closed Contactme.com - any ideas?

[leftofcentre]

www.ContactMe.com - I developed a premium email site, thats pretty cool.

To be honest i am thinking of selling up and going to sit on a beach in Australia. 10 years in the web has burned me out a bit, I could do with a recharge of sunshine.

Does anyone know any good sites where you can sell whole web business?

I would be keen to hear any feedback on what you think the domain is worth.

Thanks

Brian

 

[namewaiter]

very nice site ... curious as to how many customers you currently have? i'd say the domain and site alone are worth low $$$$-$$$$$.

btw .. nice screen name!

 

[leftofcentre]

We have only just launched. The problem is we need loasof cash to market the site, so the temptation is there to sell it too a larger internet company who has the resources to market it properly.

Might just stick it on ebay ;-)

Brian

 

[namewaiter]

We have only just launched.

Brian

yea, i figured as much when i checked and my first name was still available. it is a nice design and easy to navagate ... you should have no problems unloading it. good luck!

 

[iBizStart]

How much are you looking to sell it for? If you put it on ebay, you won't get much at all for it

 

[leftofcentre]

ebay was a joke. Its main value is as a whole site. Its tricky to sell as it would only suit a company with the resources to promote it. Eg one of the newspaper sites for example.

Price for the whole site? who knows. I suppose whatever people are willing to pay ;-)

I might just keep it and see how it goes. Oh what i would give to win the lottery

Brian

 

[iBizStart]

Well I would love to run a site like this, kind of goes well with the sites I am launching now. If only I had some $$. How about my soul and your picture tattood on my ass for a year ?

 

[furca]

Keep it as an email site, and it will do great wonders.


Nice name

 

[freestyler]

Nice name and site. I agree that mkting shld be done... I would hold on, if i were u. good luck!

 

[EM @MAJ.com]

The site is great but why pay if I can get gmail.com for free? It's really hard to beat the services provided by yahoo, hotmail or gmail.

Good luck to you.

Em

Operations Manager, Hardworking.com
www.hardworking.com

 

[Gray]

I'd make a missing persons / contact people billboard, that will earn you publicity
then offer email accounts off that main page.

me AT contactme, just subscribed!

 

[Theo]

Is this a turnkey solution or you're running a commercially available script? As a domain alone, it's a catchy name.

 

[Leading Names]

Is this a turnkey solution or you're running a commercially available script? As a domain alone, it's a catchy name.

From the screen shots on the site it appears to be backed by everyone.net. As it would appear to a newly established site the likelihood is that for each person who subscribes he has to pay x$ to everyone.net and probably adds x$ profit margin to whatever price he is paying.

Correct?

- Rob

 

[leftofcentre]

Rob gets the star prize. Yip we outsource the backend. We tried doing the email ourselves but it was a nightmare, so this way is easier.

Brian

'It's really hard to beat the services provided by yahoo, hotmail or gmail.'

I think this is our main problem, we have not differentiated the site enough from other email sites. I think we tried to go too main stream.

What i will do is either to revamp the design to bring the site more up market, basically attract people who like to stand out.

I also like the idea wiwineguy gave me of maybe developing it into some kind of social networking site. By a strange twist of fate i also own a dating site: http://www.sparkireland.com

I decided against using the name for the dating site. I like the idea of maybe developing it into a site for freelancers, where they can post their profiles and contact other freelancers.

The irony is i am an internet marketing expert, but like most experts i am unless at taking my own advice Its much easier to lecture to other people ;-)

Brian

No one has yet given an idea of value for the domain alone. Anyone care to have a stab at a price?

Brian

 

[SouthernTn]

To me, this would also fit for a dating site as well. Along with the dating service your offering email.. I think it would be perfect for this site. The name is very catchy!

 

[namestrands]

IMHO $30,000+ although I have a excellent pitch for it.. I would consider getting the name brokered if that is your plan to sell it

 

[leftofcentre]

IMHO $30,000+ although I have a excellent pitch for it.. I would consider getting the name brokered if that is your plan to sell it

What do you mean by brokered?

Is that appointing an agent? Any recommendations?

I think i would like to sell the whole business, not sure how to go about it. Maybe contact sites directly? I can't imagine many large companies spend there time looking at any of the sites that offer websites for sale.

Brian

 

[namestrands]

You can speak to Sedo, they have had some success recently with brokering domains on behalf of people

 

[cyphix]

My immediate thoughts were that it would be best used for a dating site

 

[leftofcentre]

yip - i was thinking that, but dating sites are easy to name so i thought it would not not be the best use for the name.

I will think about it over the weekend. One idea i had was to maybe offer websites as well as the email. so you could put your own homepage/blog up. So for example if you got the name [email protected], you would also get a mini website at john.contactme.com

Brian