Most of the time I don't read "junk" emails. Today, I was sitting and waiting for an agent to stop back in the office when one popped in my email box and I opened it about 5 seconds after it arrived.. The content of the email was :
Hi,
Most of the time I don't read "junk" emails. Today, I was sitting and waiting for an agent to stop back in the office when one popped in my email box and I opened it about 5 seconds after it arrived.. The content of the email was :
Hi,
Tammy Lankford, I received an email asking me if I wanted to purchase buyer and seller reviews - I deleted it
Anthony Kirlew
Gilbert, AZ
Patricia Feager
Flower Mound, TX
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
Tammy, every so often I get one of these type of emails too, guess next time I will read it! Good job!
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
Good evening Tammy,
OMG....this is hilarious! You know if they sent to you they probably sent it to others..they didn't even own it and wanted to be paid..good for you for snagging it! Just goes to show you it never hurts to read some of the junk email!
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
It pays to be smarter than the scammers. Too bad they didn't know that.
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
So I guess they were hoping to buy it for the 99 cents for the first year themselves, and then turn around and charge some exorbitant price to sell it. Duh.
Good for you for investigating and scooping that up!
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
Haha, I think you should mess with him a bit that would be funny. I like your featured photo, looks like a happy family that you helped purchase a home!
Kat Palmiotti that's my thoughts.
Brian England I did think about it, but I didn't do it.
Kat Palmiotti
Kalispell, MT
Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
That's a great story, Tammy. Wonder what other URLs Domain Expert Dan has "for sale." Hope it turns out to be a great lead generator! Seems like it can be easy to outwit some scammers. LOL.
Jeff
Patricia Feager
Flower Mound, TX
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
I wonder how much he intended to charge you for it?
Lynn B. Friedman CRS A...
Atlanta, GA
I really should email him back and ask "how much is it?"
Hi Tammy!
Always a pleasure to see your smiling face!
So true - "you can't sell me something you don't own"
Marte Cliff has a great question!
All the best - Lynn
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
There you go. Sometimes it pays to read junk email. It can give you ideas.
You gave me an idea. I just went over to GoDaddy and checked some other names. It's surprising that some good names are still available. VacationHomeMontana.com VacationHomesIdaho.com VacationHomesWyoming.com and others.
Good urls are hard to come by now. You could also use the singular of homes and it would still be good.
So many times I think I thought up a great domain name and then when I go to GoDaddy it's taken already. It's so frustrating. But it proves the point that there are few original ideas out there. If you thought of it, most likely someone else has already done something. But in this case, there seems to still be a lot of good opportunities.
I think Domain Expert Dan had the right idea but one has to invest in controlling the inventory before you try to sell it.
Anthony Kirlew
Gilbert, AZ
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
Marte Cliff well I emailed him back and he wanted $299. LOL I told him no thanks.
How cool is that. We all get emails from marketing experts and that person just did you a great service with a point to domain name.
Tammy Lankford,
Eatonton, GA
Must be a pattern as I opened up an email with a similar opportunity for me in CT, and the domain showed nothing when I googled the address
Oh Tammy Lankford, I LOVE this! What a perfect opportunity and it came at the perfect time when you least expected it ... and you WON! That is one-up-manship if I ever saw it. I hope you are still smiling! Wonder what this guy was thinking? LOL
Tammy Lankford, - what if you contact him and say your attorney is interesting in speaking to him, what days and time does he have available?
Haha, that is a good story! Congrats on getting a good domain for a good price.
That's a rookie move by Franklin.🤣 I run a legit domain brokerage company (Brandovators) in addition to my real estate business, and it sounds like he was trying to make a quick buck. And it could end up with him being (as what a former employer calls) the "accidental con artist."
Let's say he found someone willing to pay him $299 to help them find a great domain name. That alone isn't a scam, as he is providing a service. But here is where the problem comes in. If someone pays him $299 then he goes to register the domain and it is not available, then he has to find a different domain that the end user agrees to or refund the money.... assuming he still has the money. If he claims he spent the money, then someone would be stuck trying to collect from a random person behind a random email address. This is why it is important to use a domain escrow service (which most people don't even know exists) or a credit card for such a purchase and not PayPal, Zelle, or Venmo, where you may not have recourse.
When I send out an email offering a domain name, people get all of my contact info including my phone number and my website, that shows I am legit. As I write this, I would say that an email without a phone number where you can call and verify the person is legit is another red flag.
Congrats on your domain purchase!
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