No price is set in stone - this is the secret rule of negotiating domain prices, either as a domain buyer or as a domain seller. There is a footnote to this rule, however: Your counter-offer must be just right. To get the domain, a buyer must place an offer that meets the 'sweet spot' that … [Read more...]
Domain buyer: “No, thanks. Ridiculous!”
August 31, 2013 by 5 Comments
What do you get when you combine the following elements: A multi-million dollar company involved in real estate and commodities An email from a corporate domain involving several consecutive consonants, e.g. kfrkk (example) A non-savvy creative director who does not own her full name as a … [Read more...]
Melbourne IT and the recent DNS hijack incident
August 28, 2013 by 5 Comments
As it turns out, Melbourne IT became the registrar du jour, after Twitter, the NY Times and Huffington Post UK were all compromised. The alleged 'Syrian hackers' manipulated the domain records of the domains registered with Melbourne IT, including the DNS and made changes to the ownership … [Read more...]
Pick up the phone: Tips for a successful domain sales pitch
August 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
After twenty years of emailing, some of us are at risk of losing the skill of utilizing the basic human communication process: speech. Email - and text messaging, more recently - is supposedly a better medium of getting one's message across. While there are several arguments for, there are … [Read more...]
Domain Name Sales: The story so far
August 23, 2013 by 3 Comments
After 10 months of utilizing the Domain Name Sales platform both for parking and domain sales, I can say that it's been one smooth ride, with zero frustration. In under a year, I've completed a larger number of domain sales, at much higher prices, with a lower commission than in the … [Read more...]
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