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I've currently got restaurantselector.net and I tried to swipe restaurantselector.com as it recently expired, however, I was unsucessfull. So, I e-mailed the owner. He told me he would sell it to me for $200

Is it worth it? Any suggestions on what I should tell him I am willing to pay back?

I know most people think .com, so how bad will it hurt me to have a .net?

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keira knightley

Smooth

Well. If you decide to develop the site, its better to take the .com.

Else, how much ever you promote you site you're losing solid 10-20% visitors to the .com.

.net alone wud suffice, only if the domain is a short one-word.

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peter phillips

As mentioned above, you will loose some percentage of traffic to the .com name if you use the .net, so for development purpose it's better to get the .com. I think $200 for that name is a little bit on the expensive side.

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If $200 is to expensive what do you suggest? I was thinking of replying with $50, or should I go as low as $20. If you look at the site, he is not even using it. It also has no backlinks of any kind really, and my .net is what comes up #1 on google when you search for 'restaurant selector'

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slaughterbeck

I understand that the .com may not, in fact, be worth much to its current owner, however, you have made them aware that there is interest in it.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/212113-how-much-better-com-vs-net.html

I don’t think the response for $200 was high at all for a domain name that you contacted them about, which likely indicates that this is not someone who prospects with domain names very frequently. In my opinion, if this is something that you feel you need and you don’t want to have this issue nagging at you in the back of your mind, go ahead and make them a counter offer.

My strategy would be to not waste too much time on this, so I’d counter with $80 to $100 and see if they drop to around $150 or so. If so, then I’m sure you can settle on a fair price for both of you.




Best wishes,
Kimmy

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Dr. Domaining

If you are serious about the development of the domain I would acquire the dotcom for $200 while you still can. If your site is to become popular down the road and it is developed on the dotcom, there is no question, that you will lose some traffic to the dotcom. Once you start losing traffic the holder of the dotcom will start earning residual revenue on that domain and it will only become far more valuable. This means you will end up paying far more in the long run, especially if it is a website that you are serious about.

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I am seeing alot of corporate companies settling for the .net these days,,,PartyPoker.net and ect...While the .com is ideal....I will go with a .net and be happy if the .com owner is asking to much for the name...It's all about how you promote the name imo....Promote it correctly...And you can get the same results as the .com would get ..imo

slaughterbeck

All the poker and gambling websites advertise the .net “This is not a gambling site” because they can’t advertise their supposed “illegal” gambling .com website. Partypoker.net, Paradisepoker.net, Fulltiltpoker.net and on and on and on, all have their “real money” website as the .com and simply advertise the “Just for fun and learning” .net because the networks would not allow them to advertise a real money site. It’s simply a way to get around all the legal issues involved.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=212113




Best wishes,
Kimmy

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Dr. Domaining

Correct.

Also, there is no question, that a website can be tremendously successful developed on the .net namespace, in fact it can be successful on any extension frankly but in the end if you develop a successful site on a .net the dotcom holder of the equivalent will certainly reap the benefits of your misguided traffic. The dotcom extension is so well branded into the heads of millions upon millions of people in this day and age most will type it in before they even think to type in the .net extension. It is something that is currently impossible to escape.

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SpareDomains

most domains that you inquire about these days will get you $xxxx responses, not too often you get a couple hundred response, if plans are there to build a profitable site with it I would take it at $200 as you are the end user and it would be worth it to you to own as .com is better than your .net and you have developement ideas in mind. You can play around with negotiating a price but sometimes a low offer of $20 will piss them off and you will not hear again from them, ask them if they can possibly do a little better on price or throw out a $150 offer and see what they say, if someone else buys it at $200 and then you develop the .net you will be looking at $xxxx responses in the future and will regret that you didn't jump on it when you had the chance somewhere around the $200 price tag.

slaughterbeck

You explained that with exceptional clarity and concision. I added to your rep.





Best wishes,
Kimmy

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SpareDomains

I hate it when I do that

Thanks for the rep kimmy, have a nice holiday weekend. Jay

apexad

I went back with $50, he came down to $100, then I said:

$80 and it's sold.

He agreed, so I picked it up for $80. Thank you all so much! I have added rep to all of you for your input on this.

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keira knightley

SpareDomains

good score, glad to see it worked out, got the major extension locked down now put it to work and make some $$$, good luck with it.