Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be?

Posted by subrat_rout on Friday February 28, 2014 @03:00AM
from the self-post dept.

I contacted owner of a particular x.com domain for which he/she asked for $1.5 million. It is beyond my reach. I see a domain registrar company is sitting on it's x.net version and asking for around $5k. How much should be the offer price? Thanks

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by justhw on Friday February 28, 2014 @03:50AM (#7317756)

I'd walk away and get a .com that is closely related. If your name is a .net you're always going to have to remind people it's a .net in your logo and so forth like Authorize.net. If your product is an app I'd get a .co or append "app" to the .com

Now days .com's aren't as important as they once were.

Read how Marco Arment decided naming his app and his dealing with a squatter. ( http://www.marco.org/2013/09/24/naming-overcast )

Also a recent thread about how a YC Co. acquired Experiment.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7265540

Good Luck

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by subrat_rout on Friday February 28, 2014 @04:10AM (#7317797)

You are right. It is the business or execution side of the business that matters. I got another domain very close to what I wanted with 3 extra letter(suffix) for few hundred dollars from a squatter.

54k for the domain is still higher(unless you have some angel money to throw at it). I'd use that money to bootstrap my project.

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by pushkargaikwad on Saturday March 01, 2014 @01:19AM (#7323363)

Most of the domain owners often ask for ridiculous prices and that domain certainly won't be worth even 5% of what he is asking for.

If you are looking to build a product/company, you want to avoid going with .net (specially if .com is owned by someone else who is looking to sell it at premium anyway)

My advice would be to go with some other name, as the domain registrar/parking companies also inflate the price by 3x-5x so the real price of the .net is probably 1k

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by subrat_rout on Saturday March 01, 2014 @03:06PM (#7325874)

Yes, I agree.Thanks

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by AznHisoka on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:58PM (#7336048)

Walk away. a .net for almost any word is not worth that much. Even computer.net or iphone.net isn't worth that much to me. I assume you don't got millions in reserve.

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by subrat_rout on Monday March 03, 2014 @03:18PM (#7336163)

.net version asking price is around 5k not in millions.

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by akrurnan on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @01:28AM (#7345676)

if a title like "whatsapp" which seems to have nothing to do with an sms service is sold for $19 bn, i'm sure domain names have nothing to do with company valuation.

choose "whatsx.com" instead :-)

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by subrat_rout on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @10:12PM (#7351642)

That seems to be a plausible suggestion. Thanks

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by maheshone on Saturday March 01, 2014 @01:25AM (#7323372)

X.com is owned by eBay? It's redirecting to http://www.ebayinc.com/

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by subrat_rout on Saturday March 01, 2014 @03:05PM (#7325871)

Well, it is not exactly x.com. I have put x.com for the sake of example.

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by hugovie on Friday February 28, 2014 @03:31AM (#7317711)

Why so expensive?

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by subrat_rout on Friday February 28, 2014 @03:59AM (#7317773)

I believe the owner of the domain has kept it for >10 years. And with a very basic web 1.0 site. Anticipation?

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Re:Ask:HN If x.com is $1.5M then how much x.net should be? by goldenkey on Friday February 28, 2014 @03:50AM (#7317757)

Because can. Can? Do.

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