Funny yet sad story ...

[TheLegendaryJP]

Just thought Id share what just happened to me, never happened before but I suppose I am just lucky lol

Ok so I buy names, a lot of high dollar names and found speaking with the CFO or the companys Legal rep is generally a good place to start.

So I do my research and pick up the phone for the CFO, ready to make a $75,000 offer on a name they do not use and have not in 4 years, was part of a company take over, no use to them now.

Any way I call, he answers i say " Hello my name is..." and before I could get that far he says " No time for this " and hangs up...

I was left holding the phone and asking myself how ignorant one could be, it isnt a large company and likely a struggling one ( remember I do my research )

That's it, funny but sad and no I will no longer try, one time deal for me. After how rude he was I wouldn't give the $5.

The life as a domainer lol

I have had the experience of dealing with executives of 9-10 figure companys who have been great, take time out because theyre good people. Just another paragraph for the book I guess lol

 

[Gerry]

Curious...do you find a certain day of the week to work better than others?

Like a Monday, maybe he had a bad weekend or the stock tanked in after hours trading or so on.

I know when I worked the corporate would, Mondays were hell for all the meetings, etc.

Or Wednesday, middle of the week.

Or even a Friday...give them time to ponder the offer.

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

Honestly, never conidered day of week.

The fact he didnt even know who I was shocked me, what if i was a senior guy, important info etc. I mean Hi my name is... BAAM. There could of always been a fire but i didnt hear any alarms lol

 

[Johnn]

Beside picking the day of the week (any day but Monday & Friday), the trick is you have to make it sounds like you are not a salesperson in the first 10 seconds.

"My name is zzzz and I represent a group of investors and would like to acquire one of your unused property, it would only take you 2 minutes and you can decide to pursue further or not"

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

I hear ya Johnn, hard to decide on best approach, there have been times I start with a " Hi your company owns...." and avoid my name to start, guess I was just being Canadian this morning lol

 

[A D]

I have been hung up on many times with my first offer including my attempt to buy this forum.

If you want the name, try again with another approach.

many many times i was told to bigger on on my first calls.

-=DCG=-

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

I have been huing up on many times with my first offer including my attempt to buy this forum.

If you want the name, try again with another approach.

many many times i was told to bigger on on my first calls.

-=DCG=-

LOL why is it I can see Greg hanging up on someone lmao

 

[fab]

As a side point. Who has the legal rights to sell domains for corporations with stock holders?

 

[katherine]

I once contacted the owner (company) of a premium LLL.com expired at netsol.

They were just not interested in discussing the matter, and hang up...
The name sold for 67K at snap.

To sum up:

• they don't understand the value of domains
• they don't understand the value of money (they could have made good money instead, they let the name go)

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

The legal right is still the companys, the share holders do not control the day to day activity of a company (public). No one asks a share holder before they bought the name

@sdsinc, I remember years ago two names similar to your situation, joystick.com and du.org, both didnt care to take money and both sold for ood money on the drop. Some companys just see red tape and even $20k isnt enough to justify paper work belive it or not, sad again.

 

[INVIGOR]

I got in touch with Dinan Cars... makers of high dollar famous tuning equipment for BMWs. I asked them if they were interested in me trying to acquire dinan.com that just dropped. They absolutely don't understand the value of domains. Simple response..."Thanks, but we are not interested."

For a company like that, a $15,000 investment a domain that matches their name seems CHEAP, but they just don't seem to get it.

 

[JuniperPark]

Just thought Id share what just happened to me, never happened before but I suppose I am just lucky lol

Ok so I buy names, a lot of high dollar names and found speaking with the CFO or the companys Legal rep is generally a good place to start.

So I do my research and pick up the phone for the CFO, ready to make a $75,000 offer on a name they do not use and have not in 4 years, was part of a company take over, no use to them now.

Any way I call, he answers i say " Hello my name is..." and before I could get that far he says " No time for this " and hangs up...

I was left holding the phone and asking myself how ignorant one could be, it isnt a large company and likely a struggling one ( remember I do my research )

That's it, funny but sad and no I will no longer try, one time deal for me. After how rude he was I wouldn't give the $5.

The life as a domainer lol

I have had the experience of dealing with executives of 9-10 figure companys who have been great, take time out because theyre good people. Just another paragraph for the book I guess lol

Did you say "The is the LEGENDARY jp!" (getting loud on the LEGENDARY part) or, "this is the legendary JP! (loud on the JP)?

If it was the last one, maybe he thought your were from JCPenny?

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

Did you say "The is the LEGENDARY jp!" (getting loud on the LEGENDARY part) or, "this is the legendary JP! (loud on the JP)?

If it was the last one, maybe he thought your were from JCPenny?

LOL, there are times I say my name with a bit of a hard swallow and cross my fingers they dont use google !

I once had a deal to buy a name and the company turned around after agreeing and said we know who you are, you'll sale this name for millions!!!!

 

[CamMK27]

LOL, there are times I say my name with a bit of a hard swallow and cross my fingers they dont use google !

I once had a deal to buy a name and the company turned around after agreeing and said we know who you are, you'll sale this name for millions!!!!

Now thats funny LOL.. I wonder if they went ahead and sold the domain for millions themselves or NOT?

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

Now thats funny LOL.. I wonder if they went ahead and sold the domain for millions themselves or NOT?

No, I think my margin was MAYBE $XXXX so I had a good laugh myself.

 

[DomainsInc]

years ago i had a company finally agree to give me a LLL.com domain they was in redemption after jumping through hoop after hoop for months, however they were 2 days too late and it went into pending delete and sold for 40k at snap.

 

[keyser]

I got in touch with Dinan Cars... makers of high dollar famous tuning equipment for BMWs. I asked them if they were interested in me trying to acquire dinan.com that just dropped. They absolutely don't understand the value of domains. Simple response..."Thanks, but we are not interested.

Not that appreciated by many fellow domainers.
http://www.dnforum.com/f204/bidding-namejet-behalf-others-thread-344301.html
...

 

[INVIGOR]

Not that appreciated by many fellow domainers.
http://www.dnforum.com/f204/bidding-namejet-behalf-others-thread-344301.html
...

Unless there is a rule against it or some legal issue, I really don't care what a handful of less creative "fellow domainers" think. I didn't get where I am worrying about what others think...

;-)

 

[grcorp]

I have a vast amount of experience doing cold calls by phone. The number of solicitations I've made in the past year totals somewhere in the mid-high xx,xxx range.

I can tell you from that exact experience that "Hi, my name is..." is one of the most common solicitation introductions, and to anybody holding a C-level position, it's not worth their time to even entertain.

Have you tried emailing the guy? If it was a bad time for him, following up later might be favorable.

Some other strategies I would try are as follows...

1. Call during non-business hours and leave a voicemail. That way he has to listen to it.

2. Try to speak to someone in IT, or the webmaster. A direct referral from middle management could have him calling you.

As for introductions, I've found "Hi, is this (contact's name)?" and "I was wondering if you could help me out real quick..." to be equally efficient in getting a longer listening period out of the call's recipient.

 

[keyser]

Unless there is a rule against it or some legal issue, I really don't care what a handful of less creative "fellow domainers" think. I didn't get where I am worrying about what others think...

;-)

Its not about being "less creative", but putting others into legal troubles, for domains you do not own !!! You obviously do not remember the "Biggs case". I do.

http://www.dnforum.com/f204/domainers-cybersquatters-namejet-dnf-member-thinks-so-thread-345397.html