selling domain name to employer

[huberm]

about a year ago we started a pilot project here at work, and we needed a domain name fast. So, I just went ahead and paid the $8 or whatever to purchase the name myself.

The renewal is coming up and I don't want to pay for it this time. I want to just sell it to my employer, is this ethical? And if so, what is a fair price to sell it to them for?

 

[imported_Rat]

Keep it until the project makes millions, then extort a large sum from the company. If not, sue for infringement of your trademark.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

$8

 

[imported_Rat]

Otherwise, just give it to them. If you don't care about the $8 or the amount it's appreciated since then. Just ask for a check and do what you've been doing.

If you're still in the project, aren't you responsible for maintaining the domain?

 

[waggy]

ask them to buy it. i wouldnt try to make any money on it (since it was for work). but i wouldnt continue to pay out of pocket. ask them to buy if they say no do not renew it.

 

[thirtythree]

0 or 8 dollars. EDIT: I'd stick with 0, if you can spare the 8...

 

[huberm]

i am trying to slowly slip out of this project. I created the site and they now pretty much have it under control.

I have sent an email to my boss asking him if he wants to keep the domain and told him it would be $8 to renew it for a year and I would transfer it to the company's name.

 

[funkymatt]

:thumbsup:

 

[So]

Ask for the $8 so the company has a bill of sale, and there is no legal question that they paid for it fair and square. Neither you nor the company will actually care about the $8, but the lawyers might someday.

 

[MisterJackson]

ONE MEEEEELION DOLLARS!!!!

 

[FoBoT]

ask for a red swingline stapler




and $8

 

[edro]

If you signed a "Do Not Compete" contract when you started, the domain is already owned by the company.

These contracts usually say that if any work or property you obtain is considered competitive, it is property of said company.

Meaning, if you are working on a project and happen to come up with a patent for a product that is related to what your company sells, the idea is property of the company. I think this would be the same for the domain, even if you paid for it yourself.

 

[mugs]

$8. Duh.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: mugs
$8. Duh.

 

[JS80]

submit expense report for $8...

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: JS80
submit expense report for $8...

:thumbsup:

I've done a couple for work like that. Mostly anti-cybersquatter domains.