Selling a domain question

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Hi,

I just got an email as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,
We are interested to buy your domain name (one of my domains was listed here) and offer to buy it from you for 65% of the appraised market value.
As of now we accept appraisals from either one of the following leading appraisal companies:
sedo.com
flyappraisals.com
accuratedomains.com
If you already have an appraisal please forward it to us.
As soon as we have received your appraisal we will send you our payment (we use Paypal for amounts less than $2,000 and escrow.com for amounts above $2,000) as well as further instructions on how to complete the transfer of the domain name.
We appreciate your business,

Does this sound legit? Is there any way I could get scammed here?

Any advise is appreciated.

Thanks.

Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author samcarson
    Ken it has SCAM written all over. Avoid it like the Swine Flu

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  • Profile picture of the author Mo Goulet
    You could do your own appraisal if you have the software and then edit the value to submit to them and see their response. I always like having fun with domain name experts when it comes to value. If you don't have the software, PM me with information about your domain and I'll do a simple appraisal for you. I used to do it as a side biz but just don't have the time anymore. See Domain Price Club Domain Appraisals If anyone is interested in taking this on let me know. It's just sitting on my server doing nothing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Brian
    I have receive the same email with similar wordings. I think it's a blackhat technique so you will end up paying the appraisal sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Floyd Bogart
    I would proceed with caution...

    Not all unsolicited inquiries to purchase your domain are scams. The internet is a lot like Real Estate: Let the buyer (and the seller) beware!
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  • Profile picture of the author GoldenRule
    Originally Posted by porter0009 View Post

    Looks like a spam to me. Do some research about the email sender. If no info is found, then definitely spam.
    Unfortunately the sender has a pretty common name, Mark Taylor. A Google search for that name returns 23,000,000. Even adding home business, which is what the domain relates to, returns almost 9,000,000.
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    • Profile picture of the author mosilager
      Definately an appraisal scam!. Avoid it...If you're still interested in moving forward, ask them to pay for the appraisal and you'll deduct the cost from domain sale, that should give you a response!.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    Ken,

    Trust me on this one. This is a blatant scam. There are many variations floating around the net. I've been dealing with this issue for years. Their only goal is to convince you to purchase an appraisal, then you'll never hear from them again. In all my years of full-time domain selling, I've never had a single legitimate customer ask me to get an appraisal first. If they did, I'd tell them to get the appraisal and I'll reimburse them the cost from the purchase price.

    Be sure to see:
    http://www.thatdanny.com/2009/03/08/...ts-sedo-users/



    Gene

    Originally Posted by GoldenRule View Post

    Hi,

    I just got an email as follows:

    Dear Sir or Madam,
    We are interested to buy your domain name (one of my domains was listed here) and offer to buy it from you for 65% of the appraised market value.
    As of now we accept appraisals from either one of the following leading appraisal companies:
    sedo.com
    flyappraisals.com
    accuratedomains.com
    If you already have an appraisal please forward it to us.
    As soon as we have received your appraisal we will send you our payment (we use Paypal for amounts less than $2,000 and escrow.com for amounts above $2,000) as well as further instructions on how to complete the transfer of the domain name.
    We appreciate your business,

    Does this sound legit? Is there any way I could get scammed here?

    Any advise is appreciated.

    Thanks.

    Ken
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Brian
      Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel View Post

      In all my years of full-time domain selling, I've never had a single legitimate customer ask me to get an appraisal first. If they did, I'd tell them to get the appraisal and I'll reimburse them the cost from the purchase price.
      That's an excellent tip, I think that's the best way to do it, let them pay the fees.

      Anyway, I've almost fallen for this scam. I was about to purchase those appraisals, good thing common sense blurred my monitor that my domain was not even that good for domain to be interested at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adrian Cooper
    Originally Posted by GoldenRule View Post

    Hi,

    I just got an email as follows:

    Dear Sir or Madam,
    We are interested to buy your domain name (one of my domains was listed here) and offer to buy it from you for 65% of the appraised market value.
    As of now we accept appraisals from either one of the following leading appraisal companies:
    sedo.com
    flyappraisals.com
    accuratedomains.com
    If you already have an appraisal please forward it to us.
    As soon as we have received your appraisal we will send you our payment (we use Paypal for amounts less than $2,000 and escrow.com for amounts above $2,000) as well as further instructions on how to complete the transfer of the domain name.
    We appreciate your business,

    Does this sound legit? Is there any way I could get scammed here?

    Any advise is appreciated.

    Thanks.

    Ken
    It might be legit. If you are happy with the price and they send you the cash first, you can't really get scammed.

    That said it is highly suspicious that they do not know what the domain is worth, and expect you to get it valued.

    Appraisals are a scam anyway in my view. Actually an appraisal site would make a good Internet business.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    apc01, please read my post just above yours. It is absolutely a scam.
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    • Profile picture of the author Adrian Cooper
      Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel View Post

      apc01, please read my post just above yours. It is absolutely a scam.
      I see what you mean. Did not read that. I guess that is why I found the need for an appraisal suspicious.

      But- they say send an appraisal from a reputable source:

      As of now we accept appraisals from either one of the following leading appraisal companies:
      They do not appear to be selling appraisals unless I overlooked something?
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      • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
        Originally Posted by apc01 View Post

        I see what you mean. Did not read that. I guess that is why I found the need for an appraisal suspicious.

        But- they say send an appraisal from a reputable source:



        They do not appear to be selling appraisals unless I overlooked something?
        Both sources listed are NOT reputable sources. They are tied in with the scammers. And if you suggest an alternative appraisal company, they will refuse to proceed.
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  • Profile picture of the author ezimedia
    HI

    It is a scam you get the appraisal and you never hear from them again.

    Because they own the companies giving the appraisals.

    Thx
    Tom
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