Offered $2,500 - $5,000 for this domain...

Unless you have a real intention of doing something with it... that sounds like a good offer.

You might also search for another domain name that you could use should you get around to putting something together. That way you may not have your first choice, but as long as you've got a decent alternative... you've got a $5,000 profit already.

Hey I would try paying the $39 and doing a 1 month listing on sedo.com first. Or even get it appraised. I would defiantly try and see if people are willing to bid more before selling it to your first offer.

so expensive......

that is a great domain name, judging by google searches for the term.

the value could be higher....

what have you been doing with the domain until now?

I am soooo glad I happened to see this thread. I neglected to renew
one of my domains and the darn thing expired. Went back in and
registered it again. It goes with one of my really good sites. I knew
there were a few not on auto renew but I hadn't gone in and checked
which ones. Have to get the sites up and going again in the morning.
WWW dot PPC-Tutorials dot Com

Tom

If you could use the money sell it. If not I'd keep it and develop that puppy. Need to put it online with at least a front on it so it gets some 'age love' working...

Personally, I'd keep it and not consider selling it for less than 10-20k It's a nice domain and I love collecting them too.

-S

I'd sell it.. but not for $5k

If someone really wants it they will pay considerably more.

If I were you, I would sell

Unless you're really hurting for money, I'd keep it. While a domain is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay, my intuitive sense is that your domain is worth a lot more than you're being offered.

List on sedo.

I agree. They would never offer you first time off, what they'd be willing to buy it for. This is their first offer.

If you do decide you want to sell it, i'd definately dig a little deeper and try and find out it's approximate value.

You could always set your minimum value and then try your luck on sedo to see what you fetch. There is an ideal buyer out there for everything.... it's just a case of finding them.

It may even be worth more if you do something with the domain and develop a site. If you promote it for a year or so it would then come with traffic and mybe monthly income.

Good luck whatever you choose to do.

I would take $5k and run. If you think about it the only person interested will likely be someone teaching PPC. That has to be a fairly small market. If you have had it registered for 8 years and this is the best offer you have received, that would be some indication of the demand for it. I think $5k would be a nice pop on that domain.

First off, Id' develop a quick affiliate site and get some traffic to it. That should at least generate more value to it, plus earn you some revenue.

Maybe counter their offer with $15k and see if they're still interested.

Just thinking out loud here.

If you don't need to sell I'd not sell. It'll increase in value over the next 5-10 years due to more demand for 1/2 word domains and none of them/few of them available in the primary .com format.

Rich

Who on Earth makes an offer of between $2,500 and $5,000?

Are they really expecting you to say, "Okay, I'll take $2,500"?

If you decide you want to sell, I'd do as swiftdeal suggests and throw a much bigger number back at them - see what they say.

For what it's worth, I'd never sell that domain for 5K...unless I was broke.

I wouldn't take less than $5k for it.

The domain market is very strong: DNJournal.com Year to Date Domain Sales Charts

InternetMarketing.org went for $6,700

MySoccer.com went for $50k!

2,500 to 5000 is a wholesale price, probably another domainer after it. To an end user I would say the name is worth more. It may not get much in terms of direct navigation ( though It will get some, but it is very brandable, and descriptive. A PPC specialist would recoup that price on one good client in a month. Before you accept any offer, I would spend some time sending some emails to PPC companies to see if they are interested in that name.

Go to namepros.com and go to the appraisal forum and ask what their thoughts on it are. They'll give you a ballpark estimate of what you should hold out for. It's a very good domain name. If they don't answer, bump the thread a couple of times ...no more than once per day though. Sometimes it takes a couple times to get their attention. Often when you get such a good offer right off the bat, it's worth more. If they request an appraisal ... beware. It's a scam. They go around offering high prices for domains and say they're ready to pay as soon as you go here ... and get it appraised. Of course they own the "appraisal service."

Congratulations. I can see how the domain values so high. It is next to impossible to get even 2 word domain names, forget about few letters.

One word of warning

I've had emails in the past for domains where the bidder offers what seem to be high values for a domain, you get caught into negotation with them, then they say they will only buy it if you get it professionally appraised. They then promote a link where it can be appraised for a small fee (e.g. $50).

Guess who owns the appraisal site?? When you decline their appraisal offer, they magically disappear!

Sounds like you've already done your homework, but if you do go ahead in a deal with any potential buyer at this value, make sure you do it through escrow.

I know you're probably aware of this, but thought I'd mention it again anyway.

If you decide to keep it great, but if you decide to sell it - keep in mind they are opening a negotiation. No one ever starts by offering the most they are willing to pay.... you can definitely get more out of it.

If anyone here has the traffic secrets 1 course they may remember John Reese talk about his domain fliping experience.

He bought 10 really good domains for $100 each (domains were more expensive at the time). He was then offered $1000 for just one of the domains.

He accepted. Only to have the same guy call back later and tell him that he had gone on and sold it to a veture capital firm for $1000 000.

Due Diligence.

btw, well done for having the insight to register this domain name.

regards

Simon

If I sold it for the offer, it would only do it on the high end. I think that this is a really nice brandable for the category. Also be aware that there is an active site already PPC-Pro.com

Like others have said, it all depends on how much you need the money.

Good Luck

You have to look at it from a business perspective.

Sure, keeping P P C Pro (dot) com around undeveloped for more time is cheap money to you.

My question would be - in the short term can that domain bring in $2500 - $5k to you? If it can then keep it and do what you need to do with it to get that. If not think about letting it go.

In the short time frame, can you make the domain a little more attractive? Put up a mini site, get some content on it and into the search engines, get it listed in some directories, put up a non-salsey sales page driving traffic to affiliate products, generate some dollars. After that you may be able to justify a higher sales price for the domain.

Or - do you intened to operate a business/website in the PPC area? You can use this domain now to build your self a golden list of buyers through affiliate sales, etc. A list that you can keep when you move from affiliate sales to your onw sales. That ups the value of the domain and also prepares you for your "in the future' business endeavors in PPC.

I guess that the last thing that I would mention is - how much is that $2500 - $5k worth to your existing/other business efforts? $2500- $5K is a whole bunch of outsource hours. You could take the money from the sale of this unused domain and use the procees to take the rest of your business to the next step.

From the post where the domain was sold for $1k and then later resold for $1M. Forget about it. Don't hold out for that price. Getting those types of deals takes a very specific effort to attract those buyers and you might not be willing to take the time to do so. You might not have the right desire, skills, contacts, etc.

When I get an offer to buy a domain I immediatly start researching to see why that particular domain at that particular time would be a fit for anyone. Maybe there is a new Google product coming out that will increase the value of the domain ten fold. In that case hold on to the domain.

Good Luck!

you MIGHT want to consider a JV or leasing the site to them for a per year fee....