domain Columbia.fm Am I lucky? 201,300 searches - Estibot $1,500

[HiFiNames.com]

I acquired this domain Columbia.fm

201,300 searches - Estibot appraisal $1,500

Am I lucky?

 

[Sparhawke]

You know, sometimes I don't know whether to just start banging my head against a brick wall and quit trying..

.FM is the extension of Micronesia with 100,000 people there with only 16% being internet users which means the searches for Columbia must be off, and if you are searching for it from the rest of the world you are not likely to find a domain from a tiny chain of islands on the other side of the planet.

Now, Columbia has 34 FM radio stations compared to the far more numerous AM bands at 454, which means working on my personal INTERESTED averages that 2-3% may contact you back in regard to any email you may get one offer. Probably not though.

You may end up with a token $100 but I don't see it setting the world alight at all.

Do you know what resource I use the most and would not give up for the world?

INTELLIGENCE.

 

[mitok]

I think you have a very good domain, and that your market should be Columbia only. Some columbian radio station could be interested.

I am only not sure if correct is Columbia or Colombia.

Good luck

 

[m-i-k-e]

I am only not sure if correct is Columbia or Colombia.

Ya, the country is Colombia

 

[MicroGuy]

Low $xxx. IMO.

 

[bluesinjid]

Start a columbian online radio station?

 

[ecalc]

Keyword [Columbia] is well known, associated with a clothing company, a university, a music recording company, a doomed NASA space shuttle and the capital of the US state of South Carolina. It's also a Colombia typo.
adwords exact global monthly search volume = 550,000
estimated average cpc = $1.20

TLD [FM] is obscure. Most people wouldn't recognize columbia.fm as a web address if seen or heard out of context. FM is expensive to renew - $69.99 at godaddy before discount. FM suggests a radio broadcast theme - fine for that niche, clumsy for anything else.

comparable sale
columbia.biz sold for $392 thru Sedo April 2005 (source)
Domain market prices are not a lot different today compared to 5 years ago, so $392 is a fair benchmark. BIZ is at or near the bottom of the gTLD totem pole in terms of trading volume and aftermarket prices, but it's a heavyweight compared to FM. Plug $69/yr and $392 into a risk/reward equation and alarm bells go off.

Columbia University WKCR 89.9, Columbia Records and FM radio stations in Columbia SC may be interested in but not necessarily willing to pay for columbia.fm. To answer your question, if you sell this name for a profit you are lucky. Good luck!

 

[HiFiNames.com]

Thanks for your appraisals. Welcome more suggestions. What may be the possibility for me to fetch if i list at NP NR auction?

 

[bmugford]

Well, first of all the country is "Colombia" not "Columbia". While "Columbia" does have some end users, there are probably not many in .FM

If you get lucky someone might pay Mid $XX - Low $XXX

Brad

 

[MillionaireNames]

as mentioned by others this is a typo with a .fm extension which = a bad reg with no value

thanks

 

[HiFiNames.com]

Thanks you guys. Can somebody help / guide me finding the FM radio stations near Columbia? Would like to contact them for selling.

 

[bmugford]

Thanks you guys. Can somebody help / guide me finding the FM radio stations near Columbia? Would like to contact them for selling.

Radio Stations in Columbia SC

Brad

 

[Kate]

If you can sell a .fm, you can sell anything.

Good luck with that.

I think there can be value in a limited set of .fm domains such as mp3, dj or jukebox etc, but it's an obscure extension in spite of the marketing attempts. Plus, the keyword is pretty limitative.
IMO, reg fee which is already too much money ($50 ?).

 

[ToryC103]

If I were you I would really chase down the end-users and get them excited. If you don't find the end users, you may encounter those high renewal fees every year until you've renewed yourself out of profitability.

Good luck.

 

[namenut]

If you can sell a .fm, you can sell anything.

Good luck with that.

Excellent ..... I love this quote.

NN

 

[HiFiNames.com]

Thanks a lot. Anybody else to comment?