Archangel

I've asked this about a week ago and the answers were okay but after reading up on a few things, I've got myself wondering again. I have two domains: these.ca and their.ca. According to what I've read on http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/59736-ranking-a-domain-name-help-algorithm.html these two are quite valuable. Some people have told me that these names are worth at least low $xxxx and others have told me scornfully that they aren't worth more than $20 each. 'These' and 'their' are among the most used words in English. Most English-speaking people use those 2 words more than any words, minus the articles & pronouns. And they can be used for a billion things: Buy these, learn these, sell these, list these, try these, etc (all apply with 'their'). I know that a 'test' can't answer accurately but this is what I followed, from the above link:

1) Number of words in your great domain names (including prefixes such as e- )

*One word = 20 points
Two words = 12 points
Three words = 6 points
Four words = 0 points
Five words = - 5 points (minus 5)
More than five = - 10 points (minus 10)

2) Number of characters in your name (including prefixes, but not the "-")

*1 to 5 = 20 points
6 to 8 = 12 points
9 to 12 = 4 points
13 to 15 = 0 points
16 to 20 = - 5 points
More than 20 = - 10 points

3) Does your domains for sale contain a prefix or a suffix?

*No = 10 points

Yes:

internet = 5 points
e = 5 points
i = 5 points
live = 3 points
new = 3 points
u = 3 points
a = 1 point
v = 1 point
Other = 0 points

4) Does you name contain a hyphen?

*No = 5 points
Yes = 0 points

5) Is your name generic? (This only applies to one-word names)
(NB. Generic means that the name cannot be trademarked, e.g. business is generic, bobsbusiness isn't)

*Yes = 5 points
No = 0 points

6) How frequently is your name used in everyday conversation? (ignore prefixes)
(e.g. Auto gets 10, Car gets 10, AutoBreakdown gets 3)

Rank your name on a 1-10 scale. 10 being used frequently, 0 never used.
*10 points = heard daily (e.g.. Bank, Sport, Mom, Dad, TV)
8 points = heard every couple of days (e.g. Loans, Tax, Film, DVD)
6 points = heard frequently (eg. Privacy, Net)
4 points = heard infrequently (e.g. Acreage, Casino)
2 points = very rarely heard (eg. Royalty, Tyres)
0 points = never heard (e.g. PrimeAcreage4Sale)

7) How large is the industry that may want your great domain names ? (e.g. Drugs gets 10, Tyre Retreds gets 0)

Rank your name on a 1-10 scale. 10 being big industry, 0 being small
10 points = Massive Industry (e.g. Banking, EntertainmentNew.com, Autos, Business)
8 points = Big Industry (eg. Adult, TV, Music, Mp3, Films, Comms)
5 points = Medium sized industry (e.g. Gambling, B2B, Hotels, Real Estate)
3 points = Small Industry (eg. Paper, Rocks)
*0 points = Tiny Industry (e.g. Tyre Retreds, Glass Painting)

(It could go somewhere but I just stuck it here, with a 0. It could be usd for shops, learning, etc -- like I explained above)

70 out of 80

80 points => $2,000,000 upwards
76 - 79 => $1,000,000 - $2,000,000
71 - 75 => $500,000 - $1,000,000
*66 - 70 => $250,000 - $500,000
61 - 65 => $125,000 - $250,000
58 - 60 => $75,000 - $125,000
54 - 57 => $25,000 - $75,000
51 - 54 => $10,000 - $25,000
46 - 50 => $5,000 - $10,000
41 - 45 => $2,000 - $5,000
36 - 40 => $1,000 - $2,000
31 - 35 => $500 - $1,000
26 - 30 => $350 - $500
21 - 25 => $200 - $350
16 - 20 => $100 - $200
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-appraisals/103133-are-these-realistically-xx-xxx.html
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=103133
11 - 15 => $50 - $100
1 - 11 => under $50

These values are for .COM names.
=> For .NET names, the value is 20% of .COM
=> For Country Domains (ex. .DE) names, the value is 20% of .COM
=> For .ORG names, the value is 10% of .COM => For names that have letters replaced by numbers (e.g. "0" for "o") their value is approximately 10% of the original.

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I've been thinking of selling them for $100 or so, just to get rid of them. What do you think? Is $xx,xxx too much or too little? Should I sell? If so, at what price?

Prosperous

Nah... Maybe low $xxx reseller, mid $xxx to low $xxxx end-user, max.

Best of luck!
Rob

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Stephen

No, they arn't imho.

I'd have to say realistically speaking, low-mid xxx end user.

Best of Luck,

Stephen

Jeff

Appraisal thread:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-appraisals/98012-extremely-generic-word-domains-these-ca.html

Are not both of these currently listed on Ebay for "Starting bid: US $4.99" (and in their last day of 7 days listing (with no current bids))?

Thanks for the assistance, apologize in advance if I'm seeing things.
-Jeff

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Archangel

You aren't seeing things I asked again because I considered pulling them off eBay. I'm just trying to pull a small profit off these. And yeah, I don't see many .ca's on eBay.COM (opposed to eBay.CA) so I don't expect to see a lot of offers for these domains. They have Watchers so I might get a few sniper bids, which works for me.

I have lists of 1,000+ 3 chars and 36,000+ dictionary word domains on eBay (ending tomorrow) for the interested.

Jeff

^^ Okie, I guess I'm just (still) trying to come to terms with what I thought I saw at Ebay ... and your thread title here ("Are these realistically $xx,xxx?") for the exact same domain names, IMHO.

Wishing you all the best with your hopeful small profit off these!
-Jeff

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