Durham_e - 11:13 pm on Apr 1, 2008 (gmt 0)

Well given the situation there are two possible appraisals.

Appraisal One. What price should I put on the domain so the offer I make has some business rationale to me. To do this you could spend weeks examining likely revenues of caparable sites or domains. Its good to have some reassurance check along those lines but the real appraisal is two below.

Appraisal Two. What is the lowest figure I can offer that will entice the registrant to change the registrant details of the domain to mine.

Well for a start it should be more than what they have paid in registrations. They probably want to think that they have covered that. Then theres a premium. And as lammert said "to trigger the current owner that he may have gold in his fingers" . Of course this is now the tricky bit. Maybe techique is more important that money. Why not ring them up and have a chat. See what they have to say. An email giving a figure maybe too much a shot in the dark or one without a figure may sound like their boat has come in and expectations are raised beyond all reality.

Whatever course you take. Good Luck