Ask HN: The importance your domain (.com vs .io)

Re:Ask HN: The importance your domain (.com vs .io) by kruegerb on Thursday February 24, 2011 @12:09AM (#2256994)

I'm working on a startup with a friend and past colleague and the domain we want is (not surprisingly) already registered. It is not a parked domain, but it is simply a graphic for some technology group with an "All rights reserved" from 2000 and a mailto link.

We emailed the owner of the domain and asked if the person would entertain offers to buy the domain and received the simple response:

"The domain is not for sale"

I'm curious, has anyone ever encountered a stonewall on a domain like this and was anyone successful prying it away from the squatters with a generous offer?

If you are squatting on a domain for over 10 years without putting it to use, isn't there always some amount of money you would sell it for?

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Re:Ask HN: The importance your domain (.com vs .io) by metachris on Thursday February 24, 2011 @09:26AM (#2258012)

Only because a domain has no content doesn't mean it's only parked. It may actually be in use for email and maybe other internal things.

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Re:Ask HN: The importance your domain (.com vs .io) by petervandijck on Friday February 25, 2011 @03:41AM (#2261544)

Everything is for sale for the right price. Make them an actual offer. If they still say no, your offer wasn't high enough.

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