Getting end user sales?

[PRED]

For those that are calling, .. it is obvious that no one likes to be cold called. It raises an immediate barrier and most people are automatically put on the defensive when they think they are being 'sold to'. So the question is, how do you warm them up? What do you say? Do you have a script?

tbh i get quite a lot of enduser enquiries as have a pretty big portfolio, and even then many prob don't get idea they can't buy for $8
i try not to overprice but i won't sell unless in the ballpark

as far as getting buyers, some have luck in approaching buyers but most dont.
but get it out there, light development, or take a gamble on an auction. more and more i'm realising emails dont work, they go to wrong person, or treated as spam. i want to send some letters out but worried may get udrp'd or they may think im a snakeskin oil salesman lol :uhoh::smilewinkgrin:

gonna try some well worded letters today. just send them out as 'targetted' mail :smilewinkgrin:

 

[financialtraffic]

Spamming 100s of emails is the best way NOT to get a sale and to annoy business owners.

If you have a good name at a good price you should only have to contact several of the top companies in your market segment. If your name is too broad to be defined to any one segment then it's probably best to save your time and effort for something else.

Further, if you send out several emails that you've targeted well and nobody gets back to you, your name isn't good enough or your price is far too high.

The bottom line is that if your name is good and your price is fair, somebody will nibble.

My best advice is forget about a huge pay day and shoot for a reasonable profit if you're going out looking for a buyer. If an enduser reaches out to you without a solicitation, that's a much better time to swing for the fences with a high asking price.

 

[HomerJ]

Well, emails are free is one reason more people send them. With direct mail, if you send out 100 letters thats $41 in postage. If you try this for ten domains you spend $410. I think for people on low budgets they'd want to see some evidence of a guaranteed return before committing that. Since no one really talks about results like that (that I've ever seen or heard anywhere on the forums) no one really knows. Emails = little/no risk and small success rate. Direct mail = more risk (money up front) and ??? success rate. I'm fairly confident I can say this is the way most small to medium time domainers view the situation.

edit: i should add, myself included. I'm small time baby

 

[nameadvertising.com]

Like Predator stated, one needs to have a reasonably huge portfolio at the very least to have a better than average chance of getting solicitations to buy. And it has to match in quality as well. NEVER rely on outside forces to get a determination of your portfolio or domain name. YOU bought it. You better know how valuable it is. Those who have laid the rules did so to benefit themselves. Had I followed their valuation or ideas about what is valuable and what is not, I'd still be relying on PPC based sales.

In my experience, if you have a good portfolio, you don't have to do any marketing at all. PPC and regular (buyer interest) sales will take care of it all. SHUN the so called expert. Set your own rules. Before you do so, gain as much knowledge in the specific industry related to the names you own. Pick a name from your portfolio. Ask yourself! "Would someone pay me $10k to use this name to launch a business. Would I pay for it?"

The domain name must sell itself to cover other short term investments. For example, I spend about 40k annually to maintain my inventory. I made a little over $110k in the last 12 months with a very satisfying profit margin. I did not sell at auctions, nothing measurably at the forums (We'd like to think folks here have the most knowledge) nor did I engage with any marketing except approaching 1 buyer. That was an exception.

The key is - If you have a good portfolio, the less you will need to rely on marketing. If you have sugar, the ants will come. Or so they say.

The key is - How to manage your finances? There isn't enough money one can make, if one does not know how to manage it well.

 

[thevirtual]

I have been getting some responses from end user for generic domains using a standard email message. Although only a small percentage of emails get responses.

I did not include a price for the domain. Some responses I received were asking for a price. I provided a price and welcomed offers. The replies I have received have rejected the domain after asking for price and have not been negotiable. Why waste your time asking for a price if you wont even counter offer?