Fucking Domainers

Never approach domainers as an end user. In there eyes, that makes you a potential sucker.

If there is a domain you have your eye on, figure out the domainers ID on some interdomainer forums. Approach them as a domainer looking to expand your portfolio with names that meet a specific kind of criteria.

It is ALWAYS cheaper to buy 10 or 20 names you dont want + get the one you want then to let them even get a hint that theres something specific you need. You get the special end user markup of 10000000% if they figure out what you are gunning for.
 


Good strategy. Another I've found is to pretend you're negotiating for someone else. I think Lord B taught me that one. Like, "Geez, I'd love to be able to meet you at 1.7million but my boss is telling me Im only authorized to spend 10k on this domain name. I'll keep shopping, let me know if you can come down." About 2 weeks later, 50% of the time, you'll get a reply with a much more reasonable offer. Domainers suck.
 
Fuck ya - $1.7 million dollars. Where does one come up with such an outlandish figure. Why not $1.5 million.

I recently snagged a domain where the seller wanted $10k, I pulled the same line that Engigma suggested telling the seller that my "boss" could only do $1k. Needless to say I got the domain for $1k.

Sellers like this should DIAF though.
 
Domainers have it good right now. Although i agree that the valuation from domainers can be stupid, you also have to look at it from the other side. I've seen some awesome one word domains go for dirt cheap considering that the internet is probably going to be around for awhile, and .coms are the most popular extensions. And the fight for better domain names is only going to get bigger as more and more people figure out this internet shit and want to open shop online.

Hell if i had a shit ton of side money to invest I would probably go around picking up the bargin domain names that are slightly out of reach for your typical domainer and sit on them for 5-10 years and see what happens. Or oversell them to someone who wants them really badly. Call them stupid, but they only pay 10$ a year to keep those high value domains. I'm sure they can wait for a serious buyer, not some kid who wants to offer 100$ then rage when they don't accept.
 
Write a script that sends the fucker an email every hour containing this:

"I am offering not one penny more than $990 for the domain XXXX.com. This offer is good for exactly 59 minutes. You will NEVER receive a bid this high from me on this domain again."

Then an hour later he receives the next email for $980 and so on...

In the end he'll either be paying less than your original offer or at worst you had fun spamming the Fuck out of a douchebag. :thumbsup:
 
Pleaseeeeee tell him you can offer $1.5MM and then drag it out for a series of hilarious emails
 
schockergd said:
What always amazes me is that these guys stay in business, which means that SOMEONE is buying their crap.
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Nahh, no one is paying 1.7 million for a domain, much less 3.9.

I think these guys just grabbed a lucky dom back in the day and have held onto it and maybe a few more for a while... Thinking like it's their lotto ticket, no business sense in their heads at all.
 
You ever stop to think that they have other plans for the domain or just don't really want to sell it?

There are domains I own that I wouldn't let go for 100x what the "market" may offer simply because I believe it to be more valuable than that.
If they are asking 1.7 million for a domain you believe to be worth $1k, they are probably just telling you to fuck off.
 
secretagentdad said:
Never approach domainers as an end user. In there eyes, that makes you a potential sucker.

If there is a domain you have your eye on, figure out the domainers ID on some interdomainer forums. Approach them as a domainer looking to expand your portfolio with names that meet a specific kind of criteria.

It is ALWAYS cheaper to buy 10 or 20 names you dont want + get the one you want then to let them even get a hint that theres something specific you need. You get the special end user markup of 10000000% if they figure out what you are gunning for.
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Truth. LOL.
 
schockergd said:
What always amazes me is that these guys stay in business, which means that SOMEONE is buying their crap.
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There's 2 models: 1) ad revenue (PPC) 2) domain sales. #1 took a major shit recently. #2 is doing OK.

As far as outrageous prices go - they have a portfolio of many names, all ridiculously priced for the "end user" (that's you sucka!). If he manages to sell 5 names a year that pays for the 95 others that cost about $10/year to own and might bring some ad revenue from type-in traffic.

It's a viable model overall. The biggest and baddest mofo with this model is BuyDomains.com They have a huge portfolio that's vastly overpriced that they slowly sell off to the end-user.
 
lukep said:
Nahh, no one is paying 1.7 million for a domain, much less 3.9.

I think these guys just grabbed a lucky dom back in the day and have held onto it and maybe a few more for a while... Thinking like it's their lotto ticket, no business sense in their heads at all.
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Well some are truly idiots like the guy who quoted $1.7M for a 2-keyword name. But the guys who actually make it big in the domain biz are seriously the sharpest motherfuckers in the Internet biz. Much smarter than me for example :)
 
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