Putting the 'ground work' in

[Bailey]

As an add-on to Doddlebugs "sales regets" thread.

It's interesting to read the regrets - I would have thought most- if not all regrets would have come from seeing, with hindsight who the buyer was (I try never to look - retrospectively)

We all see those marvellous 'top-draw' sales (the icloud baby) but I do wonder how much work each of us put in; approached unsolicited. Forgetting the "needs - must" moments when a sale is the difference between eating or not eating (been there) . But in response to a comfortable sale-no sale moment.

Admittedly I'm a domainer with time on my hands - but, I honestly can't remember when an enquiry dosen't prompt near a days work (at least) and I can't see how any of us can really deliver a realistic (market aware) valuation otherwise.

 

[Edwin]

I spend 5-10 minutes trying to find out who emailed me, from the name and email and any other clues in the email header. But since my names are already all priced, there's not much that needs doing beyond that.

I really just dig so that I can say "XYZ domain would clearly complement Alpha Company Ltd's strategy/product line/whatever seems appropriate" so that the sender knows that they're "rumbled" even if they were mailing from Hotmail or Gmail.

 

[bensd]

The fact is a domain is worth £x (x being value) whether Joe Bloggs buys it or Apple does.

It really comes down to what price you are happy to accept.

 

[awgthomas]

I can only agree with above.

I was told early on that "something is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it".

 

[wb]

The fact is a domain is worth £x (x being value) whether Joe Bloggs buys it or Apple does.

It really comes down to what price you are happy to accept.

I can only agree with above.

I was told early on that "something is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it".

Your quote contradicts the first and doesn't agree with it...

If you value a domain at being worth what someone is prepared to pay for it, it may make the "worth" far more in terms of price to Apple than it would be to Joe Bloggs.

 

[Bailey]

it may make the "worth" far more in terms of price to Apple than it would be to Joe Bloggs.

I agree WB. I was going to pick back up on this thread with what I believe are some valued counter arguments with justifications - However looking at it from a strictly generic descriptives.co.uk or .org.uk viewpoint, I'm not sure my counter would hold too much sway.

I'll start another thread on the .com - uk perspectives regarding descriptives and contrived terms