Out of curiosity, how do you handle the names you have? You just buy them and wait for someone who wants one to s= eek you out through the whois records? I.e., do you market them at all?
I had a name I wasn't using any more (rainbowcreek.com), and decided to let it expire. I= n the grace period window they give you to take it back (after the exp date, but before the go to auction date), someone = contacted me about it and wanted to buy it for $100 or something. I wrote back pointing out that it would cost me that m= uch just to take it back so I could sell it, and asked for a few hundred more (I'm so cheap). But I never heard back. = I have no idea how much it went for, if he bought it at auction. How would you find that out, a year later?
Terry
On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:11:52 -0800
Jy= m Duane <jym@purposemedia.com> wrote:
> you can look at auction results on moniker.com
> and= snapnames etc.
>
> suprizing what some things sell for
> both low end and high end.
>
> = in general at lest 10-50% of a few years back.
> less sales too.
>
> people asking and expectin= g more than the market will
>bare usually.
>
> we have great names and have not sold any last = two
>years.
>
> used to get lots of offers.
>
> jym
>
> Bob Minor wrote:>> 75k I would say would be a starting point for a name
>>like that. We had
>> an offer for = $15k and didn't give it a thought turning
>>it down
>>
>>
>>
>>
&g= t;> On Mar 4, 2010, at 16:13, "Will Starck"
>><wjs@novaderm.com> wrote:
>>
>>> -= ----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bob Minor [mailto:bob@cybermill.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, Marc= h 04, 2010 4:04 PM
>>> To: talk@webdna.us
>>> Subject: Re: [WebDNA] How to valuate a dom= ain name?
>>>
>>>> Offer 10% of what you think its worth. Then go up from
>>>&g= t;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 c= onsiderably. They would
>>>>have to be
>>>> pretty
>>>= ; damn good words.
>>>
>>> They're pretty damn good, nice, short and memorable. A
>>>cl= ose example
>>> would
>>> be something like MicroSoft.
>>>
>= ;>>
>>>> We have bigcircle.com and think its worth 5 figures if
>>>>that t= ells you
>>> anything.
>>>
>>> Ahh, but which 5 figures - 10,0= 00 or 99,000? Hence my
>>>predicament ;)
>>>
>>> Cheers,>>>
>>> Will
>>>
>>> On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Will Sta= rck 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 n= o 'my' in
>>>>front of it ;p
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>= ;>> The owner wants $16,500.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
&= gt;>>> 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 i= s willing to take
>>>>
>>>> - how bad the buyer wants it vs. how desperate the
>>>>se= ller is to
>>>> unload it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>= ;>> Anyone have any strategies for getting to legitimate
>>>>price (it could be
>>&= gt;> close to the asking price for all I know)?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>= ;>>> PS: FWIW, there are free online estimators, which I
>>>>figure are damn
>>>&= gt; near
>>>> useless, that put the value at about $2000
>>>>
>>>> ---
&= gt;>>>
>>>> Will Starck
>>>>
>>>> NovaDerm Skincare Science<= br>>>>>
>>>> http://www.novaderm.com
>>>>
>>>> 1850 Kell= er Parkway Suite 102
>>>>
>>>> Keller, TX 76248
>>>>
>>>> 817-717-7377
= >>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>&= gt;
>>>>
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