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A domainer wants to barter his domain for mine. He has offered herbs.co.in or antiques.co.in for a domain I own. From an Indian market perspective, can you please advise which is a better domain in terms of market potential for resale?

* I would like to add that I have checked the Google traffic and trends for this and still can't find a clear answer.

Also, what process is suggested for transferring domains from one domainer to another?


Thanks in advance.
Regards.
 
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A domainer wants to barter his domain for mine. He has offered herbs.co.in or antiques.co.in for a domain I own. From an Indian market perspective, can you please advise which is a better domain in terms of market potential for resale?

* I would like to add that I have checked the Google traffic and trends for this and still can't find a clear answer.
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i would go for herbs, the reasons being,
all things equall,i.e. both are .co.in

it would be easier to do an online business with herbs then antiques(furniture/cars,though coins would be fine)!
marginally high ppc

but choice is individual ,both are equall at a domaining prospective, equally good at enduser view!
it would be more fun knowing the domain being bartered.:)
Also, what process is suggested for transferring domains from one domainer to another?
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open a free account in the registrar,if account not already there,to receive domain.

To send/transfer,Just push the domain to the other account(the account id or number of receipient should be known)
Push done in faith if no funds involved.
otherwise through sedo or escorow to buy and sell, barter is pretty ancient, save a lot of money this way,by way of fees, if parties can be trusted!
 
Thanks Kaustav for your reply. The domain being bartered is interiordesigners.co.in.

I understand your point about have a business around herbs more easily than antiques, however, its a case of 100's of small transactions vs. one big transaction. So the potential might be for somebody to buy a domain that will have a high type-in traffic and also easy recall. If you are in India, can you please give me any sense of how "herbs" fares these days?

Thanks for info regarding registration. When you say "open an account with the registrar" who would that be? Please provide an example to help me understand. Still a newbie :-(

Regards.
 
I understand your point about have a business around herbs more easily than antiques, however, its a case of 100's of small transactions vs. one big transaction. So the potential might be for somebody to buy a domain that will have a high type-in traffic and also easy recall
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not nessasarily small! medicine herbs are big business!
type in traffic is only the only thing going for the names .
i would have kept my name;)

Thanks for info regarding registration. When you say "open an account with the registrar" who would that be? Please provide an example to help me understand.
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registrar :like,godaddy,mitsu,name,moniker,enom,etc..
its free to register .then you can have an account id. or account number.

Still a newbie :-(
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everybody is, learning never stops,
If you are in India, can you please give me any sense of how "herbs" fares these days?
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well if you know india ,then one cannot tell how herbs fare!
neither of the words are everyday lexicon!
they are used ,but personally i would prefer ,medicinalherbs,or antiquefurniture,..
interiordesigners are not bad either;)
its best to rely on the tools in the net to assess keyword popularity.
adwords,trends and are some handy tools from google.
use estibot only to see the statistics ,not value!tc
 
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Thanks for the replies guys. Actually there are other domains with herbs and antiques in them, so I am wondering if I should take this deal or not... at barter with an unknown person. Scared! Could I use Sedo for a barter transaction?
 
one suggestion maybe, since the method is crude ,we can go back in time, let it be a publicly viewed trasaction, like both parties give it to a common person who then gives the new owners their domains!
create new accounts if required, godaddy allows multiple accounts and i think most registers will!
I would suggest someone like Jeff as the middleman!!;)
thoughts ?
 
Even I had a offer from the same guy, if I am not wrong, for one of my domains. I quote him :

"The price is beyond my budget.

Also, it will require lot of expenses to promote and maintain updated content etc. I can only pay USD xxx for this.

Or if u wish to barter some domains for xxxxxxxxx , let me know :

I can offer you ( any 2 of below domains/sites):

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galleries.co.in
herbs.co.in
sandalwood.in
khadi.in
musicalinstruments.co.in
binoculars.co.in
essays.co.in
sculptures.co.in
fountains.co.in
oilpaintings.co.in
inspirational.in
purses.co.in
indianweddingcards.in
mbaindia.net
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kind regards


be careful while dealing. Do tess the results
 
freeads said:
I can offer you ( any 2 of below domains/sites):

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galleries.co.in
herbs.co.in
sandalwood.in
khadi.in
musicalinstruments.co.in
binoculars.co.in
essays.co.in
sculptures.co.in
fountains.co.in
oilpaintings.co.in
inspirational.in
purses.co.in
indianweddingcards.in
mbaindia.net
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The whois information on all of these domains is not the same.

freeads said:
be careful while dealing. Do tess the results
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Yes, I'd be very careful. This whole thing raises a lot of alarm bells. You should take some time to check the whois history on DomainTools to make sure these aren't stolen domains.

You should also make sure that you are using some sort of escrow service for this. I'm not sure if escrow companies do things like this, but a lawyer might. If you don't use escrow or a lawyer, make sure you receive the domains first.

Also, I have trouble believing that someone with a good portfolio like this would offer to buy a domain but then not have the funds. Perhaps you can suggest that he go to Digipawn and borrow the funds against his domains.
 
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Also, I have trouble believing that someone with a good portfolio like this would offer to buy a domain but then not have the funds. Perhaps you can suggest that he go to Digipawn and borrow the funds against his domains.

Unquote.

No he is not short of cash. In fact in his last email to me he suggested that we meet personally ( If I am Bombay Based) and he had offered to pay me in hard cash (around USD1000) but by then I had already decide to develop the domain myself so the Story ended here with NO DEAL.
 
>>. No he is not short of cash.>>

I had mailed him several years back for few domains I was very interested but he replied he only buys for himself and his clients. He offered to buy my domains.
Go through sedo or escrow. Bartering a domain is fine if u know the person.
 
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