First a story...Our organization owns a rare .edu domain since mid-90s. We never got to develop it, and finally decided to put it on the market, but...there are several nuances to this situation.
1). .edu domains themselves cannot be sold or transferred. We can, however, sell an organization, which owns the name (there seems to be a benefit to this restriction: a lower tax rate on the sale - i.e. capital gains vs. income).
2). Since ~ 1999, .edu domains can only be registered by accredited universities. And each university is allowed only 1 domain.
3). Because of this restriction, Google and other SEs typically rank .edu ( and .mil, .gov) domains higher.
The question(s):
A. What could be a price for something like history.edu (just an example), assuming for a second that the organization behind it is worth $0, vs. history.com? Theoretically, which is more valuable: .com or .edu?
B. Aside from contacting similar organizations, how would you go about listing the domain / soliciting offers? I don't think Sedo, TDNam and other domain auctions would appropriate as they're designed for pure domain sales.
Any thoughts? Thank you for your advice
1). .edu domains themselves cannot be sold or transferred. We can, however, sell an organization, which owns the name (there seems to be a benefit to this restriction: a lower tax rate on the sale - i.e. capital gains vs. income).
2). Since ~ 1999, .edu domains can only be registered by accredited universities. And each university is allowed only 1 domain.
3). Because of this restriction, Google and other SEs typically rank .edu ( and .mil, .gov) domains higher.
The question(s):
A. What could be a price for something like history.edu (just an example), assuming for a second that the organization behind it is worth $0, vs. history.com? Theoretically, which is more valuable: .com or .edu?
B. Aside from contacting similar organizations, how would you go about listing the domain / soliciting offers? I don't think Sedo, TDNam and other domain auctions would appropriate as they're designed for pure domain sales.
Any thoughts? Thank you for your advice