Wanted: Domain Appraisal value of multiple names

[domsaleuk]

All I can say is that domains on par with that drop every minute with no interest from catchers. This to me says that in the current climate, there is considered to be little to no value in them. Perceptions may, and hopefully will change in the future but with the release of new extensions, I personally would rather not take the risk. I'd rather hold keyword or brandable (or both) rather than purely descriptive with nothing else going for it.

Well there is no interest from catchers because the catchers are booked by domainers who don't see the value ! and incidentally the dropped ones aren't going to be nearly as valuable as those that are aged but still I believe these will be a good bet for those that wish to pick them up. The thing is I think there are different types of domainers but it is the exact match builders that have led the way in which the industry thinks it seems

 

[domsaleuk]

Only reseller to reseller. Domainers' moral values and opinions mean zero to an enduser. Either they want your domain or not. Far too many people trying to play nice and 'even the field' when that isn't how business works.

We haven't seen end user activity properly yet by any stretch of the imagination I don't think and opinions may mean nothing to an end user but well constructed argument and solid information on development and branding potential etc will mean a lot

 

[RobM]

end users don't come to acorndomains or any forum. They generally only want one domain - not a 'choice of bargain basements'. Understand your market.

 

[domsaleuk]

What difference does it make though if domainers buy up all of these "valuable domains"? If there is no current demand and only the risk of more extensions being released in the future leading to value dilution, we are doing nothing more than taking a punt (more so than we are doing already).

This is where I sense domainers giving up! ... the demand has just not started ...but you should not lose sight of what are premium names. It has taken a long long time but I for one certainly believe that the marketing world will wake up to domains and hopefully quite soon and it is the premium suffixes that will be the winners! This new gTLD thing will not work in my opinion. It is a marketing catastrophe waiting to happen and as a result it is set to act as the catalyst that opens up the market. That is why domainers should fill their boots now with the valuable domains but value needs to be looked at properly as from a development perspective things like age are key value indicators

 

[Marcoose]

more extensions will increase the value of premium/brandable .com's (they will become rarer after all!)

This is a UK forum and we are discussing .co.uk. As people said in the 1980s ( I think), "get with the program". .com's will go from strength to strength... IMO.

 

[domsaleuk]

I don't underestimate the value of branding but IMO the domain in question, businessvenue.co.uk, isn't particularly brandable. It is an alright domain that could sell for a fair amount of money (to the right person) but that could be said about thousands upon thousands of domains that remain unreg'd through lack of demand. Generally, in any one niche there are so many keyword combinations that could make an alright brand. There just simply aren't enough businesses (demand) out there to justify the sorts of domains that OP listed going for thousands of pounds when they can fresh reg something similarly descriptive for a fiver. This is especially true when you consider that most business owners don't really "get" online marketing.

If you're going to spend X,XXX+ on a domain you are going to want search potential, a HIGHLY brandable name or ideally both.

Fresh reg does not carry the power in terms of development that is why aged domains are valuable - ask any SEO specialist worth their salt! You are right about "search potential" in some respects but it is the domainers ( I generalise) take on search potential that is the thing I think is fundamentally wrong in the way that domainers look at domain value.

 

[Marcoose]

This is where I sense domainers giving up! ... the demand has just not started ...but you should not lose sight of what are premium names. It has taken a long long time but I for one certainly believe that the marketing world will wake up to domains and hopefully quite soon and it is the premium suffixes that will be the winners! This new gTLD thing will not work in my opinion. It is a marketing catastrophe waiting to happen and as a result it is set to act as the catalyst that opens up the market. That is why domainers should fill their boots now with the valuable domains but value needs to be looked at properly as from a development perspective things like age are key value indicators

Hoping you'r inkling is right!

I don't believe an undeveloped, aged domain actually brings about that much in the way of SEO benefits. That's another debate for another day though

 

[Marcoose]

Fresh reg does not carry the power in terms of development that is why aged domains are valuable - ask any SEO specialist worth their salt! You are right about "search potential" in some respects but it is the domainers ( I generalise) take on search potential that is the thing I think is fundamentally wrong in the way that domainers look at domain value.

Just before you back up the age = seo beneficial argument, I agree it is a factor and is something I look for in a domain that I'm going to develop. I just think you overestimate its value and besides, the average buyer knows nothing about SEO and isn't interested in being educated.

 

[domsaleuk]

Hoping you'r inkling is right!

I don't believe an undeveloped, aged domain actually brings about that much in the way of SEO benefits. That's another debate for another day though

Yes it is late - but happy to have that debate and continue this debate another day - its all interesting stuff and good to hear the different opinions

 

[Marcoose]

Yes it is late - but happy to have that debate and continue this debate another day - its all interesting stuff and good to hear the different opinions

Defo. You think it's late... it's 06:30 here lol.

night night!

Night LDN!

 

[Alien]

lol, night night

Why on earth is this annoying little troll back on here again?

 

[catchastar]

thanks everyone for your replies!

these few were registered quite late so i'm not expecting them to be worth much but worth *something* .....

ok the first poster was using the google keyword tool for the search numbers, which seem to give some idea of value... but i would say those numbers never seem to be accurate, do others agree they are underestimated/inaccurate?

also, what happened to "mydomains" post with the xxx values? as ballpark figures would be nice, but i understand this is really hard to do....

 

[sdsinc]

The ultimate value will be best determined by a sales invoice