This post has been written by David George, admin at Prycr.com, dad, full-time real estate and mortgage expert, part-time domainer.

Another day, is what I was thinking when I looked at my email that Wednesday morning, and noticed an unusual line saying, “I’m interested in your domain name”. I had never sold a domain name before and this was 2002, a time when the only thing I was doing was buying domains here and there for development. I was deeply involved in lead generation for my company at the time, creating thousands of leads for each week for mortgage loans.

So, I had bought a domain name scvjobs.com, thinking that I would develop the domain into a job site…at some point in the unknown future, of course, when I received an offer to buy the domain from this local businessman. He offered me something like $800 as I recall, and I remember thinking, “Wow, he wants to pay me $800 for a domain name with no website”, but being that I had worked in sales before starting my business, I replied, “I couldn’t take less than $3,000”. He then wrote back to me requesting a telephone call. I agreed and he called me that afternoon.

He claimed that he owned a small business, a car wash, and didn’t have a lot of money. I told him that I would give him a “local discount” down to $2,500 but that was the absolute best I could do. Much to my surprise, he agreed to buy the name for $2,500 and I had just made $1700 more dollars by carefully holding my ground. We agreed that he would come to my office with a cashier’s check and that we would transfer the name on the spot. I didn’t know if he would show, but, right on time, the gentlemen comes into my office with a single envelope in his hand. I greeted him, escorted him to my office where we had small talk for a bit before consummating the deal.

It went as smooth as silk, and after that first sale, I knew that there was something to buying and selling domains but I was so deeply involved with my business at the time, that I didn’t pursue domains more than I had all the while. The gentlemen still owns the domain to this day, and I will never forget my first sale. Little did I know that was, at that moment, bitten by a bug that would later lead me into the world of domaining.

I am honored to give back to the domaining community in any way that I can, so when the opportunity arose to write for DomainingTips.com, I offered whole-heartedly. I’ll be focused on sharing tips, tools and other useful information that help me be a better domainer, and will hopefully help you.

Until next time.