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I think you are taking the post too literally. In my experience, make an offer. You could get a response in a day or a week, or even longer. But, make an off

I think you are taking the post too literally. In my experience, make an offer. You could get a response in a day or a week, or even longer. But, make an offer. You can always raise it later, even if they don't respond to the first. I've used some of the domain negotiating services, though only for private domains. You can always make a direct offer to the private registration companies, if you don't want to go the negotiator route. In my experience, you just have to start the process w/ a serious offer. You have a pretty good starting point w/ Brad Feld's blog, so a 1-2k offer is as good a place as any to start. On the flip side, start with the highest number that if someone offered to sell you the domain at that price, you'd buy it as a no brainer. Best of luck.

yaliceme 15y ago
Thanks for the advice. I may be taking the post too literally, it's true. What I'm really interested in is the conventional wisdom surrounding the desirability of various domain characteristics, so I have an idea of expectations before going in. (e.g. is a CVCV.com nonsense word considered more valuable than a .com with two dictionary words, and by how much?) Really, though, circumstances will dictate what I offer and when. I'm in no position right now to offer 5k-10k for a domain, so if the $1k offer gets me nowhere, for now I will just use my backup domain of [dictionary verb]CVCV.com, which is available.