If each costs $2 and they want $2000, that could just mean those people can only sell 1 in 1000 of those uselessly blocked domains to someone stupid enough. Lets hope its even less and they give up.

Its worth precisely what someone else is willing to pay for it, not a penny more or less. You shouldn't expect to sell it for an obsene figure, but if you're in the fortunate position of someone wanting it so badly that they're willing to pay an obsene figure for it, more power to you. Don't feel guilty that you're taking advantage or ripping them off -- its a business exchange that both parties are entering into with terms that they think are fair for the value they get in return.

A friend of mine randomly happened to own a domain that was interesting to a recently funded (at the time) KickStarter game project and was contacted out of the blue about it with an offer of $7000 -- He actually countered with a slightly higher figure and they accepted. Now, you can say that perhaps that's a gross misuse of kickstarter funds (this particular project exceeded its 6-figure goal by more than 10x), but that's on them. He had the URL for his own legitimate reasons and never intended to sit on it and sell later.

In general, though, its a buyers market -- its far easier and more lucrative when a buyer comes calling than when you go door-to-virtual-door like a traveling salesman. I think your URL is certainly marketable though -- If you're intent on offloading it now, some kind of blind auction is probably your best bet, combined with promoting the auction to entities you think might be interested.

thanks everyone, there has been some good input here.

if you have some sort of rep or thanks system in place, please advise.

as for my initial post about being sat on the domain for over 3 years. I mis spoke when I said "sat on it".

I initially bought the domain with plans to build a website around it, I never actually put up anything credible.

it was sat dormant for months, until i eventually stopped paying for hosting.

in the end it just became a lost cause.

laziness more than anything

rgds

I'm sure somebody who works in the north atlantic fishing industry might find it interesting. I had read the whole thread before I even realized it could be Call Of Duty Guide.

A domain name without some record of traffic is worth only the registration fee. Put up a website , blog, affilate marketing site and drive traffic and then the domain name will get some value.

I'm sure somebody who works in the north atlantic fishing industry might find it interesting.

Hey! There's cod in the pacific too!

the domain is codguide(.com)
is cod not classed as a word.

Cod is definitely a word - it's a type of fish.
Is your website an information site about a type of fish that tastes good?
Those who like cod might want to visit your site to learn about one of their favorite foods.