Unsolicited Offer For My Personal Domain Name?

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

Comments

Check whether they're legitimate first

[billstewart]

Check out how long they've had the .nl name, and look at their web pages to see if they appear to be legitimately in business first. If they've had the name for a while and seem to be doing something real, they're probably safe to deal with. On the other hand, if they registered the name last week and are in the "domain name services" business, they're probably scammers and you shouldn't even reply.

(Your Slashdot article didn't have the domain name or your name in it, so I can't really tell.) Good luck!