Wanted: Domain Appraisal seo.co.uk

[retired_member11]

Not my name, but would anyone care to offer an opinion of what they think might be a realistic price for this domain in the present market.

 

[olebean]

I see its in the portfolio of newreg.co.uk

I don't see you have much chance of getting off them four to five figures.

 

[retired_member11]

Does New Reg have ... how shall I say... a known position?

 

[olebean]

hmmm *scratches me head*

Not an known position I am aware of, being a corporate they might want to liquidate

Get on the blower and ask!

 

[retired_member11]

Perhaps 'expectation' would have been a better word than 'position'.

Apologies.

 

[olebean]

I can't see how seo fits into there immediate strategy other than for investment.

 

[charlie]

I can't see how seo fits into there immediate strategy other than for investment.

i would say thats a good investment wouldn't you

 

[olebean]

i would say thats a good investment wouldn't you

I wouldn't be sure, did they reg it or purchase it?

 

[retired_member11]

No idea. I assumed it was a reg as the registrant is a well known 'first time around' domain portfolio holder...but I could be mistaken.

 

[Kerr]

Apparently they will sell to me for 50k as they have a buyer already interested

so their email says

 

[aqls]

There must be something he wants

-aqls-

 

[retired_member11]

Yes I had heard elsewhere that it is not possible to get a realistic qoute for names in his portfolio. 50k seems a very 'full' price for an abbreviation of 'search engine optimisation'.

I wonder how many views it gets? For that price it would have to be high xx,xxx pcm.

 

[retired_member11]

There must be something he wants

-aqls-

Hard cash and lots of it it seems, or perhaps other names in exchange.

 

[Kerr]

I am guessing hard cash, And probs does not need the money!!

 

[retired_member11]

So it's a paradox.

The greater his personal wealth the less likely it is that he will ever realise the sale of a name in his portfolio. The wealthier he becomes the higher the price he will qoute and thereby diminish the prospect of a sale, effectively rendering the names 'unsellable'. Bizarre.

Gold is nice but you can't eat or drink it.

 

[aqls]

So it's a paradox.

Gold is nice but you can't eat or drink it.

When you have enough to eat and drink there are few things better to admire!

-aqls-

 

[retired_member11]

...but you see my point.

The psychology of wealth is so interesting. It's corrosive of course.

I saw that programme about Nic Van Hoogstraten recently on the Beeb. He's a rich man by anyones measure and he apparently knows a lot of rich people. His observation was that they are all very unhappy and resort to snorting cocaine to relieve their sadness.

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[aqls]

I think the way things are going, there are more and more people hoarding their domains.

I think this is a sign that everyone thinks they are undervalued.

If I really don't want to sell then I'll put in a stupid price.

Maybe that's what he's done.

Hoogstraten, well there's a nice fellow . . .

He's just got out of jail for the third? time.

If that's happy I think I'd rather snort cocaine!

-aqls-

 

[deconstruction]

i dont think STJ / newreg attachs silly prices to all of his / their domains. So you never know someone might actualy be buying this one.

people have enquired about some of his generic names and got price back which they said were "good end user prices, but not low enough to make enough on re-sell" and lets be honest most people would rather sell to the end user when they can

i do agree though he has one of the strongest portfolios about, which is what you get from being from the start.

/me takes my hat off to him...

 

[charlie]

how much personal wealth do you think STJ or equiv can make on parked domains? I mean compared to getting a real job perhaps in finance in the city potentially thats 100k a year?

lets take money.co.uk as an example - if you type money in google it dont appear on the listings so is he relying on type in traffic. At the moment it seems to be rented to newreg which are car number plates - now they must be paying him for the non-relevant type in traffic - how much can this be worth?

I can understand why we hold out for higher prices - the newpaper thing is a good example - if a one day full page add is £50k then a relevant domain name has too be worth more? doesn;t it? The issues with this is that the paper already has circulation which mean hits in domain terms which must be way more than a domain that doesn;t appear in the listings when you type it in google?

confusing myself now!