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Old 07-25-2006, 12:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Wink ScienceFiction.com

I'm helping to broker this name.

Domain Name: ScienceFiction.com
Domain is around 10 years old.
Name is super brandable!

BIN is $2,500,000

Domains is also on sale at Afternic: http://www.afternic.com/name.php?id=13777020

If you are interested and wish to contact domain owner, kindly PM me and I will reveal all necessary info to you.

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Old 08-04-2006, 10:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That's a nice one!
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Old 08-05-2006, 02:40 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: ScienceFiction.com

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I'm helping to broker this name.

Domain Name: ScienceFiction.com
Domain is around 10 years old.
Name is super brandable!

BIN is $2,500,000

Domains is also on sale at Afternic: http://www.afternic.com/name.php?id=13777020

If you are interested and wish to contact domain owner, kindly PM me and I will reveal all necessary info to you.

Thanks!
Great domain. Should have alot of traffic too.

However, its brandibility factor is very very low. "Science Fiction" is as descriptive as they come.
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Old 08-05-2006, 05:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Great domain. Should have alot of traffic too.

However, its brandibility factor is very very low. "Science Fiction" is as descriptive as they come.
Daddy, to the contrary, this name is the best of both worlds. Obviously an awesome generic, it's an ultimate brand possiblity as "ScienceFiction.com". Examples: Hotels.com, Apartments.com, Cars.com, Homes.com, etc.
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Old 08-05-2006, 08:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Daddy, to the contrary, this name is the best of both worlds. Obviously an awesome generic, it's an ultimate brand possiblity as "ScienceFiction.com". Examples: Hotels.com, Apartments.com, Cars.com, Homes.com, etc.

It's generally not possible.

There are two polar opposites in naming:

1. Descriptive/ generic (automobile)
2. Distinctive/ branded (toyota)

Again, they are polar opposites.

In light of HOTELS.COM and the other examples you cite, I wouldn't go so far as to say you could never make a brand from a generic, but it is risky.

Getting trademark protection for a generic term such as "hotels" or "science fiction" flies in the face of established trademark law.

That's not to say the domain is worthless, because it's not. It could perhaps drive some nice traffic to a real brand.

But, to claim it is "highly brandable" may be misleading.
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I see your point about generic terms. Science Fiction, on its own, couldn't be branded to the extent that it supercedes the generic (public domain) use. Same can be said for hotels, apartments, homes. But, he could market it as "ScienceFiction.com" and establish a company/site commonly known as the "ScienceFiction.com" brand ... like Hotels.com (USPTO Reg#: 2918738) did.
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Take note..

Owner of this domain is selling the trademark as well.
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Bottome line anyway you look at it, it's a winner domain.
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:36 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Bottome line anyway you look at it, it's a winner domain.

No doubt.
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Re: ScienceFiction.com

Great name. I would love to own one for my own purpose. I'm an sf fan. It maybe worth of whatever amount but definitely, alas, will remain as domainer-to-domainer property and will never find its end-user. Say, SciFi.com has big financial problems and will never spend millions for a domain. And this is the richest prospective buyer. Well, occasionally, maybe Lucas will make a movie with that name but the domain owner will increase price to BIN 10 mil and it will again not be sold. The only fate this domain has is to be buried in a domain cemetry of some domainer's portfolio. So, it is pitty, but despite it is very tasty domain, it is dead, killed by domaining radiation.
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Great name. I would love to own one for my own purpose. I'm an sf fan. It maybe worth of whatever amount but definitely, alas, will remain as domainer-to-domainer property and will never find its end-user. Say, SciFi.com has big financial problems and will never spend millions for a domain. And this is the richest prospective buyer. Well, occasionally, maybe Lucas will make a movie with that name but the domain owner will increase price to BIN 10 mil and it will again not be sold. The only fate this domain has is to be buried in a domain cemetry of some domainer's portfolio. So, it is pitty, but despite it is very tasty domain, it is dead, killed by domaining radiation.
You are pretty good with words, my friend. Couldn't have said it better myself.
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You are pretty good with words, my friend. Couldn't have said it better myself.
and yet, no reason to crap in someone's sales thread..... i swear, it'll take a public hanging before some people get it through their thick skulls.
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It maybe worth of whatever amount but definitely, alas, will remain as domainer-to-domainer property and will never find its end-user. Say, SciFi.com has big financial problems and will never spend millions for a domain. And this is the richest prospective buyer. Well, occasionally, maybe Lucas will make a movie with that name but the domain owner will increase price to BIN 10 mil and it will again not be sold. The only fate this domain has is to be buried in a domain cemetry of some domainer's portfolio. So, it is pitty, but despite it is very tasty domain, it is dead, killed by domaining radiation.
So you imagined one scenario of one potential buyer havind financial trouble and decided that "it is dead, killed by domaining radiation"? That is about the most bizarre analysis I have ever seen.
What about publisher of Science Fiction books? What about Science Fiction magazines? What about the whole huge Science Fiction industry that has large conventions and spends tens of millions of dollars each year? ScienceFiction.com not brandable? That makes no sense. The work is already done. An end user would only need let the audience know that the site exists.
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