DO NOT SEND ME offers to buy Hey.com
First of all, please, please, please, please (that’s
four pleases) DO NOT email me asking if I want to sell Hey.com. I DON’T.
REALLY.
Second of all, I can empathize with you. I really can. You have the most incredible idea ever for an online business, if only you can grab a really cool domain like Hey.com for $5. Trust me, I’ve been there. There has been a number of times I’ve thought of a really cool domain name, then checked and see if it was
available. Of course, it was not.
I receive many, many, many (that’s “many” three times) emails with offers to buy hey.com and a few others I domains own. But in the more decade since I’ve owned them, no one has ever made me a market value offer for them.
Are my domains for sale? The short answer is no, they are not for sale. You can stop reading here.
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Still reading? OK, they might be for sale, if I was to receive an offer for market value. Do I have a number in my head? Yes, I do, but I’m not going to tell you what it is. But if you do make an appropriate offer, you’ll know it, because you’ll receive a phone call from me. But in the more than 10 years that I’ve owned these domains, I’ve grown very, very (two verys) weary of politely corresponding with people who say they want to buy one of my domains, but don’t have any money. If you don’t have any money to buy a domain name, I would recommend you use something cool like a high school nickname (like Napster) or your own name (YourName.com), or some longer name. Or, use another ending such as .net, .info, or .us.
If you really, really want to buy one of my domain names, here is what you will need. Please don’t make me an offer unless you have read this carefully:
- You’re going to need a lot of cash. Most likely, you are a well-funded startup who believes that a great brand name is an essential ingredient to creating a great company. You are willing to spend a good chunk of change for a business name which will give your new company instant name recognition. Or, you are a more established corporation that is looking to rebrand or expand your offerings.
- You must make this offer through your attorney. Your attorney will be working with my attorney on negotiating a sales agreement.
- You will have to make me an offer. I am not listing a price, and I won’t be sending you an amount I am looking for. Email me the amount you are offering. If I think it’s in the range of what the domains
are worth, I will respond. - If you are wondering what to offer, read the Domain Name Journal’s listing of 2006
public domain name sales, 2005 sales, 2004 sales, and then read this CNET article on valuations and watch this DL.TV video on YouTube about the scarcity of three-letter domains. Also, check out how the owner of Flicker.com (no, not flickr.com), has posted a running tally of offers he has turned down. I would suggest this as a method for determining your offer. Decide what you would like to use the domain for, and then simply find another domain on the list that most closely represents one you might want for your business. When you contact me, use that other domain sale as your rationale for the size of your offer. Hint: If you wouldn’t want any of the listed domains, then the price you would offer would likely be higher than those listed on that page. - You must be in the United States, your attorney must be in the United States, and you must include a U.S. phone number (I’m not calling you back in India, China, Nigeria or Tuvalu). This will be a transaction conducted under California law, and I won’t be placing any international calls to get this deal done.
- If you contact me, you must include your name, title, phone number, email, business name and business address. If these conditions don’t work for you, I’m terribly sorry. But I do wish you the best of success with your new business - using some other domain name. There are an almost infinite amount of possible letter and number combinations that can be used to create a domain name, and if your business is a good one, I’m sure it will do well with another domain name as well.- Dane
OK, I was trying to save you time and effort, but if you insist, make me an offer. It’s highly unlikely I will email you back about this topic. I can already tell you that your offer is not high enough.
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