500k+ for one .com domain with between 7-11 characters.
Ask HN: What is the most you've paid for a domain name?
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#42I was offered $2000 for laptracker.com - I didn't sell it. Looking for 10 to 20x that amount.
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#43I paid $600 for 0v.org a few years ago. I was happy to get a 2 character .org for under $1000. I use it for my personal site now.
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#45Bought orch.in for 300$
Which left such a big hole in my poor little bank account (I am a college student) But one year later, turns out it was worth it, every penny of it. :)
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Are there any legal precedents concerning domain squatting in any parts of the world?
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#4713k xmt.com '07
17k citytrip.com '08
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#48Never paid more than the standard registration fee for a name. Nearly all the names I have are .com; I have one .org and one .us. None of them are particularly interesting. I did get an email once inquiring about buying one of my domains, but I wasn't interested in selling so I never got an offer.
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#49There is a domain I really want right now that is being squatted. Any advice HN? I already own the '.net' version so I don't really _need_ the '.com' version but I want it. I doubt it is a high value name and I am considering just sending the the admin listed in the WHOIS an email like "Hey, I will give you $50 for .com, let me know." Is this a good approach or should I try to go thru an 'appraiser' or something like…
If it's not already listed for sale somewhere for ~$50, it's very unlikely you're going to get it for a relatively low figure. Once someone gets contacted about their domain, their estimation of the domain's worth automatically jumps. So if they're thinking it's not all that valuable, your contact will make them think it's worth something. Even a layperson will think it's worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.
I'd also check out the whois info and see how long it has been registered. Assuming it is a .com address multiply the number of years by $10 to get an idea of how much they have been paying to keep it registered.
They are going to want to at least recoup their cost in a sale (sunk cost fallacy?) so I'd offer them at least that plus 10% so they aren't insulted.
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#50I sold a four-letter .org for $5000 once, original offer was $500 which I didn't think was enough. Whatever the buyer wanted to launch on it never got off the ground, and a few years later I was able to grab it back when it lapsed.
Doesn't that feel great? I had that happen. I was in negotiations with someone that fell through and then the next YEAR they decided to not renew and let it lapse.