buying a parked domain

[findtim]

i have a client that wants a particular domain name but someone has it and its just parked. whats the best way to approach this?

its sydney w**** ******s dot com dot au , he owns the one without the "s" ( cooler) but wants this one.

any advice appreciated

tim

 

[payattention]

You could get the ball rolling by letting them know you're interested in purchasing it. Maybe ask for a ball park figure before making an offer.

 

[snoopy]

Think up a price slightly on the low side and offer it is my advice.

 

[soj]

Tim - my first bit of advice would be to delete the domain name from your post. You just never know who is lurking; or who knows who.

If I read on a forum that a person was after my domain, I would raise my price expectations!

 

[Billy01]

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That's GOLD

 

[FirstPageResults]

Tim - my first bit of advice would be to delete the domain name from your post. You just never know who is lurking; or who knows who.

If I read on a forum that a person was after my domain, I would raise my price expectations!

I was thinking the same, so I took the liberty of removing it. Think window might have closed anyway.

 

[findtim]

thanks, yeh i was unsure about that but thought it might help in the advice being given to me.

thanks

tim

 

[findtim]

the owner of the domain is a direct competitor so no point in contacting them ! don't understand why he's just parked the domain but !

 

[johno69]

the owner of the domain is a direct competitor so no point in contacting them !

I don't see the relevance there really.

Create a free yahoo email account and call yourself George.. they don't need to know who they are selling to until they have signed it away.

Reminds me of a friend who was approached to buy one of his domains a few years back. He was happy to sell, then after the dust settled the whois showed Google.

 

[findtim]

good idea, WELL thats why we go on forums !!!!

and LOL i have done this trick a million times, "secret shopper" , but if the guy has as an example " ballinabolts.com.au" ( not the true name) and he's selling bolts but using his johnwilliamsbolts.com.au domain because "thats what has always done" why would he give up ballinabolts?

BUT, then again i am breaking my rule of "just ask" and see what happens.

OK, so i'll go forth in stealth and see what happens.

BUT the reality is the domain name is EXACTLY what he is selling and what my client is selling so i can't even pretend to say "ohh no we aren't competing with you.... we don't sell bolts... we sell exit strategies for people wanting to leave ballina !!!! LOL"

so i think its goign nowhere.

tim

 

[FirstPageResults]

I don't see the relevance there really.

Create a free yahoo email account and call yourself George.. they don't need to know who they are selling to until they have signed it away.

Reminds me of a friend who was approached to buy one of his domains a few years back. He was happy to sell, then after the dust settled the whois showed Google.

A DNT member tied to use an alias with me once, but I busted them by looking at the email headers

 

[findtim]

A DNT member tied to use an alias with me once, but I busted them by looking at the email headers

YEP, there's always someone smarter then you and it can get messy

tim

 

[johno69]

That changes it a bit obviously.

 

[findtim]

Plus if you are selling something you want to know some real contact details etc. don't you?

We are working on a project right now that involves some "secret shopper" phone calls across OZ, its HARD YARDS, we gotta find a business in that area that relates to another but doesn't have a reason for the person to "phone back" and block our incoming call numbers and invent a story, and practice every possible senario to get the info we need.

the secret shopper client is the head office of a franchise so we are secret shopping their company !! go figure? but thats what they do and when i was with woolies back in 1983 -88 thats exactly what we use to do.

back to the point: i think this is a no goer but stay tuned, i'll give it a go !

tim

 

[johno69]

A DNT member tied to use an alias with me once, but I busted them by looking at the email headers

But the average Joe that is more interested in running a bolt business and just registered the ballinabolts domain because their mate said it would be a good idea wouldn't generally have the knowledge to do this.

I mean, If I wanted to buy blogger.com.au I wouldn't send an email from @blogger.com

 

[johno69]

Plus if you are selling something you want to know some real contact details etc. don't you?

Not particularly. If i'm getting the price I want then I couldn't care less who it goes too.

I'm just saying, why advertise just how important the domain is to you. It's asking for a price increase IMO.

 

[findtim]

But the average Joe that is more interested in running a bolt business and just registered the ballinabolts domain because their mate said it would be a good idea wouldn't generally have the knowledge to do this.

I mean, If I wanted to buy blogger.com.au I wouldn't send an email from @blogger.com

You're right, but this is a BIG business so the guy isn't stupid, he's probably got 50+ employees and i haven't done any research yet. nobody gets to that level and doesn't know value.

remember ballinabolts is just a fake example.

 

[findtim]

i get it john69.

the "importance" comes from the fact the domain name is SOOOOO keyword based that only a complete idiot wouldn't now it.

like, sydneyrealestate or melbourneapartments or adelaideflatrentals

tim

 

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[FirstPageResults]

But the average Joe that is more interested in running a bolt business and just registered the ballinabolts domain because their mate said it would be a good idea wouldn't generally have the knowledge to do this.

I mean, If I wanted to buy blogger.com.au I wouldn't send an email from @blogger.com

I agree with you. I once bought a .co.nz and the owner tracked me down by looking at the same keyword.com.au whois which used the same .com email address.. significantly pushed the price up