OVRLD

Thanks all for your advice - some really helpful stuff!

I neglected some of the details purely because I didn't want to have the conversation revolve around the domain name but rather if there are any people that provide this kind of service.

I think I know what my course of action will be now so thanks again.

Bailey

Fair comment, I guess by all of us going-off in some tangent, gave you the answer - No - Certainly Not one that would be considered useful or effective.

There as you can see a myriad of answers to what constitutes the best approach, Only a fool would believe that there's a one-size-fits-all answer to any sales scenario. If we were all aware of a particular sellers circumstances at any point of time then I guess we would all know where to concentrate our efforts or otherwise.

But in your instance of one particular domain only you can be aware of your particular drive,motivation and financing to own this domain.

And of course It's worth mentioning that Sedo only allow a maximum listing price of £10K before the seller/lister has to pay for a Sedo appraisal ( I'm sure those tied in with Sedo get around that). So indeed the sellers expectations could be Far far higher.

The difficulty with 'one-off/unique' potentially high value sales' (usually marketable domains rather than generics and that the majority do not get involved with) is the amount of ground-work required before even starting out on a negotiation. obviously that would be a waste of effort in the usual round of domainer-to-domainer sales.

let us know how you get on

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Domainate

I agree that the course of action to take is to contact them directly and make an offer. You should never start out with your best offer though. Initial offers are rarely accepted...most sales involve some level of negotiation, so you should consider an initial offer with 1-2 counter offers higher than it for if and when they come back seeking more. If the more they seek happens to be at or below your max offer, great! If not, come back with counter #1 and see what happens (and any time you make your final offer, make sure it's clear that it's your final offer).

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OVRLD

Thanks for the additional advice guys - I'm actually quite excited about entering into some sort of serious dialogue with them now. I will keep you posted.