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I want to show the domain portfolio to a professional DN broker (ideally with knowledge in my niche), 100 or so domains. Where's the best place to go? How much is standard to pay for this service? Thanks!
Hello @MTB!I want to show the domain portfolio to a professional DN broker (ideally with knowledge in my niche), 100 or so domains. Where's the best place to go? How much is standard to pay for this service? Thanks!
Firstly you may want to share the 'niche' publicly in case a legit broker is watching.
Epik offers that service but I have not used it...I do my own pricing...but you could reach out to them to get an estimate on how much they would charge for the whole lot.
If I were you, I would pick the best 1-3 and put them here in the appraisal thread and some thoughtful memebers might give you an idea. But be specific what you are looking for...in my mind there are 5 levels of pricing ranging from 'fire sale' to 'full retail' so put in your post which you are looking for.
....The only sites I found (and have heard of) for "professional domain name appraisal service" search on Google.com are:
Sedo
Epik
Afternic
NameCorp
I saw this and with the possible exceptions of a couple very specific niches, I really felt strongly that there really isn't a "best place to go". Domain valuation is not an exact science. So unless your domains are in a niche with a lot of established sales, then paying money to get one domainer's opinion (who likely doesn't even understand your specific niche itself) is a waste of money (in my unpaid opinion .. lol).I saw this and ...
Can't say I really agree with you based on the info they show ...Afternic offers a affordable appraisal service. Keep in mind this is a estimate and without active site revenue no number is definite. I think it's still a useful tool but just my opinion.
@Ategy.com - @Rob Monster reviews and does the professional appraisal. It comes with a 4 page PDF document with a valuation and a discussion of how the valuation was determined.I saw this yesterday and started to reply .. but figured it was a good general topic for me to address on my blog (I need more content than just the expired auction/closeouts lists .. lol). I've attached my comments here (below) in case anyone wanted to comment.
Also .. pretty sure Sedo and Afternic are both automated appraisals ... I never saw any manual appraisals available (although in fairness I never looked .. lol)
@Jess Robison / @Rob Monster .. who does the Professional Appraisals at Epik? And what sort of reports do you get for the individual domain option and the portfolio option?
Anyhow .. here's my longer comments on the topic from my blog post ...
I saw this and with the possible exceptions of a couple very specific niches, I really felt strongly that there really isn't a "best place to go". Domain valuation is not an exact science. So unless your domains are in a niche with a lot of established sales, then paying money to get one domainer's opinion (who likely doesn't even understand your specific niche itself) is a waste of money (in my unpaid opinion .. lol).
Also .. valuations are only one part of the actual equation .. other important part is likelihood of actually selling the domain. That factor is often why you see huge variations in valuations. Some people price their domains to sell quickly .. while others want to get the maximum amount even if it means waiting a bit longer and missing some sales. That said, even valuations with the exact same sell-through goals can vary tremendously, but those two ends of the sell-through spectrum make it even more varied to the point where the numbers are going to be so different and wide ranging that you'll end up asking what's the point?
Your best bet is to post a few domains in a valuation section of a forum to see what people say in general .. take it all with a grain of salt knowing that some people are significantly better at seeing value in domains while many others don't have a clue.
I have a different model than most of the so called "big players", and while I've learned sooo much from them and most definitely would not be here today if not for all the information and discussions they've shared. But of the little specific advice they've given me regarding my domains .. it's mostly turned out to be wrong (generally speaking on a portfolio level .. I'm sure I still have a few domains I should have dropped at some point .. lol .. although most of those I've already dropped). While I'm very organised with my acquisitions because of my daily lists and blog, I'm extremely disorganised with my actual portfolio. I'm probably operating at about 30% of my capacity as most of my domains aren't priced nor even listed at most of the main marketplaces .. yet I started being profitable in domaining within 2 years (and it wasn't so much that I was losing before that, I was just growing my portfolio very fast).
The best advice I can give is learn learn learn as much as possible .. listen and relisten to all the old episodes of Domain Sherpa to the point where at first you understand everything .. then to the point where you actually disagree with them on a few things (most of what they say is right on track .. but there are exceptions) … once you get to that point you'll find you no longer need other people's evaluations. As well as have a good enough general feel for domains that you'll end up on your feet if you've got a very good general knowledge set and a good command of language and linguistics, or if you stick to niches you understand.
In the end though .. remember that unless you're doing pro-active outbound, valuations on specific domains really don't mean much .. overall the lower your price the more likely someone is to buy your domain .. but if you have 1000 GOOD domains priced optimally and have all your domains listed at all the market places, you'll still end the year with about 980 of them unsold .. so valuations/pricing ??? Meh importance!
The most important thing you can do within your control is getting GOOD domains that someone (or hopefully many people) will actually want and be able to use .. AND .. most importantly .. be sure to acquire them at cheap enough prices so that overall when you combine that with your sell through rate and your mark-up multiple, that you end up making profits!
I've added traffic numbers that are reported by GoDaddy .. use them with a grain of salt, they can often change quickly and some question how accurate they are to begin with!
Definitely sounds like great value, I want to clarify imo no appraisal is a concrete determination of value merely a potentially useful sales tool.@Ategy.com - @Rob Monster reviews and does the professional appraisal. It comes with a 4 page PDF document with a valuation and a discussion of how the valuation was determined.
Create your own thread.Please appraise viewhorse.com
Hello! Please go to this link to pick which domain appraisal you wish to use, we have a free option or one that cost. https://www.epik.com/services/appraisals/Can anyone please help valuate this Domain Names for me?
VegasRealEstates.com
DrawingChallenge.com
AustinAirs.com
Thanks
what are the other two (of the 5 levels)?Firstly you may want to share the 'niche' publicly in case a legit broker is watching.
Epik offers that service but I have not used it...I do my own pricing...but you could reach out to them to get an estimate on how much they would charge for the whole lot.
If I were you, I would pick the best 1-3 and put them here in the appraisal thread and some thoughtful memebers might give you an idea. But be specific what you are looking for...in my mind there are 5 levels of pricing ranging from 'fire sale' to 'full retail' so put in your post which you are looking for.
what are the other two (of the 5 levels)?