You know a domain is worthless if...

You don't even get views on your auction.

Cyberian said:

Two pages of someone arguing why the domain isn't "reg fee" then coming back saying "I just sold it for (some ridiculous amount), nana nana boo boo, you guys don't know nuthin."

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Yep, there is a lotta talk. I did snag a name at the minimum $1 bid here once. It was the ugly baby of the auction - getting no bids at all a week after being posted. I flipped it within a week for something like $350 on one or two outbound emails (which was about all there was in end-users). Made me feel smart for a day. Not sure that's even possible now though, with all the buy-my-domain spammers and the number of domainers combing these auctions.
Hard to believe that a no-bid name here would sell for 4-figures, but I wouldn't be surprised if it has happened in the past.

... if its given Editors Choice at Flippa

I'd say if it has a dash in it, but there have been quite a few decent sales lately.

"Plenty of potential end users *that I tried marketing to and received no interest from*"

...you started domaining recently and thought "I can reg a .com for $10, but I can reg 10 .tech/.ninja/.website domains with better keywords for that amount, so I will have better odds selling one of those 10 names".

Guilty as charged. Luckily, the last ones of those regs are expiring in a week or two.

...you reg 100+ names on a $0.01 .xyz promo within an hour.

Also guilty here, although I did an "amazing" flip and sold the bunch for around $15 a day later when I came to my senses

"This domain would be worth a fortune in .com"

... when Adam Dicker says its worth 3k +

FreshAvails.com said:

You know a domain is worthless if....

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...if it is not registered.*

Because every registered domain has a (specific) reason why it was registered (otherwise it would not have been registered*) - in other words, at least the person which registered it, sees a worth in (had a reason to register) it - of course this worth has to be seen as an individual worth (because reasons are individual).

To bring it to the point:
A 'registered domain' can not be (complete) worthless - simply because 'it exists'.
So logically a 'non registered domain'* can not have a worth - simply because it is 'not existent'.

*except unintentionally registered and registry reserved, not yet definitely registered domains

If you know it dropped a few years ago and keep seeing the name spammed on namepros like it's an awesome name with HUGE potential.

if you don't even get spam after regging it.

You keep bumping your thread just to show your significant other, "See honey, I'm trying to sell. Just have patience, the right buyer will come along any minute now."
"Yes, I know, you've heard that before, but THIS one is THE one."
"All the others, well those are long term holds." (although you didn't think that when you reg'd them, they just end up that way.)

In other words, your "Quick flip" ends up as an "investment in the future".

Peace,
Cy

What a funny thread

If right after you reg it you know youre going to drop it.

you know your name is junk if im trying to buy it =)

...you say you'll "throw it in" in an effort to close a sale.

When you see it on the drop list, a few months after selling it to a new NP member...

when people think its a typo

when you see this post and "How do I begin" tune rushes to your mind

... when someone tries to tell you it's a "North Korean Premium"

If you just got news that the renewal fee got increased by 3000%.

...If it's listed as triple, quad or any other kind of premium. Seriously.

.....when you get no reply on appraisal.

...you reg a trademark...

When you wake up after a "few" beers and say sh*t I really didnt buy that name did I???