Domain Offer / Negotation "System" Idiocracy

Paying money use a system to make a clueless offer is no bargain

[Webwork]

Negative view of the world: Many of the world's inhabitants are clueless.

Positive view of the world: Because many are clueless . . there is easy money to be made. :-/

From the website of an . . agency . . cough, gag:

Cough . . Example.com has worked extremely hard to develop a market leading domain name negotiation service. It's taken years of refinement . . . We stand behind our service and are the only service provider to offer a service guarantee: *If we are unable to contact the domain seller and present the buyer's offer, we will provide a free Example.com credit to make an offer on a second domain name, or attempt to present the buyer's offer again on the same domain name.

Brilliant! Charge someone a fee to make a clueless offer on a domain for which the registratn's contact details are sitting right there -> in the WhoIs record for the domain.

When your clueless offer is delivered (for a fee) . . making the offer a "qualified offer" (according to an email reply I received in response to my "Please go away and never bother me again" response) . . well, all I can say to the offerer is "there goes your money for the privilege of using their "market leading domain negotiation service" to make a clueless offer that you could have made for free by using email.

Hint to the clueless: Next time, save your money and just send an email. Chances are I'll ignore you in any event . . unless your follow my tried and true SECRET FORMULA . . cough, gag . . . for contacting ANY intelligent . . cough (moi?) . . domain registrant.

Here's the secret. Don't tell anyone . . because then it won't be a secret.

1. Address the registrant by name. Any other no-name approach makes you out to be what you really are: a bulk email spamming, bottom fishing, domain opportunist looking for clueless registrants.

2. Don't be shy, clever, strategic, etc. Put your damned offer right up there in the Subject Line of the email: "I am willing to pay $$,$$$ for Wonderful.gTLD"

3. Put something inside the email to establish that you, in fact, are the real deal - such as a real private (non-free) email address, full company and/or contact detaisl, etc.

I am so cranky. It's not my fault. I skipped lunch and, instead, dined on my favorite food: peanut M&Ms. Argh.

[fathom]

I simply delete all such offers of services.

[tangor]

Those with a Whois that is truly available will get a snail mail offer.

Just about everything else I ignore. Why?

If I wanted to sell, I'd market the dang thing!

[Webwork]

I'm with you, Fathom. 95% of the time of my response to domain inquiries look like this: push -> [Delete]

I'm with those (tangor?) who look at their domain portfolios this way: I acquired the virtual real estate with development in mind . . however . . even though I'm not a shoe salesman I'll sell you the shoes off my feet if you make the right offer at the right time.

[tangor]

You bet your bippy I'd sell if a legit offer was made. But dang it, there are too few of those out there. Most of these contacts are trolls (as in fishing, not the internet ogre kind) to see who can be caught.

Meanwhile, as long as registrations remain at reasonable cost levels, and one has not been overly eager in registering everything under the sun, hang on to your properties.