domain Received $2,000 offer for Claytan.com - Advice?

[Hui Siew Choong]

received final price for claytan.com for USD2,000.00, thru Sedo.com any good advise ? Accept ? Or put up auction ?

This domain was created more than 20 years with good brandabilty and generic in nature

 

[djmc50]

Yes, accept.

 

[AIS01]

I think yes.

 

[Plato]

I would accept the offer

 

[elmoney]

Clayton or Claytan? If Claytan, then accept, if Clayton - 2K is cheap

 

[Eric Lyon]

Clayton or Claytan?

Confirmed registrant match for Claytan.com. I updated the poll from Clayton to Claytan.

 

[Kamaz]

DAMN Yes if you Make a Nice ROI!!

 

[RevolutionaryDomains]

.

 

[atinc]

received final price for claytan.com for USD2,000.00, thru Sedo.com any good advise ? Accept ? Or put up auction ?

This domain was created more than 20 years with good brandabilty and generic in nature

Definitely accept it! since it might have trademark issues.
There is a company called Claytan Group manufacturing ceramics.

 

[Recons.Com]

Definitely accept it! since it might have trademark issues.
There is a company called Claytan Group manufacturing ceramics.

Can we stop with calling tm issue with every domain? Most great names have matching companies all over the world, which does not mean automatic tm issue.

 

[atinc]

Can we stop with calling tm issue with every domain? Most great names have matching companies all over the world, which does not mean automatic tm issue.

This company is from China and also I believe the seller is from China too.
So I find it quite helpful to advise it might have trademark issues.

 

[frank-germany]

it's far to cheap


cla/ytan/group.com/

the problem is parking the domain
get it off there fast

add 2 zeros to that price
and negotiate from there

 

[Recons.Com]

This company is from China and also I believe the seller is from China too.
So I find it quite helpful to advise it might have trademark issues.

Again, does not mean anything. I don't think there have been a winning argument that being in the same country proves any bad intentions. If he goes and creates a website/company targeting the same niche/industry with the confusingly similar brand, then, there is a case. If it can be shown that his purpose in regging this name was targeting that company, then also there can be a case. Until then I find this argument redundant, as it can be posted to most of the good domains and would have only speculative and far stretched merit that does not add anything to the discussion.

 

[atinc]

Again, does not mean anything. I don't think there have been a winning argument that being in the same country proves any bad intentions. If he goes and creates a website/company targeting the same niche/industry with the confusingly similar brand, then, there is a case. If it can be shown that his purpose in regging this name was targeting that company, then also there can be a case. Until then I find this argument redundant, as it can be posted to most of the good domains and would have only speculative and far stretched merit that does not add anything to the discussion.

I would like to add that Ceramics are made of CLAY s . . . (claytan.com)
Hope you understand now why I warned him about the trademark issue.

 

[frank-germany]

I would like to add that Ceramics are made of CLAY s . . . (claytan.com)
Hope you understand now why I warned him about the trademark issue.

the one who doesn't understand is you

 

[atinc]

the one who doesn't understand is you

so please help me understand frank. He claims I am speculating while my intention is just to help a fellow member here.
How come I don`t understand?

 

[frank-germany]

so please help me understand frank. He claims I am speculating while my intention is just to help a fellow member here.
How come I don`t understand?

try to educate yourself
in terms of trademarks

 

[atinc]

try to educate yourself
in terms of trademarks

Frank you have no idea who you telling this to
How many trademarks are you holding on your behalf?

 

[frank-germany]

Frank you have no idea who you telling this to
How many trademarks are you holding on your behalf?

a few

its complex

 

[atinc]

a few

its complex

It is not complex in this scenario.
There is a company called Claytan Group manufacturing ceramics.( ceramics are made of clays)
They originate in China, Seller is also from China.
Domain is perfectly same with Claytan Group and it has clay word in the domain which makes it a bigger trademark issue.

 

[LarryDomain]

Don't get greedy..sell it and move on.. greed will lead to no sale..cuz that is a good price...

 

[frank-germany]

It is not complex in this scenario.
There is a company called Claytan Group manufacturing ceramics.( ceramics are made of clays)
They originate in China, Seller is also from China.
Domain is perfectly same with Claytan Group and it has clay word in the domain which makes it a bigger trademark issue.

thats why you should educate yourself
its not so simple

 

[Recons.Com]

@atinc
The point is just because there is a company with the same name does not mean violating of tm automatically. Any user here can google for any auction here or somewhere else and post that "hey, just heads up, there might be tm issue". This adds NOTHING to any discussion.

Besides, it seems like the author already pushed it to the auction on sedo. Good luck!

 

[frank-germany]

Don't get greedy..sell it and move on.. greed will lead to no sale..cuz that is a good price...

the difference between being informed
and to be scrared

can easily be $100 K USD

so why move on fast?

 

[wwwweb]

Clay Tan could be a name also, Clay is short for Clayton, and Tan is a surname

Tan, the pinyin romanization of 譚, is the 67th most common surname in China.

If you guys are giving names like this away for $2K, you are in the wrong business!