domain Appraisal for motortrader.com

[barnice]

Appraisal for motortrader.com please

Please could you help me gauge the value of the domain motortrader.com
Created: 1996-09-20 (Nearly 12 years)
PR: 4
Has had fully functioning website on it for entire life. 2,636 inlinks according to Y!.

What do you think it's worth.

Thank you very much
B

 

[Timewarp]

Are you asking about the Domain or the Website?
Because a developed site like that is worth way more then the name.
Value would depend much more on things like traffic and revenue then the domain.

Guestimate based on not much data: $5K

 

[barnice]

Oh, sorry I just meant the domain, not the site.

Thanks

 

[Timewarp]

Okay, name only $xxx imo

 

[barnice]

Care to break down the thought process behind that?

 

[Bannen]

Nice name; you'd have to provide traffic stats for us to give any real accurate appraisal, but there is some good traffic to it, the kind of traffic that is easily and ideally monetized so this would be a good traffic name as well as a great brandable name.
Motor trader is pretty much synonymous with auto or car trader and is a top notch automotive name, not just limited to motors/engines, but including all autos, travel, parts, accessories, customs, etc etc.
All other top extensions taken, and many large companies would love a name like this for their website. Auto industry is huge and your end users can afford to pay.
Without knowing your traffic stats, it still has obvious appeal and value to reseller domainers, I'd estimate it in the $4,000 - 7,000 range for resellers.
End users = the sky's the limit. I doubt you would get HUGE cash for it, but I can see them realistically paying a minimum of 12 - 15K to start. If more than one of them really wants the name and get to bidding fistecuffs, I can see it well into the low - mid xx,xxx range, but that is extremely optimistic IMO.