How should I play this negotiation?

[Mr. Faggotry]

Some guy out of the blue contacted me to buy a domain name I registered a few months ago. It all checks out, he’s a real person running a real small business/side hustle. His opening offer was $2500US. Nothing super special about the name, it doesn’t even have a website attached. A similar name is for sale for $5000.

How do I get maximum return value without blowing the sale and having him walk? This domain cost me $10 and I have no plans of using it in the future.

 

[Harry Powell]

Take the 2500 and run

 

[Chive Turkey]

Take the 2500 and run

This.

You know what a chazzer is, @Mr. Faggotry?

 

[chocolatehellhole]

Counter with 3500 and say you're not flexible, already have someone else asking at 3k.

 

[Turk February]

Some guy out of the blue contacted me to buy a domain name I registered a few months ago. It all checks out, he’s a real person running a real small business/side hustle. His opening offer was $2500US. Nothing super special about the name, it doesn’t even have a website attached. A similar name is for sale for $5000.

How do I get maximum return value without blowing the sale and having him walk? This domain cost me $10 and I have no plans of using it in the future.

I say use a foot-in-the-door strategy and make a counter offer of $1,799. He won't see it coming.

 

[Mr. Faggotry]

Counter with 3500 and say you're not flexible, already have someone else asking at 3k.

That’s the only issue is that it’s such a niche, random name that I don’t know if that angle would play. I thought he was gonna offer like $150 when he said, “I’ve got a number in mind, don’t be insulted if it’s too low.”

 

[chocolatehellhole]

What's the name?

 

[Mr. Faggotry]

What's the name?

www.anthonycumia.com

 

[chocolatehellhole]

I'd pay 5k to have you shut that down.

 

[Turk February]

I'd pay 5k to have you shut that down.

I'll toss in a 20

 

[JoeCumiawearsDIAPERS]

What are you comfortable asking for? $2500 feels like a good offer although I don’t know the domain name market. If you chase this guy away, are there other potential buyers and would they offer a similar number?

Personally, I’d sell it and move on, then I’d buy a box full of glitter and ship it to Norton just to be a funster.

 

[Mr. Faggotry]

What are you comfortable asking for? $2500 feels like a good offer although I don’t know the domain name market. If you chase this guy away, are there other potential buyers and would they offer a similar number?

Personally, I’d sell it and move on, then I’d buy a box full of glitter and ship it to Norton just to be a funster.

Zero market. Zero offers. I’ve sold a website before for 10k but it had a business brand attached to it. But that was also just some random guy that reached out to me because he liked the instagram handle and I turned that into a deal to buy the entire brand, which was nothing more than a few hundred followers on most social platforms.

I’m having a hard time reading it this guy is just no nonsense and is putting his last best offer first or if there is five figures just waiting to be taken from a guy with more cash than brains.

 

[soulbrotherman#1]

I'll take it for $3600, you don't even have to tell me the name just give the guy my number as the person you sold it to.

Unless that Anthony cumia name was a serious answer in which case I'll do like 36 cents I guess

 

[OpiesDelishHog]

Don’t take points off the board brotherman. Take the money

 

[DMbA]

Talk it down to 25 and throw in a ciggy afterwards

 

[Dog Eater]

Given the current state of the domain market just take the money and run. He has no incentive to pay any more than that.

 

[Rutherford_b_Blaze]

How can you like  own a website maaaaan?

 

[TheRevAlJolson]

Take the $2500. For a $10 domain name, I'd say you're doing pretty good.

 

[DeadWithoutMyDavid]

Are you sure it's not a chink scam artist? They will offer you thousands up front and then insist you use some shady chink payment app

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

I’ll give you $2,600. (No I won’t.) Take the original offer, stupid.