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That still happens. And everyone that gets approached by someone else for a domain name wants $10,000, at least, everyone. Outside of that market, the main per

That still happens. And everyone that gets approached by someone else for a domain name wants $10,000, at least, everyone. Outside of that market, the main pervasive idea in the collective conscious is that people need a .com, which also died 10-15 years ago. Making money on the internet does not require that. If you need "organic traffic" from a search engine or people typing your domain name in, your idea isn't one of the kind of ideas that make you any convenient amount of money. It just makes some youtube marketing guru some clicks, and some passive income course seller some money, because you'll definitely be coming back to those once whatever outdated SEO becomes clear that its not working. You can host entire businesses on a github hosting page. yoursubdomain.github.io You can host entire businesses on a mailchimp mailing list shared around as a direct link The reality is that your actual users will never be typing your domain name in. They will click and tap on it from social media and chat rooms. Your no name publication with a garbage domain name created yesterday can influence politics, we've seen that clear as day for half of a decade. You can absolutely sell ads on that stuff, or take hundreds of thousands to millions in payments directly from political action committees and NGOs. So, sure, do all sorts of domain name hacks using obscure TLDs, have fun with the branding, don't worry about the dot com, its just a "nice to have".

mysterydip 6y ago
This happened to me this year. I had a domain for almost 20 years that was on register.com. I refused to pay their fee, the discount codes no longer worked, and they made it very difficult to transfer (I made a few attempts). Eventually I got fed up and let it expire. It was instantly snagged with a $8500 price tag to get it back. Fortunately I had moved off every meaningful account so all they were left with was a bunch of spam. As much as I liked it, it was nice to make a fresh start with a new domain.
- pmachinery 6y ago
  For future reference, and for anyone interested, not only do (ICANN accredited) have to provide a transfer authcode within 5 days of being requested, it's also possible to transfer a domain after it has expired, as long as it's still within the renewal grace period.
dmd 6y ago
> And everyone that gets approached by someone else for a domain name wants $10,000, at least, everyone. I own pandorasbrain.com and want to sell it. Every couple months I get an "offer" for a few thousand dollars, and every time I say yes -- which inevitably leads to the other person replying "actually I don't have the money right now, would you sell it to me for [$100, $200, maybe $400]". ... which I also say yes to! ... and then they disappear and never respond. I have no idea what this presumed scam is about, but rest assured there are people out here with .coms who want to sell for much less than $10k, but ... nobody's interested!
- jen729w 6y ago
  I’ve been doing the same with the spammers that ask me if they can send me an SEO report or “generate content for my site” for which I’ll be paid. I respond, eagerly, in the positive. And not one of them has yet responded. What’s the point? Am I just confirming my identity to a bot? And even so ... to what end?
- vmception 6y ago
  I'm an actual buyer occasionally that has dealt with actual people with no problem. My offers were real. As someone that owns domains names, I haven't really seen this market but I keep whois privacy on I guess.
- pmachinery 6y ago
  When you accept immediately people automatically think their offer was too high and the name (or whatever item) must not be worth it. Next time ask for 20-50% more than they offer.
- jobigoud 6y ago
  What marketplace are you selling it on? I think on some of them like sedo you can set up a fixed price that doesn't involve bargaining and that people can buy instantly if they are interested.
  - dmd 6y ago
    None. These are cold emails.

mysterydip 6y ago

This happened to me this year. I had a domain for almost 20 years that was on register.com. I refused to pay their fee, the discount codes no longer worked, and they made it very difficult to transfer (I made a few attempts). Eventually I got fed up and let it expire. It was instantly snagged with a $8500 price tag to get it back. Fortunately I had moved off every meaningful account so all they were left with was a bunch of spam. As much as I liked it, it was nice to make a fresh start with a new domain.

pmachinery 6y ago
For future reference, and for anyone interested, not only do (ICANN accredited) have to provide a transfer authcode within 5 days of being requested, it's also possible to transfer a domain after it has expired, as long as it's still within the renewal grace period.

dmd 6y ago

> And everyone that gets approached by someone else for a domain name wants $10,000, at least, everyone. I own pandorasbrain.com and want to sell it. Every couple months I get an "offer" for a few thousand dollars, and every time I say yes -- which inevitably leads to the other person replying "actually I don't have the money right now, would you sell it to me for [$100, $200, maybe $400]". ... which I also say yes to! ... and then they disappear and never respond. I have no idea what this presumed scam is about, but rest assured there are people out here with .coms who want to sell for much less than $10k, but ... nobody's interested!

jen729w 6y ago
I’ve been doing the same with the spammers that ask me if they can send me an SEO report or “generate content for my site” for which I’ll be paid. I respond, eagerly, in the positive. And not one of them has yet responded. What’s the point? Am I just confirming my identity to a bot? And even so ... to what end?
vmception 6y ago
I'm an actual buyer occasionally that has dealt with actual people with no problem. My offers were real. As someone that owns domains names, I haven't really seen this market but I keep whois privacy on I guess.
pmachinery 6y ago
When you accept immediately people automatically think their offer was too high and the name (or whatever item) must not be worth it. Next time ask for 20-50% more than they offer.
jobigoud 6y ago
What marketplace are you selling it on? I think on some of them like sedo you can set up a fixed price that doesn't involve bargaining and that people can buy instantly if they are interested.
- dmd 6y ago
  None. These are cold emails.