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What to do if someone asks to buy your domain.
This form is designed to help you understand some
of the risks involved in bargaining for your domain. Unfortunately, at this time,
it only applies to top-level domains that are within the United States jusridiction,
i.e. .com, .org, .net, .us, etc.
Often requests to purchase your domain come from genuinely interested buyers. Some
of the time, offers to buy your domain are from lawyers or those who are wanting
to steal your domain through ICANN UDRP arbitration. How you respond to this seemingly
innocent query makes a huge difference whether you keep, sell or lose your domain.
If the offer came from someone who is trying to steal your domain, unless you are
a habitual cybersquatter, they will have very little evidence against you at this
point. The main goal of asking to buy your domain is to gather evidence that they
can later use against you.
I recommend treating all inquiries as if they where brought in bad-faith.
First some background questions:
- Name of Domain:
- I would be willing to sell my domain for:
- For no amount of money would we part
- More than $6,000,000
- $60,000 to $6,000,000
- $10,000 to $60,000
- $2,500 to $10,000
- $50 to $2,500
- $15
- In the past, how many domain names have you registered,
owned or been part of?
- 1
or 2
- 2
to 5
- 6
to 9
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10 to 20
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20 to 999
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> 1000
- If there was an offer made, who initiated it?
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You (or your company or representative)
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The buyer
- What was your purpose in registering the domain?
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I registered the domain in order to use it for a personal or noncommercial site
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I registered the domain to be used in a business
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I registered the domain in order to sell or rent it
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I have not decided on how I'm going to use the domain
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Other
- What is the current state of the domain as it relates
to the web?
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There is a web site connected to the domain
- I
have not had a chance to put a web page up on this domain yet
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People who go to this domain will be redirected to another site
- The
"default" page is still up from when I first registered it
- No
web site
- At the time you registered the domain, did you know
of any trademarks or companies that use any part of your domain in their name, products
or services? In other words, if you registered something similar to the domains,
"IDrinkCoca-Cola.com", "KodaksTechpanFilmRocks.com" or "MicrosoftSux.com"
check "yes":
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Yes
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No, not that I know of
- At the time you registered the domain, did you check
the database at http://www.uspto.com to determine if there was a conflict?
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Yes
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No
- Have you registered a trademark for the domain?
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Yes
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No
- How long ago did you register the domain in question?
- Less Than 1 Year
- 1 Year
- 2 - 3 Years
- 4 - 5 Years
- More than 5 Years
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