[sheff]

I have bought domains from them in the past.

I would start off by offering half (as a maximum, less if you can) and sticking to the offer. The thing to remember is that they may have acquired the domain for registration price so even $2000 will be a large profit, and they may not have another buyer for years.

If that goes nowhere, you can always go back later and pay the full price or whatever they have come down to.

IIRC, they also sell domains which they don't own, and have less leeway for negotiation on those.

[dchuk]

Awesome, thanks for the reply. Do you know of any way to find out if they're brokering the domain for someone or selling it themselves?

[sheff]

If you make a low enough offer that they can't accept, they will tell you and they have told me in the past that its because its below the sellers reserve. Whois may also give you a clue as to who owns the domain.

They have fairly decent margins for discounts - I used to get marketing emails offering 20%+ off prices in the past.

[spking]

Just look at the whois. If the admin email is [e-mail], they own it.