Reglikedomain industry desk

Thing to Do When You Get an Offer on a Domain Name — The First

Shift to syndicated buy-it-now domain listings changes what you do following receiving an offer on your domain names.

In the “old days” when you received an offer on a domain name your first step would be to try to figure out who’s was making the offer.

But now that many people are using buy-it-now syndicated listings with Go Daddy and Afternic, there’s a step that’s even more notable: removing your buy-it-now listing ahead of negotiating.

For example, over the weekend I received an offer at Sedo on one of my domain names. I had it listed as a Go Daddy premium listing. Ahead of responding to the offer I deleted the listing on Go Daddy. Had I not done this, it’s possible someone else would have come along and purchased the domain name while I was still negotiating.

In this case there was an added benefit to removing the premium listing — I was able to sell the domain for more through Sedo than I was asking at Go Daddy. Had I not deleted the listing then the buyer may have checked Go Daddy and been able to negotiate lower.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

User sales led by an interesting .org domain name — Sedo endDomain SalesUser sales led by an interesting .org domain name — Sedo endUsers buy domains from China — Western endDomain SalesUsers buy domains from China — Western endEnd user domain name sales — 11 recentDomain SalesEnd user domain name sales — 11 recentAcquire Work.com domain name? — Did Salesforce.comDomain SalesAcquire Work.com domain name? — Did Salesforce.comUDomain SalesUser Domain Name Sales — 20 End16 end user sales this stretchDomain Sales16 end user sales this stretch.Domain Sales.Net domain sells for $29,000CDomain SalesCharles Schwab Co., Billabong and others bought this past week — What domainsRDomain SalesRecycling.com sells for $300,000