Can my domain be worth that much??

by Chris Chicas

Posted: 12 years ago 16 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I'm finally getting around to listing some of my domains which I've never really done before, but now I have too many of them.

After listing it for a very low price I decided to check 2 domain appraisal tools, out of curiosity, and both told me that my domain is worth $320.00

That's way more than I was hoping to get for it. Can this be accurate?

The domain is: 3DVisionGlasses.com

The 2 places I checked are: Valuate.com and Estibot.com
Are these places reliable? Now I'm at a loss on how to price this domain. I've only had it for a few months and never developed it.

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

#domain #worth

Geraldm

12 years ago

Your domain is only worth as much as someone is willing be pay for it

The domain 3DVisionGlasses.com is a good one so it is possible someone could by it for $320.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Geraldm

Your domain is only worth as much as someone is willing be pay for it

This ^^^.

Domain-names in themselves have almost no "intrinsic value" at all, beyond their reg-fee.

In the absence of a site on the domain producing regular income, the main determinant of the value of the domain will always be the vendor's skill at finding customers to whom the domain-name itself does represent potential value. It really is as "simple" as this.

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JJPerkins

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

This ^^^.

So true! I had to laugh this afternoon, opened up an old bookmark for a domain we let lapse and now it's for sale at $280.
We tried to sell it with a full site on it and couldn't give it away, but obviously someone with more skill knows he will find the right customer.

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asepkomara 12 years ago

It could be worth more than that. Try contacting 3dvisionglasses.org owner personally whether he/she want .com domain.

Be the best negotiator then.
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mrketing.me 12 years ago

OK, there are three main points here

First point, Estibiot and others give only an estimate based on a preset formula that the developer set (could contain amount of traffic, number of letters, history and others) while they try to make it as accurate as possible, it is not by far a real value. However, it is an indication of the range of money your domain might be worth! if you really need the value for your domain you would need an evaluation from a real person in the market, you can get such from companies like Sedo or GoDaddy for about $25-$29

The second point is, its all about who and how are you selling it. if you are listing it, you might get good money you might not. If you want to make sure that you make good money, you need to target the right buyers. if you google 3D Vision Glasses you will find that there are a lot of results relating to nvidia's 3d vision glasses, so you domain is worth much more to a 3d glasses marketer/seller or even to nvidia it self than to someone else if you can drive a good and persuasive bargain.

The third point is, the state of the domain makes a big difference. an active domain with current live indexing and incoming traffic is certainly worth more than a domain that still needs working on. Considering the name of your domain and its relation to nvidia's 3d vision glasses, it might be worth working on it a bit if you are not in rush to sell it, you can also outsource this.

You will need to do some more reading around and decide what you see is the best for you.

Hope that helps and good luck
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Jay Brass 12 years ago

If the keywords in your domain get a lot of searches per month, you might be able to get a better price for it. I don't trust those automated domain valuation sites like Estibot.
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David Sneen 12 years ago

I think the domain name will only appreciate. 3D glasses are getting more and more popular!
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- Lucy Writes 12 years ago
  
  It really is very subjective how much a domain may be worth What's very valuable to someone may be worthless to someone else. It all depends on so many different factors, such as the age, page rank, existing back links, existing traffic, and overall history of the domain name. The CPC for the keywords in the domain name, if any, may have a bearing on what you can get for the domain. And then there is the most important factor of all....what the person looking at your domain can see as possibilities for it.
  
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Domainate 12 years ago

You all are missing something. NVidia has "3D Vision" specifically trademarked for 3D glasses. Not even a pending trademark but a fully registered trademark: NVIDIA 3D Vision.

Your domain is too risky to be worth anything in my opinion. You can try to sell it before NVidia comes after it, but otherwise you'll always have the risk of them coming after it and possibly suing you.

Also, Valuate.com uses Estibot's appraisal engine, so it will always come back with the same appraisal amount. I know the owners of both.
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- Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Domainate
  
  NVidia has "3D Vision" specifically trademarked for 3D glasses.
  
  Oops!
  
  Originally Posted by Domainate
  
  You all are missing something.
  
  I'll say ... :p
  
  Originally Posted by Domainate
  
  Also, Valuate.com uses Estibot's appraisal engine, so it will always come back with the same appraisal amount.
  
  Also interesting and well worth knowing. (What a helpful post - how threads can be transformed by the arrival of someone with real experience/expertise!).
  
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  laurenceh 12 years ago
  
  Just beat me to it Domainate.
  
  Same thing goes for many of the PR ranking sites and some of the keyword finding tools. They too use eachothers information.
  
  The only way you're going to really find out the value of the domain, (if you still want to risk running into trademark issues!) is to list it and see what offers come in.
  
  I don't "Domain" myself, but I'm guessing sites must allow sellers to put some kind of reserve on their domain should it not reach the selling price they're looking for.
  
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Chris Chicas 12 years ago

Thanks for all the great responses/feed back. I definitely got some ideas on how best sell the many different domain names I have. Specially the ones that border on trademarks. ; )

Like someone said, many different elements go into pricing a name, and of course one of the main ideas is that a domain name is only worth as much as others are willing to pay for.

The domain market is pretty crazy. For instance, I found that another domain that I own in the "Magic the gathering" niche is worth a lot - yet it doesn't mean anything if I can't sell it. But this is great so I can point out to potential buyers that other lesser extensions to that name (.org for example) are going for a lot more. At the end of the day it's just how much they are willing to shell out.

I'm not looking to make a living at this, I just got carried away buying over a 100 domains, and I rather sell most of them before having to renew. =D

Thanks again for all the help.
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- Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Christiani
  
  I found that another domain that I own in the "Magic the gathering" niche is worth a lot - yet it doesn't mean anything if I can't sell it.
  
  You can always try Steven Wagenheim, with that one (MTG is his forte) ...
  
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  Chris Chicas 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  You can always try Steven Wagenheim, with that one (MTG is his forte) ...
  
  Haha, well the funny thing is that I got the domain name and built a website for my step dad who is a Magic fanatic, yet he didn't do anything with it, neither did my friend who I also tried to give the site to for FREE.
  
  Now I'm gonna build it up and sell it for a lot of money just to show them. Even though I don't know a thing about magic. :p
  
  Where can I find some Magic the gathering PLR?
  
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- Torreylee 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Christiani
  
  I'm not looking to make a living at this, I just got carried away buying over a 100 domains, and I rather sell most of them before having to renew. =D
  
  You're preaching to the choir on that one my man, I think most of us know about "domain-addiction" LOL.....
  
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jt808 12 years ago

Sure your domain name can be worth that much. It's just a matter of finding a buyer that sees the value in that domain name.
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