Trademarking a name but someone already has the .com

[ls1904]

big mouth no i have not.

copy that quincy

Thanks

 

[quincy]

You're welcome, ls1904.

I wish you no problems with your preferred trademark and I wish you good success with your company.

 

[BigMouthWino]

big mouth no i have not.

copy that quincy

Thanks

What are you waiting for? It seems as though this is a major step toward establishing your business. Contact him, try to play down the purpose of the domain as much as possible and see what he's asking for it....

Please update us with his price, I'm very interested.

 

[ls1904]

Sent email a couple days ago. NO reply yet... Are there any other ways to contact site owners? it shows his name email address and phone number. I think I'll just wait. I wouldnt want to be bothered with a phone call or mail. But then again I would have my info private in the first place...

 

[ls1904]

This is basically the email i sent him.

"Hi there,

I noticed you’re the owner of www.examplename.com... I’m looking for a domain name for a client to build a website, and think this one could be a good fit. My budget has been approved and I’m contacting several different owners to find the best one.

Would you be interested in selling your domain for $100?

If so, I can wire you the funds via a trusted source (e.g. Escrow.com) the next day.

Thank you,
..."

No response.
Im guessing he doesnt even check the email that i found on whois.com
Should i email him back?
Should i try calling him with the phone # listed?

 

[quincy]

If he has provided a phone number, you could call him.

 

[mmmagique]

I wouldn't answer for $100. either. If it's important to you, offer him a reasonable price.

 

[BigMouthWino]

This is basically the email i sent him.

"Hi there,

I noticed you’re the owner of www.examplename.com... I’m looking for a domain name for a client to build a website, and think this one could be a good fit. My budget has been approved and I’m contacting several different owners to find the best one.

Would you be interested in selling your domain for $100?

If so, I can wire you the funds via a trusted source (e.g. Escrow.com) the next day.

Thank you,
..."

No response.
Im guessing he doesnt even check the email that i found on whois.com
Should i email him back?
Should i try calling him with the phone # listed?

I think you are taking the wrong tack here and you should be glad he hasn't checked his e-mail. I also agree with the other member that responding to an opening offer $100 may just not be worth his time.

A better approach would be to contact him, tell him that you have a hobby and you'd be interested in purchasing the domain and getting an opening offer from HIM. Implying that you have a "client" that would like the domain for a commercial purpose gives the impression that:

1) Somebody is paying you and must have more than $100 if they can afford to pay people to search out domains for them.

and

2) That the domain is commercially viable.

 

[quincy]

I wouldn't answer for $100. either. If it's important to you, offer him a reasonable price.

An offer of $100 may be a reasonable price.

The current owner of the domain name apparently has no use for the domain name right now and, if the current owner holds onto it hoping it will become more valuable in the future, he may find that ls1904's company can prevent him from using it entirely or ls1904's company could take it away from him. Once again, ls1904 has other options than this particular domain name, so the value of the domain name is only what ls1904 wants to purchase it for, not necessarily what the current owner wants to sell it for.

I don't recommend that ls1904 lie to the current owner by talking of fake clients, however.

 

[ls1904]

Well, after several attempts of calling him, I finally talked to the domain owner today. I offered 110$ because that is what dnscoop.com said it was worth. He said no and i asked him to make a counter offer and he said he was busy at the moment and to call back in 3 hours. I will most likely offer 200$ after his counteroffer, which i expect to be out of my price range. 200$ may very well be my final offer since i can just use the same name with a .net or add a "-" inbetween the 2 words. I will update tomorrow with his response.

 

[Zigner]

It's entirely possible that the owner of the domain uses the domain for email purposes (or FTP or whatever) - just because you can't see the use doesn't mean it's not in use.

 

[ls1904]

He has four or five domain names and they all link to a single domain that he uses for email, but this is not the one i am attempting to purchase. He has had it for eight years so i will ask him if he is just sitting on the name to sell it or if he has plans to use it for something.

 

[ls1904]

Tried to call him just now, he did not answer. I guess he was not happy with my offer. So i registered the examplename.net and example-name.com
which looks more accessible?

 

[Zigner]

Tried to call him just now, he did not answer. I guess he was not happy with my offer. So i registered the examplename.net and example-name.com
which looks more accessible?

Yours is not a legal question. Good luck. Good day.