closed politics.us

[deist]

I am no longer developing and am actively trying to sell politics.us. I am happy taking 4K for it right now and that's my asking price. What's the lowest offer I should accept for it?

 

[Whois-Search]

$50

 

[updatedsports]

i'll give you $51 for it. But you should hold on to it. It will be worth a lot in a year or two.

 

[deist]

I don't think I like this question anymore! $50 is a pretty cynical response. Most objective people would agree that politics.us, given is insane amount of relevance to its extension, is one of the best non dot coms out there.

 

[dkny]

$52.99 SOLD!


no, just kidding. i think it's worth $1K.

 

[DryHeat]

Very very few folks here will/can give you a reasonable valuation for the name, primarily because you do have a prime name (absolutely no doubt about this) but its in the newest tld made abvailable to general (US) public. So there's no resale precednce here to draw upon in offering valuation(s). One other reason is that many folks who are staunch believers in ".com only" would tend to give a valuation of "0", "20" or "50" ($$) on a name in new tlds which if .com would get an appraisal of several thousand $$ by these same folks; that IMO is more of a "sentimental" response rather than based on reasoning and/or rational understanding of domain speculation phenomenon....this sentiment can be described as: "the new tlds suck, have value no better than dirt and would die a miserable death". Anything is possible but there is no objective evidence for such gloom and doom given how these tlds have done since their launch in unprecedented harsh circumstances; .info LR-1 was just a week or so after 9/11 and we all know how market situation has been since (and even before 9/11). So even if we take this "gloom and doom" scenario as a very real possibility my opinion would then be that the valuations for these new tlds will (in next few years) be what may be called "All or None" phenomenon. That is, if they "die" then that's it BUT if they do "make it" their value is likely to be very handsome. My own speculation is that it'd be around 25-30% of a .com name; much higher in select cases where a given name is highly relevant with a particular tld, e.g. politics.us; pregnancy.info; computers.biz, etc. It's needless to say that I personally believe that they'd make it. Isn't that what speculation is?

 

[ReignDomain]

politics.us - excellent name. The lowest offer: $500.

 

[hollayo]

4k - good luck

 

[DomeBase]

Originally posted by DryHeat
Very very few folks here will/can give you a reasonable valuation for the name, primarily because you do have a prime name (absolutely no doubt about this) but its in the newest tld made abvailable to general (US) public. So there's no resale precednce here to draw upon in offering valuation(s). One other reason is that many folks who are staunch believers in ".com only" would tend to give a valuation of "0", "20" or "50" ($$) on a name in new tlds which if .com would get an appraisal of several thousand $$ by these same folks; that IMO is more of a "sentimental" response rather than based on reasoning and/or rational understanding of domain speculation phenomenon....this sentiment can be described as: "the new tlds suck, have value no better than dirt and would die a miserable death". Anything is possible but there is no objective evidence for such gloom and doom given how these tlds have done since their launch in unprecedented harsh circumstances; .info LR-1 was just a week or so after 9/11 and we all know how market situation has been since (and even before 9/11). So even if we take this "gloom and doom" scenario as a very real possibility my opinion would then be that the valuations for these new tlds will (in next few years) be what may be called "All or None" phenomenon. That is, if they "die" then that's it BUT if they do "make it" their value is likely to be very handsome. My own speculation is that it'd be around 25-30% of a .com name; much higher in select cases where a given name is highly relevant with a particular tld, e.g. politics.us; pregnancy.info; computers.biz, etc. It's needless to say that I personally believe that they'd make it. Isn't that what speculation is?

DryHeat is right. Very hard to value and you will get a very wide range of valuations. .INFO has been around a little longer and still tremendous variation in valuation from polls at these forums... often bimodal valuations... folks love 'em or hate 'em with a gap in the middle.

Politics.US is a great .US. What is it worth? My wild guess... $500 now to a reseller... $2-3,000 to an "end-user" if such exists yet. In one year, multiply these figures by two. Of course, this does not mean that some organization might not wisk out of the sky and offer much more now... but the above is my best guess. Congrats.

 

[Wot]

I recently sold a .us, not as good as yours, for a high three figures.

I suggest you hold and pick up some more if you can get them, I think the .us names will take a very large slice of the market place in the future.

 

[greggish]

Originally posted by Whois-Search
$50

Were you kidding or serious?

 

[Kid Kool]

20k

 

[dkny]

Originally posted by kidkool
20k

Were you kidding or serious?
:laugh:

 

[Kid Kool]

serious. In my opinion politics.us is the number 1 domain you could possibly get in the .us extension. at the very least it is in the top 10. It also would be easy to locate a buyer since many wealthy individuals looking to run for office, political parties, magazines, would love to get their hands on this name. All of these potential buyers have addresses, phone numbers, and email. It is a simple matter of sitting down and getting on the phone.

 

[Desi]

Originally posted by kidkool
serious. In my opinion politics.us is the number 1 domain you could possibly get in the .us extension. at the very least it is in the top 10. It also would be easy to locate a buyer since many wealthy individuals looking to run for office, political parties, magazines, would love to get their hands on this name. All of these potential buyers have addresses, phone numbers, and email. It is a simple matter of sitting down and getting on the phone.

After some serious thinking I agree. The fact is that even a big business is a "business" and before dishing out several thousand $$ on a name would consider whats the potential return and in how much time? On the other hand, there're more and more examples in American politics of individuals who've made it in business and now want to try their hands in politics willing to spend great sums of their own money in the process; for them paying several thousand $$ for a prized name like this will be no big deal at all. And, this is just one group of the potential customers as kidkool pointed out...Good luck with the name...Hold on to it. You might even be getting private PMs from some members here offering you more than $500...If that happens multiply it at least 10-20 times to get an estimate of the real market (end-user) valuation.

 

[mole]

Politics.us would make a great news/commentary portal for a media publisher.

My best advice is to invest into some cheap advertising on Google Adwords with keywords like political news or anything that is being currently hotly debated in Congress, link the ad up a concept site, and say this portal is for sale at a '"very reasonable price"

I am assuming you are selling that name now because you need some urgent cash? I would hold till at least mid-2003 if I were you. Many media publishers are in pretty bad state at this moment, so you are riding off a very pessimistic value plateau if you proceed.

 

[dkny]

Originally posted by kidkool
serious. In my opinion politics.us is the number 1 domain you could possibly get in the .us extension. at the very least it is in the top 10. It also would be easy to locate a buyer since many wealthy individuals looking to run for office, political parties, magazines, would love to get their hands on this name. All of these potential buyers have addresses, phone numbers, and email. It is a simple matter of sitting down and getting on the phone.

didn't mean to laugh at you . i was just imitating gregish.

 

[Kid Kool]

I still think the key to unlocking the value of this domain is with candidacy and political parties. This is one of the rare instances in which the domain actually relates to the extension, and is preferable over the others.

If i had this name i would be on the phone with the republican and democratic national committees tomorrow. Don't forget the 3rd parties, libertarians, greens etc. They have plenty of money to throw around as well and would be eager to pick up a name like this to improve their stature. Remember whichever party owns politics.us essentially lends an assertion that they own politics in the US.

You have to look at the "return" in the case of this name as being political benefit, such as an election victory, and not monetary return such as affiliate revenue. the internet is becoming more and more a place where elections are won and lost. A candidate for office who is willing to fork over a few thousand for politics.us is going to have an advantage over his opponent with just a geocities homepage. You could email every congressman and senator in america. What one would not want the bragging rights of politics.us as their homepage.

 

[mastmnds]

politics.us is not the best name that goes with extension if there was america.us which there is not because its n/a that would be the best good luck on selling it.

 

[Jack Gordon]

I am not so sure I agree about the value of this name for politicians. I think www.joeschmuckforcongress.us will always be a better domain than something as generic as www.politics.us

Now if you are talking about a media outlet, it makes a little more sense, but I really think the value to them would be more as a forward to their main site, www.mediaconglomorate.com

Maybe a think tank would be interested, or an amateur political organization. Any serious political party would probably have their own name too.

Add to this that I still have not seen any evidence whatsoever of any real resale value on .us names (somebody please prove me wrong!) and I think you may have a tough time unloading it for a premium price.

Anybody could sell this name for $50, but if you want thousands it will be a long wait.