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**jberryhill** · 12-02-2002, 04:05 PM

What's funny is that someone posted that agreement, including the confidentiality clause, where it can be found with Google.

But, yes, when someone says, "I want a contract that does X", it is usually a good idea to get a handle on what X is, where the parties are going to be, and all of the things that can go wrong which the prospective contracting party hasn't thought of.

In the case of a commission sales agreement, which again I'm only guessing is what this person wants, since there appears to be some confusion here over just what it is this person does want, there are all sorts of options. Is the commission to be paid only on leads generated by the agent, or is the commission to be paid on any sale during the term of the agreement, etc., etc.

There is no such thing as a one-size-fits all commission sales agreement, and there is certainly no "standard form" for such a thing pertaining to domain names. My reading of the original question is not that he's looking for a domain name sales agreement, but that he is looking for a commission agreement for sales of *other people's* domain names.

But, elsewhere on dnforum, I've been called all sorts of names for simply pointing out that life is usually more complex than can be reduced to a ten word question, and it is irritating that lawyers have a tendency to ask a lot of questions in order to get a complete contextual understanding of a given situation. In this instance, while several people have posted information about domain transfer agreements, it doesn't really appear to be what this person was looking for when he said, "I am a broker for some names and need a contract for the owner of the names to sign agreeing on my commission".

12-02-2002, 04:05 PM	#15 (permalink)
jberryhill Philadelphia Lawyer Last Online: 09-18-2009 01:17 AM iTrader: (1) Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,987 DNF$: 6,350	What's funny is that someone posted that agreement, including the confidentiality clause, where it can be found with Google. But, yes, when someone says, "I want a contract that does X", it is usually a good idea to get a handle on what X is, where the parties are going to be, and all of the things that can go wrong which the prospective contracting party hasn't thought of. In the case of a commission sales agreement, which again I'm only guessing is what this person wants, since there appears to be some confusion here over just what it is this person does want, there are all sorts of options. Is the commission to be paid only on leads generated by the agent, or is the commission to be paid on any sale during the term of the agreement, etc., etc. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits all commission sales agreement, and there is certainly no "standard form" for such a thing pertaining to domain names. My reading of the original question is not that he's looking for a domain name sales agreement, but that he is looking for a commission agreement for sales of other people's domain names. But, elsewhere on dnforum, I've been called all sorts of names for simply pointing out that life is usually more complex than can be reduced to a ten word question, and it is irritating that lawyers have a tendency to ask a lot of questions in order to get a complete contextual understanding of a given situation. In this instance, while several people have posted information about domain transfer agreements, it doesn't really appear to be what this person was looking for when he said, "I am a broker for some names and need a contract for the owner of the names to sign agreeing on my commission". __________________ John Berryhill Ph.d., esq. John-AT-johnberryhill.com Please do not send private messages via dnforum.com, email me directly.