How to sell a domain anonymously?
March 5, 2015 2:52 PM Subscribe
I have owned the .com of a domain for about 10 years. Hadn't done anything with it although I had planned to. Competitor appears to have bought the .net of the same name about 2 years ago, put up a website, and is probably selling his service from it (our occupation is exactly the same)...
I have no need to get into a legal kerfuffle with this guy; he has successfully scooped me, but I'd like to anonymously sell him the domain if he's interested. How might I go about this? I periodically have to work with this guy in the setting/context of national workshops and committees so I don't want to play hardball with him, as a known entity, if I don't have to.
FWIW, the domain has been privately registered since day 1 .
I have no need to get into a legal kerfuffle with this guy; he has successfully scooped me, but I'd like to anonymously sell him the domain if he's interested. How might I go about this? I periodically have to work with this guy in the setting/context of national workshops and committees so I don't want to play hardball with him, as a known entity, if I don't have to.
FWIW, the domain has been privately registered since day 1 .
You can easily contact the guy yourself using an alternate email address and conduct all the negotiations through this address. Once you agree on a price, you can use an escrow service so the whole transaction chain will remain anonymous. Using escrow to buy/sell domains is extremely common so you will find a lot of providers, for example Escrow.com does this. If you are currently registered with one of the bigger registrars, there is a good chance they provide an escrow service as well.
posted by rada at 3:15 PM on March 5, 2015
posted by rada at 3:15 PM on March 5, 2015
Sell the domain to a broker with the specific constraint that they never mention the previous owner.
posted by destructive cactus at 3:22 PM on March 5, 2015
posted by destructive cactus at 3:22 PM on March 5, 2015
If you own the domain you can make an email address of admin@example.com and email him and say, Would you like to buy this domain?
At that point pick an escrow service like mentioned above.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:02 PM on March 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
At that point pick an escrow service like mentioned above.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:02 PM on March 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Are your WHOIS details anonymous? Were they always anonymous? Because if not...
posted by devnull at 1:54 AM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by devnull at 1:54 AM on March 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Stated as such in the last line of his question.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:17 AM on March 6, 2015
posted by cjorgensen at 4:17 AM on March 6, 2015
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posted by starkraven at 3:13 PM on March 5, 2015