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myseyf:
Please!!! Domain veterans, You people should help me! I'm very very new in this domain biz, I just bought a domain last Friday and decide to do some outbound late last night, only to wake up this morning to see an offer of $... for my domain via email.

I had accepted the offer and the buyer has replied back with "That's a deal".

Now how will I know they've made a payment? Will undeveloped sent me a notification of payment? And how can I transfer or push the domain name to this buyer? Please, I have never done this before!

cc; Playz 2sexycom AMZYMAYO fhranchez Promxy94 expertix Treasure28 Gabson91 Testapep Promxy94 paulsir iykepromotions otoboson

i see you've been settled, cheers

tranxo:
Testimony time. Alert just entered. Jesus thank you!

3 word USA geo domain (real estate industry)

Bought at Netsol for $1 on Dec. 23 2018 and set BIN $2,300 on Undeveloped

Outbounded on 26th night to more than 20 end users (Facebook and direct email)

Woke up around 3am on Dec. 27th to see an offer of $1,500

I immediately countered $2,000

Buyer countered $1,500 again and said (Unfortunately that's as high as I can go. Thank you for the consideration.)

I come think am. Sleep no gree come again. I say weda to use delay tactics. My church mind tell me say I dey greedy. $1500!!!

I accept fasssssttttt!!!Dec 27th

The waiting game don start be that.

I took the liberty to search the buyer on Facebook. Saw her and noticed she is a very big realtor in that particular real estate subniche I targeted. (Meanwhile name was gotten from Expireddomains)

I added her as a friend and introduced myself. (Reason for this was to get her to know I am real ..... probably worked)

She was on vacation so communication was hell. But I kept communicating. Answering her many questions about her being skeptical about Undeveloped as a trustworthy company, transfer process, how she will get the domain etc.

This went on till Dec 31st when the buyer sent me a mail from Undeveloped that almost gave me heart attack LOL.

Undeveloped in their payment reminder to her spelt the domain name (the name of the city) wrongly TWICE in the same mail. Chai.

She said her trust don vanish that professionals cannot make such a mistake. Wahala. My brain went into overdrive.

I had to allay her fears by letting her understand that Undeveloped being a European country may sometimes get foreign names wrong. I agreed with her that it was unprofessional and that I will contact Undeveloped to correct the mistake.

She was happy.

I contacted Undeveloped and apologies were poured out with promises to rectify the issue.

I purposely didn't bombard buyer with mails so that she will not feel too pressured and back off, but I remember asking her when she intended to pay, cos with the landing page showing "Domain Sold", I may lose other prospects.

She totally understood my concerns and said she was on vacation and cannot do much until she gets back home. That if I want to back off from the deal she will understand...WHAAAATTT!!! Back off wetin!!! God forbid. I told her I will wait ooo.

Undeveloped sent second payment reminder to her on Jan 3.

Buyer assumed that she will pay extra VAT and started developing cold feet.

Those current with Namepros will remember the thread where Undeveloped explained thoroughly their VAT methods.

I smiled and explained the much I can to her that since she is from outside Europe, she won't have to pay any VAT. I also told her that I will tell Undeveloped to explain this to her. Undeveloped did and everyone was happy. LOL

Friday Jan 4th buyer paid. Praise God!

Undeveloped contacted me for domain transfer. Which I completed later in the day. But it was until Monday 7th that Undeveloped acknowledged it (they don't communicated weekends from my experience).

However, it was only on last Wednesday Jan. 9th that they sent the money ($1,365) to my dom account. They said ordinarily they ought to have sent it out within 1 business day from the time buyer paid, but because it was my first transaction, they had to make sure of certain things. They also rejected my request for Bitcoin payout because of the same reason. I can however request for Bitcoin payout from my second transaction.

Wire transfer takes 3-5 business days to hit your account.

Today is the 3rd day. Alert received around 1pm.

I had to write this long epistle not just our of joy, but to chronicle what it looks like dealing with Undeveloped.

Some sales may go smoother than mine, but this goes to show that if I never thought of searching this buyer on Facebook, probability of losing this sale would be high.

I registered 12 names with the $1 promo. Praying and hoping few more in same real estate subniche (sorry - won't reveal it for now) will sell.

As a newbie, and still learning. Try and target cities with population above 100,000

If you are searching your keyword on Google for endusers, if you see adverts appearing at the top of the serach engine results, that's a good sign that people want that keyword. So an enduser may like to have an EMD as his/her domain name.

Another tip. If you are setting your filters on Expireddomains, under Additional tab, at the bottom, tick the box that says Facebook Taken

It will show you domains that have Facebook Pages with the same names. For instance, if it lists lagosvetservices .com, it means you MAY see a Facebook Page with the handle @lagosvetservices

It doesn't always work but when it does, it is a plus. Just check if the FB Page is active. If the business has a website. Even if it has a website that goes by another/similar name, the business MAY want to own a name that matches their FB Page.

$1 promo give us a lot of room to lower our risks.

Meanwhile my alert says $1,345 instead of $1,365. I guess $20 has gone towards unexplained bank charges. Different story with different companies. When I sold some names on Namejet last year, I got the exact amount in my dom account.

Nothing spoil. To God be the Glory. More sales to us all!

PS: any typo? Pardon. Too happy to proofread. LOL.

you get mind counter $1500, congrats anyway.

etin06:
I would have picked it before you if I had fund cos I saw it dropped. I picked digitalwristwatches.com instead and left this due to lack of funds.

nice name, the singular would have been excellent

Promxy94:
Bank transfer

How long does it normally take? or have you seen yours?

Geofavor:
Lol. How exactly do you mean? Give an instance perhaps.

they are simply rejecting my card

Playz:
#FirstSale
Started Domaining Dec. 26th 2018 after crawling this thread countless number of times.
This was the second name I registered, picked from expired domains.
Purchase price: $1 Netsol
BIN: $100
Hold time: 2 Weeks
Type: Outbound-Facebook actually, after countless read mails without reply.
I pitched the name to him, no reply, about 4hrs later I asked "Would you like to make us an offer?" Said: "Yes, $50"
Countered $80, no reply, I sent him the link and changed BIN to $50, He paid immediately.

Thank you Iykepromotions for your superb mentorship (even though I didn't contact you on this one, ), 2sexycom, Haykay2005, Promxy94, expertix, Treasure28 and every other person for your positive contributions to this thread, they really motivated me.
..and to otoboson who mentioned to "not be greedy, in this business", I remembered that when I accepted the $50.

more choppings to come. congrats bro.

IDEALCASH:
Congrats, more sales

thanks boss

Geofavor:
Congrats....

Can I ask a question? why did you use namesilo instead of netsol?

e don tey wey netsol don dey f**k me up

domain name:private

type:outbound

purchase price: $6.99(namesilo)

bin: $300

offer:$180

sale price:$180(net $163)

hold time: 6 days


dassal!!

Promxy94:
Starting the year happy in a new tone

Sold
Bought for $1 sold for $125.
Sales venue: undeveloped.com
Hold time Aug15-jan9
Inbound lead of $150 countered higher, later when I requested for the $150, he refused and offered $125.
Sale completed.

#MyGODLIVES

congrats bro, what method of payment did you use (paypal or bank transfer)

anyone that knows undeveloped escrow account on namesilo should tell me oo

joesaint:
is just a shot name...still a learner

list my domain on afternic will i need to change my server to afternic

"uk" "energy" "gti" the first 2 are ok but "gti" spoilt the whole thing. next time you reg a domain make sure the keywords are solid and assembled nicely like "uk energy.com" and not "energyuk.com"

cheers

Testapep:
Austinhelicoptercharter.com

Purchase price-$6.9

Sold-$300

Hold time-8 days

Sales platform-Afternic

Sales type-outbound

congrats bro, can i pm you or can you send me a whatsapp message on my siggy

joesaint:
Hi Guys am new in the field... New domain I create and put it on marketplace
ukenergygti.com

Any mistake or adjustment on it thanks �

sorry bros what's the meaning of "gti" in your domain

I think people should keep the netsol $1 promo discreet within the house. These namepros guys don't like netsol and they don't like the way we are reg domains cheap and flipping it for profit fast. i have a feeling some of them have reported us netsol or urged them to stop their promo

kenralph:
Our bosses in the house... did anyone successfully register a name at netsol last night? I've never had issues with registration there cos I use my PayPal account to make payments. However, from last night (around 10pm) till this morning, I've been getting error messages while attempting payments. My last successful registration was on Tuesday....I chatted with them last night to complain about the issue but the lady told me she can only register the name for me if I'll pay their normal price for domains and not the $1.

chai even me too o any other person experiencing this issue?

GuyWise101:
Op this type of thread have been written here countless times and the truth is that it hadn't yielded any fruit and will never yield...



Yorubas are the reason Nigeria is backward.

it has gotten so bad that any tribe that defames the SW is igbo

Osagyefo98:
Straight to dust bin.

see them!!

Duchaello:
brotherly why 2_5dollapo is the name bad?

sister, that domain has a very slim chance of making good "dollapos" i would use that $5 and get 5 better domains on netsol.

Good day nairalanders, it has come to my attention that BMC (buhari media cows) have started using the "divide and conquer" strategy here in nairaland.

In a thread one presumed moniker(not igbo) made a comment about "brown roofs" in ibadan got a reply abusing Igbo's about the biafran war.

my point is these people(monikers) mostly not igbos(igbos are too busy for that kind of crap) they use this bait system to cause rift btw igbos & yoruba for reasons best known to them.

my SE & SW brother's pls unite for enemies are looking to divide the south.

watch as the enemies of the Southern Unity will try to derail this thread. pls southerners WISE UP

AMZYMAYO:
Sold standoutcosmetics.com for $699 on Afternic. Transfer has been Completed. Now waiting for payment.

I bought the name on Network Solutions when they were still accepting my card. I picked it up on the drop on September 1.

I did some outbound for the name, but didn't receive any reply. Guess one of them bought the name.

congrats.. failure has no friend

buzritchy:
Hello domainers,
Got this reply from one of from one of the end user.

"Thank you, We will have it in mind"


What response is befitting to follow up?

that's a polite way of saying "no thank you". but if you want to push your luck, ask them to send you any offer they have in mind.

Duchaello:
My brother and sister,please help me. I have domain that I hand reg since last year July Ecryptohaul.com. no single view on it not to talk of buying. Abeg help me check,is there something I'm not doing right? And getting a landing page is really hard. Help me check abeg I can sell am off

Cc 2sexy.com
Haywhy2005

auction it on namepros and hopefully you'll get $2-5 (no pun intended)

sunnedee2:
Hello everyone
Is it advisable to register for example "ohiodrivers.com" for end users that use "ohiodriving".
Just an illustration. Not the real domain.

NOTE: there are at least 200 end users in the niche but mostly the use "ing" version.

cc:
2sexy.com
haykay2005
and everyone


Thanks

your due diligence already paid off

golamike:
Please can you explain why you need new sim cards? I don't get it

new simcards new gmail account

viktor88:
I don't have any, this is my first time of trying to buy a domain and I want to take advantage of this promo.


I am afraid to use a friend card since the site has already filled some info like my names as card holder by themselves??

just create another bank acc that is eligible for MasterCard and visa or just call your bank on how to upgrade your account.

golamike:
please who has a suggestion on how not to be blocked by gmail after sending multiple mails? Domain business requires lots of outbounding, can we ever escape Google's hammer?

always apologise for spamming at the end of your letter and pray they dont hit the spam button. or just keep buying new sim cards

viktor88:
Please networksolution did not have option for verse card and that's the only card I have, please experts in the house, please is there any way out??

you'll need visa or mastercard

golamike:
Mine has also been enabled. Just hoping I've not lost any incoming mail during the period it was disabled.

these oyibos sef... saw them dancing around my lander page (in analytics) still no purchase or mail. na God hand we dey o

golamike:
Good morning domainers. Please I need help with my Gmail account. I got a message from Google last night that my account has been disabled Cos there was some activity done with it against Google's policy (spamming). This is the mail I use for my domaining bizz. Registered it with all the registrars I use and also use it for all my outbounding. The surprising thing is that I've done a few spamming tests with the email and passed all. I don't know why google still disabled the account. Please has anyone experienced this before? What could be done. I will appreciate prompt answers/suggestions please. Thanks

they blocked mine this morning maybe due to mass messaging. sent a query to them dis morning (added with some kain format) and it was opened within 1-2hrs

etin06:
Hello house

I received an offer for my domain name onlinehairstore.com for $100. What do you guys think?

that's a reseller's offer, bros accept that money sharperly. if you counter na OYO you dey o

liv123:
I was ask to submit my task information before I will get paid on bodis

bros point your domains to undeveloped. Who bodis epp?