Hello all: I just joined this forum last night, and the response has been most helpful. Thanks to all who have given very good advice. So here's the deal. I have owned VILLAS.COM for almost 10 years. I have just recently launched a permanent site to replace the informational site I had up for years about the magazine I published "Villas Magazine." So far, the site has rocketed up the ratings and currently stands at 180,000 on Alexa with a one-week average of 39,000 (down 693,000 over the past 3 months). VILLAS.COM is returned in ranking of anywhere from 1 to 20 on search results on a number of keywords on all major SE's. All of my traffic data is fully audited. I have positioned VILLAS.COM to be a site for high-end properties and lifestyle. But I also believe it's best use and that it would do very, very well as a portal for the Travel Industry, especially villa rentals for holidays, car rentals, airline bookings, etc., GLOBALLY. In addition to banner adverts, it would do extremely well in a PPC and/or PPL business model. In less than 24 hours, I've been contacted by no less than 10 individuals who want to be my buddy and who keep asking me what I want as a price. My answer is simple, and it is this: I want market value. No more, no less. I want a player, not a dancer. I won't be leaving anything on the table for the jackals. I don't wish to be rude, but the “traders†who have contacted me so far haven't been very polite, and certainly not professional. VILLAS.COM is fully covered by Copyrights, Trademarks, Prior Art and IP protection. I have prevailed in two WIPO challenges so far because VILLAS.COM is very well protected. These rights will be included in the sale, either by complete transfer or by licensing of certain rights that I hold in Trademarks that cover other IP. I have patience, and I don't need to sell. What I would really like is a decent idea of what the domain is worth. Any other questions, please feel free to get in touch. Please be professional. All the best, Steve
Mid $xxx,xxx at least... great domain... Might want to join Dnforum and go fishing over there... I am sure you would find some big sharks that would drool for a domain like this one
Guy I hope soon that you'll figure it out that if you are serious to find someone to broker your potentially high value domain you'll go to a Pro Domaining site.
I would also suggest someone like sedo.com, et al. It's not a mattr of exposing your domain to buyers, it's a matter of making sure that you get paid.
Olney: Gee, er, I thought that's what this forum was. I'm already hip to, and a member of, DNforum. Any others you could suggest? ispza: I always get paid, not to worry there, but thanks for the heads up. Things are getting hot already. Kinda exciting! Steve