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Someone wants to buy my "Attic,..." domain

Started by Rico, January 25, 2011, 01:29:34 PM

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Rico

So, I got a very low offer from someone who wants to buy my www.atticofmymind.com domain.  I don't really want to sell it.  Maybe I should counter with some big figure and see what happens!  :)

Feathers

What could they want it for? Did they say? (I suspect not)

I know it's unnusual here but I don't have a podcast of my own.

Rico

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.

billybob476

Ask them for 100K and see where it goes from there. :D

QuadShot

NO...ask for one MILLION dollars!!! Muahaaaa!!!

Bromptonboy

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...
Pete

Meds

Does this mean there may be no more attic episodes, boooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Rico

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.  :)

Meds


Geekyfanboy

Wow.. I didn't know you could buy or offer someone money for there URL.. interesting.

X

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.

sheldor

Surprising they want to buy the name.  For that amount, I would just add a dash.
Still, I would counter with $400.

Rico

I just wrote them back and said the offer was too low and would have to be "considerably more."  :)

Jobydrone

If I were you I would snap up atticsofmymind.com before your potential buyer grabs it
"I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal."  -Groucho Marx

KingIsaacLinksr

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. 

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