{"id":3400,"date":"2013-08-20T11:49:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T15:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2013-08-20T11:49:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T15:49:39","slug":"my-offer-is-good-for-0-5-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/my-offer-is-good-for-0-5-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"My offer is good for 0.5 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acro.net is for sale &#8211; as long as you post &#8220;sold&#8221; in the next 1\/2 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>By the time you finished reading this headline, my offer would be over &#8211; null and void of any obligation to sell.<\/p>\n<p>Time&#8217;s up!<\/p>\n<p>So what is the point of this obviously ridiculous invitation?<\/p>\n<p>Time and again, I have seen buyers in forums posting offers in a thread where domains are listed for sale.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s a good idea to accompany an offer with a timeframe that the offer is valid for, some offers are clearly not serious:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Offer is good for an hour&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My offer of $x,xxx is valid for 8 hours&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If you accept my offer in the next 3 hours I will buy the domain.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Etc.<\/p>\n<p>Such conditional responses usually indicate a vague interest in the sale, but by introducing terms that can&#8217;t possibly be met &#8211; <em>particularly when seller and buyer are several time zones apart<\/em> &#8211; one is simply appearing to be a &#8220;high roller&#8221;, never actually intending to buy the domain in question.<\/p>\n<p>In general, offers should arrive with a minimum of 48 hours, to allow for the response of the seller, and a maximum of seven days; the latter depends on the willingness of the buyer to commit to the purchase, as cashflow is often dependent on various parameters.<\/p>\n<p>To recap: if you seriously want to place an offer, don&#8217;t submit it with a ridiculous window of validity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acro.net is for sale &#8211; as long as you post &#8220;sold&#8221; in the next 1\/2 seconds. 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