Comments on: Domain Appraisals – Are They a Waste of Money? http://www.namecake.com/domain-appraisals-%e2%80%93-are-they-a-waste-of-money/ NameCake is a domain name broker and marketplace for some of the most interesting domain names on the Web Thu, 17 May 2012 11:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: admin http://www.namecake.com/domain-appraisals-%e2%80%93-are-they-a-waste-of-money/#comment-276 admin Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:20:15 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=704#comment-276 Hi Guys, Thanks for your comments. As you say Jamie, it's all about presentation and how you approach the potential buyers. Hi Guys,
Thanks for your comments. As you say Jamie, it’s all about presentation and how you approach the potential buyers.

]]> By: Jamie Parks http://www.namecake.com/domain-appraisals-%e2%80%93-are-they-a-waste-of-money/#comment-275 Jamie Parks Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:34:27 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=704#comment-275 Appraisals are instruments comprised by people looking to prepare an official looking document to show to their interested buyer with hopes that they can convince them that it is accurate and established by an 'authoritative' appraiser. Which any semi-experienced domainer should know does NOT exist. GoDaddy is the ultimate deceiver in this department... They give you a 'free' express appraisal, that they say is machine generated based on blah blah metrics.. and if you want a human appraisal they will give you the 1st one free and then... Anyway, all a scam. There is no way to appraise a domain name's potential total value. There is a cycle though: A. hand reg - $7 B. wholesale - $100 C. flip - $200 D. retail - gets gray here.. but typically $500-999 E. portfolio thinning (aged) - $500-$2500 F. generic with a pulse - $3k-$200k F. end user desire - sky's the limit... It's all opinion and entirely subjective... but I agree with Helder's comment. Prior sales of similar domains are often times all it takes. Focus on presentation, and magic is possible. Thanks for the post, enjoyed it. Appraisals are instruments comprised by people looking to prepare an official looking document to show to their interested buyer with hopes that they can convince them that it is accurate and established by an ‘authoritative’ appraiser. Which any semi-experienced domainer should know does NOT exist. GoDaddy is the ultimate deceiver in this department… They give you a ‘free’ express appraisal, that they say is machine generated based on blah blah metrics.. and if you want a human appraisal they will give you the 1st one free and then… Anyway, all a scam. There is no way to appraise a domain name’s potential total value. There is a cycle though:

A. hand reg - $7
B. wholesale - $100
C. flip - $200
D. retail - gets gray here.. but typically $500-999
E. portfolio thinning (aged) - $500-$2500
F. generic with a pulse - $3k-$200k
F. end user desire - sky’s the limit…

It’s all opinion and entirely subjective… but I agree with Helder’s comment. Prior sales of similar domains are often times all it takes. Focus on presentation, and magic is possible.

Thanks for the post, enjoyed it.

]]> By: Helder http://www.namecake.com/domain-appraisals-%e2%80%93-are-they-a-waste-of-money/#comment-273 Helder Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:35:42 +0000 http://www.namecake.com/?p=704#comment-273 I normally base my pricings on previous sales of similar domains, it's a personal appraisal i do for my domains. I also talk to the brokers where i list my domains, and ask for their opinion. I normally base my pricings on previous sales of similar domains, it’s a personal appraisal i do for my domains. I also talk to the brokers where i list my domains, and ask for their opinion.

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