closed Appraisal: www.astronautilus.com - Received an offer, how much do you think it's worth?

[jhansen]

Domain Name: www.astronautilus.com - Received an offer, how much do you think it's worth?

Message:
I recently registered www.astronautilus.com, the name of a band. Their official site is entirely unrelated to their band's name (www.modelcitizens.org).

My domain already shows up on the 2nd page of google (parked @ND) among 70,000+ listings when you type their band's name in (their official site 2nd or so overall).

OVT w/o EXT of ~224.

The band is still indie, so they don't have a label backing them to purchase the domain, but I imagine they have a bit of money available to purchase such an important part of marketing.

The initial email offered $20 (I'm certainly hoping for more than that...), with the comment 'i am willing to negotiate'.

Where do you think I should go from here? This would be my first ever domain sale!
Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[commandercody]

Are you sure it's the band and not some other seller looking to turn it for a profit. 20$ is almost and insult if it's worth anything to them.

 

[nrmillions]

Counter offer for $500. If it is the actual band trying to buy it from you they should at least be able to all chip in and buy the name for that price.

 

[Ian]

yea, something fishy smells here. one thing should be clear here that anybody offering you such a low offer of xx is simply a joke with hidden ulterior motives. just counter with a high $xxx to see how they`ll respond. good luck.