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Offers Chew on this....Gum.net
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do you have any idea what kind of price you're looking for?
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$2,100
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no set price in mind. feel free to make an offer. thanks.
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$3000
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3100
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Ok Jer,
U drive a hard bargain.
$3200
Make us both happy.
- Bob
U drive a hard bargain.
$3200
Make us both happy.
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Ok Jer,
U drive a hard bargain.
$3200
Make us both happy.
- Bob
haha. thanks bob. just to prove i am not being greedy. i bought this name not too long ago:
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales05-15-07.htm
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Jer.net,
Yeah, I saw that as well. I figure you want to free up some of your money so you can get other things into your portfolio.
Let me know if we have a deal. My offer is still good for the weekend.
- Bob
P.S. One day maybe I can buy jer.net from you as well and assume your identity. :smilewinkgrin: :lol: :cheesy:
Yeah, I saw that as well. I figure you want to free up some of your money so you can get other things into your portfolio.
Let me know if we have a deal. My offer is still good for the weekend.
- Bob
P.S. One day maybe I can buy jer.net from you as well and assume your identity. :smilewinkgrin: :lol: :cheesy:
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Why bother offering anything lower than $5,100?
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traffic is minimal, about 5 visitors per day. a little surprising with the searches overture and wordtracker show, but I imagine the dotcom gets all the traffic.
being a popular 3 letter word it should keep going up. being easily brandable, putting a site up will make it more valuable which is why i have the blog up.
i appreciate all offers, and bob, you are correct, freeing up money is the idea. however, taking a loss i am unsure about. thats why i am accepting offers. my thinking is, you never know who reads these threads, and just because it went for a certain amount, means possbily that the right person did not see it on sale before.
thanks again. if i see an offer that i like, i may jump at it. that is what makes this all fun ;0)
being a popular 3 letter word it should keep going up. being easily brandable, putting a site up will make it more valuable which is why i have the blog up.
i appreciate all offers, and bob, you are correct, freeing up money is the idea. however, taking a loss i am unsure about. thats why i am accepting offers. my thinking is, you never know who reads these threads, and just because it went for a certain amount, means possbily that the right person did not see it on sale before.
thanks again. if i see an offer that i like, i may jump at it. that is what makes this all fun ;0)
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Jer.net,
I appreciate your candid assessment of the domain. This was my assessment as well. The pros that the domain does have is that it is brandable and that it is a rare 3 letter word. Those are pretty good qualities to have.
With this in mind though, one has to take other things into account in order to correctly assess it's value. 'Gum' gets searched via overture 17K per month as opposed to 'bubble gum' which gets 33K. Furthermore, it is a '.net'..which means any branding that you do to the domain will certainly fall over to 'gum.com' with chances of the '.com' seizing a good share from your hard works. 'gum.net' if to be successful, as you said correctly would need to be developed...and the purchasing of the domain is only the beginning in order to turn the domain around to start getting solid returns on it. From a speculator's point of view, given it's track record, it has not done so hot...and therefore will be tough to get a stellar value for it if no development is done since appraisals will surely take into the account it's past historical trend and demand for the domain.
With all this said and done. I am willing to take on the risk of developing and turning around the domain...but all this comes at a risk to me. We both have a correct assessment of the domain...anyone can speak of it, but it's one thing to assess something, and another thing to assess something with your money on the table.
To make it worthwhile for you, I am willing to go $4500. If you want to talk further privately, we can do so....or we can continue here. Don't think it as a lost in the domain, think of it as being able to free up your money so that you can make more profits from your other deals.
Warmest Regards,
Gorilla_Bob
I appreciate your candid assessment of the domain. This was my assessment as well. The pros that the domain does have is that it is brandable and that it is a rare 3 letter word. Those are pretty good qualities to have.
With this in mind though, one has to take other things into account in order to correctly assess it's value. 'Gum' gets searched via overture 17K per month as opposed to 'bubble gum' which gets 33K. Furthermore, it is a '.net'..which means any branding that you do to the domain will certainly fall over to 'gum.com' with chances of the '.com' seizing a good share from your hard works. 'gum.net' if to be successful, as you said correctly would need to be developed...and the purchasing of the domain is only the beginning in order to turn the domain around to start getting solid returns on it. From a speculator's point of view, given it's track record, it has not done so hot...and therefore will be tough to get a stellar value for it if no development is done since appraisals will surely take into the account it's past historical trend and demand for the domain.
With all this said and done. I am willing to take on the risk of developing and turning around the domain...but all this comes at a risk to me. We both have a correct assessment of the domain...anyone can speak of it, but it's one thing to assess something, and another thing to assess something with your money on the table.
To make it worthwhile for you, I am willing to go $4500. If you want to talk further privately, we can do so....or we can continue here. Don't think it as a lost in the domain, think of it as being able to free up your money so that you can make more profits from your other deals.
Warmest Regards,
Gorilla_Bob
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bob - i agree with most you have said. either way it should have a continued growth and value increase. i have sold a few others in the past that i regret. dont want to add another one to the list lol. this being said, i will give your offer some thought.
linkman (per pm inquiry) - it is still $4500. i am sorry i didnt get back sooner. for some reason sometimes, i dont get alerts to my email. thanks.
also, stole this from another thread, may be extreme examples but, ODM.net sold for $30,000 & SAT.net sold for $9,000 & FOX.net sold for $19,000 in recent months....
linkman (per pm inquiry) - it is still $4500. i am sorry i didnt get back sooner. for some reason sometimes, i dont get alerts to my email. thanks.
also, stole this from another thread, may be extreme examples but, ODM.net sold for $30,000 & SAT.net sold for $9,000 & FOX.net sold for $19,000 in recent months....
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