Being Spiteful Cost Me Money

Elliot Silver
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I haven’t shared this story before, but I might as well share it with you. It’s a story about how my being spiteful cost me money. Probably a considerable amount of money. I am not going to share the domain name because I don’t think it’s polite to reveal private negotiations without the other party’s permission.

I saw a solid .com domain name on Sedo  in 2011, and I made a $500 offer for the domain name. The domain owner counter offered at around $1,500. I decided to try my luck again and I offered around $700. The owner countered at around $1,000.

Each counter offer brought us closer to an agreeable amount for us both, and figuring that we were getting close, I offered

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Who Else Sends All Inquiry Phone Calls to Voicemail?

Elliot Silver
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When I receive a call from a phone number I don’t recognize, I almost always send the call to voicemail. I have found that most of these phone calls are either marketers trying to sell me something (like SEO people) or they are inquiries about a domain name.

I think it’s a wise move to send inquiry phone calls to voicemail. In fact, it might be smart to set up a phone line that is only for your Whois records so that all calls can be automatically sent to voicemail without your having to wonder if it’s a friend calling from a different phone number or someone else calling about personal matters.

Sending inquiry phone calls to voicemail is good for a

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Make Sure Your Domain Names Are Added to Your Parking Account

Elliot Silver
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There have been a few times I  unsuccessfully tried to add a domain name to my parking account, and because the domain name was already listed in another account, it didn’t get added to mine. When you are adding names to your account, be sure that they are all added.

Let’s say that I put a domain name up for auction. I’ve been parking the name with Internet Traffic for a year, and I don’t remember to take it down before the auction (or don’t wish to take it down in the event it doesn’t sell). If and when you win the auction and try to add it to your account, it won’t let you if it’s still in my account.

If you don’t see

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Use BCC When You Send Emails

Elliot Silver
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I rarely ever send group emails, especially when trying to sell domain names to end user buyers. I think sending individual emails that are tailored to each recipient can help improve the open rate and can also help improve the sale through rate. I understand that it might be more efficient to send group emails though, and if you do, here’s one piece of advice: use the blind carbon copy (BCC) feature.

There have been a number of times that I received emails from people or companies, and the sender carbon copied (CC) recipients instead of BCCing them. There are two major issues with this:

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Continue Selling to a Buyer

Elliot Silver
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Not everyone understands the value of domain names and how a domain name can help a business. There are plenty of smart business owners that don’t really care about domain names, especially those that cost more than the annual registration fee.

There are many people who do understand what a domain name can do for a company, and some of these people will pay what it takes to acquire great domain names to help their businesses. When you find a decision maker that appreciates good keyword domain names, you should do what it takes to generate additional sales from that buyer.

There are quite a few people I’ve done multiple deals with who

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Nice For Sale Landing Page

Elliot Silver
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I stumbled across a domain name “for sale” landing page, and I wanted to share it with you because I think it seems effective.

From my experience, many domain buyers don’t know about the Whois directory, and the way they check to see if a domain name is available to buy is by visiting that domain name. If they see a “for sale” link, they are likely to click it for more information. In my opinion, the more clear it is that a domain name is for sale, the better.

I wanted to share a very nice looking landing page that I think can be effective in selling domain names. When you have a chance, check out Changoo.com in a new window. I don’t know the owner, but I think it’s a nice lander.

The landing page makes it very clear that the domain name is for sale, and there aren’t PPC links to distract someone from making an offer for the domain name.

Here’s what I like about this particular landing page:

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