Over
the last six years, we have had 30-40 offers for this
domain name. We have licensed and used it since 1995 to
host our classes, resources for our professional library
work, pages for friends and family, and, recently, we
have been adding in our art and writing. Why would we
want to give it up?
Well,
in the last few months, we have had some significant
offers for this domain, including one of $100,000, but
the people who contacted us would not say whom they
represented. Who could possibly want the domain that
much? Well, we are librarians and online researchers, so
we did some research. We came up with quite a number of
candidates, including the following:
- AT&T
- The most logical candidate. The Fortune 100 company
has a new "Blue Room" multimedia portal but an awkward
URL (attblueroom.com). "blueroom.com" would be ideal,
and the company has the money.
-
- BBC
- BBC's Radio 1 has a "Blue Room" radio
show.
-
- Virgin
Blue - This Australian airlines has a series of "Blue
Room" business-friendly lounges as various
airports.
-
- There
are some other large companies, but most of the others
are smaller, and we don't think that they can afford what
we might want if we were to sell this domain. But we are
in no rush, and many of our former students , relatives,
and friends have made good use of this domain at one time
or another as have we.
-
- Our
primary concern is that someone is trying to buy the
domain at a lower price and rebroker it to one of the
major candidates for it. Instead of that, if a major
company is sincerely interested in acquiring it, contact
us directly, not through a second party. Our email
address is at the bottom of the page (in the graphic). We
will put you in contact with our lawyer, and we may be
able to work out a deal.
-
- Otherwise,
we are just happy to continue using "blueroom.com," as it
has significant meaning (see the home page) and utility
for us.
-
|
