How and why we acquired our .com domain
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How and why we acquired our .com domain
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Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#2graphs were especially informative, thanks for sharing!
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#3That is a great and very transparent write-up, I'd say the best I've read in years. Usually companies don't disclose the final price.
My dream .com domain name is squatted by somebody in Korea owning 10.000s of domains. One year they forgot to pay their registration, 'whois' printed 'overdue' (can't remember the exact words). I tried to register, backorder, everything. Nothing worked sadly.
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#4That is a great and very transparent write-up, I'd say the best I've read in years. Usually companies don't disclose the final price. My dream .com domain name is squatted by somebody in Korea owning 10.000s of domains. One year they forgot to pay their registration, 'whois' printed 'overdue' (can't remember the exact words). I tried to register, backorder, everything. Nothing worked sadly.
Thank you! Took me a long time to actually get myself to publish it
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#5graphs were especially informative, thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#6More people and companies (especially) should be willing to at least try to get the domain they want; I was surprised when I was able to get a work-related TLA on an original TLD for not much money at all, especially considering how much you spend to send even a single press release.
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#7Is there a bit of story missing between:
> After a few hours, the broker sent me this from the seller.. > "Our price is final on this one"
and
> ... we got a great deal on his broker fees and paid $4,000 all said and done
It read as though the seller was firm on $8k, but then sold for $4k?
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#8Is there a bit of story missing between: > After a few hours, the broker sent me this from the seller.. > "Our price is final on this one" and > ... we got a great deal on his broker fees and paid $4,000 all said and done It read as though the seller was firm on $8k, but then sold for $4k?
They paid $8k for the domain and $4k to the broker. (At least, that's how I'm reading it- I agree it could be worded more clearly.)
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#9Honestly the key is to be patient. Put it a low-ball offer on a .com you want then wait. They'll reject initially, then they'll contact you again every couple months to see if you're still interested. Keep the low-ball offers going, maybe increasing by very small increments. Eventually you will catch them in a moment where the seller is desperate and then you strike a deal. I got a 6 letters .com domain for $3k down from $40k this way.
Re: How and why we acquired our .com domain
#10Honestly the key is to be patient. Put it a low-ball offer on a .com you want then wait. They'll reject initially, then they'll contact you again every couple months to see if you're still interested. Keep the low-ball offers going, maybe increasing by very small increments. Eventually you will catch them in a moment where the seller is desperate and then you strike a deal. I got a 6 letters .com domain for $3k down…
I got one of my personal domains back for $100 after years of various different squatters asking between $2k and $10k for it. "Literally no one else will ever buy this particular domain from you, take the win" finally worked.