I have had the majority of my portfolio listed for sale via DAN.com around six months. During this time, I have done some testing of the different types of landing pages offered by DAN, which includes the longer term payment plan offering, the BIN page, and the BIN page with a Make Offer option.

Initially, I was not crazy about BIN + Make Offer landing page. My feeling has been that someone who sees the buy it now price with a make offer field will choose to make an offer. After all, the prospect can usually just buy it for the asking price if the seller rejects the offer – or possibly get a better price. With that said, I have sold several names for the BIN price without an offering being submitted, so it doesn’t always lead to an offer.

A point of frustration, though, is when a buyer believes their offer will be given full consideration only to learn that the seller is inflexible on the price. Afterall, most people expect to be able to negotiate when they see the buyer is willing to consider offers.

Case in point, I read a one star review of DAN which focuses on this very topic:

Several months ago, I was negotiating with a web developer to sell a call to action domain name I bought at expiry auction. The domain name was generic in the sense that it could easily be used and branded by a variety of companies or groups. I wasn’t able to learn much about the prospective buyer who did not share a client list on his website, but I did notice the matching .org domain name was registered to a non-profit organization.

I did a bit of research about the organization, and I saw their mission was something I opposed. It’s not anything illicit or illegal, but it is something I would not support – and in fact, would likely support an opponent of that organization. Because of the generic nature of my domain name, though, I figured there was just as good of a chance that the web developer prospect was buying it on behalf of another entity. In addition, I realized that the prospect could just as easily buy the domain name anonymously via Afternic. Same goes for every name I have listed there.

Blade is “global urban air mobility platform” that offers private jet flights and private helicopter service, primarily in the New York region. If you are looking to leave from Manhattan to spend the weekend in the Hamptons and you want the the most efficient way to travel, Blade is the way to go. Blade has seen considerable growth, and according to a news release on its website from earlier this week, Blade is preparing to be listed on the NASDAQ market.

The high value Teams.com domain name has been sold by Anything.com, a domain investment company that owns many exceptional domain names. According to Whois records, Teams.com is now registered to DNStination Inc., the privacy proxy service operated by corporate brand protection service, MarkMonitor.

I reached out to representatives from Anything.com, and the sale of the domain name was confirmed but the sale price will remain private. My guess is that this was a mid 7 figure sale, and it would likely be the largest domain name sale of 2020 if reported publicly. The company has a history of keeping its sale prices private.