How to negotiate the acquisition of a quality domain name

Buyers have all sorts of ideas on the best tactics to use to acquire a quality domain name. The reality is that the majority of these ideas do not work and have no chance of ever working.

Some buyers are convinced that a seller should be interested in an offer, any offer. These buyers wrongly feel that they are doing a favor to the seller. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many sellers of quality domain name have domain names that they are not even interested to sell. They may consider selling if they see a serious offer. Nothing else will convince a seller to part with a good quality domain name.

It may feel as a hard thing to do, but try to put yourself in the sellers' shoes for a few seconds. The seller has probably seen all sorts of approaches and it does not take long to recognize a serious e-mail from a waste of time. This is why most buyers do not even get a reply from the seller. Most experienced sellers will take a decision in the first few seconds. The e-mail from the buyer is either right or it's not, and buyers rarely get a second chance.

Once a seller has a negative impression about the buyer it's much harder to negotiate and close a purchase. A buyer can get cold, and a seller can also get cold just as fast or faster. Keep the negotiation alive, follow up and do not let it go cold.

The seller should not hope to convince a seller by telling stories. Sellers are not interested in stories. Go straight to the point and make the best offer you can and do this in your first e-mail. This is your best chance to convince a seller to agree to accept your offer.

Some buyers are scared to make a serious offer because they feel they may be offering too much. How much you should offer is up to you, but do not expect the seller to accept an offer that is obviously too low. Any serious buyer should have a pretty good idea how much to offer for a quality generic dot com domain name. If you find it hard, do not be surprised if you do not succeed and do not expect the seller to be interested in your stories. If you are not in a position to make a serious offer you probably should not be looking for a quality domain name.

There is no point in listing the most common stories that some buyers use because none of them works. Why use or copy examples that do not work? What works is a serious offer in the first e-mail.