question Do you look at the age of domain names that have had dropped?

Robbie said:

do you consider age a factor when registering expired domain names?

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poweredbyme said:

I buy only aged domains. I rarely register dropped domains regardless of age. I hand reg domains without checking history.

The reason why I don't register dropped domains knowingly is that once a domain drops it's dead, it's over, except the ones which are drop-catched.

Domains which were sold at expired auctions of registrars are also okay but technically those are not dropped domains.

So domains are filtered by 2 times before drop,
1- filtered out by expired auctions of registrars
2- filtered out by drop-catch services

and then they drop. Dropped domains that are available to register are proven garbage because of these 2 filters.

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Robbie said:

Many of you know, I post expired and aged domain name lists that are available to register on my blog, I use ExpiredDomains.net to help find these domain names and then add affiliate links to GoDaddy, etc for the readers to register.

What amazes me is the length of time, some domain names were owned before dropping, take today's post on the blog.

It has Pontiac, Porsche, Nissan, Chrysler, Cadillac, Toyota, Dodge, Buick, Honda, Chevrolet + Radiators_com as a keyword domain name, Now I like these names, yes they are registred trademarks, however, I personally believe with the keyword attached and if you were to be selling genuine radiator parts / doing repairs you have a legitimate use to own these domain names. (I know some won't agree)

Anyway back to my point, there were 10 domains above that each had been registered since 2001 (19 years of reg fee) at a conservative cost of $10.00 per domain that's $190 each domain had cost the owner multiply that by 10 domains - These names cost at least $1,900 USD to the registrant over the past 19 years collectively.

I think that is a factor someone should consider when registering, you have two sides, the devils advocate in me saying that well in 19 years they didn't sell, why are they worth the investment now? - I partly agree as not every aged domain is worth money...

Then on the flip side to my argument, someone saw the value 19 years ago to register these domain names and I personally still see value in them today, as they have an ecom revenue opportunity in selling parts or for a mechanic to use for there garage if they specialize in radiator repairs/replacements on Pontiac, Porsche, Nissan, Chrysler, Cadillac, Toyota, Dodge, Buick, Honda, Chevrolet.

So my question to you, is do you consider age a factor when registering expired domain names?

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blogspotter said:

Let me give the perspective from a "webmaster"'s perspective.

I have domains that I 've renewed for 10 years and dropped only this year after I officially started domaining.
Despite my join date, I never was a domainer.

But I had domains like Shoebill.org that. renewed for 10 years before I dropped them this month.
I had bought the domain from a some forum because I liked it.

I have a few hundred off domains that I had never put up a lander and renewed for more than 10 years.

I have wasted thousands of dollars on renewal, because, it is hard to not renew a name. Kinda emotional when you are already invested in it with a few years of renewal. Also called Sunk cost
On the other hand I had dropped good LLLL.coms because I procastinated till the last moment to renew and then totally forgot because of life.

So a domain having arbitrary age doesn't mean it is valuable.

I don't know why people put a lot of stress on domain age.
Yeah, some age of the domain name being indexed give a head start in ranking the site from a SEO perspective, but it not directly proportional to the length of age. Also being that it was parked lander doesn't help.

Domain Age is really an useless metric. Website age can be useful in some cases, but a domain age, it is just a made up value.

And to sell spare part, having the copyrighted brand name doesn't help neither in ranking or marketing unless it is a very short name with some type in traffic. So it is not really worth the risk IMO.

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