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What's the value of these domains ?

by ndanev
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Can anyone give me any valuation of these dot com domains if I want to sell them in aprox. 1 year time :
buyneon
cafetaiwan
dealschina
fixcarbody
forexleak
gaysigns
huskycoat
punklove
raifaizen (reads as raiffeisen (the bank))
subcollar
uknursery
vpcc
diib
otia

All are dot com extention.
  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Originally Posted by ndanev View Post

    raifaizen (reads as raiffeisen (the bank))
    That one is worth nothing. No-one is going to take on the legal department of a bank. I'm surprised they haven't been in touch with you already.

    The rest of them are worth exactly what someone else is prepared to pay you for them. Nothing more, nothing less. Why not put them on a domain auction site and see how much that is. That's the only way you'll be able to get a valuation on them.
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    • Profile picture of the author ndanev
      That's too vangue. Also the spelling of the bank is not the same as the bank itself, it only reads and pronounce that way.
      Anyway I'd be happy if anyone can give me idea of their worth or at least price range.
      I dont have a whole year to test what they'd sell for that's why I am asking for appraisal.
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      • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
        Originally Posted by ndanev View Post

        That's too vangue. Also the spelling of the bank is not the same as the bank itself, it only reads and pronounce that way.
        Anyway I'd be happy if anyone can give me idea of their worth or at least price range.
        I dont have a whole year to test what they'd sell for that's why I am asking for appraisal.
        That's why you're going to waste your time asking, he gave you good advice, you ignored it.

        They are worth what someone will pay for them. To me they're worth nothing, to someone else, another price.

        This question has been asked here thousands of time and the response is the same every time. They're worth what someone will pay for them. Let me try and explain.

        Uknursery is worthless to me but it may be worth something if I wanted to dominate the UK nursery seen. So you need to approach nurseries in the UK.

        Punklove is worth eff all to me but a lover of punk may make you an offer but you need to put it in front of punks that want to build a site about punk love.

        Raifaizen is worth bugger all to me but to a rival bank with a screw loose they may with diabolical legal advice make you an offer before getting sued to high hell. Believe me, you're no lawyer. If I wanted to go into competition selling running shoes, do you think Nike would leave me a lone if I traded under 'Nikey' or 'Nikee? Just because it's spelt wrong means nothing.

        Do you understand? No one can put a price on them as unless they're in the market to start a site using a domain like that, it's worth nothing to them.

        I wouldn't take any of them if you gave them to me.

        I hope that helps but I get the impression that because this isn't what you want to hear, you'll get the hump and wait for some clueless soul to come in and say they're all worth x amount, which is what you want to hear, even if they're completely wrong.
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        • Profile picture of the author ndanev
          I understand that point of view.
          However for example diib is CVVC domain, it also consist of premium letters and furthermore is pronounceable, adding some extra facts can bring you to some very well predictable price range, should you be having any experience with domain reselling.
          Similarly anyone trading two premium meaningful words domains can give me a price range based on his better experience with reselling such domains. He can tell me what should I expect to sell such domains for, in the range of 1 year, if I am to put "buy it now" price.
          What you are providing as answer ( I appreciate it nevertheless ) is vague because of the simplification of the valuation.
          In conclusion I am asking anyone who is having experience with domain reselling to give me his advice as to what he'd expect to sell such domains, should've they been his, for.
          Also I want to add I am not new with domain reselling, however I haven't done that for the past few years and I just want to double check how much in track with the current price levels. I was hoping to find someone actively reselling similar types of domain names.
          Also concerning the bank thing, I know companies can claim any domain that carries their name, even such that are registered before the company was made. However I am not sure they can claim a misspelled domain so if you got any knowledge with that I'd appreciate you sharing it with me.
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          • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
            Look up Gene Pimmentel, he's here a lot (I think it's spelt that way).

            He knows a lot about domains and buys and resells them for a living.
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      • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
        I have just checked up those domains, and all of them are "parked" on Sedo at the moment.

        Do you actually own them, or are you thinking of buying them?

        Either way the "market place" at Sedo will give you an indication of how much you can buy/sell them for.

        P.S. Do take note of the advice Richard and I have just given you on the "mis-spelt" bank name.
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Neither diib, nor otia are "meaningful". Doesn't matter how many letters are in them.

    To make them worth something you'll have to build sites using those names, and that'll take a lot longer than a year to do it. That way you'll be selling an actual business, rather than just a name that means nothing.
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  • Profile picture of the author ndanev
    Ok,
    Thank you I just wrote him a PM, hope he is going to help
    They are meaningless however they carry value.
    Imagine you start a business, it's much easier to remember diib for example rather than a 3 word domain. Meaning should you rely on returning customers you'd save a lot on marketing to make the customers remember your brand/name or in this case web page url. That's why you'd be willing to spend a bit more on a domain but safe on the long run.
    It is indeed meaningful, but LLLL domains rely on acronyms for meaning. Or Otia means Recreation in Latin or (Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications) and so on.
    It's highly speculative market. You might be good at making web pages and businesses, however that's not true for everyone and hence is not the solution everyone would pick.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by ndanev View Post

      Ok,
      Thank you I just wrote him a PM, hope he is going to help
      Me too but the advice Whateverpedia and I are giving you is what I normally see him say here.

      Good luck though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    Hi guys, I've been away, speaking in Las Vegas this past week, just returned.

    Here's the short answer to your question. Your domains are worth exactly what you paid for them. Read that again.

    To sell them for more than you paid for them, it depends on your ability to find a buyer who wants or needs that exact domain name more than you do.

    A specific domain name is worth nothing more than the registration cost, to most people. But to one or two or a small handful of people, it may be worth thousands. There are specific reasons for this of course. Your domain may match the exact name of their business or product. Or, your domain name can be used in a specific way to make them money or to bring in new customers. etc.

    A very small number of domains have true intrinsic value to a large number of people... like cars.com, insurance.com, etc. Those have obvious and clear value to most of the population. But the type of domains that most of us work with are those that have a very narrow and specific buyer pool. They are worth exactly what you paid for them until you are able to research and find the specific buyer it can help.

    NOBODY can even reliably estimate what your domains are worth, without doing extensive research. They can only give an opinion based on their own experience.
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