Comments on: Domain squatters are like car salesmen http://lightyearsoftware.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Flightyearsoftware.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fdomain-squatters-are-like-car-salesmen%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Domain+squatters+are+like+car+salesmen Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Akson http://lightyearsoftware.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Flightyearsoftware.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fdomain-squatters-are-like-car-salesmen%2F%23comment-271&seed_title=Domain+squatters+are+like+car+salesmen/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Akson Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:53:28 +0000 http://lightyearsoftware.com/blog/2007/05/domain-squatters-are-like-car-salesmen/#comment-271 Thanks Steve for the reply, good points those. so far he hasnt replied back since 10 days (which Im guessing is part of his strategy) Yea i could go for the .net name, which is my backup plan if he doesnt come down Thanks Steve for the reply, good points those.
so far he hasnt replied back since 10 days (which Im guessing is part of his strategy) Yea i could go for the .net name, which is my backup plan if he doesnt come down

]]> By: Steve http://lightyearsoftware.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Flightyearsoftware.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fdomain-squatters-are-like-car-salesmen%2F%23comment-255&seed_title=Domain+squatters+are+like+car+salesmen/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Steve Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:05:55 +0000 http://lightyearsoftware.com/blog/2007/05/domain-squatters-are-like-car-salesmen/#comment-255 Akson, the only additional advice I can offer you is to reconsider the need for a .com domain. If you really need or want the .com, and your squatter friend won't negotiate, your only remaining options are to come up with a different name or use a different TLD. Starting out at $200 sounds like a fine idea as long as you're willing to come up at least 2-3x your initial bid. Good faith negotiation goes both ways: you can't expect the other guy to lower his price if you're not willing to raise yours. $5000 is a lot for a domain, so unless it's a common word, he's probably used one of those domain appraisal sites (which are a joke) to get that figure. It's only worth what someone is willing to pay and you're not likely to have competition to buy it. Here's a glimpse into traffic to my site over the past month: 40% direct traffic (bookmarks or referrer-blocking), 22.75% from Google (and of that, 17.65% of searches were on my product's name), the rest referrals from various sites. I don't think the .com is terribly important. Get links to your site and the word out. People will follow the links or find you in Google, then they'll bookmark you and send the URL to their friends. Akson, the only additional advice I can offer you is to reconsider the need for a .com domain. If you really need or want the .com, and your squatter friend won’t negotiate, your only remaining options are to come up with a different name or use a different TLD.

Starting out at $200 sounds like a fine idea as long as you’re willing to come up at least 2-3x your initial bid. Good faith negotiation goes both ways: you can’t expect the other guy to lower his price if you’re not willing to raise yours. $5000 is a lot for a domain, so unless it’s a common word, he’s probably used one of those domain appraisal sites (which are a joke) to get that figure. It’s only worth what someone is willing to pay and you’re not likely to have competition to buy it.

Here’s a glimpse into traffic to my site over the past month: 40% direct traffic (bookmarks or referrer-blocking), 22.75% from Google (and of that, 17.65% of searches were on my product’s name), the rest referrals from various sites.

I don’t think the .com is terribly important. Get links to your site and the word out. People will follow the links or find you in Google, then they’ll bookmark you and send the URL to their friends.

]]> By: Akson http://lightyearsoftware.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Flightyearsoftware.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fdomain-squatters-are-like-car-salesmen%2F%23comment-254&seed_title=Domain+squatters+are+like+car+salesmen/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Akson Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:56:25 +0000 http://lightyearsoftware.com/blog/2007/05/domain-squatters-are-like-car-salesmen/#comment-254 Got to this page thru google. A domain squatter is asking me 5k for a site where the budget for my project/site is altogether $3k but i want the .com name badly :( im thinking of telling him i can pay $200. any other suggestions on how to negotiate? Got to this page thru google.
A domain squatter is asking me 5k for a site where the budget for my project/site is altogether $3k but i want the .com name badly :( im thinking of telling him i can pay $200. any other suggestions on how to negotiate?

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