Just a couple of questions:
Which cctlds have you run tests on thus far? Which will you be actively catching?
If all domains you catch will be a flat €99, how come you have a domain listed for €5000?
Would we be invoiced after you catch the domain or buy credits up front before you catch? If...
If you ask for an appraisal, take it for what it is, a personal opinion. Anyone that holds a name needs to have an idea of it's value themselves.
An appraisal is basically "I like this name, what do you think?" No one is right or wrong as it's just opinion.
If I try to appraise a name, I think...
You may want to pick up the .uk too. It's worth more as a matching pair. I can't see much value right now beyond mid xxx in the UK market but that should increase x10 in the future
$500 is a pretty standard starting offer, it shows genuine interest in a decent name which (assuming it is a genuine offer) in my experience. If it was me with this domain, I'd counter with mid xxxx.
It just depends on what you feel happy with yourself. I generally wouldn't accept an initial...
You have owned the domain for 14 years yet still have no idea how it could be used? What was your original idea behind purchasing it? You must have had a few ideas for it over the years?
Concerning your offer, it's much too low in my opinion. It's a very nice, highly bendable name.
It means and is worth nothing in the UK extensions, sorry and I would have skipped over it in the .com if I saw it available. It just sounds awkward and I fail to see what it could be used for / who the end user would be.
These are some of the questions you need to answer yourself, before you purchase a domain. Please don't buy first and think later, you'll lose a lot of money.
I don't know what it could be used for and is worth 0 imo.