Hi, I recieved this email the other day: Hello, Just let me know your price for (my domain).com. I regularly check domain auctions and your name has good potential. We are working on software market. So Internet names is just a part of our investment strategy. Reselling brings us some additional income. Looking forward to do business with you. I responded with, "please visit sedo.com and make an offer there, if I like it I'll accept". They're agreeable to negotiating through sedo (which is a good sign) but they wanted an appraisal which I thought was weird. Any suggestions one what I should do next? I was thinking I'd just respond with "appraisals are subjective at best, a domain is worth what someone is willing to pay. If someone has a need for a certain name its worth something."
It's a well-known scam. They own the appraisal business that they want you to use and pay for (although they might say you can use some other high-priced company they know you won't). You pay for the appraisal (which is really their company) and then they will back out of the purchase. It's a waste of time to keep responding to them. They have no intention of buying your domain at any price.
name has good potential. We are working on software market. So Internet names is just a part of our investment strategy. Reselling brings us some additional income. Looking forward to do business with you.[/I] I responded with, "please visit sedo.com and make an offer there, if I like it I'll accept". They're agreeable to negotiating through sedo (which is a good sign) but they wanted an appraisal which I thought was weird. Any suggestions one what I should do next? I was thinking I'd just respond with "appraisals are subjective at best, a domain is worth what someone is willing to pay. If someone has a need for a certain name its worth something."[/QUOTE] 1. Check this link http://www.4domains.com/corporate/articles/How_much_is_that_COM_in_the_window 2. Instead replying their email, visit the site concerned and contact them 3.Sell your domain only throw https://www.escrow.com/index.asp Good luck, Toniya
what mjewel said is correct. it is a scam. so now you know this play them intill they get the message that you're not going to get a an appraisal. waste as much time of theirs as you can
I had a feeling this was the case. Thay actually suggested a domain appraiser which raised a red flag.
I also received such a letter for a domain which was clearly crappy. I wonder if there are people that fall for this type of scams...
I think a lot of people are falling for this, you get a chance to sell your domain that someone thinks is very valuable and all you have to pay for that to happen is this small appraisal fee. Most people who own random domains don't visit forums like this one and does not know about this type of scams.
common sense? i guess many people don't have it as it still seems to be worthwhile to send v14gr4-spams, faked bank/creditcard/ebay emails and stuff like that. and dont forget the popular passwords like 123123, god and s*x... common sense in the internet? forget it b2t: if you have a lot of time/creativity, you could maybe "play" with them. iirc some people did that with nigerian scam.