What is the Biggest Offer, you have turned down?

[namehopper]

Just wondering what was the biggest offer you turned down,and when you did,the sale did "not"happen.
This should be good!

 

[bidawinner]

These 2 women offered to go dow... Oh you mean domain related?

 

[Hurley4540]

I turned down 1.2 Million USD and many others in around half that amount, or a little less.

I still have all the domains.

:o

 

[GF]

These 2 women offered to go dow... Oh you mean domain related?

:lol:

Thanks for making me laugh my arse off

 

[deleted984054565403]

The most I've turned down is $2,500.

 

[bobdigital]

If the offer is good, I sell.
I have turned down a $1000 offer for "PoeticJustice,com", the day after I caught it.
Maybe I regret it now, but at the time I really liked the name.

 

[DotUSDomains]

$13,000 for a .us name.

I believe it's worth double but might never see that price

 

[scandiman]

Have turned down over $500k for one domain. No regrets.

 

[namehopper]

I have enjoyed all of the answers,and it makes me feel better about not accepting some offers I have had.The 1.2 million is just awesome! Its a great theory about why you did not accept that,and one to learn by.Sometimes its not all about the money,unless of course,you really need some!

 

[Jingles]

I have enjoyed all of the answers,and it makes me feel better about not accepting some offers I have had.The 1.2 million is just awesome! Its a great theory about why you did not accept that,and one to learn by.Sometimes its not all about the money,unless of course,you really need some!

Well I really need some, so if anyone is willing to offer $500,000-$1,000,000 for one of my names I won't turn you down!! :kickass:

 

[labrocca]

I guess $12,500 but then I negotiated to $17,000 so not sure if that's considered a turn-down since it was all part of negotiating.

I had a couple low $x,xxx deals that went south as I wanted more and later wished I had sold.

 

[sashas]

45k for a LL.org that I had to sell for 37k at an auction a month later (yes, yes, hindsight is wonderful)

 

[Seabass]

I have enjoyed all of the answers,and it makes me feel better about not accepting some offers I have had.The 1.2 million is just awesome! Its a great theory about why you did not accept that,and one to learn by.Sometimes its not all about the money,unless of course,you really need some!

I really think there will be more money coming to all domainers who wait. It may arrive in several forms. The best one I believe will be video in about five years or so. It may take some time but video ads will be a new rev stream and selling now will be like selling in 2000. There will be much more money to be had by waiting.

Parking is still kinda' like being in the Model T stage of the car industry. Even if domainers do little, third parties will want a cut of our earnings potential and will invent new monetization methods to get it.

I remember folks kicking themselves for not selling great domains for $10,000 back in 96' or 97' only to find out that it was a blessing in disguise. I had a $10,000 offer once in 1998 I was considering on a four letter domain. That domain has ended up making me over $200,000 in commissions so far. It's not parked... it's in an affiliate program.

Domains, IMO, have a mysterious, undefinable value.... that you can never totally know and comprehend. They can be capable of anything. The more good domains you own the more chance you have that one of them will hit a ball out of the park by chance. It's happend to me several times.

Also, I can't tell you how many times I got offers on a domain for $5 to $20 thousand, only to get one ten times higher by waiting. You can only sell a domain once..... so it is better to wait for something big.... if you can stand to.

Well I really need some, so if anyone is willing to offer $500,000-$1,000,000 for one of my names I won't turn you down!! :kickass:

My buddy who started with me back in the early days just turned down 2.4 million dollars for a domain that makes about $300 to $400 a day in parking. He said it was too low. It's a four letter house product. He has others that make over $1000 a day in parking..... needless to say he does not need to sell and is living comfortably. His whole family owns domains like these since they started in 1995.... it's crazy how much they make....the whole family bought in and they don't sell domains and never read the forums and are not involved in the domain industry in any way other than parking the domains they bought in 1995. They stopped buying after early 1996.

 

[namehopper]

That is some great reading! I wish I knew just how to get the most from parking,but have never figured that out.I wish I knew some of your names,but I realize you need to be protected,so I will not pry.But,I know there are alot of things I could be doing to maximize my domain earnings,and just do not have the know how.Is there any books on how to do this?

 

[Spade]

I turned down 18k - within days had sold the same name for 21k - not huge, but 3k is still 3k....

 

[wot]

over $22K for a .co.in - twice

 

[DomainTalker]

I have a friend that turned down $1.2m for an adult name last year....

Me? I've turned down offers of $1000 several times for various names - and, a pile of $60 offers, too...lol


But, here's the thing...


Domaining is a two-speed business:

(i) Those that got in early (or, paid big money, later) and have great names that earn piles of dough through natural traffic (parking) - and/or affiliate arrangements from that traffic....And, because they attract traffic, they have huge capital value;

(ii) Those who didn't get in early, and whose names are nice brandables, but, have little natural traffic - so, no income, and little capital value.


It makes sense to hold domains indefinitely - if they earn you $xx,xxx per year each....That quality of name will just rise & rise in value over the years - and, in the meantime, they offer you a good living (+ you have the comfort of serious capital gain, if you wanted to cash out).


Problem is, I came late to domaining. I don't own any name (in any extension - including .com) that earns more than pennies & buttons from parking (my top earner is a .asia, that earns about $40 per month - most earn pennies)......I suspect the vast majority of domainers have a similar situation.


So, when your domains don't earn anything, a cash offer looks attractive.....Yet...we try to calculate if these domains - whilst not very valuable today - will be valuable in years to come....So, many of us hang on to them, even if reg fees make it a short-term loss today.


We need a way to make today's brandables become tomorrow's super-sought-after names....(sigh).

.

 

[briman1970]

16,000 euros for a .info :o

yes, i regret it and you may think i'm nuts, but the name is worth this range and the bargaining had gone 10k, 12k etc , i had come down from 26k etc

it was logical to meet at 20, then the bitch went cold.
i dropped to 18, then eventually to 16
tried, even went thru sedo broker and the guy wanted to now pay 10, on principle had to say no. this was a year ago
could do with the 10k euros now, but such is life. it will sell in the future for a very good price i have no doubt

i have turned down much higher offers for much better domain though also. those i don't regret

Apparently, there have been less than 10 .infos sold for more than that. Yes, I think you're nuts.

I've never turned down an offer over $1200 that I can remember, but none of my domains are that special.

 

[netfleet]

Turned down a $25K offer for a com.au last month. Wasn't far away I was chasing $35K...

 

[donlewis]

I accepted $25K in 2001 for a domain that I know I could get 4 times that aamount now. I kick myself everytime I think of it.

In addition to that I lost the whole $25K in the tech stock crash of 2001 trading options.

 

[bgmv]

I accepted $25K in 2001 for a domain that I know I could get 4 times that aamount now. I kick myself everytime I think of it.

In addition to that I lost the whole $25K in the tech stock crash of 2001 trading options.

Wow. that is the saddest story on this thread. :cy:

I have turned down 100k ............ pennies on a LLLL.com