Contacting company liquidators

[Banksbroo]

I'm about to contact company liquidators to buy a uk domain that they are holding from a company in process of liquidation.

This particular liquidator is one of the big accountancy firms.

Anyone with experiences to share on dealing with company liquidators?

Are they able to make transfers efficiently. Are price expectations realistic or would they prefer to let name drop than sell too cheaply?

 

[GreyWing]

From what I have heard they fall into one of two catergories 1) They don't tend to care about the value of domains and let them drop

2) The care and ask stupid prices,

Very rare in between and apart from one or 2 nuggets it's not an easy way to go.

Sorry
GW

 

[bb99]

I know a few insolvency practitioners working in the big accountancy firms I can tell you now that they are all arseholes, it's a pre-requisite for the job

The thing to remember is that, generally speaking, they will take their fees out of the proceeds of selling all the liquidated company's assets. The hourly fees for the lead partners will vary, but will most likely be at least £250 per hour.

On that basis, you need to present to them a proposition of value.

So you will probably need to offer at least £1k and make sure that they don't have to spend too much time dealing with it.

The difficulty you will face is that most will not have a clue about what a domain name is, how to value one or how to sell/transfer one.

Good luck with it

 

[Banksbroo]

Thanks for advice Greywing and BB99. Will see what happens. Guy I spoke to dealing with this account seemed reasonable enough. If no deal on straight offer, its drop catch time.