So, I got a very low offer from someone who wants to buy my www.atticofmymind.com (http://www.atticofmymind.com) domain. I don't really want to sell it. Maybe I should counter with some big figure and see what happens! :)
What could they want it for? Did they say? (I suspect not)
Quote from: Feathers on January 25, 2011, 01:33:25 PM
What could they want it for? Did they say? (I suspect not)
No, didn't say. They are using Godaddy as their buying company/offer maker. They just tossed out a very low ball number of like $125 so far.
Ask them for 100K and see where it goes from there. :D
NO...ask for one MILLION dollars!!! Muahaaaa!!!
Also ask that they supply you with a butler for 6 months time. Get creative with your demands. Maybe a mailbox that looks like the Shuttle Gallileo...
Does this mean there may be no more attic episodes, boooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on January 25, 2011, 03:14:21 PM
Does this mean there may be no more attic episodes, boooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Even if they offer me some big amount, I'll just go buy another similar domain. I will get back to these casts - really I will. :)
I'll remind you of that lol
Wow.. I didn't know you could buy or offer someone money for there URL.. interesting.
Quote from: Geekyfanboy on January 25, 2011, 04:17:42 PM
Wow.. I didn't know you could buy or offer someone money for there URL.. interesting.
Yeah, people have sold domain names for millions in some cases.
World's Top Ten Most Expensive Domain Names
by TOM on MARCH 11, 2010 · COMMENTS (66)
For over half a decade, Business.com reigned as the world's most expensive domain name after its 1999 sale for $7.5 million. That was shortly after the site was founded by former Walt Disney Internet Group chairman Jake Winebaum and Earthlink founder Sky Dayton. The domain retained its record until 2006, when Match.com founder Gary Kremen decided to get out of the adult entertainment industry and sold Sex.com for $14 million (or $12 million, depending on who you ask) in 2006.
While the current market for internet domains is nowhere as solid as it was during the dot-com peak, the market remains strong and is experiencing solid growth. Each year tens of millions of dollars are exchanged during the resale of domains.
The record for most expensive domain name ever sold changed hands again in late 2009, when internet marketing firm QuinStreet purchased Insure.com for $16 million. Other top dollar domain sales of 2009 include Toys.com, purchased by Toys 'R Us for $5.1 million in March of 2009, and Candy.com, sold for $3 million in June of 2009.
Enough with the preamble, though—check out the world's top ten most expensive domain names:
1. Insure.com, sold to QuinStreet for $16 million in 2009.
2. Sex.com, sold for $12-$14 million in 2006.
3. Fund.com, sold for $9.99 million in 2008.
4. Porn.com, sold for $9.5 million in 2007.
5. Business.com, sold for $7.5 million in 1999.
6. Diamond.com, sold to Ice.com for $7.5 million in 2006.
7. Beer.com, sold for $7 million in 2004.
8. Israel.com, sold for $5.88 million in 2004.
9. Casino.com, sold for $5.5 million in 2003.
10. Toys.com, sold to Toys 'R Us for $5.1 million in 2009.
Surprising they want to buy the name. For that amount, I would just add a dash.
Still, I would counter with $400.
I just wrote them back and said the offer was too low and would have to be "considerably more." :)
If I were you I would snap up atticsofmymind.com before your potential buyer grabs it
Quote from: sheldor on January 25, 2011, 04:55:01 PM
Surprising they want to buy the name. For that amount, I would just add a dash.
Still, I would counter with $400.
For a company, the less your consumer has to remember the better. I mean think about it, if Toys-'R-US was Toys-'R-Us.Com, that's more difficult to remember than just toys.com. When you can just type in att.com and get AT&T or target.com and get TARGET, then your consumer will always be going to the right site. More activity and so forth = $$$$$$.
So it is valuable. Nothing worse than typing in a company name in the www line and getting the wrong site.
King
If you are not attached to that domain name, and you can make a nice profit off of it, I would go for it. You probably could think of another suitable domain name, and come away with a nice little profit. Maybe put it towards a cool collectible :)
I suggest "Closet of my Thoughts" as a new name :)
Or maybe just buy www.atticofmymind.net (http://www.atticofmymind.net). ;)
or thingsthatrollaroundinmybrain.com or whattheheckwasithinking.com or lifeistoofuntowasteitsoillsharewhatsonmymind.com
someone stop me.
Quote from: moyer777 on January 31, 2011, 03:52:58 PM
or thingsthatrollaroundinmybrain.com or whattheheckwasithinking.com or lifeistoofuntowasteitsoillsharewhatsonmymind.com
someone stop me.
xD LOL!! No, keep going!
King
There is a service around (maybe from Network Solutions) that you can submit a domain name and they will tell you an estimate of its value (based upon exactly what I have no idea).
If it is a free service, maybe you can find out what the domain is worth and use that in your negotiations.
Typically, the shorter and more brand-friendly the domain name is, the more it is worth. So witbout knowing what the guy wants to use it for, it makes it harder for you to place a value upon it.
I know that when my company makes an offer for a domain, we usually do it through a third party in order to hide the fact that a billion dollar company wants to make the purchase. We don't want to give the seller the idea that they are dealing with a buyer with deep pcokets.
Quote from: moyer777 on January 31, 2011, 03:52:58 PM
or thingsthatrollaroundinmybrain.com or whattheheckwasithinking.com or lifeistoofuntowasteitsoillsharewhatsonmymind.com
I like the last one best. Have you registered it yet? (If all it's going to do is host an iTunes feed, the length of the URL probably doesn't matter...except to people like me who have to manual enter it because they don't take everything through iTunes ;))
Well, I thought maybe they had given up. But I got this email a short time ago....
Domain: ATTICOFMYMIND.COM
Claim ID: 382687
Dear Rick Dostie,
Thank you for your interest in the Go Daddy® Domain Buy Service. As with any negotiations, there needs to be a starting point for opening communications. We understand that you may feel that the initial offer was below your market value for the domain name ATTICOFMYMIND.COM.
For us to continue to work on negotiating on behalf of both parties in good faith, we would appreciate it if you could provide us with a specific counter-offer range to relay to our client.
If you have any questions about the Domain Buy Service process, please respond to this email or contact the Domain Buy Service team at (480) 366-3303, Monday-Friday 6:30am-5:30pm and Saturday-Sunday 7am-4pm, Arizona time.
Sincerely,
Go Daddy Domain Buy Service
So now I guess I maybe should give them a $$$ range. Suggestions?? :)
Hmm...well I guess the question is how much is the domain worth to you? Keep in mind they may also buy up the .net .org and other variations.
It would be interesting to see how high 'they' (whoever they are) are prepared to go. Given your Attic podcast schedule recently, the domain probably looks pretty dormant to the outside world so (if they look at that sort of thing) some sort of counter offer may be a surprise.
I've no idea what it's worth but if you could recover the costs of ownership over the years you've had it, it may be worth considering.
It really depends on whether you're prepared to go through the pain of potentially renaming the podcast and getting iTunes etc to accept it (best to assume that the other 'attic' domains will also have gone as Joe suggests). Changing domain names will also give a real headache to anyone (like me) who doesn't subscribe directly through iTunes - if you wanted to keep those listeners subscribed then (at the very least) you'll need to put a show on the feed for a good period before it moves anywhere else.
It all sounds quite painful to me...so up the price to compensate ;)
I agree that if you can make a few $'s you should do it. After all, it may be a bit of trouble to get a new domain rigged up - but we will mostly likely all follow you over to the new name. Maybe triple their original offer as a starting point?
Honestly, I'm thinking at least $1000. May sound steep, but I do like the name quite a bit. I should probably shoot them back an email. We'll see if I scare them off. ;)
P.S. Maybe I should Google a bit and see if some new movie or book or something is coming with this name!
"Inception 2: Attic of my Mind" :)
Quote from: billybob476 on February 02, 2011, 05:40:50 AM
"Inception 2: Attic of my Mind" :)
OMG!!! That's it!!!!! ;)
Here's a relevant thread over on Extralife, the OP asks if Scott ever looked into buying extralife.com, apparently the owner wants 60K!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/36179-myextralife-vs-extralife/page__pid__579223 (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/36179-myextralife-vs-extralife/page__pid__579223)
Rico, are you sure that it's not a film studio wanting to get your domain name on the cheap, so it can be used in some future film promotion?
How did this play out Rico? I would have asked $5000 at least.
The last I recall I think I said at least $1000 and they never emailed me again.