domain cia.com

[Thruster]

i get inquiries every day but they are all over the place

Thanks

 

[creataweb]

What’s the highest offer you received so far?

 

[Ganewy]

that is really nice Name, i won't sell it less then million for sure.....

 

[Thruster]

Ever? $7M

Recently, $350k

 

[wwwweb]

I can't even imagine what your inbox looks like, a daily sh*t show, a tougher sell than it looks like for obvious reasons.

$7M seems fair why didn't you take it?

 

[Ganewy]

Congrats you got really good name in your pocket !!

 

[Thruster]

Yes. Lots from the tin foil hat crowd.

I didn’t sell it because I generated a lot more in revenue from it at the time. Easy to market.

 

[wwwweb]

Yes. Lots from the tin foil hat crowd.

I didn’t sell it because I generated a lot more in revenue from it at the time. Easy to market.

I would say you would need to be earning about $800K a year to turn down a $7M offer.

 

[Thruster]

$7M rev / 500k net when the offer was made. Grew to $16M.

 

[alcy]

are u like the original owner?

 

[Thruster]

Yes. Original owner

 

[mdent]

Quote from CIA.com, "High-traffic domain for sale $750,000.00 USD"

Explain...

 

[KingOfTheBanana]

Keep it. Why sell? domains like these will only go up in value. Keep it in the family and pass it down through generations....

 

[Thruster]

With the offers I put up a shingle. But don’t actively try to sell it

 

[Grilled]

Yes. Original owner

Original owner since 1994?

Have you ever listed the domain for sale? Or leased the domain?

I noticed the WHOIS changed from Distributel Communications Limited [Ontario] to Cybersurf Corp [Alberta] sometime in 2015/2016.

 

[Thruster]

Original owner since 1994

 

[Grilled]

Quote from CIA.com, "High-traffic domain for sale $750,000.00 USD"

Explain...

What is there to explain? Are you wondering why they are willing to sell for $750k when they once had a $7mil offer?

OP said the highest recent offer was $350k. Which is still substantially less than their $750k landing page asking price.

 

[wwwweb]

You could probably make nice commission sales with a political gift shop on there at this point.

 

[Grilled]

DomainTools historical screenshots show:

2017: This domain is for sale ($750k ask)
2016: Rdeca group related (maybe a redirect)
2015: Domain is for sale - contact Rdeca group
2013: Distributel
2008: Cybersurf Internet Access [CIA.com]

i get inquiries every day but they are all over the place

Thanks

@Thruster -- I'm not sure how familiar you are with NamePros, but some members do their due diligence when new members join the forum, and ask for appraisals and/or try to sell high value domains. CIA.com is obviously a high value domain, and to the point of a question already asked, explain why you are asking only $750k, as some members [who follow sales and trends] might think that is an under valued ask. Though, it should be mentioned that most members can't afford, or have never spent six figures on a domain, so these appraisals are more so coming from market speculators, and not necessarily buyers. ie A lot of people want to own CIA.com, but how many are willing, and able to pay $1million? And how do you present the domain to somebody who is willing to pay that much.

I try to stay away from giving monetary appraisal. I think it's a great domain, as I think most would concur, but since most don't trade in 6/7 figure domains, true appraisal value is generally more speculative, than relative. Here are all the LLL sales reported over $800k [mind you most sales are private and/or have NDA so this is public samplesize. some reported sales may not have completed ie fake]

You might have already received some offers from NP members, and those sending you offers, will want to have some kind of trust that you represent the domain, and they are not buying a stolen domain / and or are getting scammed. Hence, my comment about the domain WHOIS changing in 2015/2016. According to the current landing page, offers are sent to Sean M. of Rdecagroup.com [2015 WHOIS registration date]. According to Sean M LinkedIn page [President and CCO of Rdeca] he was VP of communications of Cybersurf Technologies.

My question(s):

1) Is RDECA the domain owner, or are they simply authorized to sell the domain in perhaps a broker agreement? WHOIS shows Paul M. of Cybersurf as the owner. As stated per LinkedIn profile, Sean, is a former VP of Cybersurf.

2) Who are you? Are you: Sean, and/or a representative of RDECA? Paul, and/or a representative of Cybersurf? A co-broker? Or...?

 

[xynames]

I think he's saying that the offers like $7M were specious...from the "tin foil hat crowd."