What to offer for PR3 6-letter .com?

Hi,

I've never tried purchasing a domain before, but I found one that I like that looks like it's just being parked undeveloped. It's not actively being sold on places like sedo though.

Like the subject says, it's a PR3 6-letter .com domain. It shows less than 10 backlinks on Google. I think the site is a few years old. It's a one word domain without any numbers or hyphens, but it's not a super popular word. I checked Overture and it was searched for about 700 times in Jan 2006. I'd be surprised if it got more than a few dozen uniques per day.

What do you think I should offer?

Thanks!

 

Not sure since I have no clue what the word is

 

Honestly, I'd rather not say. Almost everybody on this forum is extremely helpful, but it just takes one lurker to come along and spoil things for me. I've been burned before (not here) by posting my ideas and having someone take them.

Is the exact word that important? Like I said, it's not a big keyword (700 searches on overture last month), though it is an actual word and not l33t speak.

 

youre pretty much asking "how much would you pay for this house" without telling us the location

 

Well depends on what the 6-letter means? a word? popularity?

But it's a PR3 6-letter .com
It will be of over 100k for a PR6 3-letter though

 

Thanks for the responses! I'm new to this. I didn't realize the exact word was that important. It's been searched on Overture 700 times last month, and it doesn't score well for that word. So it's not a popular word, but it seems brandable. It probably has about as much meaning as 'yahoo' before Yahoo came along.

To go with the real estate analogy, it seems like I'm not giving the location, but I'm giving you the square footage and neighborhood statistics. When you're appraising is a lot of the pricing a gut reaction to the name? The curb appeal of the name, so to speak?

I'm honestly completely lost, so I don't know if I'm looking at $20 or $2000. Even a vague guide would be helpful.

 

uhh you're not providing us with much useful information sorry

ok difference between: yahooo.com and x32s-d.com? about 900 million dollars.

 

Brandability is one factor; also, is it a commercial term? Are there any products associated with it? It doesn't sound like there are if it is similar to Yahoo. Even so, it is a one word dot com.. upwards of $500 to $800 if it doesn't have commercial value?

 

He said it is an actual English dictionary word, so it isn't that worthless.

 

ok yahooo.com and decile.com 800 million dollars difference

 

Thanks for the replies! They're very helpful in knowing what you look for. It's not a commercial term at all. It doesn't key off of another popular site or product. So it's not like yahooo.com Would that really go for $900M?!

 

900 million dollars worth of legal fees maybe

 

if it was a serious dictionary word, it would have been regged back in 1995-1998, since it's just couple years old, I'd say around $50-$200 may be..

 

lol @ SVZ. You are probably right.

But in all seriousness, I am thinking any where between 500-1000 US for the domain. Maybe more depending on the nature of the word but I doubt much less.

Good domain names are becoming harder and harder to come by. An now with everybody and their brother speculating domain names many tend to over value the domain names they are trying to sell. This does tend to put upward pressure on the value of domain name with legitimate value.

 

Good point. I got a tasty 8-letter 1-word .com in '99 and that was about the end of them. Exactly how many years is a few years old? Also, check around the archives and blacklists and make sure it wasn't used improperly before making an offer.