Posting publicly with a price saying that you feel it is "realistic"? Kind of makes further negotiations a little bit difficult.
I'm not convinced that their is a huge difference in value between the Moped and Mopeds. While not entirely relevant (different sellers and extensions) mopeds.net sold for half of moped.net. To me it always depends on the end-user purpose. Moped is a better brand, Mopeds is a better vehicle for selling mopeds (no pun intended). I'm surprised that someone only wants to buy one and not both at the prices we're talking about. It's kind of like opening a store and then leaving next door free for your competitor.
I can't say that I've heard the word moped used in conversation much here in the US. It seems in the US everything is a Scooter or a "Vespa" (even non Vespa brand). The reason for this, I presume, is that moped in the US is really anything under 50CC (in most states) and very limited for road use and not what people want (which is a scooter). A lot of people actually use mopeds/scooters illegally which I think will curb the "gas saving" craze - you really need the top level mopeds/scooters for any sizeable commute.
Given that this thread is on page 1 Google for "moped.com" I think that the offer would be fair and any upward movement would be strongly challenged by a negotiator. After all, you said it was realistic! Of course, there's no real evidence that this is you the seller and not you the buyer trying to figure if you should offer more versus ask for more!
I'm sure people's opinions would change if the question were asked from a buyer perspective. If you were to ask "Should I offer more than $35K" - the valuations would be different. No one here wants to advise someone to spend too much or accept too little.
Even independent views ARE BIASED.
Also - once you put numbers out people are inclined to immediately use that as a baseline. Without $35 K written the numbers of the appraisal here may have been even further apart and even more widely spread.. because
so much of the value is determined by the seller and the buyer.
The positive is that this is a "CATEGORY KILLING" name which means that in spite of everything you still command a great deal of respect from the position of seller - someone will always want it.
MOPED.COM will always be MOPED.COM.
It's not a niche name, it's not a trend name, it's not name with a million market alternatives.
My only real advice would be to:
- Delete this thread and get google to de-index it.
- Come to a decision on what you think is a price.
- Throw out any numbers given here in evaluation .
Easier said than done - especially with a great keyword name. I'm of the opinion that a name is not always worth what someone is willing to pay sometimes it's what someone is willing to hold out for. You see sales all the time for names far inferior to this for more - why? Because the seller could afford to say no.. and the buyer really couldn't afford not to say yes. Negotiations are better from a position of strength and that's weakened by this thread imho.
What you have established here is that the name is a great name. Opinion is somewhat divided on real value - but then no one here is opening their chequebook or looking at your bank statement.
Good Luck!
