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Reply With Quoteim not sure but that is a great domain so maybe hes hanging off to get a better price or something
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...foreign domain owner. I know he's interested in selling... he has absolutely no foreseeable reason to hang on to the name. The Archive shows he's had a for sale page before. Google shows he owns a handful of craptacular names he's also trying to sell.
Now he says the name's not for sale. I know he has a price. He was just put off by my initial low ball offer and is avoiding stating what price he wants.
Any ideas on how to respond?
I feel silly.
Last edited by O.C.; 04-17-2003 at 10:44 AM.
im not sure but that is a great domain so maybe hes hanging off to get a better price or something
That's the reason I NEVER render a mark-up (or mark-down in this case) that is significantly distant from my bottom/ceiling price. How are you going to justify your final price when it is say something like 10 times your initial offer. Negotiation doesn't mean lying. There needs to be a buffer of at least 5% in order to CLOSE the deal when it's time, but thinking that you may get more or leave yourself more space for bargaining by starting off with an unreasonably high/low price is not wise and only works with some small-time buyers/sellers. Just my two cents.Originally posted by O.C.
... He was just put off by my initial low ball offer ...
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I personally get very offended at initial lowball offers.
I know that this is probably not the most mature business attitude, and definitely not the most profitable, but if someone really low balls me, I make a mental note never to sell to them regardless of what they offer next. Even if it is way more than what I initially wanted. But, I guess if they were really apologetic and made a generous offer, I could get past it.
Anyway, good luck with making the sale happen.
Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought about it like that.
I don't have much experience at this since I've only been on the buying side of names twice... each time I didn't make an offer up front. I figured this guy would be overjoyed to get rid of this seemingly awful name.
I messed up. Where do I go from here, if anywhere?
(Edit: This would've helped.)
Last edited by O.C.; 04-17-2003 at 01:55 PM.
You could also be assuming wrong. Maybe he does have a use for it now. Maybe he is watching this thread right now.
If he doesn't respond, perhaps, especially if the name really is so awful, you could find a better name, possibly at registrar cost?
Make him your best offer. If he refuses maybe consider a different name.
Anyway, however you do it, gl on getting it or a better name.
I tried to buy a 3 letter .us off of someone and couldn't get them to give me any sort of price. I know this guy hasn't got any offers on it because for one its a three letter .us and two theres nothing all that special about it except to me.
I was willing to pay alot more than its worth at the time but now I wouldn't give him reg fee for it because he wouldn't negotiate.
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