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Hi Everyone,
Long time lurker first time poster. I have been buying domains for over 15 years now. But not as a speculator, every domain I had ever purchased was regged new and was an idea of my own.
That said I am currently starting a new business and found the perfect domain. As in, no I cant tweak it or anything like that, this is THE domain. I really need to purchase this one.
That said, it is registered by someone using a whoisguard. It has been regged for 14 years. I have not gotten full whois history yet (have to pay for this). The site is parked on a domain parker with SEDO offer request of $500. I offered 120 at first, no answer. Then 400, no answer. I am getting nervous but i think the guy must have an outdated email in his whoisprivacy contact info or something. Or he just doesnt check/care about the domain.
What do I do next? Should I look at domain brokers? Should I call the Registrar and tell them i want to buy the domain and would offer them a cut if they put me in touch with the owner? I already talked to ICANN's whois guard service that he is using and they said they cant tell me anything (obviously).
What do I do next? Keeping in mind i'm not some big company with tons of $$. This business is completely bootstrapped so any funds I spend are my own savings and would take away from other areas of the business. In otherwords, do I NEED a domain broker? Can I afford one? Or should I do more research and digging and be my own domain broker, to investigate and find the owner. Time is also somewhat of the essence here too as I am launching the business within the next 2-3 months.
Thanks,
Long time lurker first time poster. I have been buying domains for over 15 years now. But not as a speculator, every domain I had ever purchased was regged new and was an idea of my own.
That said I am currently starting a new business and found the perfect domain. As in, no I cant tweak it or anything like that, this is THE domain. I really need to purchase this one.
That said, it is registered by someone using a whoisguard. It has been regged for 14 years. I have not gotten full whois history yet (have to pay for this). The site is parked on a domain parker with SEDO offer request of $500. I offered 120 at first, no answer. Then 400, no answer. I am getting nervous but i think the guy must have an outdated email in his whoisprivacy contact info or something. Or he just doesnt check/care about the domain.
What do I do next? Should I look at domain brokers? Should I call the Registrar and tell them i want to buy the domain and would offer them a cut if they put me in touch with the owner? I already talked to ICANN's whois guard service that he is using and they said they cant tell me anything (obviously).
What do I do next? Keeping in mind i'm not some big company with tons of $$. This business is completely bootstrapped so any funds I spend are my own savings and would take away from other areas of the business. In otherwords, do I NEED a domain broker? Can I afford one? Or should I do more research and digging and be my own domain broker, to investigate and find the owner. Time is also somewhat of the essence here too as I am launching the business within the next 2-3 months.
Thanks,
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