Alia (1.Viewing)

So I get a $1K offer from a Godaddy broker on this domain.
I respond with a much higher price by simply saying "the price is $xxxxx".
They respond with $3500, claiming its a great offer because its a little more than the Godaddy valuation and then embedding the GoDaddy valuation into their response.

That's the first time I've had a GoDaddy broker try and use their own valuation to tell me their offer is a good one. Has anyone else heard that from a GoDaddy broker before??

I hope that broker is just using that tactic on me - and didn't mention that to the buyer - because if he did, he just put up a serious mental roadblock in the buyer's mind. I get it that he's stuck working with the buyer's budget, but damn, their valuation tool is so off base when I know I've had many 6-figure transactions where they value it at $10K or less.

So now I'm deciding how to respond, and I'm considering saying precisely that, that I sincerely hope that he didn't derail any potential sale by bringing up their valuation to the buyer. And then for good measure I could start listing off all their ridiculous .ca valuations...

Anyone have any thoughts?

Personally I would price the domain at $31,250

Then I would respond to the godaddy rep by telling him I am able to reduce the price of the domain by the amount of the godaddy commission (6,250) and all he has to do is send the client straight to me.

I would basically ignore any remarks he says about his own evaluation tool.


That said, the domain alia sounds familiar, I saw it somewhere, was it on the TBR list?

I agree, this is a $10k+ name. Don't have a good enough grasp on big .CA sales to give an exact range...but $3500 is peanuts

And if GoDaddy is using their own valuation when speaking to customers, that's BS. Especially since they top out at $25k. You could have a million dollar domain and they'll only come back with "More than $25,000"


Slightly off topic...Was this an actual GD broker or an Afternic broker? Reason I ask is I've been contacted by Afternic over the years but never GoDaddy. And whenever I've tried adding names to GoDaddy auctions a lot of them never get accepted even though I've set the TXT record and everything