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I hand-reg a dot com name in 2009. Nothing special about the name, just 2 words and generic.
I parked the name and received a $100 offer 2 weeks ago. When I checked the email address from the potential buyer, she has the same name as mine but in a different country code. (Example: my domain name is firstsecond.com - her email address is [email protected])
I learned that this is a small company (40 employees) and they have TM in their country but not in the US. I told her that this is not a $100.
She explained that they owned the name before and for some reasons they let the name dropped.
After emailing back and fourth for 3 days we agreed on $x,xxx. Escrow just closed the case last night and money should be in my bank anytime.
It took more than a week for the transaction (normal with real end user) but my point is be polite and professional even with low ball offers as end user has no idea about pricing.
Not a bad investment!
I parked the name and received a $100 offer 2 weeks ago. When I checked the email address from the potential buyer, she has the same name as mine but in a different country code. (Example: my domain name is firstsecond.com - her email address is [email protected])
I learned that this is a small company (40 employees) and they have TM in their country but not in the US. I told her that this is not a $100.
She explained that they owned the name before and for some reasons they let the name dropped.
After emailing back and fourth for 3 days we agreed on $x,xxx. Escrow just closed the case last night and money should be in my bank anytime.
It took more than a week for the transaction (normal with real end user) but my point is be polite and professional even with low ball offers as end user has no idea about pricing.
Not a bad investment!