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Unsolicited Offer For My Personal Domain Name?

Posted by kdawson on from the treading-carefully dept.

Batzerto writes "Last Friday I received an unsolicited email offer for my domain — click the link below for the message. Their company name matches my domain, but with a country-specific top level domain (.NL in this case). They do seem to be legitimately using the domain in their country. As for my usage, the domain is my last name(.COM) and I'm only really using it for email. I'm not really that attached to it other than the hassle of changing email addresses. There are other flavors of the domain available (.US for example) that would suit my purposes just fine. So, Slashdot veterans, I ask you, what should I do? I'm leery of making an offer and falling into someone's legal trap. I wouldn't mind getting a chunk of cash out of the deal though."


From: ---
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:56 AM
To: ---
Subject: sell your domain ?

Dear Sir,

For my company I need the domain --- .
Is it possible to sell your domain to me?

Best Regards
N. de Robles

5 of 542 comments (clear)

  1. Turn the Screws on Their Thumbs by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is capitalism.

    Google bomb your url with their company name by creating a Slashdot user account with their name and submit thousands of stories each week with your url in the homepage. You can also drop the company's name with an href to your url in CNN comments and on comments for popular blogs to get your pagerank up.

    Then inform them that your Search Engine Optimization Chief just caused your URL to be at the top of Google's result list.

    If they fail to triple their offer, begin redirecting to goatse. You should see them quadruple their offer then. It's called hardball.

    --
    My work here is dung.
  2. dear slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A lonely girl has sent me an email seeking a relationship. I am a man and this sounds good. Should I seek to get into a relationship with this unknown but self admitted pretty girl?

    1. Re:dear slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      See if you can trust her first. Send her all your bank account info, and see what happens.

    2. Re:dear slashdot by plover · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wouldn't matter. If he gets married, it's the same thing only slower.

      --
      John
  3. Re:The lawyers are not completely to blame. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only real difference is the stakes involved...