Comments for Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Acroplex® http://acro.net/blog Mon, 13 May 2013 13:09:31 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Went to hell and effed myself on the same weekend! by John http://acro.net/blog/domains/went-to-hell-and-effed-myself-on-the-same-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-24104 John Mon, 13 May 2013 13:09:31 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3267#comment-24104 Haven’t had that from a buyer prospect yet, more of a ping – ping – ping and then deathly silence. Does get me when end user corps make offers knowingly under the sellers purchase price for top of the range dn. General rule is within 60% of asking price. I do find some playing both sides though with domainers jacking the prices up when selling and lowballing when buying. At least domainers lowballs are a bit more considered and commercially minded!

]]> Comment on Went to hell and effed myself on the same weekend! by Acro http://acro.net/blog/domains/went-to-hell-and-effed-myself-on-the-same-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-24103 Acro Sun, 12 May 2013 22:03:17 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3267#comment-24103 Laurence – On the other hand, no seller is obligated to sell at a discount, even if you think that 60% of what they’re asking is ‘justified’.

There are many ways to break a deal, and 90% of the time that route is led by making an offer the seller would never consider.

The 200% up-pricing is usually a knee-jerk reaction by the seller, to let you know that your offer deserves all the scorn that it’s getting.

I had many potential buyers walk, then come back later with a decent counter-offer, thus leading to a sale. A potential buyer that tells me to ‘fuck off’ gets written off as a buyer permanently. I hope this makes sense.

]]> Comment on Went to hell and effed myself on the same weekend! by Laurence Pitcher http://acro.net/blog/domains/went-to-hell-and-effed-myself-on-the-same-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-24101 Laurence Pitcher Sun, 12 May 2013 21:38:57 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3267#comment-24101 I do not mind when I make a offer on the lower side, to start the negotiations off, if the seller comes back higher than I feel was justified for the domain name.

However, what I really dislike is when I make an offer that is 60% of the sellers asking price and they come back at 200% of asking price, immediately. As if they are warning me, they mean business.
To my chagrin, this has been happening a lot more lately.

How does that make any business sense?

It shows me they have no spirit of negotiation, are stubborn, unlikely to make a deal, unprofessional and a poor business person.

I always walk, no matter how good a domain is. Who needs to waste time, when there is little chance of a successful deal.

Just my 2 cents.

]]> Comment on Went to hell and effed myself on the same weekend! by Ms Domainer http://acro.net/blog/domains/went-to-hell-and-effed-myself-on-the-same-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-24100 Ms Domainer Sun, 12 May 2013 19:23:28 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3267#comment-24100 *

Whenever I received a lowball offer, I simply email the back and say, “I’m afraid we’re too far apart on price, but I wish you well.”

That either shuts them up or drags them back to reality.

But I agree that we shouldn’t put up with such rudeness during a negotiation–probably just best to block them.

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]]> Comment on Went to hell and effed myself on the same weekend! by Acro http://acro.net/blog/domains/went-to-hell-and-effed-myself-on-the-same-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-24099 Acro Sun, 12 May 2013 18:33:49 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3267#comment-24099 Ron – The side-splitting ‘threat” that he will register the .me or .us for $10 unless I accepted his offer, is indicative of the rampant stupidity those people engage in. While I don’t expect everyone to accept my asking price, when they make an inquiry they need to remain professional in their responses.

]]> Comment on Went to hell and effed myself on the same weekend! by Ron http://acro.net/blog/domains/went-to-hell-and-effed-myself-on-the-same-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-24098 Ron Sun, 12 May 2013 18:12:54 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3267#comment-24098 I have been getting a slew of $30, $50, $100 opening offers as well, and people are insulted if you come back at 4-5 figures, they are asking for premium industry category keyword .com’s, which have function within their industries, they seem to have a sense of entitlement, that they are paying you a finders fee for keeping their domain warm, and waiting for them for the past 15 years… Not sure if these type just end up registering lesser extensions, or extra keyword domains, and try to build off them, but there seems to be a whole bunch of uneducated people out there, in the value of a strong domain, in regards to getting a great headstart online… really a shame, it has to come to name calling, when someone can’t have what they want for their expected price range.

]]> Comment on Register.com needs to get on with the times by pinkrose http://acro.net/blog/business/register-com-needs-to-get-on-with-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-24097 pinkrose Thu, 02 May 2013 04:16:55 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3008#comment-24097 register.com is terrible

I lost my domain, it was unable to renew (always fail to renew) and it also unable to transfer.
they never provide good response to all my ticket.
Terrible service, terrible customer support, terrible price

think 1000 times before you use register.com service
It’s really suck how they steal my domain.

]]> Comment on Domainer time management: Take the weekend off? by Konstantinos Zournas http://acro.net/blog/business/domainer-time-management-take-the-weekend-off/comment-page-1/#comment-24094 Konstantinos Zournas Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:00:38 +0000 http://acro.net/blog/?p=3262#comment-24094 Answering to emails doesn’t take much of my time so I usually answer during the weekends. I try to limit work at a minimum unless I have a deadline.

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