[decentrality]

Go with what you can afford. If they've been holding it for 9 years and not using it, eventually whatever you can afford ( within reason ) will be better than continuing to make nothing off it.

UNLESS they are getting click-through advertising revenue on it, or funneling traffic to another domain of theirs which advertises, or has direct sales on it; then you need to factor that in.

But it's best to be a human being and level with them. Remember, they're people. Really opportunistic people. And, if you can, just give up and get another TLD of the same basic name.

[uv3d779b]

Very good reasoning. To the best of my knowledge, no CTA, no nothing. Thanks!

Will continue negotiation convo tonight along the line of human-ness. Beep boop beep.