closed FrenchFry.com for End User - Please Appraise

[bradwbowman]

How much would you try to get from an end user for FrenchFry.com? 8 billion servings of french fries are served in the U.S. every year. Mcdonalds has almost 30 Billion in annual sales and over 1 Billion of that is from french fries and they tend to be the highest margin product at a restaurant.

I have time on my side and am definitely willing to hold onto it for a while and develop it out.

P.S. any ideas for development on this?


Thanks!
Brad

 

[BobDiGiTaL]

you want an appraisal for frenchfry.com, the singular, but you write about french fries, the plural.
no one eats one french fry.
I still think it is worth 10-20K to an enduser.
I dont think you could do much more developement than the dude that owns frenchfries.com

 

[bradwbowman]

Bob,

I do agree that french fries is the more popular term and I do think it is more valuable as well. The owner of that domain told me he has turned down multiple 6 figure offers. My guess is they were low six figures if he has in fact gotten those.

I will naturally create content for both french fry and french fries as they are related terms.

As far as dev goes, I was toying with the idea of a fast food type portal with coupons and information etc. as its a great brandable name not only for fast food but other things as well. I was just wondering what other ideas people had for me as opposed to "a site about french fry history" or preperation etc.

Thanks for your input Bob

 

[katherine]

The owner of that domain told me he has turned down multiple 6 figure offers. My guess is they were low six figures if he has in fact gotten those.

So you are not the owner of this domain. 6 figures ? I find it hard to believe since nobody says French fry.

 

[bradwbowman]

I own FrenchFry.com. I've spoken to the owner of FrenchFries.com via email before who is a different person.

 

[katherine]

Ah OK.

 

[RTM.net]

Sorry, but the singular (in this case) is truly not in the same league as the plural...

I won't say (as I can't think of one) a specific price range, but I would think pretty low without some serious branding, as it doesn't - IMHO - work with the plural version really...

Rob

 

[Focus]

FrenchFry.com is brandable, cute, memorable - the value does not lie in the traditional meaning though but alternative monetization and usage. I think it's a mid $xx,xxx name max and for a reseller maybe 10-15k or so

 

[bradwbowman]

Thanks for all the input everyone. It's pretty much in line with my own thoughts and what my other domainer friends/connections have told me. Ultimately I would like to target McDonalds or Burger King etc. as I do think it would be a great name in an advertising campaign for one of them instead of "Satisfries" like BK currently uses.

Please let me know if anyone else has any other monetization / development ideas or any other pricing input to add b/c I appreciate it!

Thanks,
Brad

 

[NameYourself]

I'd say on the safe-side you should be able to find a reseller/domainer who would offer 5k-ish without too much trouble. Above and beyond that might be tough as I've never heard of anyone asking for a single "french fry". Where it could actually work or make more sense is as a partial term of something longer or brandable.. take for instance a "French Fry" Maker.. other than that it is easily recognizable but seldom spoken in the singular, still a name of fair value, good luck!

 

[Gerry]

The owner of that domain told me he has turned down multiple 6 figure offers.

Ah, now I see you talking about the true value of a different domain.

 

[BostonDomainer]

~$30K It's definitely a name to be branded away from meaning.