thanks for the help..... I went ahead and click the GoDaddy set up... and im at this stage in emails...
Welcome to the GoDaddy Domain Broker Service - my name is Justin Day and I’m here to help you successfully negotiate the domain name, **myname**.COM, at the best price.
The GoDaddy Domain Broker Service is a “white glove” service where we will do everything necessary from start to finish, so that at the end of this process, *myname*.COM may be acquired safely and securely in your GoDaddy account.
The way the service works is that we reach out to the current owner of the domain name with varying offer amounts, through multiple channels trying to compel them to enter into a negotiation over the 30-day term of the Domain Broker Service process. I am going to get started on your claim and will be back in touch as soon as I have any updates for you or if I need any additional information. In the meantime, my contact information is listed in my email signature, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
I feel like im getting screwed. :(
Last time I checked the GoDaddy Domain Broker Service wanted a 20% cut. It might have gone up since then.
What I do is just use the WHOIS domain contact and negotiate directly. If the domain ownership is private I contact the pseudonym email address listed.
I never offer above $595, explaining that $600 or more requires that I file a 1099-MISC to the IRS and that I will need their Social Security number and mailing address. That usually induces them to accept my asking price :-)
Pro tip: First sign up with the registrar that holds the domain to make the transfer as hassle free as possible. Inter-registrar transfers are a pain.
If you lookup with godaddy, they will always say they will broker it for you:
DOMAIN TAKEN
terribledomain.com
We might be able to help you get it.
See How
Broker Service Fee
$69.99
Sounds like other people have had some success using Godaddy as a broker so I would privately freepmaill them to find out the specifics and tips and tricks
Next I looked it up at icann and it says namecheap. I went to namecheap. I have an account there, and I'm not sure if you need one. I typed in the same domain name:
terribledomain.com
REGISTERED IN 2021
Registered at: NameCheap, Inc.
Make offer
That last one is a button to click to make offer. Using Godaddy to make an offer for a namecheap domain would not be wise IMO. But check with people who say they were successful and ask for specifics. Suffice to say the make offer button on namecheap would be the best bet for this particular domain since it is registered there.
It's entirely possible godaddy does a good job brokering. But if you know the registrar (in this case namecheap), then look there first. That requires looking up the domain at ICANN becase you can trust ICANN, but can't really trust anyone else.