I use Gmail for a number of reasons, primarily because it stores all of my email and is simple to search through tens of thousands of emails nearly instantly. It’s inexpensive to use, and setting up it on various domain names is a cinch.
Did you know that Gmail can also be a great tool to identify someone who inquired about your domain name, even if you’ve never had any dealings with the person before?
Let’s say you receive an inquiry from someone that you don’t know. Perhaps the email isn’t signed (most likely a tire kicker or something else) or the buyer has a generic name like “John Smith.” Searching Google or Bing for the person might be a bit of a challenge, even with the email address. However, Gmail might actually identify the person for you.
When you search your Gmail account for the email address, if that email address is attached to a Google Plus page, it will be listed above your mail results. You can click the person’s name and be taken directly to the Google Plus page. If the person regularly posts on Google+, you can likely use that insight to find out why they want your domain name. You can obviously learn quite a bit about a buyer based on an active social media profile.
You might ask why you would search Gmail and not simply search for an email adress on Google Plus. I always search Gmail to see if that person has inquired about a domain name before. If you’ve had a contentious negotiation with the person a few years back, knowing where you left off is important. This search basically kills two birds with one stone.
Keep one important factor in mind, though. If a proxy service or anonymous buyer wants to create a fictitious Google+ page to throw you off, it would be simple. For example, if I was contracted by a Fortune 100 company to negotiate the purchase of a domain name, I might create a fake Gmail account with matching Google Plus page to make me look more innocuous.
Since most buyers aren’t huge companies, I think it’s beneficial to search your Gmail account for the email address of all who inquire about your domain names.
Did you know that Gmail can also be a great tool to identify someone who inquired about your domain name, even if you’ve never had any dealings with the person before?
Let’s say you receive an inquiry from someone that you don’t know. Perhaps the email isn’t signed (most likely a tire kicker or something else) or the buyer has a generic name like “John Smith.” Searching Google or Bing for the person might be a bit of a challenge, even with the email address. However, Gmail might actually identify the person for you.
When you search your Gmail account for the email address, if that email address is attached to a Google Plus page, it will be listed above your mail results. You can click the person’s name and be taken directly to the Google Plus page. If the person regularly posts on Google+, you can likely use that insight to find out why they want your domain name. You can obviously learn quite a bit about a buyer based on an active social media profile.
You might ask why you would search Gmail and not simply search for an email adress on Google Plus. I always search Gmail to see if that person has inquired about a domain name before. If you’ve had a contentious negotiation with the person a few years back, knowing where you left off is important. This search basically kills two birds with one stone.
Keep one important factor in mind, though. If a proxy service or anonymous buyer wants to create a fictitious Google+ page to throw you off, it would be simple. For example, if I was contracted by a Fortune 100 company to negotiate the purchase of a domain name, I might create a fake Gmail account with matching Google Plus page to make me look more innocuous.
Since most buyers aren’t huge companies, I think it’s beneficial to search your Gmail account for the email address of all who inquire about your domain names.
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