Got an offer on my domain, but have a question

A company emailed me stating that they are interested in purchasing a domain name that I own. Only the domain name is for sale, no website.

The company that is interested in buying my domain wants me to get my domain appraised by a third party company. I told him, look man, if you want the .com, make me an offer and we make a deal. So he made me an offer, BUT still wants me to get the domain appraised.

His reply "it's a standard practice to show independent valuation to buyers/resellers. Nobody will do business without it. Without the independent valuation from a trusted source we don't spend a penny. This is our financial policy. So our offer is just a rough estimate. If the appraisal comes higher we are ready to offer a bit more. If it comes lower we will discuss the price with you again."

I am not sure what to do at this point. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

It is a spam. Don't pay for appraisals. That's their trick to let you appraise it and get money from your appraisal. They don't want to buy your domain.

 

It is 100% scam.

 

Thank you for the reply guys....I figured I would ask and did get a little pit suspicious when in his both of email replies he links me to this:

I read the following information about appraisals at
http://www.thenamepros.com/Archive/815360279.htm

I appreciate the feedback. Thank You.

 

Yes I agree it's a scam don't listen to them.. anyone interested would be completely different.

 

yup- there are many out there- beware

 

funny thing, i fell for it. now running a paypal dispute. oh silly me. sigh.

 

Looks like a scam. I would highly avoid that.

 

Defo a scam. The domain appraisal scam is well know and been around for years.

 

Yeah they own the appraisal company, if they really wanted/needed the domain they would base their offer on what they are willing to pay.

 

It is a scam.

 

SCAM SCAM SCAM i DID'T pay for this BULL...T

 

Yes,the same happen to me.He said again :I will not accept appraisal from domainappraisal dot org.I trust AuthorizedAppraisal dot com.Heheehe...A Scam Investor. So I trace his IP: 188.121.43.194.Hostname: n1nlshrout02 dot shr dot prod dot ams1 dot secureserver dot net. Country :Netherlands. Location Area Dronten City , close to this street Spiearingweg & Harringweg.The expert from this forum maybe can trace him then hack him back.I hate this person coz I thought he seriously want to buy my domain.Sory,I can not post live link ,signature,map location.Don't have that kind access on this forum.So I use "dot" to show the link.

 

Wow, that's a new one on me. I was contacted the other day about selling a domain with a bit of content on it for over $100. I was very surprised how they offered. Are .com domains that hard to find now? It's an character domain name.

 

I got the same offer from jacob-brenner@domain-hosting-shop.com 100% scam. "To avoid mistakes I asked domain experts about reputable appraisal companies. Please check this blog with suggestions from other sellers and buyers:" fake static blog site http://www.forum-windows-club.com/Archive/846592108.htm

 

Holy Crap ... I fell for it. Any suggestion how to dispute this transaction?

 

The same happen to me. I got an e-mail from jacob-brenner@domain-hosting-shop.com and he suggest me a blog with an appraisal site link. I also send some e-mails to him and he replay telling me that he need the appraisal for my domains. After the 3rd e-mail from jacob I stopped the conversation.

 

I fell for it too...need help on the dispute...i paid via paypal.
How can I get my money back?
It's like 200USD...

 

Sounds like scam there!
But anyway , You can say them if they pay the fees for appraisal then you are ok.

 

I fell on their trap, they told me if interested on 5 of my domains...luckily (????) I'm just ordering 1 domain appraisal that cost $80,31...and you know what, they appraised my domain name with $38,000 price without any explanation. What a silly report they gave to me, furthermore the report is not in PDF or other general format; but they just put on this url : http://www.authorizedappraisal.com/appraisal.asp?Domain=www.JewelQuest.net

If you read that report, I believe you will curse them ...I have submitted a dispute on PAYPAL, and my curiosity lead me order premium domain appraisal from SEDO.