What to offer for an URL?
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- hellrod
I have a client that wants to purchase a specific URL that is already taken. So I sent an email to the people who own the current URL to see if they were interested in selling it and they responded with "make an offer." The URL is a single word but not premium in sense like "widget.com" or "food.com." So what would be a serious first offer to give them? Has any one done this before?
- BattleAxe0
lets say he registered it for $15 has held it for 5 years that is $75 ,
I have several URLs and I would consider offers starting at about $150
- flashbender0
how much is it worth to his business?
Offer a bit less than that.
- thiskingsteven
- The business isn't named yet so they do have other avenues to go down so it's not super crucial. More of a "would love to have it."hellrod
- ETM0
Visit a couple free domain appraisal sites. I typically don't put much stock in what they say since they all use their own criteria and standards, but you can get some idea averaging out a couple Good sites will also consider existing traffic to the domain.
I find this one realistic. Most domains are valued in the hundred of dollars vs the thousands a lot of the other sites say:
http://www.swiftappraisal.com/st…
- hellrod0
Swiftappraisal.com = $950 - $1400
- utopian0
^
- Melanie0
i just sold idrinktapwater.com for $950
- SteveJobs0
since they didn't give you a price, they're obviously open.
someone wanting a couple grand wouldn't leave the price open - they'd set your expectations.
offer him $250 with little negotiation room.
- Ancillary0
My friend use to own MadonnaMusic.com before she released her Music album. It was just an amature fan site and out of the blue someon offered him AU$15,000 saying they wanted to set up a serious fan site. He jumped at it and the next year she released the album and pushed it bigtime through the domain. Needless to say he was a bit pissed.
- Miguex0
he is pissed because he got 15k for something that costed him what... $19.99??
I would say he was greedy, not pissed..
- Ruffian0
Punani.
- raf0
I doubt they'll consider anything below $1000 for a single keyword domain.
How much does this one say?
www.valuate.com- bumslapper.com is only worth $5 - how is that possible? :)Melanie
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