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    I'm interested to know how much people would shell out for a domain name? I've bought a couple lately and believe that they have been a good investment. I disagree with a few people here who say that names aren't worth that much by themselves. Some names mixed with good seo can definitely give a healthy jump start to a business and can help the business survive long term methinks.

    Personally, I would spend up to 10K for the right stock and brand in a name, but I haven't been tempted yet. Who knows in the future, maybe?

    What does everyone else think?

    Anyone had any good experiences or any nightmare domain name buys?

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    ps I would advise extreme caution before shelling out too much, especially if you are of a nervous disposition ))))))
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    upto £200,000 and I still did not get it

    whats really important here is when talking about "domain name alone, which has never been used" or "domain name which has existing branding"

    my best buy has been a domain for £20,000 which brings in over 10,000 unique TYPE-ins a day with no previous branding...

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    "my best buy has been a domain for £20,000 which brings in over 10,000 unique TYPE-ins a day with no previous branding..."

    That's pretty cool Nice one Shak! That's the type of stuff I'm talking about.


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    10,000 unique TYPE-ins a day with no previous branding...
    I would have thought you would have sold those by now! Must be £300k worth of domain names on that page

    whoops sorry for posting URL - my apologies - and to Shak
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    luke,

    the sports portfolio got sold at the end of 2003 for a nice 6 figure sum.

    I got bored and ended up buying again as a bit of fun.

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    6 figure sum? I am not really surprised, people are killing themselves to get hold of domains like that.

    There seems to have been some healthy figures on domain name sales recently...

    I won't post it because of the rules but Pete picked up a nice domain the bugger - I offered him double for what he paid and he wasn't interested lol

    Personally speaking I would offer as much money as I had for a good one or two word commercial TLD name - I have noticed that on some of these domain forums a serious amount of rubbish being sold and most of the names on SEDO are so overpriced its almost laughable.

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    lol - Luke that's anywhere from £100,000 to £999,999 not to be sniffed at - well only if you've got a coke habit!

    The most I paid for a domain was £12.99 but then I make many multiples of it back.

    You can make money from a 1word domain but I much prefer turning a ****e one into a cash cow - its more fun. Like for some reason I bought cheap-mobile-phones-uk.com (must have been hungover!)

    But we're in different markets so horses for courses and all that - good luck to ya!
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    For $6,000, (they were willing to negotiate).

    But I found an equally good one that hadn't been bought yet.

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    You guys are too spolit

    Most I`ve paid now is £8.99 and thats for dot.coms (going up in the world)

    Apart from that £1.99 for the co.uks some good, one miss spelt which is working for me and a lot of trash.

    Anyone want to buy buckinghampalaceonline.co.uk?

    Other royal palaces are available

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    Mark - do you think you'll have any takers for your errection?
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    LoL dont know how to take that one

    Not sure if your regarding Sedo but put it on there for a massive amount just to see if there was anyone silly enough

    With the errection site me personally wouldn`t accept anything less than a grand for that now, mainly because of the fact that it`s earnt me more money in a month - two months than all the rest have put together and my earnings from that will probaly be more than the other sites at the moment simply because of the domain name.

    Just working on a main page for it now, so have to check it later if I ever get it finished



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