.com to .co.uk Comparison Valuation + Making a quick sale

BrainSync · Jan 23, 2008

Hello.

I am new to the forum and very glad I found it. I am very much looking forward to learning and sharing with everyone.

I have two questions I really need would like to resolve (I am a rookie with regard to the UK market so thanks for answering these questions again if they have already been addressed

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Question 1 - .com to .uk valuation comparison

I just picked up a .co.uk whose .com equivalent was appraised at $26,000 by http://estibot.com

http://www.domtastic.co.uk/ appraised the actual domain <domain>.co.uk at £1,000-1,100 (I checked registration this week and got this number along with other conservative factors on Domtastic and got this number).
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Furthermore, all of the major extensions are gone and close variants of the domain are owned by large corporate domainers (according to Whois records).

I'd like to know is there some sort of industry practice of comparing the .com's value to that of the .co.uk? I read one professional domainer say that he tends to value the .nets at 10% of the .com's value (dont' know how he got that and I would imagine if other extensions plus close variations are gone, the value of the domain would go up....)

and having said that....

Question 2 - How to Make a Quick Sale?

I just purchased this domain this week and I'd like to sell it as soon as possible. What is the best way to go about doing this? This is a domain with a huge market and alot of money attached to it as well as in a sector which is one of the major ones people use the internet for (think travel, banking, property/real estate, etc).

I would be willing to sell at a lower end to speed the transaction along, but at the same time, I don't want to completely sell myself short.

This would represent my first domain sale and I think it's a bit of a winner so I wish to handle it the right way - thus the questions.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions. I am very much looking forward to them.

of a domain that has been appraised at 26K by epodissss. IN other wors <insertdomainname>.com was valued by ljklj at 26k (USD).

rob · Jan 23, 2008

BrainSync said:
Question 1 - .com to .uk valuation comparison

I just picked up a .co.uk whose .com equivalent was appraised at $26,000 by http://estibot.com

http://www.domtastic.co.uk/ appraised the actual domain <domain>.co.uk at £1,000-1,100 (I checked registration this week and got this number along with other conservative factors on Domtastic and got this number).

Automated tools are rubbish.

Furthermore, all of the major extensions are gone and close variants of the domain are owned by large corporate domainers (according to Whois records).

I'd like to know is there some sort of industry practice of comparing the .com's value to that of the .co.uk? I read one professional domainer say that he tends to value the .nets at 10% of the .com's value (dont' know how he got that and I would imagine if other extensions plus close variations are gone, the value of the domain would go up....)

Which 'pro' domainer said that?

Some .uk's are worth much more than .coms, and the other way round.

Question 2 - How to Make a Quick Sale?

I just purchased this domain this week and I'd like to sell it as soon as possible. What is the best way to go about doing this? This is a domain with a huge market and alot of money attached to it as well as in a sector which is one of the major ones people use the internet for (think travel, banking, property/real estate, etc).

I would be willing to sell at a lower end to speed the transaction along, but at the same time, I don't want to completely sell myself short.

This would represent my first domain sale and I think it's a bit of a winner so I wish to handle it the right way - thus the questions.

Contact the end users , or post for sale on a board such as this.

I am sure the market on boards would find the right reseller price for the domain

Cheers,
Rob.

BrainSync · Jan 23, 2008

Thanks Rob + More on Valuation...

Thanks. But it seems that valuation is difficult to measure. The only thing that seems to make sense is to compare a domain to comparable domains in same sector along with recent prices.

Even with that though it seems that the answer is "the right price is what ever the highest bidder is willing to pay for it....".

But for my desire to reinvest proceeds into other projects I would definitely hold on to it for a while.

Is there a particular UK appraiser that whose opinion people feel confident about? Also, how long would does the settling process take (is like a 3 day settlement period like stocks?).

Thanks!