Comments on: Survey: Domainers Bullish on Sales Prices

By: Stephen Douglas

Stephen Douglas — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:08:47 +0000

I’m getting a lot more enquiries too, but few callbacks. I think many of these are spam enquiries to confirm email viability. In other words, all a spammer has to do is send you a quick email (using a robot link miner program to get to your “This Domain For Sale” link on your landing page) and once you respond, you’re tagged. I’ve caught a few enquiries with different emails but with the same “purchase enquiry” language. Be wary.

I am now sending out a response email to enquirers of domains I think are worth more than $2000 that requires the enquirer to provide viable company/contact info before I take the time to send my pricing, etc… UNLESS they fit that “spam” mold of similar enquiries, where then I just ignore ‘em.

By: bernard

bernard — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:31:26 +0000

I am rather sure a very large (and maybe larger these days) part of inquiries aren’t from people willing to buy but from domainers checking what other are asking for to get ideas for their domains.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:50:17 +0000

Looks exactly like the stock market.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:04 +0000

I have seen nothing but a steady increase in inquiries over the last six months.

I had a personal record in late Nov. of 21 domain inquiries in a single day…..it’s never happened before. I do have days with no inquiries also, but that 21 inquiry day told me that the dam broke and the buyers WILL be coming eventually.

There are still a butt-load of tire kickers, but I figure you get enough tire kickers in the show room and some will start to buy. The sentiment just has to start swinging towards a positive view of domains before that happens, but I think 2010 will be the year the tide starts to turn hard.

By: Domainer

Domainer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:53:24 +0000

I sold all my names to Jonty Williams.