GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it?

Posted by kyro on Saturday August 11, 2007 @11:24PM
from the self-post dept.

Several months ago, I registered the domain name groopvine.com in hopes of starting a project, one I submitted to yc. However, with studying for my MCATS (which are a week away), other duties, and a general change of ideas, I haven't really done much with it. I received an email several days ago from someone offering me $500 for it. I've grown a bit of an attachment with the name, and am having some trouble parting ways with it.

Do you guys think it's a name worth keeping and a good name in general? Or is it just another string of letters and $500 is slammin' deal?

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by AF on Sunday August 12, 2007 @11:59AM (#41675)

I don't mean to be rude about it, but groopvine.com is a terrible domain name, imo. If someone wants to pay you $500 for it, sell it.

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by dfens on Sunday August 12, 2007 @12:50AM (#41618)

$500 for "groopvine.com"? I say sell.

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by palish on Sunday August 12, 2007 @01:36AM (#41627)

Yeah, sell it. If a product is good, it doesn't matter what it's called if it's sufficiently simple to remember, and there are still a few of those domains out there.

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by mynameishere on Sunday August 12, 2007 @11:04AM (#41671)

You paid 10 dollars, right? You know how to do math, right?

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by daniel-cussen on Sunday August 12, 2007 @02:22PM (#41684)

It's a decent domain name, but the $500 will do a lot more for your new startup than having a snazzy name. Just come up with another one.

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by rms on Sunday August 12, 2007 @04:44AM (#41645)

Might as well ask for $750...

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by gojomo on Sunday August 12, 2007 @05:04AM (#41647)

'groopvine.com' isn't very valuable unless you have 'groupvine.com', too. Sell!

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by Tichy on Sunday August 12, 2007 @08:00AM (#41656)

Just curious, what does it mean? It is not in the dictionary, and neither is groupvine. I have no idea what it could stand for.

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by morselsrule on Sunday August 12, 2007 @06:06PM (#41718)

Good domain names should be spelled the way they sound. I would sell.

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by run4yourlives on Sunday August 12, 2007 @04:15PM (#41705)

sorry, I read gropevine.com and thought bad things.

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by hoyhoy on Sunday August 12, 2007 @12:57AM (#41622)

sell

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Re:GroopVine.com - Like the name? and should I sell it? by zurla on Sunday August 12, 2007 @04:45AM (#41646)

sell!

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