Don't expect them to move quickly. If they do agree to sell, I would personally plan for it to take close to 5 months. (Decisions and actions don't happen quickly at IBM or AOL).
Options to make it go faster...
1) Start with a similar domain (eg: getProduct.com) simply to get started
2) Use Linkedin to find a first or second degree connection in the company in IT Operations, or Legal.
3) Contact that person on Linkedin and try to get a phone number of the right person to talk to OR
4) Ping them directly from a non-gmail account (ideally a personal business sounding domain). (expect a 2 week time for them to respond).
5) Follow up consistently. It will get dropped.
6) Legal will say "No" at first, bc that's what they do.
7) Try try again.
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Don't expect them to move quickly. If they do agree to sell, I would personally plan for it to take close to 5 months. (Decisions and actions don't happen quickly at IBM or AOL).
Options to make it go faster... 1) Start with a similar domain (eg: getProduct.com) simply to get started 2) Use Linkedin to find a first or second degree connection in the company in IT Operations, or Legal. 3) Contact that person on Linkedin and try to get a phone number of the right person to talk to OR 4) Ping them directly from a non-gmail account (ideally a personal business sounding domain). (expect a 2 week time for them to respond). 5) Follow up consistently. It will get dropped. 6) Legal will say "No" at first, bc that's what they do. 7) Try try again.
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