Sell or develop further?

[treatist]

I regged avianinfluenza.org a little over two years ago when avian influenza started to be in the news. I really started developing it around September of this year figuring that developed names are always worth more then non-developed ones, even if they are premium keywords.

Since Sept. we have managed to get a few good backlinks and some good content so we average around 500+ uniques a day if we don't advertize on yahoo, google etc. 4000+ if we do. My question is this, we are starting to get people contacting us now that want the domain, for obvious reasons and we were considering selling it for $100,000+

However since the disease seems to be spreading pretty fast in Europe, wouldn't it be wiser just to hold onto the name and develop it further in the hopes of getting a better sale price?

I would think, especially if it starts hitting the US, that it's value would at the very least trebble. Really just looking for some constructive opinions here.

 

[JYM]

well $100k for a .org domain like that is still pretty good IMO. I guess you COULD wait for the flu to spread in Europe, but I don't see a difference between selling now and then.. either way it's a .org...

 

[kslup_k]

Well, did the buyer agree on $100,000?

if he did then sell it.

 

[JYM]

oh no wait I think he meant that he wants to sell for $100k.

Honestly though, if you can sell it for $xx xxx that would be a great sale already... .org's don't go for too much

 

[kslup_k]

I agree with JYM.

If i smell something near high X,XXX i would sell it at an instant

 

[floatingworld]

remember SARS? big in 2002 and passe now.....same will happen with tweetie-pie flu...so sell the name at best offer and treat yourself to a nice expensive dish of birds nest soup....

 

[tk]

timing is the key... if the disease is in control, website popularity will start to drop a bit... if u are already making money from the site then give it deep thought , else I would consider to sell

 

[VegasCoupons]

No ads on the site, without proven revenue, would be hard to even demand $XX,XXX

Good luck, and keep us updated

 

[sker]

well $100k for a .org domain like that is still pretty good IMO. I guess you COULD wait for the flu to spread in Europe, but I don't see a difference between selling now and then.. either way it's a .org...

hahahha... is this what ppl say "Making a fortune out of other ppl's misery" ?

 

[fonzie_007]

Get rid of it ASAP. The media will get tired of covering this within the next few months--your value that you have in it will plummet.

 

[cache]

definitely sell.

 

[Zeeble]

Sell it now. 100 cases reported now in Germany. With hundreds of turkeys reported dead this morning in France. The fear is spreading, sell before it all comes under control.

 

[treatist]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Think I might just hold onto it for the time being and see what happens. I do have adsense on the site(Took forever for them to get the PSA ads off the front page).

Starting to average about 5-600 uniques a day with a 4-8% CTR. Been contacted by a few agencies that are in the poultry business, but really don't want to sell quite yet unless the Bird Flu hits the fan so to speak.

Would have posted sooner but to be honest after this post dropped to the 3rd page I assumed(I know bad thing to do), it would get no posts so I stopped looking.