domain for lease

February 6, 2006 6:01 AM

Determining the value of a domain name for lease.

A guy I know owns a domain name that a company is interested in using. He doesn't want to sell it to them, but he wants to rent it to them. As far as I know, the domain has never been developed and currently receives no traffic. The domain name is not a common dictionary word, but associated with some sort of public works project in a large US city. Once the site is developed, I can't imagine the domain will draw huge amounts of traffic. The organization that wants to use the domain name is for-profit. So how does he come up with a value, aside from 'as much as he can get them to pay?'

posted by crunchland to computers & internet (3 comments total)

$5/12 x the number of months they want to lease it for seems pretty fair, especially considering that he's not using it now.
posted by ChasFile at 6:42 AM on February 6, 2006

It sounds like it would be 'found money' to lease the domain name vs. letting it sit idle.

How about earning enough money to order a (insert favorite topping here) pizza once a month from the lease payment?

I don't know how much pizzas go for in your area of the country, but it seems like a good start.

/mmm, pizza.
posted by Wild_Eep at 6:47 AM on February 6, 2006

Go with a sliding scale. First-year, see what happens. Second year, adjust rates accordingly.
posted by diastematic at 9:24 AM on February 6, 2006