@Tarzan 189841 wrote:
Get ready for it would be my net bet.
lol. Wouldn’t surprise with a .org domain like that. The .com would be good, and in this case even the .net because of the fun double “net,” but…
Before you posted it occurred to me that something appears to be wrong with this picture, though. For instance, if the site is so “old,” and more importantly, “established,” why on earth would anyone sell out for a mere $16,005? The site has tons and tons of content, and tons and tons of links, most of which I expect are for the purpose of producing income. While not as colorful, it even reminds me a bit of World Casino Directory. At the “old and established” level for a site like that, I would expect that $16,000 might not even be within a mile of the monthly income being earned because of the site and it’s many links by now. But just for the sake of argument, let’s pretend that, being “old and established” since way back in 1998, the income resulting from the site is a mere $1,000 per month. If the domain and all that content are behind a minimum of only $1,000 per month in income, which does sure seem an amazingly small hypothetical starting point for “old and established,” who on earth would sell even a revenue engine like that for a mere $16,005, let alone if it were associated with more like $5,000 to $10,000 or much more per month, which certainly seems more realistic for “old and established”? If you had an investment of any kind earning even a steady $1K per month with potential for more, would you sell so low? Hmm.
So, in a sense, I would certainly tend to agree with your sentiment here, Tarzan – that perhaps the site content should be included for a domain like that. But it still may not have been. If this were just a domain for sale without the history, I would never even look twice at it or be interested at $100; with the history but buying only the domain, I might perhaps be willing to go to $200-$500 just to see how long I could ride the wave of any benefits that might possibly come with the history. But to begin with, what I’d really be looking for in this industry is simply a good domain with real potential and real investment value, and not an “old and established” so-so .org that can only go for $16K ten years down the road if your lucky and it’s loaded with content. Like I said, gem quality is what matters. Nobody will ever care if your 1 ct. white diamond has been circulating for ten years when a fine 25 ct. blue diamond gets discovered just yesterday. More importantly, people will line up and come from miles around to check out your blue diamond, and not even be thinking about the other.