closed clap(.com) My first great name!

[Devil Dog]

Did you make sure the name was not stolen?

That email response from the former owner looks like he is just a bit 'too' eager to sell at mid xxxx.

 

[BobDiGiTaL]

has a positive and uplifting meaning

not if it comes from your doctor.

I think it is worth $10,000 - $12,000

 

[Creature]

I always thought clap meant to applaud. Strikes me as a video on demand site. I think it's rare to find such a short memorable domain with no apparent trademark issues in the US. Just a handful of clap trademarks appear and they're for nothing special. If it were mine, I would invest in a TM perhaps under internet advertising and video on demand. Minimum 30k. See the last Targeted Traffic sales for 4 letter dictionary word sales. I think blow .com was 50k.

 

[DomainMagnate]

$10-15K reseller


also curious what you paid for it

 

[melmunch]

Did you make sure the name was not stolen?

That email response from the former owner looks like he is just a bit 'too' eager to sell at mid xxxx.

I did make sure that the name was not stolen. I took every possible precaution, as I too was surprised that I was able to buy it for mid xxxx. The name is not stolen, and has only had one owner since 1996!

It just goes to show that if you dig deep, you can find a good deal out there, even if you are new at this.

As far as tm goes, I am just not sure why it would be worthwhile to register a tm. I don't see anyone with any ability to try and take it away, since it is such a generic word.

 

[Devil Dog]

I did make sure that the name was not stolen. I took every possible precaution, as I too was surprised that I was able to buy it for mid xxxx. The name is not stolen, and has only had one owner since 1996!

It just goes to show that if you dig deep, you can find a good deal out there, even if you are new at this.

As far as tm goes, I am just not sure why it would be worthwhile to register a tm. I don't see anyone with any ability to try and take it away, since it is such a generic word.

That's good to hear. Not trying to be skeptical, just have seen too many names that were stolen be resold to an unsuspecting domainer.

You definitely hit the jackpot on this one. :approve:

 

[italiandragon]

I did make sure that the name was not stolen. I took every possible precaution, as I too was surprised that I was able to buy it for mid xxxx. The name is not stolen, and has only had one owner since 1996!

It just goes to show that if you dig deep, you can find a good deal out there, even if you are new at this.

As far as tm goes, I am just not sure why it would be worthwhile to register a tm. I don't see anyone with any ability to try and take it away, since it is such a generic word.

2 interesting points to discuss there:

1) how do you find if a domain is stolen and what happens when you buy a stolen name
2) if you think a name is "toooo generic" then be afraid. Some generics have been taken away too. A good example has been lately INC.mobi.

 

[Devil Dog]

View whois history via domain tools. It' snot a free service though.

2 interesting points to discuss there:

1) how do you find if a domain is stolen and what happens when you buy a stolen name

 

[Vijaya]

nice Domain $xx,xxx

 

[Creature]

since it is such a generic word.

Just because it's generic, doesn't mean you can do what you like with it.

Just reading through an existing trademark for 'clap'; It appears that in the US you can't sell prerecorded video tapes, video cassettes, digital video discs (DVDs), compact discs (CDs) and other electronic media, namely magnetic tapes and digital electronic media featuring entertainment programs in the nature of a dramatic television series.

Anyway congratulations. Great name. A bargain!

 

[BGray]

5-10K resell IMO

 

[melmunch]

5-10K resell IMO

I was already offered 16k, and it is not posted for sale.

 

[BGray]

OK. Was the 16K a reseller or someone who wanted to develop? (ie-end user).

I qualified "reseller". If you know it was a reseller then good for you.
I certainly wouldn't pay $16k with intentions to resell and I do a lot of it.

 

[melmunch]

OK. Was the 16K a reseller or someone who wanted to develop? (ie-end user).

I qualified "reseller". If you know it was a reseller then good for you.
I certainly wouldn't pay $16k with intentions to resell and I do a lot of it.

They did not elaborate on their plans, as I replied that it is not yet for sale.

Thanks for the appraisal.