what s the range PRICE for a domain of this caliber?
FOR EXAMPLE : fast.com , race.com , beam.com, tide.com, need.com, list.com, keep.com, stay.com, walk.com, huge.com, best.com, keep.com. hope.com, etc etc etc
It's a combination of what price the seller is looking for and the length of their desired timeline.
What I can tell you is that if I had any of the above domains, I'd be waiting for several million and above offers only. The first and foremost reason is that I don't need the money immediately and it isn't interesting to me to sell something that would be very difficult to replace, for a low amount. For many sellers, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event owning that caliber of name, so why not wait for it's "best possible use" scenario to arrive?
There's many ways to do this without it being dependent on what's currently in the buyer's bank account, which tends to drive many sales in the 6-7 figure range.
I (as UltraPremiums.com) was the broker of Stable(dot)com for over a year and (unfortunately) into the pandemic time period. My only goal for the domain was to sell it to the best possible buyer and I believed, and still do believe that it could bring in $5-$10 million with the right buyer. If you do a search there are many uses out there including insurance, investment funds, finance, EV charger technology, and Stablecoin projects that are already branded with this name.
That name was such a high caliber that I was getting several $200-$300k offers
from investors. I would have gone in with a partner at that level if the seller was looking to sell in that range. The key point is that I was willing to pay that much and had no use for the domain other than as an investment! So what would an actual company pay that would get immediate benefit, especially if the company is making revenue in the tens of millions or more.
The name ended up selling earlier this year, with a different broker over a year after I stopped representing the domain, for $1,008,925. That's great for the seller, because I think they preferred it sell somewhat sooner than later, but personally I never would have sold at that rate if I owned it, and that's why I was only looking for more as a broker. Because that's what I believe was it's true worth.
For your situation you mentioned that the term is used mainly in court, which is not similar to the list of 4 letter domains above. Being that it is related to court, unless it could otherwise be used outside that capacity, it is somewhat stuck in a niche for court use. Then you have to ask is there negative or positive feelings associated with that word. Then if it is limited to court, would a lawyer use the name? I would think most lawyers would not use the name because they seem to stick to law firm names. Then would it only be limited to apps that are in the legal area? Could still be great, but if limited to a niche market, it may take longer to sell, especially if you can't find an existing company using that same name for their app/business/project.
It may be the case already, but advice I'd give anyone is to make sure that you're engaging in Accurate Thinking no matter what the domain name. I get several requests a month to represent a particular domain that is obscure and very targeted to a niche market with no commercial use in existence. That makes no sense for me to represent something like that because you can't find buyers and in the end those names would go for maybe $20k max. That combination of being obscure and difficult to sell, along with a low selling price prevents anyone from wanting to invest the amount of time needed to make the deal happen.
