webgarden.com
by webgarden ~ February 8th, 2008. Filed under: Techy Stuff.I did a Google search for the ultimate .com name: “webgarden” and was surprised to find a wiki for the Tibetan Dharma Center, based in south Carolina!?!
After doing a whois search, I contacted the owner of the domain name, and asked if they were willing to sell their domain name, and if so, at what price?
Surprisingly, they responded within 24hours (very considerate!) and told me their price… unfortunately it’s about $9500 more than I wanted to spend:) Even though I can’t afford the webgarden.com domain name (at this time anyway!) I was very pleased at the fact they responded to my email!
I am feeling very warm and fuzzy from this experience (the world really is FULL of good hearted people)- and I am hoping soon for some good fortune so that I may be able to buy the ultimate domain name: webgarden.com!
February 8th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Did you ask how they determined that price?
Fair market value for a PR 0 domain with 0 backlinks is in the $100 to $500 range.
It would be cheaper for you to apply for your trademark of the name webgarden and the sue them for it.
February 8th, 2008 at 5:29 am
PS – Can you add the subscribe to comments plugin?
February 8th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Hi Gary,
I have added the subscribe to commments plugin! Thanks for the suggestion!
February 8th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Hi Gary,
I didn’t aske him how he determined that price – although he did tell me other companies had contacted him wanting to buy the domain as well.
February 8th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Wow, I am taken aback. I told you very nicely that I had no wish to sell, but if you REALLY REALLY wanted it I’d give it up for 10k. Now you are scheming how to take it away from me. Have you not thought that we’ve owned it for a long time, and just like having it? Just because you WANT it, you think you can take it away? Have you thought of the ramifications of karma? I mean what if your clients decided they didn’t want to pay you, and they found a legal way to trick you out of being paid. Is that right? What if I owned some land, and we’ve had it in the family for awhile, and we didn’t want to sell – but you looked at it and wanted to build a casino there.. and you thought it was stupid that I had such prime land and was just putting up a non profit Buddhist temple there – and I didn’t want to sell. Do you think it would be right to find a lawyer and sneakily take it from me? Would your clients trust someone who tried to take things from people just because they wanted them? I am saying this with the gentlest of tone. It is a little wiki I’ve created for folks to learn about the Tibetan language and Tibetan culture and Tibetan Buddhism. I am asking you to think twice before you set such sadness in motion. Tashi Delek, Al
February 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I contacted you after I did a bit of research and found out that there is nobody using/visiting webgarden.com. I thought – “hey since there is no traffic and the site is not being used maybe he will let me buy the domain from him – or maybe I could help him find a domain name that better describes what his site is all about- and we could trade/exchange!”
Typically when you contact someone in order to buy their domain – all they see is money in their eyes! So, in our first conversation, when you told me you would sell your domain for 10K, this was my immediate thought – you did not mention that you DID NOT wish to sell it. That is a different story.
If you DO NOT wish to sell your domain – there is nothing I can do but respect that.
However, if you want to sell your domain, 10K is not a fair price. It is much too high for me and for a site that has no traffic! But since I am the owner a company called webgarden, I see value in the name, and would like to negotiate a fair price for both of us
February 8th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I do not wish to upset you – in fact in our original conversation, I was not aware that you did not wish to sell the domain.
The name of my company is webgarden, which is why I hope to buy “webgarden.com” I am sure you can understand that – however my resources are not unlimited – and, as it goes in the spirit of business, a bigger company may offer you 10K – however, I don’t believe that greed is in the spirit of the Tibetan Culture? From my humble understandings, it is about fairness, kindness and peace.
Regardless if you consider or not consider selling your domain to me – I would like to send you some positive thoughts: good health, good friends and a happy life… Please accept these well wishes as I really hope we can put these ill feelings behind us?
February 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Well, I know Cathy that you are a kind and good person – your first post shows that when you received my reply you felt my kindness towards you. However, after others posted their replies your initial insight was colored by their responses. Suddenly you felt as if you’d been taken, as if you’d been wronged. You began to have an entire conversation in your head clouded by false perceptions of me – I am niether a monk, nor greedy. I am also not crazy. If someone wants to give me 10k for a domain name I had no intention of selling, I’m not going to turn it down. I support several refugee children in India. That 10k will help me set aside a nice chunk for their education. I also send packages regularly to service men and women stationed in Iraq. Although I am a pacifist and am against my country’s war, I do not feel it is right to send soldiers to battle without basic neccessities. Therefore I regularly mail packages containing soap and socks and tampons and deoderant. That 10k will help there as well. My wife and I sponsor and mentor a needy family every year. That 10k would be put to good use. It is human nature to demonize folks when you feel you’ve been attacked or taken advantage of. Trust your initial instincts. Do not be easily swayed by folks who are themselves greedy and constantly trying to get the upper hand – thereby suspecting all others of being of the same ilk. Take care and accept my apology for any distress our interaction may have caused you. It was not meant that way. Regards, Al
March 17th, 2008 at 11:06 am
It is inaccurate to estimate a domain name’s market value based on personal assumptions, intrinsic value of domains is difficult to accurately determine. For example: recently, the domain name market has hit new highs. In 2007, Business.com was sold for $350 million and Ancestry.com was acquired for $300 million. On March 11, Clek Media announced that it bought Fund.com for $9.9 million in an all-cash transaction.