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wimpy · 02-22-2005, 08:35 PM

This guy's broker is back:
http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...hreadid=228679

I declined his prior offer with "sorry, not interested in selling." Now his domain broker is back with an offer that is into 6 figures.

Domain broker is trying to work both sides of the fence. He told me that buyer is paying him 10% commission, and he wanted me to also pay him 10% commission. I thought that was pretty shady.

I am considering offering him a generous commission on the amount that is over 100K. Ie, no commission on the first 100K, then 25% commission on anything over the first 100K. I think this company will go 250K at least.

Do you think I am on dangerous ground here? I mean, could offering a commission to the broker (who asked for a commission) put me in danger of ICANN seizing the domain and giving it to the buyer? It does border on my trying to sell the domain to them, but then again, they approached me at every step, I'm just responding.

btw, my response to the 100K offer was "sorry, not interested."

02-22-2005, 08:35 PM
wimpy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 607	Domain broker wants commission from both seller and buyer? This guy's broker is back: http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...hreadid=228679 I declined his prior offer with "sorry, not interested in selling." Now his domain broker is back with an offer that is into 6 figures. Domain broker is trying to work both sides of the fence. He told me that buyer is paying him 10% commission, and he wanted me to also pay him 10% commission. I thought that was pretty shady. I am considering offering him a generous commission on the amount that is over 100K. Ie, no commission on the first 100K, then 25% commission on anything over the first 100K. I think this company will go 250K at least. Do you think I am on dangerous ground here? I mean, could offering a commission to the broker (who asked for a commission) put me in danger of ICANN seizing the domain and giving it to the buyer? It does border on my trying to sell the domain to them, but then again, they approached me at every step, I'm just responding. btw, my response to the 100K offer was "sorry, not interested." __________________ Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote: "Every man has reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone but only his friends. He has other matters in his mind which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But there are other things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind." icq 8243657