Appraise or not?

[charbar]

Hello All,

Do members put their names up for appraisal - and then put them up for sale on this site? If so, how long after the initial appraisal.
Also, have those who have put names up to be appraised, found that this eventually helps when placing them in the marketplace.
Also, do those who read the marketplace, read the appraisals - and viceverca. Wouldn't member's appraisals effect prices offered by other members?
Would like your views.
Would one place a name in both sections at the same time - or isn't that cricket?

Second point is; when one reads that an appraiser thinks that a name is O.K., but low $$ etc, because it needs "developing", how do we who just want to sell on, know what "undeveloped" names sell?
Any examples would be helpful.

Third point. I read the member's profiles (Q and A) and see that many members have so many names in their portfolio, they dont even know how many!
Obviously, they're not keeping all the names to develop, so why keep so many names, (some, not very good) and try to sell them bulk for very little money. (And who and why do people buy them)?
Helpful members on this site never stop reminding us newbies that key words
are vital for a name to get exposure. Who on earth is going to punch in, "makemyday.co.uk", or the like?

Fourth point. If one decides to register (what seems very popular) a poker orientated name, how important is it to have the word "poker" as the first word? E.G "diamondpoker" and "pokerdiamond".

Thanks to all who reply.

charbar.

 

[.X.]

The appraisels simply give you an idea,Between reg fee to x.xxx that your name might be of value,It does not mean that you will get more or less for it,It depends if a specific buyer really wants a name,An end user will pay the most because they don't tend to procrastinate,They pay top dollar for the name because in most causes they have an immediate use for it.Your second part on good development names vs not so good development names.A name that is short specific to exactly what it is pointing to.Example: Musictee.com,That name is set and ready to start selling music t-shirts without alot of having explain the via advertising,Promotion,It points to directly what it is.On the other hand Example:Surfup.com,It points to surfing,But what is it?? A forum,An about surfing feed site,Ect.So it requires more explanation for a person to type it in,Where are they going? Well the only way the know that is when the name is heavily advertised and promoted.Keywords are vital for typein traffic,Surfup vs surftees.Surftees the will be typed in more because it points to sufing and t-shirts.On the fourth point.In my opinion it's always best to have the keyword first,This is because the keyword is root for typins.So pokerdiamond would be ideal.Someone types in poker in the search engines,And there sites pokerdiamond.Diamondpoker on the other hand is not bad,But here again,Just needs a little more advertising and promotion to get it to the public.And is not near as appealing to a buyer or end user as the keyword being first in the name.I think everyone has a little bit of a different opinion on the above topics,Some like several extensions,Some like a couple of extensions,Some like me will only settle for a .com...I like .coms that i can theme or brand,That's just personel preference.I never reg a name with thought,"I hit the jackpot,I'll get alot for this name.I simply reg what i personaly like and then let the rest take care of itself,I think apprasels are a good thing here,If nothing else,You can get a feel for how a majority feels about the name,And that's helpful in you seeing how others outside of here may percieve the name.

 

[Mike]

Actually the answer is relatively simple:

As always, supply and demand come into play. If you have a the "wanted" name, you'll yield a higher return.
The NP members are made up of IT professionals, Domainer's - Collectors, Resellers, Hobby-ists,etc., in other words, the judgements/appraisals you receive are from people from all walks of life. Hence, the appraisals may be "clouded" by the appraisers methods of judgement, yet I am deeply convinced that everyone here is providing their best effort to give you a correct opinion.
I am, just as en example, collecting some domains which sound appealing to me. In no way I am a big collector, I usually have a pool of 15 +/- .com's/.net's, I usually don't bother with anything else, BUT I am an IT professional, confronted with domain names, networking issues, etc. every day. So, my appraisals come out of a daily hands-on working environment, while others have 100's of names and have yielded 1000's of dollars in return...the spectrum is widely spread, read carefully and make use of the resources. Even a person being new to domains can contribute, because your feeling about a domain is just about as valid as the one of an established appraiser.

Why keep so many names? Domains are like real estate, it's just like land...there is "so much available" and they don't make anymore. This applies to .com/.net Any other extensions are just like artificial islands, some look better than others (country extensions, .info, .biz, etc) but none look like the "terrific mainland".
So, why keeping more domains than you can remember? It's like being a virtual landlord/real estate agent you might say.

T'is as always :imho:

The other, very valid, arguments, are already covered in XFactor's post.

 

[dewd]

i apraise a few of my domains, just to see what they say about it, but if your buyer does a google search and finds a thread with that domain and apraisels are low, then he may rethink about the deal.......im a collector myself, i keep 99% of all domains i own