I contacted owner of a particular x.com domain for which he/she asked for $1.5 million. It is beyond my reach. I see a domain registrar company is sitting on it's x.net version and asking for around $5k. How much should be the offer price?
Thanks
Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
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Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#2Why so expensive?
Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#3I'd walk away and get a .com that is closely related. If your name is a .net you're always going to have to remind people it's a .net in your logo and so forth like Authorize.net. If your product is an app I'd get a .co or append "app" to the .com
Now days .com's aren't as important as they once were.
Read how Marco Arment decided naming his app and his dealing with a squatter. ( http://www.marco.org/2013/09/24/naming-overcast )
Also a recent thread about how a YC Co. acquired Experiment.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7265540
Good Luck
Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#4Why so expensive?
Because can. Can? Do.
Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#5Why so expensive?
I believe the owner of the domain has kept it for >10 years. And with a very basic web 1.0 site. Anticipation?
Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#6I'd walk away and get a .com that is closely related. If your name is a .net you're always going to have to remind people it's a .net in your logo and so forth like Authorize.net. If your product is an app I'd get a .co or append "app" to the .com Now days .com's aren't as important as they once were. Read how Marco Arment decided naming his app and his dealing with a squatter. ( http://www.marco.org/2013/09/24/namin…
You are right. It is the business or execution side of the business that matters.
I got another domain very close to what I wanted with 3 extra letter(suffix) for few hundred dollars from a squatter.
54k for the domain is still higher(unless you have some angel money to throw at it). I'd use that money to bootstrap my project.
Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#7Most of the domain owners often ask for ridiculous prices and that domain certainly won't be worth even 5% of what he is asking for.
If you are looking to build a product/company, you want to avoid going with .net (specially if .com is owned by someone else who is looking to sell it at premium anyway)
My advice would be to go with some other name, as the domain registrar/parking companies also inflate the price by 3x-5x so the real price of the .net is probably 1k
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#8X.com is owned by eBay? It's redirecting to http://www.ebayinc.com/
Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#9X.com is owned by eBay? It's redirecting to http://www.ebayinc.com/
Well, it is not exactly x.com. I have put x.com for the sake of example.
Re: Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?
#10Most of the domain owners often ask for ridiculous prices and that domain certainly won't be worth even 5% of what he is asking for. If you are looking to build a product/company, you want to avoid going with .net (specially if .com is owned by someone else who is looking to sell it at premium anyway) My advice would be to go with some other name, as the domain registrar/parking companies also inflate the price by 3x…
Yes, I agree.Thanks