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Domain Name Value

by oppyeaunome
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Ok so I've been studying domaining for a while now and I still don't understand what makes a domain name more valuable than another for instance I was just on Sedo and Saw this:

partners.eu sold for 15,000 EUR

aluria.com sold for 3,000 USD

wpbox.com sold for 1,500 USD

nellcote.com sold for 9,500 USD

Just to name a few.

What makes a domain valuable?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Blades
    Brand-ability makes up alot of a domains worth.
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  • Profile picture of the author Murphysmurfy
    hahaha.. "studying Domaining"

    There is no such thing, domain flipping isn't really working anymore.

    Its all about what others will pay for at the time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joan Altz
    The desire for the name by the person buying it and the amount of people who have the desire for the name in a lot of cases, certainly in the case of auctions. Nothing more, nothing less.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sue McDonald
    People perceive that these domains are valuable and they are willing to pay for them. It doesn't matter what you pay for a domain it is how you use it that matters.
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  • Profile picture of the author oppyeaunome
    Really? So do any of you guys trade domains full time?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by oppyeaunome View Post

    What makes a domain valuable?
    I think it's often the person selling it who makes it valuable, and their own experience and skills at identifying and approaching parties to whom it may have "added value" because of the nature of their own business, situation or circumstances.

    The great fallacy, I think, is to imagine that the potential buyers determine the value according to how many of them there are: it's actually the seller who determines that, according to his own skills at having identified in the first place a name for which there'll be plenty of potential buyers, but more specifically and proximally to the sale, his skills at identifying and approaching them. This seems to me to be the point that so many people miss. (It doesn't much matter where and how a domain-name is for sale if the potentially interested parties are unaware of the sale!)
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    • Profile picture of the author PaulBaker
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      I think it's often the person selling it who makes it valuable, and their own experience and skills at identifying and approaching parties to whom it may have "added value" because of the nature of their own business, situation or circumstances.
      I would suggest that it's the buyer that determines value. More specifically, the number of interested parties and the depth of their pockets.

      Domains also have value to different people for different reasons. Some have a value for SEO (page rank, age, backlinks), some for lending themselves to brand creation (short, memorable, catchy) and some are category killers (high volume keywords).

      The are as many things that make a domain valuable as there are motivations for buying them. If there was no speculation in flipping domains, we would all have retired years ago.
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  • Profile picture of the author oppyeaunome
    I wanna learn domaining people say its dead but trust me its far from that. Any of you guys flip domains for a living? And If so Share some tips for me to get started?
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by oppyeaunome View Post

      Any of you guys flip domains for a living?
      Nowhere near "for a living", in my case. But I've sold getting on for 200 domains over the last four and a half years.

      Originally Posted by oppyeaunome View Post

      And If so Share some tips for me to get started?
      To get started? Yes - this is a good starting-point: http://domainprofitsacademy.com/subscribe (Gene Pimentel is the person whose advice, on these subjects, you should value, respect and acquire. Might as well "start at the top".)
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