What will a billion dollar ......

domaingenius · Feb 9, 2006

Company pay for its own name do you think ?. I happened to take a .com domain seome years ago and now see that a company with capital of US$1 Billion is establishing itself. What do you reckon I could squeeze out of them ?.

DG

texidriver · Feb 9, 2006

domaingenius said:
What do you reckon I could squeeze out of them ?.

DG

is it "Orange"...somethink?

Edwin · Feb 9, 2006

If it's genuinely generic and they didn't have a prior trademark, a LOT. Get a professional into the negotiations, if they approach you.

olebean · Feb 9, 2006

domaingenius said:
capital of US$1 Billion is

Get hold of their accounts and look at the advertsing spend over a couple of years. That would give you an indication on what increase in budget they are prepared for

domaingenius · Feb 9, 2006

texidriver said:
is it "Orange"...somethink?

Nope not close.

DG

domaingenius · Feb 9, 2006

Edwin said:
If it's genuinely generic and they didn't have a prior trademark, a LOT. Get a professional into the negotiations, if they approach you.

Yep will do thanks. In fact I just managed to buy a related .com for,wait for it.....US$29 . Lol, I asked the guy whether he'd sell thinking really I didnt have a cat in hells chance, but he came back "$29.00 plus transfer "(.com) . Nope they havent got any trademark on it at all but is not really pure generic, just made up.

DG

domaingenius · Feb 9, 2006

olebean said:
Get hold of their accounts and look at the advertsing spend over a couple of years. That would give you an indication on what increase in budget they are prepared for

Yep ,well in fact its a large company starting this new company that theyre going to invest $1BN in ,apparently. Anyway will wait and see and maybe try get accounts in meanwhile.

DG

retired_member26 · Feb 9, 2006

domaingenius said:
Company pay for its own name do you think ?. I happened to take a .com domain seome years ago and now see that a company with capital of US$1 Billion is establishing itself. What do you reckon I could squeeze out of them ?.

DG

Well

there is a possibility that if the name of the company is a TM, you could squeeze your arse instead of money. Please do not take pun intention or offense. hehehe

paymatters · Feb 10, 2006

Could buying the second domain be a bad thing?? May look like you're buying it with the sole intention of selling the first to them?? If you had the first domain prior to them forming there must have been a valid reason for you to buy that one?? So I'd just stick to that.