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I usually get 1 - 3 mails per day wanting some of my domains... some of them are more than 10 years old and are parked from day 1.
- If there is no serious offer then I don't even bother to reply. Something like "Are you interested in selling XXX domain?" = no reply.
- If the offer is just ridiculous, then I don't reply. "I give you $250 for your domain" = no reply
- If it comes from gmail, hotmail or whatever similar place I don't reply. I want to know whom I am dealing with.
- If it comes without something like "Hello, my name is XXX I work for YYY and my company is interested in ZZZ domain" I don't reply.
A domain is a valuable asset. Once sold it's gone forever, so better give me a good offer. Any domain when parked makes more than $7 per year, so they are basically free to have.
If you are interested in buying domains then follow these simple rules and you will have much higher chance to get some reply:
1 ) Use a real mail address from your company and not a gmail or hotmail.
2 ) Use a mail subject that describes your intentions. "Interested in purchasing XXX domain" is ok. "Hello, dear friend" is not.
3 ) Remember to present yourself in the asking mail and give some decent offer. Something like "Hey, I want to buy your domain. I give you $250 on epass. Are you interested?" would go directly to the trash with no reply.
Try something like this:
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Hello,
My name is XXX and I work for YYY company. My company would be interested to add ZZZ domain to our portfolio.
Would like to know if you would be interested to sell that domain. My company is willing to offer XYZ$$$ for it. If you are interested in our offer or willing to negotiate it, please make me know.
Best regards
XXX
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If the offering sum for the domain is more than $1k then offer them the purchase to go through escrow. some people would make you go through escrow even with an $500 offer.
And just for the record, I rarely reply to offers under $1k for my domains. They are just not worth my time unless I am cleaning some domain portfolio.
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