Mail 1:

Please resend me your price for the name in the subject line. Your name was listed for sale.

Domain names is not my main business. I’m going to make money on reselling to raise funds for launching a Norwegian politics portal.If you offer more domains for sale with good reselling potential please email us your list.

Looking forward to do business with you.
Regards,
Lorin Yeaton

Mail 2:

How about 3,000 USD? Do you sell the name only without web site? I’m interested in the name so web site is not so important.Do you have an appraisal certificate for your domain name?Domain name is an investment for me. In other words I’m going to sell your name later and make a profit. If I overpay I won’t be able to make a profit in the future. It’s very important for you and me to know the current market value of your domain.

Of course, we must be sure that you are engaging a reputable appraisal company. I heard many appraisal companies often made inaccurate appraisals.I will only accept appraisals from independent sources I trust. I heard some appraisal companies often made inaccurate appraisals. So I will only accept appraisals from independent sources. To avoid mistakes I asked domain experts about reputable appraisal companies in a forum http://domaintalk.ourplace.com/Archive/98062.htm Just check this posting. If the appraisal comes higher you can adjust your asking price accordingly.I also hope you can give me 10% – 15% discount of the appraised value. After I get an appraisal from you we’ll continue our negotiations.How do you prefer to get paid: www.escrow.com, www.PayPal.com check orwire?Hope we can come to an agreement fast. Looking forward to your reply.

Happy New Year to you and your family!

Mail 3:

But first of all, I need a proof that our price is fair. I hope you understand the importance of this question.Usually, people who are selling names or web sites, provide buyers with appraisals. This is a common practice and I’m not going to change this rule because it’s the best way to protect an investment. I heard many appraisal companies often made inaccurate appraisals. So I cannot accept appraisal from each and every site. I will only accept appraisals from independent appraisal companies I know and trust.Reading responses from experienced sellers I was impressed by one reply: “Many Internet users are not smart enough and popular domain brokers are using this fact to make money. They offer them cheap appraisal services. But if their customers would have something in their heads they’d understand experts could not make a professional research for $15-$20. These appraisals are made by machines. Easy money for such appraisers as http://www.Afternic.com and several other major brokers that offer cheap auto-generated appraisals. In my eyes, all services under $60-$65 are not manual and the results are generated by special scripts. I don’t trust auto-generated appraisals.”The same is true for GoDaddy and SEDO. Their services are not manual. They are just collecting money using their well-known names.

Thank you for understanding. I’m looking forward to do business with you.

Mail 4:

I thought about Afternic, but found their service inaccurate and automated. After lots of complaints, Afternic is no longer a recommended
service. We will re-review the service in the near future.”

I also found the following information about them http://www.out-law.com/page-1630 So Afternic.com is NOT acceptable.

Reading responses from experienced sellers I was impressed by one reply:
“Many Internet users are not smart enough and popular domain brokers are
using this fact to make money. They offer them cheap appraisal services. But if their customers would
have something in their heads they’d understand experts could not make a
professional research for $15-$20. These appraisals are made by machines.
Easy money for such appraisers as
http://www.Afternic.com and several other major brokers that offer cheap
auto-generated appraisals. In my eyes, all services under $50-$55 are not manual and the results are generated by special scripts. I don’t trust auto-generated appraisals.”

The same is true for GoDaddy and SEDO. Their services are not manual. They are just collecting money using their well-known names.

I heard many appraisal companies often overpriced domains. So I cannot
accept appraisal from each and every site.

To avoid mistakes I asked about reputable appraisers in a forum. Several experts recommended me Securenamesale’s appraisal service -
http://www.securenamesale.com/appraise.asp as a fast, accurate and
non-expensive manual service.

I also trust the manual appraisal service from http://www.DomainMart.com
but it’s very expensive – $200/hour. This service was also recommended by
many people but I thought it was too expensive. But if you can afford
DomainMart.com’s fee it’s ok with me.

Mail 5:

No. This is auto-generated serviI tsrut their $200 service only.

If it’s expensive I can accept a cheaper manual service from http://www.securenamesale.com/appraise.asp

Mail 6:

Thank you. Looks reasonable enough and I accept it.

I also paid for appraisal from another source myself. The average of two appraisals (yours and mine) will give us a fair price.

As soon as the results come at my
email address I will let you know the
figure but I will not send this
certificate to you, because you may use this appraisal to promote your name or sell it to somebody else. The results must come within one business
day.

Looking forward to do business with you.

Mail 7:

Sorry, for the delay.

Now I’ve got the results. My results ($8,000-$10,000) are close to the results from your appraiser so I have to accept them. To be honest I expected a lower estimation.

Anyway, I see from different
independent sources including yours that your name has a good potential and offer you the following:

I set the starting price based on our
appraisals. Then I find a buyer and
pay you the appraised value – 15% and
earn the difference. I want to make
money without a risk.

15% discount of the appraised value is important for me to be sure in
profit.

I also don’t claim exclusive rights to sell your domain. You can try to
sell your domains too.

I’ve already bought opt-in lists from
http://www.1-bulk-email-mailing-address-list.com site to promote your
domains.

I invested about $250 in these lists.
Unfortunately, I cannot list your
names with brokers and auctions
because I’m not the owner. You can list your names with brokers. I think www.Amazon.com and www.GreatDomains.com are good sites to
start with.

May I use your appraisal in my promotional emails?

Deal ?

P.S. If you have other names for sale, I can try to find buyers for all of them.

Mail 8:

No bites yet

Have you got any luck?

Originally posted by Rafiq Blog