I am in the unusual situation that my family name is still available as a 4 letter .com. It's been that way as far as I can tell for many years and I imagine this is a rare situation in 2022.
I always liked the idea of owning it and passing it down for generations (assuming email will last that long)
The domain is parked by some small company / SEO agency but in theory seems to be available for sale. In the past they had a form similar to the one mentioned in this post, which only accepted offers above 10k$. I've been holding out on checking this domain for a while now since I expect every increase in traffic will affect the price but sometime in the last years they reduced it to a simple 'contact us' form without minimum price.
I hope being honest is my best approach here, since I do not expect to build a business with that name (not good for the english speaking world) any time soon.
It is meant purely for family email addresses and possibly one personal/family blog.
I also see this as a one-off chance where I either buy it now for an acceptable amount or I won't come back to the table for pretty much ever since we will have to make a decision soon and settle on some other domain/gmail instead. Noone moves email addresses for fun, for us the value of acquiring the domain decreases over time.
Can anyone here recommend to me how I should proceed with this?
Would a broker be a good fit here or should I open the communications on my own since I am not a business and don't want to appear as such?
At the same time I have no idea how to broker such a sale myself and wouldn't want to risk appearing an easy target for a scam.
I always liked the idea of owning it and passing it down for generations (assuming email will last that long)
The domain is parked by some small company / SEO agency but in theory seems to be available for sale. In the past they had a form similar to the one mentioned in this post, which only accepted offers above 10k$. I've been holding out on checking this domain for a while now since I expect every increase in traffic will affect the price but sometime in the last years they reduced it to a simple 'contact us' form without minimum price.
I hope being honest is my best approach here, since I do not expect to build a business with that name (not good for the english speaking world) any time soon.
It is meant purely for family email addresses and possibly one personal/family blog.
I also see this as a one-off chance where I either buy it now for an acceptable amount or I won't come back to the table for pretty much ever since we will have to make a decision soon and settle on some other domain/gmail instead. Noone moves email addresses for fun, for us the value of acquiring the domain decreases over time.
Can anyone here recommend to me how I should proceed with this?
Would a broker be a good fit here or should I open the communications on my own since I am not a business and don't want to appear as such?
At the same time I have no idea how to broker such a sale myself and wouldn't want to risk appearing an easy target for a scam.