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How much are these domain names worth? - uLabs - 04-08-2014 06:40 PM
Hello there, I have registered a few new domain names and wondered how much they would be worth? Here are some:
http://www.Ford.pm
http://www.Night.pm
http://www.Aldi.pm
http://www.Messenger.pm
http://www.Webdesigns.pm
Thanks!
- Chris - 04-08-2014 06:47 PM
Ford is worth 0. They own the trademark and can take the domain from you at any time.
Night.pm is worth something, depends on what someone wants to pay. Don't really know about the rest. If Aldi is a trademark you're screwed. Try listing them on sedo.
- SimonC - 04-08-2014 06:54 PM
They are not worth anything. When you register a domain you do not own it - you licence it from the appointed registrar. It is possible that if someone is keen enough for a particular domain they will pay you to transfer the registration to them. But I have not heard of any high value transfers in recent years. There were a few when the web first became popular, but that was mainly existing organisations who had "missed the boat" and were trying to catch up.
Different registrars have different rules, but in general if you register a domain that contains someone else's trademark then you are likely to be required to relinquish that domain at their request - certainly if your only purpose in the registration is to sell it for profit or abuse their trademark.
In the case of new businesses, most will now pick a name based on what domains are available, rather than pick a name then pay someone to sell the domain to them.
- Ron - 04-08-2014 07:00 PM
Unfortunately these don't worth anything unless you develop those into site. Main reason is the extension. .PM is not a top level domain extension. This is where it loose value. If these were from .com, .net, .info even .org or .us then would had worth xx,xxx. .pm is country code domain these don't have a big international value.
Like others said you can't even sell Ford.pm since its a trademark. Well you can use to make a flower site or maybe book site but nothing related to vehicles.