Back in the day, all you needed was a good domain and you were pretty sure on making a sale. If you had a nice niche, or even just an idea with a vague business plan, you could pretty much count on finding a buyer.
Today it’s a little different. There are a whole bunch more domainers in the world, all working feverishly. Often in the same niches with domain name variations. Making things just that much harder. (more…)
This one is going to get a few looks, I guarantee it. Because it’s the question every domain name investor is constantly asking. How much, exactly, is my domain worth?
Its funny too, because if you subscribe to any one of the hundreds of domain forums out there you’ll see that the opinions on domain valuation vary tremendously. Which is why, in my opinion, you really shouldn’t take what they say in those forums all so seriously.
Not to say they don’t have value, just to say that it’s not going to give you a solid valuation system for the domains in your portfolio.
Nope, what you need is a domain name appraisal. If you have a real, paper appraisal from a recognized authority (we recommend yourdomainvalue.com ) 9 times out of 10 you’ll sell your domains faster, and for more money.
Here’s why we recommend their domain name appraisal services. They have 8 points they cover in the domain appraisal process. (more…)
To some, this is going to sound like exactly the same thing. After all, isn’t an appraisal supposed to tell you what something is worth?
When I was a kid I loved to collect baseball cards. I literally had boxes and boxes of baseball treasure beneath my bed. I’m not sure if they are still the authority, but back then there was a price guide called Beckett’s, and my friends and I used the Beckett guide religiously to determine what are cards were worth. Sometimes they weren’t even worth a penny, but other times the mighty Beckett would give a card some serious power. Sometimes claiming that it was worth hundreds of dollars.
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