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Originally Posted by producer007

Phronesis, thanks but you really do not know how bad I am. I just signed up to hostgator and guesss what? I can't even set the domains addons....lol
It will be funny if it was not so sad. I suppose I am good at other things but not technical. The thing is that once I am shown, I know how to do it. I am thinking of paying someone to spend few hours with me and show me how - any ideas?

Have you tried the FAQs?

Originally Posted by Angela C

I have to disagree with the statement in the first post, "Most of the time, freshly registered names aren't worth much".

I've registered several, quite a few, ok ok... lots of fresh domains recently that I believe/hope have value.

I think that's the crux of the issue... answering the question, "what is your domain's value and where does it come from?" Unfortunately, using comp sales is not a guaranteed indication of value because there is always the possibilty your name will not sell. The 'value' of iReport.com was probably relatively low compared to it's ultimate sales price until the right end-user with the right motivation and budget came along. And there's no guarantee that the 'right' end-user will ever come along for a lot of your fresh registrations (or even for decade old quality generics!). IMO, the value of anything is what you can sell it for right now - ie, liquid value. LLL and LLLL.coms have 'value' because there is currently a relatively liquid market for them. Generics have inherent value because they generate click revenue and those kinds of names are in high demand.

There is always the possibility that some end-user will see great value in your domain, but if no one ever does, (and assuming it doesn't generate it's own revenue) your domain is ultimately worthless.