RE: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name?

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texte = -----Original Message----- From: Bob Minor [mailto:bob@cybermill.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:04 PM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? >Offer 10% of what you think its worth. Then go up from there. Ahh, and there lies the rub my young paduan. I don't have the first clue what it's worth >2 words knocks the price down considerably. They would have to be pretty damn good words. They're pretty damn good, nice, short and memorable. A close example would be something like MicroSoft. > We have bigcircle.com and think its worth 5 figures if that tells you anything. Ahh, but which 5 figures - 10,000 or 99,000? Hence my predicament ;) Cheers, Will On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Will Starck wrote: > I have a domain name that I want to purchase. > > > > All I can say is that is a two word, easy to remember .com, with no hyphens, > numbers or funny spellings, and definitely no 'my' in front of it ;p > > > > The owner wants $16,500. > > > > From what I read, domain valuation companies can come up with a number, but > other sources say the number has no relevance because at the end of the day > it comes down to: > > > > -what the buyer is willing to pay > > -what the seller is willing to take > > - how bad the buyer wants it vs. how desperate the seller is to unload it > > > > Anyone have any strategies for getting to legitimate price (it could be > close to the asking price for all I know)? > > > > PS: FWIW, there are free online estimators, which I figure are damn near > useless, that put the value at about $2000 > > --- > > Will Starck > > NovaDerm Skincare Science > > http://www.novaderm.com > > 1850 Keller Parkway Suite 102 > > Keller, TX 76248 > > 817-717-7377 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. [BULK] Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? (Jym Duane 2010)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? (Bob Minor 2010)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? ("Terry Wilson" 2010)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? (Jym Duane 2010)
  5. RE: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? ("Olin Lagon" 2010)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? (Bob Minor 2010)
  7. RE: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? ("Will Starck" 2010)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? (Dan Strong 2010)
  9. RE: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? ("Michael A. DeLorenzo" 2010)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? (Govinda 2010)
  11. RE: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? ("Will Starck" 2010)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? (Bob Minor 2010)
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Minor [mailto:bob@cybermill.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:04 PM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a domain name? >Offer 10% of what you think its worth. Then go up from there. Ahh, and there lies the rub my young paduan. I don't have the first clue what it's worth >2 words knocks the price down considerably. They would have to be pretty damn good words. They're pretty damn good, nice, short and memorable. A close example would be something like MicroSoft. > We have bigcircle.com and think its worth 5 figures if that tells you anything. Ahh, but which 5 figures - 10,000 or 99,000? Hence my predicament ;) Cheers, Will On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Will Starck wrote: > I have a domain name that I want to purchase. > > > > All I can say is that is a two word, easy to remember .com, with no hyphens, > numbers or funny spellings, and definitely no 'my' in front of it ;p > > > > The owner wants $16,500. > > > > From what I read, domain valuation companies can come up with a number, but > other sources say the number has no relevance because at the end of the day > it comes down to: > > > > -what the buyer is willing to pay > > -what the seller is willing to take > > - how bad the buyer wants it vs. how desperate the seller is to unload it > > > > Anyone have any strategies for getting to legitimate price (it could be > close to the asking price for all I know)? > > > > PS: FWIW, there are free online estimators, which I figure are damn near > useless, that put the value at about $2000 > > --- > > Will Starck > > NovaDerm Skincare Science > > http://www.novaderm.com > > 1850 Keller Parkway Suite 102 > > Keller, TX 76248 > > 817-717-7377 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 "Will Starck"

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