Hi giescoley - If I may add my thoughts.
I'm on this site for an hour or two most days, so I did read your request at the time of first posting - I have to agree that I also believe your domain '3dchannel.com' to be one with the most potential of an interest from an end-user.
The fact is that for the major Satellite and Cable providers their will indeed be a '3d channel' and of course this will be sold at a premium to subscibers, So as a reference/talking point the wording " The 3d channel" holds good as a term really as good as say the " the film channel" or "the sports channel" So not difficult to see you getting quite a bit of interest in this one.
Personally I do think an offer of high $x,xxx is an acceptable one, Indeed I reckon it to be quite generous, I don't doubt for a minute the asking party is indeed a major player but, its also likely that they are of the belief that their offer is a genrous one. Only you know the negotiation history.
I am going to throw in a couple of negative thoughts. You may be be over awed by the asking party being identified (i know that may be because you have dug into the source- If so well done) But, I would ask yourself whether you would be happy with say $10k and then the further question of is it worth loosing the sale for the sake of $2K.
The second negative is - I'm also a regular visitor on DNF - even before the splt many years ago with Domainstate and I do note there is a lot of 'back slapping' valuations that go on , particularly regarding the literally hundreds of 3D domains that get posted there for comment/sale, and many in my opinion don't cut it at all - that said i don't think those negatives apply to your domain "3d Channel"
for all the right reasons you won't find much of that here at "Acorn domains" Bare in mind we focus on UK usage more than just UK domains.
regards from the seller of 3dtv.co.uk
PS I note "the3dchannel.com" has been held since 2004
Bailey, firstly..congrats on the sale of 3DTV.co.uk, very nice sale indeed!
Thanks for the nice post, you have made some good points.
I received the offer from someone who identified herself so from the the word go, I knew what company she worked for. She made me an offer of very low x,xxx, I countered with my price and she came back to me later with a mid x,xxx offer. We negotiated with a couple of emails and we got up to high x,xxx, she then stated she had a certain budget and wasnt prepared to move on that, which I understand totally from a business perspective. I am willing to hold onto the name until I get my price, or at least close to my price, and I really believe I will, if not now, then maybe in 3 or 4 years time when 3D is more mainstream and in our everyday lives. If the price was 2K less than my asking price, I certainly would have taken the money and invested elsewhere, but it wasn't.
You have to remember this is the birth of 3D and with all the 3D products just coming out, this will only get bigger. I get google alerts on 3D products and as you may know, there are new articles every day on different products from different companies being developed.
I totally understand the people who say 3D is just a fad and will be gone in a year or two, I have invested in many domains that I thought would be the next "BIG" thing and some have paid off and other haven't, thats the joys of domaining. This is just one of the things I think is good bet...
I totally agree with you on the quality of 3D names being regged at DNF and numerous other forums, and I certainly try and explain to less experienced domainers to slow down on hunting for crappy hand regged domains and rather chase decent names on the aftermarket. There are people regging 20 names relating to say "3D LED TV" and they think they are going to sell them all. I have suggested they rather diversify their portfolio, its a much safer bet, some listen and sone dont...lol
There are some real bargains out there, especially from people who regged 3D names a few years ago and then lost interest in 3D or even domaining in general. Thats how I grabbed 3DChannel, I bought it for less than $200.
BTW, the only .co.uk I have are AsianWh**e (adult) and CheapTea.co.uk, not sure if they are worth anything?? and a couple of 3D names I think!!
Anyway, enough rambling from me, thanks again Bailey, I am seriously open to cristism from everyone.
Thanks all
