Sell a Domain Name with a “Cyber Monday” Deal

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Today is known as “Cyber Monday,” when there are supposedly lots of great deals to be had at online retailers. Many people wait until Cyber Monday to make a purchase knowing there will be special deals and lower prices offered by retail stores. Domain investors looking to book sales might think about using this to their advantage.

If there are any deals that have not been reached yet, or if there are domain name negotiations that ended unsuccessfully, domain investors might consider reaching back out to the prospective buyer to offer a “Cyber Monday special deal.” People may not only be in a buying mood, but companies might have additional funds in their budgets that they want to spend before the end of the year.

One Person’s Junk Is Someone Else’s Treasure

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I know nothing about Pierluigi Buccioli beyond the gambling related domain names he shares on Twitter. A tweet he shared yesterday offers two good lessons to highlight for domain investors:

Andrew Rosener Confirms Prodigy.com Sale

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This morning, Jamie Zoch announced that it appeared AT&T sold Prodigy.com, a domain name the company has owned since its involvement with the defunct Prodigy company. Prodigy.com was first created back in 1992, and AT&T offered an email service on the Prodigy.net domain name for quite some time:

“But You Only Paid $500 for It”

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Some domain name buyers are more savvy than others. They actually do some research on the domain name they want to buy beforehand. They may use a source like NameBio or GoDaddy’s appraisal tool to find more information about the domain name and it’s value, and they might come across the sale price of the domain name they are looking to purchase.

I recently sent a handful of emails to prospective buyers to try and sell a domain name I had recently acquired. After a brief exchange, the prospect mentioned my acquisition price. I want to share a paraphrase of how I replied without specifics that might reveal the specific domain name:

Make Offer on Namecheap via DomainAgents

I am interested in buying a domain name registered under Whois privacy proxy at Namecheap. I visited the Whois lookup page on Namecheap to see if I could send a message to the registrant via the Namecheap system (like the GoDaddy Whois contact form), but it doesn’t look like there’s a contact form. Instead, there is a “Make Offer” button above the Whois information:

James Booth Sold Picture.com for $225,000

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Earlier this morning on Twitter, James Booth reported that his company sold Picture.com for $225,000. The buyer is reportedly Brent Oxley, although the Whois registration information is private at Namecheap, and the nameservers are not yet updated: