It’s just a waste of your time.
Have you ever received this response when you quote a price for one of your domain names?
“Good luck with that.”
It’s a bit of an insult. Like someone is calling you crazy.
It could be tempting to respond to the person and tell them why you aren’t crazy but I don’t think it’s worth it 99% of the time.
For example, this weekend I received an inquiry on CandyCorn.com. I looked up the inquirer and saw that it was a really small business in a really small town. I almost didn’t respond because it didn’t seem qualified. But you never know, so I quoted $35,000.
I got the “good luck with that” response.
I could huff and puff and tell them why I’m not crazy and educate them on the value of domain names…but why? It would be a waste of my time and their time. It’s better to just move on.
The exception would be if someone comes out with a decent starting point offer. For example, if someone who seemed qualified offered $10k for the name but said “good luck with that” to $35k, it might be worth discussing domain value to see if we can close the gap.
Mike says
I am glad I am not the only one who gets those. I always ask “please send me your very best offer” . Then when they come back and say $100 I say “sorry we are not interested in selling”. Sometimes when they press for a price I regret it as they say “good luck…. etc etc I can pretty much tell when an enquiry is legit and not timewaster.
Mike says
Oh and sometimes if I am pissed off with their offer I send them this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUdhaDCvPWY
Uknowledge says
.Cant stop laughing.
John says
Good one. I like this one myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_4TcXg
Uknowledge says
One I received asked if I won the lottery yet.He keeps coming back ,hoping I would accept his low $250 on a premium. Tv.So on the lander for the name ,I put ,you dont need to win the lottery to own this name.
CHAD FOLK says
Bring the asset and the luck over to CONTRIB and VNOC and let us go to work on utility value, repositioning and distribution with the asset.. The buyers are not scared, educated as you mentioned, or are in a “nice to have” situation. They know you likely wont do anything with the URL so turn the domain into a utility weapon that can cause material impact or be a thorn to the requesting offer bottom line.. By 2020, well have our AI/ML technology and rails ready so your URL will be intelligent and capable of turning the pain or pleasure on the buyers that dont respect the URL or its capabilities.. We need your help as a URL professional as were all in ONE class with URL’s and need to continue educating people on the value.. Is anyone else in this space advancing URL values with tech that people can share? thanks.
AbdulBasit.com says
Rightly said. I just ignore those type of responses. Not worth responding at all.
Steve says
Last week I received an offer of 500 USD for a premium domain and even sent him a screenshot of a 15 k offer I declined in 2018. His response: 0k amigo 750 USD amigo but my final offer. Who the fuk are these cretins
Snoopy says
Most of the times the prices *are crazy*, that is the model, buy low sell high and we really do need “good luck with that” because most people sell less than 1% of inventory per year.
David Thornton says
There is one very acceptable and suitable reply to “Good luck with that” or similar. It’s a simple “k”. You get the last word and they know you read their reply but you won’t hear back unless they change their mind. Anything else seems like you’re trying too hard.
steve brady says
Eating candy corn not only will make most four-legged animals enter a diabetic coma, it’s so bad that birds and squirrels won’t touch it.
Logan says
This is why I prefer BIN pricing. Too many time-wasting unqualified leads. Just show ’em the price and let them go find the budget to buy it, or walk away. Buyers would rather not negotiate with mysterious domain owners anyway.
thelegendaryjp says
If I am feeling humorous I usually reply to low ball offers with a …. ” Thank you for your offer but I could never imagine making someone pay $500 for a LLL dot com, that’s almost criminal”
I then get a reply back they are serious and would be happy to pay it. At that point I never respond again lol
Adrian - NZDomainer says
Response:
Good luck without it….
Dan S says
Yeah, just write an article about it instead!!
Paul says
Noted. Next time I need a domain that’s owned by some of you smartasses, I’m simply filing an UDRP.
Fat Anon says
Good luck with that!And what you expect to gain?
Andrew Allemann says
I can see why some of the responses here give domain owners a bad name.
John says
Andrew, there are certainly some things that do give us a bad name, but I would not include this. You sure you’re in the right business? 😉 A lot of these people are just as cutthroat as any of the worst domainers, or worse. They are entitled, they lie, pretend and lowball, they hide behind intermediaries, they insult until the cows come home. Many of them not only deserve a fitting response but even worse than what they get. My last lowballer was just within the last few months, and he even boasted about how he spent $1 million buying something else, but lowballed me and acted as if I was responsible to cater to his chosen current budget. He even played offer reduction games. He was the most insulting one I’ve ever dealt with, and I flat out told him he was the worst person I’ve ever encountered in almost 20 years of doing this and that there would not have been a “nice doing business with you” even if we had made a deal.
He didn’t get my preferred music video link, but the next one will if it gets that bad again, and I’ve already used it for a similar phenomenon. Predators like that deserve far worse.
patrick cowan says
I always thank them for their interest in my domain but politely tell them that I can not accept their offer.