Comments on: Does Microsoft Want to Buy Your Domain Name?

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Microsoft Buys Office.com Using a Different Tact - The Domain Industry's News Source

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:15:06 +0000

[...] I wrote after Microsoft acquired CashPerks.com and CashBack.com, the company typically uses a broker to [...]

By: Bashkim Krasniqi

Bashkim Krasniqi — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:21:40 +0000

I only registered my name last month and with weeks I received a phone call from go daddy.com Telling me that someone wanted to buy my name. I was so surprised when I received the phone call from them. I know it is a very good name but I never thought I would receive a phone call in a matter of days.

By: Adspace & Domains » Blog Archive » Microsoft Buying People’s Domain Names?

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:29:26 +0000

[...] At Domain Name Wire, they wrote an article on the recent dealings with Microsoft buying random domain names from people. They never specify a price or how they had contacted the domain name owners, but this seems to be something that they are getting into. Read more here. [...]

By: J.R. Jackson

J.R. Jackson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:44:58 +0000

The ones I hate are the ‘fake’ offers where they require you to get an appraisal before their ready to ‘seal the deal.’

J.R.

By: Emil @KING.NET

Emil @KING.NET — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:25:45 +0000

Hi JR,

I have a similar offer for freeonly.com domain name close to your price though when I ask for business information. He/she never reply.

I guess a bogus offer.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:16:34 +0000

Thanks Jill.

By: J.R. Jackson

J.R. Jackson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:36:25 +0000

I have already posted a comment on this post but I wanted to post one more.

Back in 2001 or 2002 I was approached by a long-distance company and they wanted to purchase a domain I own – foreverfree.com – their offer was $225,000 and I could barely contain my enthusiasm.

Being a sales person I know everything in life has to be negotiated so I made a counter offer and eventually lost the sale. They ended up buying a different domain.

I’m now offering the domain to the highest bidder. So yes you have to negotiate but like Stephen said above, “know the minimum value of your domain” and if a whale comes a long jump all over it.

J.R.

PS I have sold 9 domains already today – woohoo!!!