I don’t doubt it (things like that have happened alot in the past) but I think it would be a huge mistake, it would be 10-12 years revenue. Would go well beyond 100k that at any decent auction house. 800k is absurd but at 100k people would be all over it ike a rash.

If you are comparing broadwayshows.com and shows.com using “search stats and CPC” how do you conclude shows.com is worth ten times the price?

Traffic for the term “shows” looks to be worth 10%-20% the value of traffic on “broadway shows”. Secondly “broadway shows” is more popular as a term.

Shows.com is a real mix bag, selling broadway tickets is a possiblity but the name isn’t obviously targeted to it. Ranking well for a term like “shows” wouldn’t be the obvious boon that ranking well on “broadway shows” would be.

Agree about broadway.com though, that name is the big domain for the area, ultra high value, popular and has a huge amount of crediblity.

I assume most readers here would agree that the U.S. economy will re-establish itself and that the next wave of economic activity will resume. Look at how sales have continued almost regardless of the “recession”. Once general business resets & restarts, there will be a notable increase in internet/domain related projects & expenditures.

The major drag on future growth will be lack of jobs and the ongoing welfare costs enacted and multiplied en masse … payed for by American business. The crankstart for fixing this is legislation which passes domestic oil drilling & Energy Alternatives. If the administration will do this (stop dawdling Obama!), watch the economy spring forward. Mark those words.

I’d take $100K for BroadwayShows.com.

I’m not Rick Schwartz and don’t have his leverage.

I’d take the $100K because I believe I can get a better domain.

In fact, he likely wants the domain … but cannot afford it. Yes, the price may be too high for the current market. But trying to convince others it has no intrinsic value is a truly moronic statement.

I might add that while Broadway.com would be ultimate … it is developed, unavailable & out of reach (unless you’re extremely wealthy). Consequently, BroadwayShows.com is a very close second and arguably provides a desired specificity. So the owner is in the driver’s seat … and likely knows it. If he’s not in a hurry to sell, then it makes no sense to underprice the domain. This lesson trumps all other considerations (assuming under no pressure to sell).

Put another way, if the price for Broadway.com is $8 million, then BroadwayShows.com at 800k looks really, really good.

If Rick Schwartz owned the domain, what do you think he would get for it?

I officially am flipflopping my vote from AreaRugs.com to Shows.com as the best mid-xxxK deal of the year so far.