[PLUG] OT domain name sales
Roderick A. Anderson
raanders at acm.org
Tue Sep 28 03:39:02 UTC 2004
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Mike De La Mater wrote:
> There's a guy with platinumrule.com as a domain name that's sniffing
> around my name, theplatinumrule.com.
>
> He's interested in trading or having me name a price for my recently
> re-registered name. I've had it since July 2000.
>
> What do domain names go for in situations like this? I've got hard costs
> in printing and advertising, obviously, not to mention a few sites that
> hang off it like my son's BSA troop.
>
> Any insight welcomed.
Depends on the buyer's need. I understand that beaver.com went for
$40,000 US. Asking price, I believe, was 50 or 60 thousand.
Want to guess what kind of site it is now? The original owner had a
_more_ acceptable business with the word beaver in it. (Yes I am
protecting those involved and no I'm not one of them. :-)
Rod
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