Turned down an offer on a .com so they buy the .net

[Traveler]

So I turned down an offer on a .com name because it was a real lowball offer. Now I see the .net is registered but not yet developed.

My .com site is developed and gets traffic. Shoud I be worried about the .net? Or should I just be glad they registered it and hope any dev efforts they do just means more traffic to my .com?

Is there anything I need to do to protect myself?

 

[danielr]

I have had this happen many times, and it can be a good thing in a way.

I refused a decent offer on

B A N K O F S A . C O M

once I found out it was a billion dollar company that wanted the name for bankofsanantonio (acronym).

Unfortunately, Southwest Bankshares, hired a intellectual prop attorney to acquire the domain from me and the attorney must have gotten their law degree on the other side of the border.

i would have agreed to a $7K offer on the name but now once they develope the .net and I start getting all the traffic on my name it will be more like $25K for the domain.

I suspect they think I am desperate for the money and I am not.

A while back I refused an offer on
Y O U R P A I D . C O M

and somebody went out and bought the .net / .org / .biz / .info thinking that I will be forced to sell it or let it expire.

Actually will wait just before renewal time and renew it for 10 years.


From now on, if I have a decent name I go right after the .net and somtimes the .org.

 

[Traveler]

Thanks for the response, much appreciated and rep added. I have no idea as of yet who regged the .net of my name because they have privacy but I can't wait to see if they do some dev.

I'm feeling since I have an active website and it is a non TM name they can't take it from me. I hope that is the case.

 

[champ_rock]

if you have the .com then just wait and hold onto it because .com eventually recieves the maximum benefits of development in any TLD

if you had .net originally then you would have had reason to worry but not in this case

 

[floatingworld]

for a general commercial business .com is the royal family and all the other extensions merely courtiers at the castle gates....apart from maybe ccTLD. forget the .netter.....

 

[Spade]

There just making the .com more valueable. If they do develop it into a successful site, theyre going to need to acquire your piece of property. Its like playing monopoly, and not having Boardwalk.... sure you can buy parkplace, but without BW - its just not as good.

 

[Aggro]

Y O U R P A I D . C O M has value? (for "you're paid"?)

I'm thinking it only has value/credibility with people who cant spell/typo.
Then again maybe it's the newfangdangled internet spelling.
Or something.

 

[danielr]

Y O U R P A I D . C O M has value? (for "you're paid"?)

I'm thinking it only has value/credibility with people who cant spell/typo.
Then again maybe it's the newfangdangled internet spelling.
Or something.

Its easy to make judgements on things you just don't know.

1. This name had enough value that I woudl not sell it for a small amount because over a year ago the PPC was about $20 / month.

2. It had enough value that somebody went out and registered all the other extensions.

3. There is some online payday loan service that has a name very close to this name and I am only seeing an increase in traffic and PPC. I am getting the cross over traffic and some very nice revenue sharing on fabulous. I have only seen the PPC double since last year.

Just telling it like it is.

 

[Aggro]

OK, I see it is a typo of Yourpay,com

cheers

 

[gazzip]

End users usually have other options - I have a few .com domains which are the same as some pretty BIG companies that hold another extension (mostly ccTLD). Only one of them has had offers.

Lets face it if they build a decent website on the .net then maybe (but not always) the .com will get more traffic but the user will soon correct it and go to the .net

A few things seem more apparent to me lately

1) Many, if not most business owners do not think like domainers.

2) Direct type in traffic is more often than not...over played.

3) Not everyone "really needs or wants" the .com"

JMO

.

 

[Damion]

There just making the .com more valueable. If they do develop it into a successful site, theyre going to need to acquire your piece of property. Its like playing monopoly, and not having Boardwalk.... sure you can buy parkplace, but without BW - its just not as good.

Reminds me of the sale of Topix.com

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Y O U R P A I D . C O M has value? (for "you're paid"?)

I'm thinking it only has value/credibility with people who cant spell/typo.
Then again maybe it's the newfangdangled internet spelling.
Or something.

After thinking about it a few minutes, I also saw it as You R Paid, similar to Toys R Us.

 

[cache]

agree with you. I have some .com names, the .net owners just would not care
to purchase.

End users usually have other options - I have a few .com domains which are the same as some pretty BIG companies that hold another extension (mostly ccTLD). Only one of them has had offers.

Lets face it if they build a decent website on the .net then maybe (but not always) the .com will get more traffic but the user will soon correct it and go to the .net

A few things seem more apparent to me lately

1) Many, if not most business owners do not think like domainers.

2) Direct type in traffic is more often than not...over played.

3) Not everyone "really needs or wants" the .com"

JMO

.