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Tell us which domain.
Tell us which domain you are asking about and what you want it for, and you will get a straight answer back.
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The more you can say about the name and what you want it for, the more useful the first reply will be. There is no charge for that conversation.
Before you ask
The questions that come up most.
What does it cost?
Fees are agreed in writing before we approach anybody, and they are tied to a deal completing — an approach that goes nowhere does not produce an invoice. What the figure is depends on the size of the deal and on how much work the name is going to take.
Can you really get a domain that is already taken?
Often, and it is most of what we do. A registered domain is not the same as a domain in use: a large share of them are held by people who would sell at a number nobody has ever put to them. What we cannot do is make somebody part with a name their own business runs on.
How do you decide what a name is worth?
Comparable sales do most of the work — what names of similar length, extension and quality have genuinely changed hands for. Then search demand, how the name survives being read out over a phone, how much explaining the spelling takes, and whether the extension suits the market it is selling into. You get a range and the evidence under it.
Do you hold the money?
No, and we would rather not. Payment sits with an escrow service or the marketplace running the sale until the domain is confirmed in the buyer's account, and the seller is paid only then. Neither side has to trust the other, which is the entire point of doing it that way.
How long does a transfer take?
An account-to-account push at the same registrar can be same-day. A transfer between two registrars is typically five to seven days. The one that catches people out is ICANN's 60-day lock: a domain that has just been registered, or has just been transferred, cannot move to another registrar for 60 days, and no registrar can waive it. We plan around it, and a push often sidesteps it entirely.
Where are your clients?
A domain changes hands over email and an escrow account, so the other side of a deal is usually somewhere else entirely and it makes no difference to how any of it runs.