domain XXX Million Dollars in potential sales every year - BookingBnb.com

Any site can make theoretical money. The question is how much money is it making?
The site is not Alexa ranked so I can't imagine it is driving too much traffic.

Brad

There is a business plan behind it and I'm not sure owners would be willing to sell it before the achievement of their planned goals.
Anyway, how much would you offer for the domain only?

I don't think the domain itself is worth much, so the business behind it is the only real value.
If that business is not generating money then I don't see the value.

Brad

Considering 1.5+ Million Dollars of income in 1 year, with an increase between 200% and 300% per year (with peaks of 1000%) how much should the seller ask as a minimum price?
We must take into account that, once sold, the owners cannot benefit of the revenue increase anymore.

Tim L said:

Considering 1.5+ Million Dollars of income in 1 year, with an increase between 200% and 300% per year (with peaks of 1000%) how much should the seller ask as a minimum price?
We must take into account that, once sold, the owners cannot benefit of the revenue increase anymore.

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In business, particularly in online business, no one make deal on considering methods, all we need to know real figure and how much potential growths is laying under the business.

Anyone can project any number they want. What is the actual revenue the site is generating?

If the site is generating millions of dollars a year then it is worth millions of dollars.

Brad

I think you need to spend $100M, in order to make $10M with this business plan.

I like AIRBNB a bit better, more brandable, and a little more well known, You might have issues with Booking.com also.

wwwweb said:

I think you need to spend $100M, in order to make $10M with this business plan.

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Which one?

Tim L said:

Which one?

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First off Booking.com would probably have an issue with you, secondly AirBNB owns this space, Expedia and others are trying to make up this gap also.

It's a mom, and pop domain, not one for a multi million dollar build out. Like I said Booking.com might have an issue, and could start action, it is up to you to defend such action whether it be credible, or not.

wwwweb said:

It's a mom, and pop domain, not one for a multi million dollar build out. Like I said Booking.com might have an issue, and could start action, it is up to you to defend such action whether it be credible, or not.

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Since this domain doesn't violate any trademarks, what kind of action are you referring about?
On what basis do you state that this domain cannot be part of a multi-million dollar business?

Booking.com can make a case that it violates their mark in the travel industry, who is to say yah, or nay.

If you are raking in millions of dollars, I am sure they will take notice.

wwwweb said:

Booking.com can make a case that it violates their mark in the travel industry, who is to say yah, or nay.

If you are raking in millions of dollars, I am sure they will take notice.

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According to the WIPO International Trademark System, there's no trademark violation.

Tim L said:

According to the WIPO International Trademark System, there's no trademark violation.

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If they feel you are confusing their customers, and taking millions of dollars of their business, that cannot stop them from taking action, it is up to you to defend that action, and a court of law to decide who is right, and who is wrong.


WIPO will not give you an answer, but you can cite cases for sure.

wwwweb said:

If they feel you are confusing their customers, and taking millions of dollars of their business, that cannot stop them from taking action, it is up to you to defend that action, and a court of law to decide who is right, and who is wrong.


WIPO will not give you an answer, but you can cite cases for sure.

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The business plan pursued by BookingBnb.com is totally different from all of the other travel portals. Any company running a business on this domain can keep pursuing this kind of different business.
Specifying that this project is completely new and different from the other ones, how could it confuse customers? Their free choice would then be based on the convenience.
Actually, Airbnb is making billions "subtracting" customers from Booking.com's and other portals' business, but this is the free trade! How can a company take action against another one just because they are able to make great revenues in the same industry?
The word "Booking" is a noun and a verb. "Booking.com" is a trademark. There is a huge difference between these two.

For what it's worth, I think the domain itself isn't that great.

Pretty rubbish actually, so $0.

I'd take that business plan and factor in a quality domain name.

TM issues aside right now you have a business model without a proof of concept as far as I can tell, in a highly competitive field. Unless there is revenue coming in it is just an idea. There is a big gap between an idea and a viable business.

Brad

Any domain name can be developed.
Few domain names have built-in value (ie undeveloped).
Right now this name has no value and is potentially more a liability than an asset.

Considering 1.5+ Million Dollars of income in 1 year, with an increase between 200% and 300% per year (with peaks of 1000%) how much should the seller ask as a minimum price?

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These are just assumptions and predictions, until its actually making that kind of money, I cant see any value in this domain.

Its cost a lot of money and years of hard work to get a site making those figures. 98% of these planned sites fail and disappear after a year or 2.

Its even harder in that industry with competition like Booking, AirBnB, Trivago, Tripadvisor, Expedia, Wotif, HotelsCombined, LastMinute etc etc

Priceline, Hotwire, Travelzoo, Hotels.com, Kayak, Orbitz, Travelocity shall I go on... where does bookingbnb.com rank on the billions spent on those platforms @Tim L ?

Domain is worth $0. The business would need major backing to get off the ground. Watch shows like Shark Tank and you'll see why. Matter of fact there was a business like this on Shark Tank but they specialized in the sports niche for this area.

wwwweb said:

Priceline, Hotwire, Travelzoo, Hotels.com, Kayak, Orbitz, Travelocity shall I go on... where does bookingbnb.com rank on the billions spent on those platforms @Tim L ?

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I agree, there are too many travel portals online. This is the reason why bookingbnb.com exists, based on the fact that people don't want to spend their money in high booking fees. This project doesn't necessarily need the billions spent by the other travel platforms to grow.
Maybe we are discussing more about the project itself than the domain name. And, maybe, this project would grow with another name too. Who knows?
The question is how faster and better would this project grow with this domain name?

This does not sound like a pre purchase appraisal.

Looks like this is now listed under both make offer and auction (with no terms doesn’t seem like a valid auction - you should revise it, and decide if you’re going to auction it or try to sell it under Make Offer).

As an aside, bnb means Bed and Breakfast which apparently that was airbnb’s original intention but all you get there now is a room no breakfast no food at all you often don’t even see the owner.

So with this new “business” are we getting breakfast?

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This does not sound like a pre purchase appraisal.

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xynames said:

Looks like this is now listed under both make offer and auction (with no terms doesn’t seem like a valid auction - you should revise it, and decide if you’re going to auction it or try to sell it under Make Offer).

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It actually is a pre-purchase appraisal, we're discussing about the domain value with or without a website on it. Then, anybody is free to make an offer.

xynames said:

As an aside, bnb means Bed and Breakfast which apoatently that was airbnb’s original intention but all you get there now is a room no breakfast no food at all you often don’t even see the owner.

So with this new “business” are we getting breakfast?

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BookingBnb.com is made of 2 words: "Booking" (reservation; the act of a person who books) and "Bnb" (acronym for Bed and Breakfast). As you can see, these are 2 generic words mainly referring to the act of booking a property that also provides accommodation and breakfast. Since the primary purpose of this project is to promote the direct contact between owners and customers, you understand that this domain/website is totally different from any other travel portals.
That said, in order to avoid going OT, what is a plausible appraisal? Don't shoot to zero without taking into account the above considerations, please.