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Anyone encounter people want to buy your domain name before?

by Devilfish168
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maybe your domain name is "unique or got potential ...in future " you didn't see it but got people see it and want to buy your domain..

wonder any one encounter before?
#buy #domain #encounter #people
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    When people contact domain-owners for this reason, it very often turns out to be the first part of the well known "appraisal scam", in which the intending buyer starts by suggesting a very high figure, and then asks the domain-name owner to have the domain "valued", for a fee, sometimes a substantial fee, by a specific "domain-name appraiser" who does this for a living. After the valuation is paid for, of course, the intending "buyer" suddenly loses interest.

    As the saying goes, "it only happens all the time".

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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      Yes, I have had this happen several times. In all cases but one, the person inquiring offered a ridiculously low purchase price and I turned it down. Never did hear back from the potential buyer. I just assume they were "fishing" as I would have sold the domain for a reasonable price.

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      • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
        I'm curious because i heard story some IM can earn a lot just selling their site domain name..which they created many years back..

        so how you make sure the buyers is not fishing around or "trying to scam you"
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          If they ask you to have the domain "appraised" somewhere you've never heard of, then you know it's a scam.

          Otherwise you can ask them to make an offer (better to do that than to start by suggesting a price, yourself).

          Has someone shown interest in one of your domains?
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          • Profile picture of the author Steve B
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            . . . you can ask them to make an offer (better to do that than to start by suggesting a price, yourself).
            Lexy is right.

            There's an old saying in real estate - "The first one that names a price loses."

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          • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            If they ask you to have the domain "appraised" somewhere you've never heard of, then you know it's a scam.

            Otherwise you can ask them to make an offer (better to do that than to start by suggesting a price, yourself).

            Has someone shown interest in one of your domains?
            NOPE ..I just asking
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  • Profile picture of the author Jack Gordon
    The old adage applies here... If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

    I have been approached by strangers out of the blue over a domain before, and wound up selling them for low four figures.

    But... for every one of those, there are a hundred other inquiries that are doing the appraisal scam, fishing for steals, or just wasting my time.

    Generally speaking, if you buy domains and sit on them, you will not make much. You need to have a plan, and approach potential endusers (in an ethical way) for it to be viable.

    Of course, it is much easier to do with worthwhile domains to sell as well.
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