I received an email from a domain broker I do not know (and have never even heard of before) asking me if a domain name I own is for sale, and if so, what the price is. The broker indicated she was inquiring on behalf of a client who wanted to buy my domain name. My message to her was make an offer and she said she would need to get back to me.

I would imagine a  domain broker working on behalf of a legitimate buyer knows what the buyer’s budget is. Additionally, an experienced broker should know the approximate value of a particular domain name. That information combined should be enough to at least provide a reasonable opening offer. If the budget isn’t commensurate with the domain name’s value, it seems unbelievable that a professional domain broker would take on the project, especially given the fact that the domain name they inquired about is owned by someone that is knowledgeable about the domain space.

If a domain broker isn’t

There are a lot of domain investors who are afraid to leave money on the table. I am one of those people. However, I am also a realist, and I would generally rather do a deal at 70-80% of what I think I could potentially achieve than hold out for every last penny, which may never come. Worse, it could cost me a reasonable deal that is on the table because a buyer could choose another domain name instead of mine.

There’s a funny thing about leaving money on the table. When we agree to sell a domain name for an end user’s best and final offer, we

I recently fielded an inquiry on a domain name, and I set out to do a bit of due diligence on the prospective buyer. I looked at his company’s website, and I was easily able to see why the company wants to buy my domain name. I also realized that if I had done outbound marketing for this domain name, I would never have found them.

If you’re like me, you’ve probably won some domain names at auction that look like they’re great names but you may not know all that much about the topic. For instance, you might have bought a domain name related to school loans, but you don’t know much about how the lending process works or technical terms related to that field. This could make it more challenging to do outbound marketing for the domain name.

When you receive an