Do registrars really allow cancellations/refunds? I never heard of that.
Yes .. but only within a few days of purchase (somewhere between 3 and 7 days I think, so contact them ASAP if that's the case .. just keep the one we discussed if you want, although I'd personally just do them all to keep it simple).
But that doesn't help me if expert domainers like yourself are not weighing potential SEO value. You know a lot more than I do about domain value in the eyes of an investor so that is why I am asking. Do you think it is a common position among domain investors that SEO potential has little effect on the value of a domain?
Honestly .. it depends on what you mean by domain investors. It's important to note that the majority of "domain investors" do not make money. If those domains truly do have high SEO value and you're sure they will actually generate traffic on their own as domains, then I'm thinking there might be a handful of SEO specific buyers out there. But unfortunately I can't help you with that. I'm a domainer who focuses on building a portfolio with inbound buyers who generally purchase domains to use for a business or product/service. So speaking on that basis, these domains have pretty much zero value with zero chance of selling. There's always a luck factor, but it's seriously stretching the probabilities on those domains.
That's the thing though .. if you do build up the domains for traffic via SEO .. then the value of your potential sales are in the work you've done and the buyer values the content/traffic. The domains themselves I feel are essentially worthless, so it's not really "domaining" what you'd be doing, it would be development. There certainly is money in that I think if you know what you're doing .. but again .. not domaining.
What do you think would be a fair price to dump my best Conoravirus domains?
Not to be mean .. but if you offered them to me for $1 I wouldn't take them. That being said .. if it's too late to cancel them, maybe bundle them up and put them at auction here at NamePros starting at $1 .. some starting domainers jump on trends and don't understand what makes some domains unsellable to end-users, so maybe you could get lucky and off load them to the next person .. but ultimately I don't ever see these going to an end user .. with the possible exception of the one we discussed, but even then it's a longshot that I personally would never bet on.
However .. if you truly think they do have SEO value, then maybe there's something there. Again, as a "domainer", I focus on acquiring domains that I feel have a chance of selling to end users at a serious mark-up.
that's the thing with being an end user buyer trying to become a domainer .. in some ways it gives you a HUGE advantage .. but you need to get past the "dreaming up an idea or way to use the domain" and instead focus on domains that have existing demand for actual existing potential end users. It's not easy to reprogram your mind like that .. lol .. but once it does click you'll see it clearly .. most of us have all been through the same thing ..
Essentially stop thinking "this domain would be good for this/that.
And then start thinking "this domain IS good for this/that" .. AND .. already has an existing potential market/demand .. AND .. that demand is high enough to demand a high enough multiple in price AND has enough of a chance of selling at that price to justify the risk.
Hope that made sense? lol
