Wanted: Domain Appraisal web-hosting.org.uk

[kate-brownhill]

David Hogan (Devaid) Caught this for us today.

22,000 exact searches CPC of £11.29 and HIGH competition

Traffic Estimator says that position 1 on Adwords will cost you over £2000 / day with a cost of £36 per click!!!

Now, we think we can rank for that keyword (top 5) in around 12 - 18 months. Assuming that is right, would you recommend developing the site or selling the domain?

I should add that we don’t have any experience in this niche at all so selling is more attractive in which case, approx. value would be great.

Thanks,
Kate

 

[ABCV]

A fantastic domain Kate - would have been even better if it was a .co.uk though

You could setup a hosting review/comparison website or something? I know there are plenty that are earning enough through web hosting affiliate programs.
I can't think of any other use simply because it would be difficult for someone to setup a business around a .org.uk domain.

Taking all this into consideration I think it would be worth £xxx.

 

[namealot]

36 a click that’s higher than most charge for hosting … … Its an extremely competitive market it would take a gargantuan effort to list top five… if you can do it there be no need to sell it. But you could put in a lot of effort and get know where… Maybe the registrant and private catchers thought the same (being hyphenated and a org’uk would put many off) good luck if you go development and think you'll easy enough find a buyer otherwise but org and - aren't exactly flav of the month

 

[kate-brownhill]

can’t have everything I suppose and I personally dislike the "-" more than the .org.uk bit but still its unbelievable how almost every combination of the words are all taken.

If I did not care about the domain, I think we could have ranked in the top 10 in about 6 months but if we do it the right way, I am very confident we can have a solid result in around 16 months. Is it worth it though?

Spotted this while checking out the competition:
http://xxx.webhostinglearning.co.uk/ (change the xxx to www)

Currently number 11 for “web hosting”

Check out the link profile. Seems these old tricks still work quite well although it will be interesting to see for how long.

Anyone care to place a rough value on the domain as is?

 

[Blossom]

If I did not care about the domain, I think we could have ranked in the top 10 in about 6 months but if we do it the right way, I am very confident we can have a solid result in around 16 months. Is it worth it though?

I think you'll find it a lot harder to rank well than you think.

 

[accelerator]

I think you'll find it a lot harder to rank well than you think.

So do I, but if you can do it then I expect it would be worth it.

 

[Marcoose]

Unlike most people (you included!), I've got nothing against hyphens. I also don't hate on org uks like most. Hyphenated org uks though, unless it's a MASSIVE keyword, I would steer clear of. Undeveloped, I personally wouldn't pay much for it although some others obviously would. If you can get it ranking though then quids in, but I agree with Blossom, this will be a huge task.

 

[addz123]

I can't see much value in this myself.

Like Marcus I've got nothing against hyphens, but the term is so competitive I don't think you have a chance of ranking 1st page, yet alone top 5 or top 3.

As a developer, I'd also look at it from a risk-reward scenario. The time and effort that would need to be put into a good SEO campaign would probably be undone by a future Google update it's that competitive. As such, I'd have to value the domain on it's own, which is probably low $xxx.