domain What price would you set for this domain?

[kaffekoppen]

Hi.

I recently registered a one word .shop domain (hunting related). The market is fairly niched but the "KW+shop" has around 1k exact-match searches per month in US (and "the+KW+shop" had like 700).

There is an online shop with named KWshop dot com, and my plan is to contact them and see if they are interested.

The store has an annual revenue of about $ 3 million.

What price would you suggest to the store?

Cheers,
Robin

 

[Kuffy]

I'd be careful with this. I'd be inclined to host a mini-site concerning the topic, and wait for the shop to contact you. If you want to speed things up, then put a disclaimer at the top of your index page, and include a link to their site. They will find you through their server stats, and you can get a feel for their sentiment when they know you own the name.

 

[kaffekoppen]

I'd be careful with this. I'd be inclined to host a mini-site concerning the topic, and wait for the shop to contact you. If you want to speed things up, then put a disclaimer at the top of your index page, and include a link to their site. They will find you through their server stats, and you can get a feel for their sentiment when they know you own the name.

Do you think they would be offended if i asked asked them? Or do you mean trademark wise? (Its not a trademark, just a word)

 

[deez007]

I think if they own the .com then having the .shop version would probably just be a "nice to have" and not a "must have" so based on that you should probably not go in at a ridiculously high price....

 

[kaffekoppen]

I think if they own the .com then having the .shop version would probably just be a "nice to have" and not a "must have" so based on that you should probably not go in at a ridiculously high price....

Yea, that's what I was thinking too. I'm not sure what a "high" price is for them though.

 

[deez007]

Yea, that's what I was thinking too. I'm not sure what a "high" price is for them though.

IMO - It should be low enough for the decision to be a "no brainier" for them but high enough to be profitable for you.

 

[daica85]

If I was the owner of that shop, I don't care another name beside .com I'd been using.

 

[kaffekoppen]

If I was the owner of that shop, I don't care another name beside .com I'd been using.

Maybe in a crowded niche where your website has all the backlinks ect. to not worry about competition, I agree. But would you risk letting your exact match domain go, over a small sum, when there is plenty of room for newcomers?

 

[WatchDogue]

Sounds like you might have " one shot " at selling the hunting related name.

Be patient, carefully evaluate your reasonable asking price and IMO, should you decide to do an outbound contact be well worded and skilled in your initial email.

 

[biggie]

if you can't say the domain , then how can anyone know what to ask for it?

duh....

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Maybe in a crowded niche where your website has all the backlinks ect. to not worry about competition, I agree. But would you risk letting your exact match domain go, over a small sum, when there is plenty of room for newcomers?

You better go reg than name in every extension possible. Dont leave them any options.
Except the .com which they already have.

 

[NameAcquisitions]

In my experience, a minority of business owners "get" domains. Very likely this owner will just ignore you like an email spammer.

Don't put your hopes on one customer. If it's good, list it. Someone will eventually buy it if price/value warrants.

 

[promo]

if you can't say the domain , then how can anyone know what to ask for it?

duh....

This!

 

[kaffekoppen]

if you can't say the domain , then how can anyone know what to ask for it?

duh....

It just doesn't feel right since its so specific. It's also kind of a simple, yet unique niche. I might develop the domain myself.

You better go reg than name in every extension possible. Dont leave them any options.
Except the .com which they already have.

Well, there is only one extension which is the exact match since it's a shop name. I think its even better then the com version actually.

I made a question about nicecar.com vs nice.car a while ago. Some like the first one and some like the last one better.

I personally think for example weed.shop beats weedshop.com. But that's just me =)

 

[Kate]

What you are offering is no more than some sort of defensive reg actually. It's not like you are offering an upgrade to their .com domains. So they don't have a big incentive to buy it from you. Perhaps they don't know about .shop and/or they aren't just interested.
A name will only one 'obvious' end user usually isn't a great name.

 

[frank-germany]

I would ask for 1.5K USD
you have a good chance to sell

 

[LaunchUp.com]

I would ask for 1.5K USD
you have a good chance to sell

Agreed