo buyer managed to include me on all the notes to and from the potential buyer! The buyer was talking about how valuable the name was but that he really couldn't afford more, etc. I was never sure if this was intentional or not. It was pretty unprofessional in any event. If the guy had contacted me directly, the WORST that he would have had to pay was $2K.

In a related thought, it would be nice if there was a domain Better Business Bureau type of organization. Think of all the Escrow and brokerage fees that could be saved! Sure, they would have to charge for certification but there is a business idea for someone.

[angel69]

NetSol also refuses to receive a push for the domain to be sold at the registrar where the name is, ie they insist they do not have accts at other registrars and the seller must agree to a transfer to NetSol (and they will not let the buyer get the name pushed to him at that registrar either).....thing is, what if the name is in the 60-day registrar lock period, or worse, if you're a GD user and you just happened to correct the spelling of your name or company name (that snowballs into a new 60-day lock w/GD beginning on the date of the change)

Love to hear what NetSol suggests the seller do in that case...otherwise it's $ down the drain for the buyer, the seller is crushed.... and wasted time for the NetSol C/O rep

[katherine]

I've received a 3K certified offer today. I've always declined previous offers from netsol, so I hope they won't botch the deal if I accept this offer.

[Stian]

I just received a "certified offer" for one of my domains and then I noticed that I can be paid via check only .. ?? This is a totally useless service for me and there's also no way to contact the buyer (as far as I understood). I sure hope the buyer will make a new offer via e-mail or sedo/whatever..

[katherine]

I completed the 3K sales and received the check last week. Had it deposited on a US bank account and it was cleared the next day.
If you are in Europe make sure your bank can settle the US checks and how much $$$ they take.

My biggest worry is the check getting lost in the mail.
The only good thing with the service from netsol is that the offers tend to be more generous

[DomainsInc]

you would think netsol wouldn't let people try and buy domains that are less than 2 months old using this service since, well...they cant.

[Stian]

I completed the 3K sales and received the check last week. Had it deposited on a US bank account and it was cleared the next day.
If you are in Europe make sure your bank can settle the US checks and how much $$$ they take.

My biggest worry is the check getting lost in the mail.
The only good thing with the service from netsol is that the offers tend to be more generous

Well, it was an "average" offer, nothing special, so I didn't want to go through the hassle of cashing a US check (which my bank charges $40 for). I think it's weird that some US companies still use checks. It's a payment method from the stone age imho.

[Poker]

NetSol also refuses to receive a push for the domain to be sold at the registrar where the name is, ie they insist they do not have accts at other registrars and the seller must agree to a transfer to NetSol (and they will not let the buyer get the name pushed to him at that registrar either).....thing is, what if the name is in the 60-day registrar lock period, or worse, if you're a GD user and you just happened to correct the spelling of your name or company name (that snowballs into a new 60-day lock w/GD beginning on the date of the change)

Love to hear what NetSol suggests the seller do in that case...otherwise it's $ down the drain for the buyer, the seller is crushed.... and wasted time for the NetSol C/O rep

you would think netsol wouldn't let people try and buy domains that are less than 2 months old using this service since, well...they cant.

Was the case with one of my domains in the past, I told netsol and they contacted GoDaddy and had no problem getting the domain released.

[angel69]

You must be worth a lot to GD then, those people just do not do almost anybody any favors (unless they saw it as a courtesy to NetSol) no matter how good a customer you are, they're #1 w/money to burn, their pettiness, especially when refusing to reslove a problem for a valuable customer, drives many of us nuts, I was selling a lot of names, they made $ from those names + all the regs/rens I did plus I was active on GD auctions at that point, but they simply hate releasing domains, period. I've had a rep contact me about not transferring names out of there, that on top of the 2 or 3 scripted emails you'll get, I agree NetSol offers tend to be high on avg but I find their Domain Acquisition & Support in general difficult to deal with, I often wonder why the interested party simply does not contact the owner through the WHOIS, is their remaining anonymous so vital...? many buyers who don't do much domaining do know about the WHOIS and still choose a Domain Acquisition service, to begin with, it makes their offer lower automatically since as a buyer they won't be able to offer more given the share NetSol takes....

Was the case with one of my domains in the past, I told netsol and they contacted GoDaddy and had no problem getting the domain released.