trademarked name

[Data Glasses]

well done tim

 

[CyberClick]

Nice one Tim - I wonder how much that legal advice cost him?

 

[James]

I think you did the right thing, 3.3k seems on the money to me.

 

[findtim]

i think its gone to a good home.

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story:

my business was originally gonna be up.com.au ( hand reg) back in 2000, that bloody domain is sitting at over $3K+ on NF right now !

hint: don't listen to girlfriends when buying domains

tim

 

[snoopy]

I would be asking for $20K
If he refuses then as he only has TM for (Class: 28) Surfboards, Skateboards & (Class: 12) Kayaks I would tell him to "F" off.

...and in that case you'll have $0.

 

[findtim]

...and in that case you'll have $0.

thats what i thought, i'm just not "that person"

tim

 

[Chris.C]

DEAL DONE, i felt comfortable with $3300 inc GST and i just completed the deal.

Nice outcome!

Congrats. I trust you are pretty happy with the result.

 

[Blue Wren]

Well done Tim. Hope to learn yours and Neds secrets and skill when it comes to selling domains to end users.

 

[DavidL]

Well done - good result

 

[findtim]

Well done Tim. Hope to learn yours and Neds secrets and skill when it comes to selling domains to end users.

Chris C, yes i'm happy

Blue wren, well i have only sold a couple, no where in Neds league but this sale was really good for me as i actually "walked the walk" with what i have talked about, in this case the end user found me but that i don't think makes a difference to how you deal with it.

he showed his cards by having an established brand, but i was approached by someone a few months back about that domain and told them it wasn't for sale, maybe he had sent in a " test the ground person" ?

in the end i settled on my price and just phoned the guy and told him my price, there was no trick to it.

tim

 

[Chris.C]

So was there much haggling or negotiations involved or did you just pitch him the $3300 offer and he accepted?

 

[findtim]

So was there much haggling or negotiations involved or did you just pitch him the $3300 offer and he accepted?

remember he approached me:
no haggling, as i said " i've thought about it and i am willing to sell for $3K plus GST no negotiation, otherwise i will just keep it"

and he came back with " thankyou, i think thats a fair price "

yes, it was that boring.

i think he knows he got a "get out of jail card" , but i don't feel ripped off, it was win win

tim

 

[findtim]

Sold

here is the update.

the money is in my account today, i didn't even have to follow him up.

tim

 

[MCUH]

I think you're in a unique position. I agree with Billy01; try opening/starting negotiations with him and see what happens. You shouldn't have any concerns because as I understand you registered the domain prior to the trademark so there's no issue here. I have read so many different ways of appraising/valuing domains and don’t think you should use an automated appraisal service. You could speak with a professional domain appraiser in Australia and see what they think. But as mentioned previously, I think $5000.00 could be a reasonable starting point or you could simply do some basic SEO for the owner of that business and drive some traffic to his site with a redirect and get paid using CPC or something like that.

 

[johno69]

try opening/starting negotiations with him and see what happens.

Did you read the rest of the topic?

here is the update.

the money is in my account today

 

[MCUH]

Oh, sorry I overlooked the Post. Shouldn't this thread be closed?

 

[Data Glasses]

Oh, sorry I overlooked the Post. Shouldn't this thread be closed?

Why ?