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Premium domain is on auction -- Any creative ways to structure a deal with owner?
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<blockquote data-quote="MrDrokon" data-source="post: 2306078" data-attributes="member: 322972975"><p>There's a top premium domain currently on auction. The minimum bid is $90k. I can't afford it, but due to my profession I'm uniquely situated to monetize the site. In addition to the industry expertise, I'm also a full stack web developer so I could build out this MVP on my own at no additional cost. I think there's a good chance this site could be monetized enough within a year to more than cover fair market price of the domain.</p><p></p><p>All that background said, is there are credible way to approach the owner directly (I have the actual owners contact info, not the auction broker) and make a deal? I'm very interested in the idea of leasing the domain with the option to buy after a fixed term, but not sure whether most owners of premium domains would consider such an offer. I'd be willing to put up some smaller upfront amount (<$10k), hold the domain in escrow for 1 year, and if I'm right pay him a premium over market value. If I fail within a year, he gets to keep my upfront fee ~$10k for the hassle and gets back his domain. Is this a reasonable proposal?</p><p></p><p>If you owned a top domain, what would make you take someone like me seriously? Open to other ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrDrokon, post: 2306078, member: 322972975"] There's a top premium domain currently on auction. The minimum bid is $90k. I can't afford it, but due to my profession I'm uniquely situated to monetize the site. In addition to the industry expertise, I'm also a full stack web developer so I could build out this MVP on my own at no additional cost. I think there's a good chance this site could be monetized enough within a year to more than cover fair market price of the domain. All that background said, is there are credible way to approach the owner directly (I have the actual owners contact info, not the auction broker) and make a deal? I'm very interested in the idea of leasing the domain with the option to buy after a fixed term, but not sure whether most owners of premium domains would consider such an offer. I'd be willing to put up some smaller upfront amount (<$10k), hold the domain in escrow for 1 year, and if I'm right pay him a premium over market value. If I fail within a year, he gets to keep my upfront fee ~$10k for the hassle and gets back his domain. Is this a reasonable proposal? If you owned a top domain, what would make you take someone like me seriously? Open to other ideas. [/QUOTE]
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