Names we've received offers in the 3 weeks YTD 2020 so far....
dot com
Liquid Vapor - $1000 (countered, no response yet)
Custom Earphones - $250 (countered, no response yet)
Choose Mobility - $500 (countered, no response yet)
Brand Pitch - $150 (countered, no response yet)
dot events
Weather - $10 (rejected)
dot io
Home Automation - $99 (countered, in-communication but not "feeling it" with this prospect).
Relate (inquired, no offer made, replied that domain is for sale)
Most offers that are countered usually end up with no further reply. We do not chase them down. We specifically state in our counter offer that we are negotiable so if they do not like our counter then they can, well -- negotiate.
Custom Earphones can cost upward of $2000 a pair but average about $500-$1000 for a decent pair.
Mobility solutions (scooters, golf carts, wheel chairs, etc) average 10x the offer of $500.
We feel Brand Pitch is in the low 4-figure range, probably close to $2000.
Liquid Vapor can be useful to a wide range of buyers but we're looking for more than $1K for that name. We'd be happy with something between 2-3K.
We clearly state that with the purchase of X domain at Y price, the additional traffic can increase their sales by Z amount thereby paying off the initial cost of the domain purchase, which is technically an advertising tax deduction for most companies.
For "weather", we're not going to release that for $10.
We also have Wicked Weather and some other weather-related dot com names that we always refer to in counter offer replies but in this $10 case, we didnt even reply.
Last year was a stellar year for us with .io so we're not going to give the one-word .io that we have away. Home Automation is a multi billion dollar global market and growing, that domain is worth at least mid-4 figures to a company selling products and services in that space. Given the nature of the lead's replies (asking general questions about home automation itself, there is not much expectation for this lead to convert but you never know and you always reply honestly and informatively, but succinctly so you dont waste time with a tire kicker. Someone also inquired about "relate" being available or not (though its clear that it is) but made no offer. We replied and asked if they'd like to make an offer and so far no reply. Probably a tire kicker too.
A good deal of the inquires are only a week to 10 days old so its way too soon to declare the lead has gone cold. This is January thus far, not bad in terms of inbound inquiries which is 100% of our method of selling.....