I found out about this thread on Friday and decided to wait a bit. Now that the eBay listing is ending in a few days, I am posting to this thread.
It has been pointed out to me by other members that, for some, there may be some confusion about the Buy It Now / Best Offer eBay format I chose.
I wanted Eat to show well for the run at eBay, thus its Buy It Now. I've marched this one out before and in light of the recent $30K three letter .net sale in April, I was interested in learning what the perceived market value was from those who actually buy such high profile names (i.e., short universal word on a premium TLD).
For those who are unaware, a while back, eBay introduced the idea of a "Best Offer" on a listing set up with Buy It Now. Of course, at Buy It Now, I am obligated to sell, but with the "Best Offer", I can elect to sell or not.
I thought this device an easier way to handle the listing because it seemed pretty straight forward. Rather than playing the "adjust the reserve" game we have all seen done in various venues, I thought I would simply take offers and if I find one in the ballpark, I would probably sell.
As was pointed out in this thread, I'm looking for mid $xx,xxx for the name because, as others pointed out, it is probably a fair price for the name given what it is and past comps, though arguably, it is probably worth more than that range.
In any case, you can certainly visit eBay and can search in the domains section for Eat and you should find the listing. Judging by the visits counter, there have been quite a number of you already there. As we get to the closing days of the listing, I welcome you to send a ballpark offer. No $x,xxx or low $xx,xxx offers please, as it wastes both our time.
Hopefully, this clarifies things.
-Commerce
