What Do You Think?

[ibidu]

I have a .COM domain name for a big Chinese company whose site name is mydomain.com.tw.

I have just sent them an offer. How much should I accept if they got back to me?

I have hand registered this domain myself.

 

[200dotco]

No chances... .com.tw is not good TLD.

 

[ibidu]

No chances... .com.tw is not good TLD.

Please, read the post again. You've got it wrong!

 

[shane mac]

Do you have the .Com? Think we need some more info before we can make any judgements.

 

[ibidu]

Yes, I have the .com and they have the .tw but I can't put the full name here for obvious reasons. It's 8 letter long and 2 Syllables.

 

[silentg]

Is it a TM?

 

[ibidu]

Yes and no in a way depending how you look at it.

The first 3 letters could either be taken as a TM or an abbreviation but the last 5 letters make proper generic word, highly used in a number of fields. But the fact is, this chinese company must own the .com which I have as they seem to be an international company and the site presents its products in well written English.

 

[caffea]

How do you know it is a big company and it would like to acquire it?

 

[ibidu]

How do you know it is a big company and it would like to acquire it?

I didn't say it would like to acquire my domain. I said I'd sent them an email offer but since they've not got back to me, this is their web address:

TESTOOLS.com.tw

 

[caffea]

I didn't say it would like to acquire my domain. I said I'd sent them an email offer but since they've not got back to me, this is their web address:

TESTOOLS.com.tw

I got a "DNS Lookup Error" when I tried to input the above URL in my web browser (FF3). I once owned a dot com domain while a Chinese company (~ hundreds of employees) owns the same domain but with the "com.cn" suffix. I contacted them but they only would like to offer a low $xxx. Good luck on your case!

 

[ibidu]

Thanks.

Even a better company who could acquire it would be "TES Tools and Engineering" a UK company, their current website is TEShiring.com".

With a title like theirs and my domain name TESTOOLS.com they'd be laughing to the bank if they acquired my domain - I've contacted them twice through their internal system but they haven't bothered to reply. If I lived in UK I would personally go and visit them, shame that I don't - lol

 

[silentg]

Spamming them isn't going to get you a sale. Try calling them.

 

[ForgottenMemorie]

Pick up the phone, its harder to ignore a real phone call.

 

[ibidu]

I would need to establish a good contact name first. I don't really want to make a nuisance of myself as I know the last person they would want to talk to, would be someone wanting to sell them his domain!

 

[gilescoley]

Why not try registering names that aren't company names, it doesn't do much for your domaining reputation...

 

[lachlandv]

judging by the quality of there current website I wouldn't say they would be big spenders or someone looking to extend their company portfolio of domains....but i could be wrong?

 

[ibidu]

Why not try registering names that aren't company names, it doesn't do much for your domaining reputation...

This is not a brand name. When I registered it I had no idea about these 2 companies. What I had in mind was to develop a site for Software testing and since TestTools.com was already taken I registered this one. But then I decided against developing it hence now wanting to sell it -

In any case, just because a domain name like testools.com.tw exists that does not mean I should not have the .com one. I'd be a fool not to reg it if it existed...

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judging by the quality of there current website I wouldn't say they would be big spenders or someone looking to extend their company portfolio of domains....but i could be wrong?

I would not be asking for large amount of money which would be beyond their affordability.

 

[gilescoley]

In any case, just because a domain name like testools.com.tw exists that does not mean I should not have the .com one. I'd be a fool not to reg it if it existed...

Thats fine, providing its not a TM? Have you checked before sending them an email? If it is a TM, they dont need to buy it from you, they can just take it legally.

I'm not trying to be a pain, just trying trying to advise you of the legal implications of emailing a company with their exact company name in another extensions without doing the required research..it can lead to trouble, thats all

Good luck in whatever you decide