The registrant and seller of the domain name HSTF.com received some undue resistance by a potential buyer, internet entrepreneur, Reilly Chase.
Chase asserts to have built Hostifi.net—now Hostifi.com—into a SaaS services provider that has generated $7 million dollars in revenue. There are no references to the net profits, however it should be sufficient leftover to acquire HSTF.com for $12,000 dollars.
In a Twitter thread, Reilly Chase “summons” the domain investor community to see if anyone sides with his opinion: HSTF.com is worth $2,000 dollars tops.
Alright summoning the domainers community, should I pay $12K for a 4L "western premium" .com?
hstf .com
I think it's worth $2K
Don't tell me it's worth whatever someone will pay for it – these type of names should be easy to comp pic.twitter.com/CgBJXxjPUr
— Reilly Chase (@_rchase_) April 19, 2024
Of course, one should not summon the daemons one is not familiar with. Domainers jumped into the exchange in an attempt to educate the frugal entrepreneur about the true valuation of “Western letters” LLLL .com domain names, regardless of budgetary concerns of potential buyers.
But wasting time might have its consequences. The domain HSTF.com, which is a silent variant of Chase’s own Hostifi.com, is now more expensive as the seller added $3k to the asking price overnight for a going price of $15,000 dollars. Oops!
Moral of the story: If you plan to acquire a domain and have questions or concerns, do so in private, quietly, and fly under the radar.
Publicly blowing up everyone’s alarms has consequences: you might lose the opportunity to buy it cheap(er.)
He is getting a bargain for a man who claims to make $7m .It’s a shame some of the domain commenter’s are suggesting $2k is a good price .Way to undervalue another sellers domain. HSTF is better used for something else than for a link shortener .
Hostifi vs hostify brings confusion to begin with. He needs that what he uses the name for does not bring down the price of the HSTF.
if I owned this name ,I would suggest he go find something else and leave hstf for the right end user .
This conversation shows the real domain investors who will better educate an end-user and others who will make you leave money on the table .
Never take advise from so-called pros who have sold millions but give silly advises to an end-user on what low price range to pay rather than what seller wants.
Seller is way too nice. no clue why the seller priced it under 25k , the letter combo is great, if it was remotely pronounceable 6 or 7 figures minimum
HSTF.com is not the best domain for his business. If he does not want to pay 2K then he should just leave it.
But come on, the domain is NOT worth what the seller wants now.
Update: The winner is hosti.fi, a domain hack:
https://domaingang.com/domain-news/hostifi-hstf-domain-saga-receives-cctld-finish/