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Does domain age effects my domain name price ? Does it depend on how old is the domain is ?
 
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Does domain age effects my domain name price ? Does it depend on how old is the domain is ?
History of the domain is more important than the simple age. Age allows you to see what it has done in the past, but just being an old domain does not make it worth more, its what we get out of its history that tells us what it might do in the future.
 
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i see. So, does that mean that a (great name) new domain name will be listed at lower price than a older domain (average name) ?
 
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Age means something, if the domain name is developed and been active business / website in the past for long time. If the domain name is aged 20 years and has been for sale, everyone perhaps knows does that domain name have value.

Also, there are some good hand-reg domains still available, but about 95% of available hand-reg domains are just worthless and that's the reason why they aren't registered.

Hopefully this helps you.

Thanks,
Sami.
 
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i see. So, does that mean that a (great name) new domain name will be listed at lower price than a older domain (average name) ?
No, not at all. But who decides "great" and "average" ?

Keep in mind, every old expired domain is new when its re-registered. So is it old or new ?
 
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Yes.

Just because a domain is old doesn't mean it's good. But great domains are usually old.

Personally I like to stick to names that are at least 10 years old, usually older. I have a lot of my filters setup this way, which means I definitely miss out on some good names and trends, but overall requires less time from me.

If a name has been registered for 20 years and its never been for sale, there's a good chance there's a lot of built up "desire" for the name. For 20 years people have been trying to buy this name but the owner doesn't response. When it drops and you put up a for sale sign, the floodgates open!
 
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Yes.

Just because a domain is old doesn't mean it's good. But great domains are usually old.

Personally I like to stick to names that are at least 10 years old, usually older. I have a lot of my filters setup this way, which means I definitely miss out on some good names and trends, but overall requires less time from me.

If a name has been registered for 20 years and its never been for sale, there's a good chance there's a lot of built up "desire" for the name. For 20 years people have been trying to buy this name but the owner doesn't response. When it drops and you put up a for sale sign, the floodgates open!
So, can i earn money by selling a domain which is 2 month old ? Will anyone go for it ?
 
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So, can i earn money by selling a domain which is 2 month old ? Will anyone go for it ?

Yes. People make money with hand-registrations.

But they're two different strategies. I like to focus on older, dropped domains at NJ or GD.

Some people like hand registering domains and flipping them for $xx. Sometimes you get lucky with a hand reg that you can sell for $xxxx or more.

But there's only so much time in the day and I don't have time for both strategies, so dealing in older, higher quality names is my preference.
 
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People get too hung up on age, although for obvious reasons the vast majority of good names are older because people registered them sooner.

But equally, you see some worthless domains registered back in the 90s, so it's certainly not a sure thing
 
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Most super premium legacy extension domains will be aged (obvious exceptions new niches). But age alone is not a sufficient indicator of quality.

Age has little relevance to new extensions.

Since the age resets on expiry many domains that seem new really are not.

People do successfully sell hand regs as the report completed sales thread indicates.

Age seems immaterial to end users. For example a keynote speaker at the last NamesCon who has sold many millions of dollars said an end user had never asked about age.

Age can be a useful filter to save time, if you accept you will miss some good names by using it.

The value of the name to potential end users is really the paramount criterion.

I think age definitely helps if selling names wholesale to domainers, but irrelevant when selling to end users.

Bob
 
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No it doesn't matter !

We have domains registered back in 1995 but doesn't make any difference...
 
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i think AGE can matter when trying to whittle down a list of 400,000 dropping names, i use i. (but you all shouldnt.. LOL).

Best comments above say maybe, its an indicator.

I will say it gives you some semblance of hard cost if you telling a buyer youve not only kept up the renewals, but refused other offers, and managed it for 10 years.

and conversely, if it a recent reg date, then folks above have shares you can explain the auction system, i say its like storage wars, if there was a gold bar in a safe, whoever bought that locker paid a bunch, as i did for this wonderful name im selling you.

Ill also use the line, its been owned except for changing hands continously since 199?

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90-95% of endusers are not aware about WHOIS... So age is irrelevant for most enduser sales.
It has some importance only for SEO specialists and domainers.

p.s. Majority of my sales were done within 1st or 2nd year from regdate.
Some even within 1-90 days.
 
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Yes. People make money with hand-registrations.

But they're two different strategies. I like to focus on older, dropped domains at NJ or GD.

Some people like hand registering domains and flipping them for $xx. Sometimes you get lucky with a hand reg that you can sell for $xxxx or more.

But there's only so much time in the day and I don't have time for both strategies, so dealing in older, higher quality names is my preference.
But buying dropped domain names are expensive for me. hand regg is cheap. I am trying to be creative so that i don't have to wait for a long time. Is it ok ?
 
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Most super premium legacy extension domains will be aged (obvious exceptions new niches). But age alone is not a sufficient indicator of quality.

Age has little relevance to new extensions.

Since the age resets on expiry many domains that seem new really are not.

People do successfully sell hand regs as the report completed sales thread indicates.

Age seems immaterial to end users. For example a keynote speaker at the last NamesCon who has sold many millions of dollars said an end user had never asked about age.

Age can be a useful filter to save time, if you accept you will miss some good names by using it.

The value of the name to potential end users is really the paramount criterion.

I think age definitely helps if selling names wholesale to domainers, but irrelevant when selling to end users.

Bob
i see. Thanks
 
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As per brokers on linkedin I've spoken with, most scoff at hand registers. Sorry it's just the truth most of the time. They don't take them serious unless they're very keyword rich expired perhaps. Aged domains have authority and most bidders prefer that when buying, from what I can tell. Aged names don't need to build up authority like one registered yesterday for example would in age and since the better keywords were regged long ago 9 times out of 10.

Top high auctions @ godaddy ages

22666.com - 17 years
Infobright.com - 16 Years
Powa.com - 15 years
887666.com - 6 Years
85A.com - 15 Years
368222.com - 6 Years
Hydron.com - 23 Years
Seeus.com - 21 Years

First page lowest age was around 5 years highest around 23.
 
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I posted the following in How Does The Age A Name Bring Value?:
The age of a domain can be an indicator that a domain name may be good because a lot of the best domains were registered long ago and if someone kept renewing it for many years, then there's a good chance they believed it was good. However, the age by itself doesn't make the domain better.

Similarly, search engines used to give more weight to domains that were aged because search engines assumed that since the domains had been around longer, the domains were probably more established with better content than a domain registered yesterday. That increased the demand and value for aged domains for a while. Today, search engines may still do this to a negligible degree, but it's not worth considering for SEO purposes anymore.

The history of a domain can sometimes be a bad thing if it was used for malicious purposes in the past (e.g., the domain could be banned from Google) for fraud, spam, etc. It's always good to check archive.org for aged domains before buying them to make sure their history is clean.

Hope that helps,
 
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Yes, very important, listen to BarMan.

New names are 99.999% junk.
 
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Thanks for the link to your well reasoned response @Eric Lyon.

I don't dispute at all what you say @Shuttlepro - names that sell for much are usually aged (at least within legacy extensions). Sites that show age and sell mainly to domainers will show even stronger correlations. However names can be old under many different scenarios. It is the quality of the name to end users that is important. Age is correlated with price, but except in cases of search positive prior use it does not directly cause value, in my opinion.
 
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Does domain age effects my domain name price ? Does it depend on how old is the domain is ?
Yes, depending on it's history / former authority, if any, that is the name's potential for "reincarnation" as part of a PBN... blackhat SEO stuff :sneaky:

This aside, generally, an aged domain is always better than one registered more recently, come price negotiation time :xf.wink:
 
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Age assists in the resale as anything with history. It is something that helps build value. There maybe backlinks which also influence as well as other traffic.
Does a crap 20 year old name stack against a great 2 word gTLD no.
It is all still on the names merit if your keeping an inferior name alive just because it is old then your making a poor decision.
 
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For domain name- It does not matter!
For Men/Women - It does matter .. LOL
 
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You should be ashamed if you registered a bad domain in 1995, when computers.com and other gems were available... Kill yourself... just kidding... just go cry in a corner.
 
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