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I picked up a domain in a drop auction that has little value other than the fact that I think it'll get a decent amount of traffic. Paid $35 or something for it. The same day I took control of it I get an email, very polite, from the previous owner, telling me he thinks I 'registered' his domain. I explained to him it was from a drop auction and I empathize with his plight but this is what I do etc. Said I'd need a significant offer to sell it before seeing what the traffic was like.
He says no problem lets wait a week and he offers to pay me 12 months of earnings. Sounds good to me if the domain starts making $3 a day or something, so I accept. He then thanks me for being so honest and ups his offer to 15 months.
So we wait. It didn't do anything, 1-5 uniques a day and no clicks. I'm not gonna lie to the guy.
He said the domain was used for his companies' databases and it would be a huge hassle for them to use a different domain. Other than this, he said the domain had no use.
So how much do I charge this guy for the name? Assume it's a reg fee domain that I'll let drop in a year most likely. Oh and he's emailing me from a four letter .com that is probably worth $100k reseller, but Alexa of only 800k, so not that big of a company I guess.
He says no problem lets wait a week and he offers to pay me 12 months of earnings. Sounds good to me if the domain starts making $3 a day or something, so I accept. He then thanks me for being so honest and ups his offer to 15 months.
So we wait. It didn't do anything, 1-5 uniques a day and no clicks. I'm not gonna lie to the guy.
He said the domain was used for his companies' databases and it would be a huge hassle for them to use a different domain. Other than this, he said the domain had no use.
So how much do I charge this guy for the name? Assume it's a reg fee domain that I'll let drop in a year most likely. Oh and he's emailing me from a four letter .com that is probably worth $100k reseller, but Alexa of only 800k, so not that big of a company I guess.