domain CD.com -- Appraisal please

[Aviators]

www.CD.com --Appraisal please

I'm working with the owner of www.CD.com to sell the name, and am curious as to your thoughts on value.

This is obviously a name with huge potential, has been registered since 1992 (two years before CDnow grabbed 'cdnow.com'), so we feel the price will be significant.

However I'd love your thoughts/feedback/appraisal.

Thank you.

 

[marcuss]

Originally posted by Justin
Avitors,
You're the broker working with cd.com, and come to get a free domain appraisal?

I find that interesting because I would think that the owner of CD.com would like a broker that could appraise the domain his/herself and not rely on a free appraisal.

That domain catch fetch well over 1 million dollars.

I can only talk for myself. but I like to get my domain appraised here just to see how other people appraise them. not to get a appraisal to work from myself.

for example I know the ppl here have difficulties to appraise .se's but I still think its quite interesting just to see their point of view.

 

[Bowzyr]

Originally posted by Justin
Avitors,
You're the broker working with cd.com, and come to get a free domain appraisal?

I find that interesting because I would think that the owner of CD.com would like a broker that could appraise the domain his/herself and not rely on a free appraisal.

That domain catch fetch well over 1 million dollars.

2 high appraisals are better than one, i would think?

 

[Scott]

Amazing name. I wish I had that kinda money to buy it...!

 

[Aviators]

Originally posted by Justin
Avitors,
You're the broker working with cd.com, and come to get a free domain appraisal?

I find that interesting because I would think that the owner of CD.com would like a broker that could appraise the domain his/herself and not rely on a free appraisal.

That domain catch fetch well over 1 million dollars.

Correct, and we have numbers in our head as to the value, however more feedback never hurts!

I figured since Namepros seemed like a very experienced group in the domain name trade, I'd go ahead and get your feedback. I have more limited experience here, as my background is in marketing/sales.

Cheers

 

[Mels]

x,xxx,xxx

 

[aww]

Seems he really liked the answers he got here!
http://namepros.com/showthread.php?postid=284582

 

[hanz]

$2504137

 

[CWDigital]

ok i have to say it too..... it is DEFINITELY a lottery winner! Anything less than a cool million will be a disservice to the domain name industry and the way people and companies value domains for purchase...

 

[netPH]

$500,000 to $1,000,000+++

no need to explain more

 

[Rob]

Its cases like this that make you step back and really think about it. How something that is not even tangible is worth so much money, its amazing, long live the domain business!!!!!!

 

[netPH]

good pr for NP here

http://home.businesswire.com/portal...293&newsLang=en&zx=14501f87ae68b8261942070183

August 10, 2004 06:00 PM US Eastern Timezone

CD.com: One of the Last Great Domain Names Up for Sale; After Twelve Years the Domain Name CD.com is Available in Auction Starting August 23, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2004--The domain name CD.com will go to auction next week after being undeveloped for 12 years. The owners have decided to sell the name via public online auction on Sedo.com, the top player in domain name sales.

The name, valued by Namepros.com at over $1 million, is expected to generate intense interest from: retailers and manufacturers of compact discs; general market and music ecommerce merchants; financial institutions; the recording industry, and the bourgeoning legal music downloading services.

In a world where domain names that accurately describe the content of a site fetch millions of dollars, "old school" names like CD are becoming scarcer, and highly demanded. Names like CreditCards.com (sold this July for $2.75 million), Men.com (sold December 2003 for $1.3M), Loans.com (sold to Bank of America for $3M), and Business.com for $7.5M have all fetched well into the seven-figure range. CD.com scores high on intuitive, mnemonic recognition and earns additional favor in domain valuations by delivering customers in only two letters.

With absolutely no marketing, nearly 75,000 people still type "CD.com" directly into their browsers each month -- showing the clear value of an intuitive domain name. Additionally, over 178 million references result from the term "CD" on Google, and an estimated 24 million searches begin with "CD." Considering the site hasn't had content on it for 12 years, the domain is off to a good start for traffic generation and its pure search placement potential hasn't begun to be realized.

RBM Interactive has exclusive rights to broker the domain. The name will be sold to the highest bidder via public online auction during the week of August 23, 2003 with details at www.CD.com.

About RBM Interactive

RBM Interactive is a privately held firm of internet pioneers that has actively connected business and consumers online through high-visibility transactions since 1994.

Contacts
RBM Interactive
Alex Angry, 415-505-8809
[email protected]

 

[CWDigital]

just imagine sitting there..typing in words like cd.com and the little box being open and it says "available to register" can you fuc*ing imagine going back 5-10 years?

 

[kash88888]

high $xxx,xxx

 

[netPH]

Originally posted by superdealchris
just imagine sitting there..typing in words like cd.com and the little box being open and it says "available to register" can you fuc*ing imagine going back 5-10 years?

yayaya :kickass:

I with you Chris :lol:

 

[Wilfredo]

€x,xxx,xxx

 

[aww]

(I've now heard from Alex and I believe this has been straightened out)

 

[seen.to]

My wife's initals are CD I'll give you $20 for it.

Seriously I'd rate it at more than the buy it now price with 75,000 type-ins a month.

Be interesting if they had something on the front page... Something like ''If you arrived here just by typing in www.cd.com please tell us why and be entered into a draw to win $x,xxx" Info would be priceless in persuading the right buyer to pay big.

Anyone know how many type-ins business.com got before being sold? BTW I think the money spent on business.com was especially well spent because they got worldwide advertising at no extra charge as the story spread. There are now surely more people that have heard of business.com than haven't.

 

[VentureDomains]

Take the money and run !!!

The powers that be are tightening the rope on 2 letter domains
First they don't allow any new registrations (reserved status) then they don't allow droped two letter domains to be re-registered. Soon they will just confiscate them!

This domain CD.com may be worthless in a short time. Certainly not worth investing "$ Millions $" to buy it. Not to mention $-Millions-$ in attorney fees to defend it. "Buyer Beware"


"two letter .com .net and .org domains were allowed with the Verisign registry. However, upon the transition of the management to PIR (Public Interest Registry) the icann agreement placed all two letters domains in a reserved status. Under this agreement no two letters domains can be registered. All two letter domain names that are current and have not been deleted or expired will continue to operate." (for now anyway)

 

[aww]

ICANN will never automatically confiscate two letter domains. They just don't want them used inappropriately, and if they are let go (dropped) they will reserve them. What you are talking about is section B of this document here: http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/unsponsored/registry-agmt-appk-26apr01.htm

"CD" is definitely defendable against trademarks (DVD.com is still running).

Personally I think they will get a six digit sale, maybe even high six digits if they market it right.

 

[Aviators]

Originally posted by aww
Well Aviators hasn't been on NamePros in a month but I sure would like him to explain using NamePros for a free name evaluation and then nabbing a copy my list of highest domain sales for use without credit on the cd.com site. Very strange way to do business.

Take a look at the bottom right hand corner of their page, and then compare it to my list:
http://domainfood.com/archives/000080/

Their list magially has the exact same order and two digit rouding that I did when I did the research back in February/March. It also cuts off the same place my list does for the first part and has the same grouping!

Does "Aviators" = "Alex Angry" or is there another player? (Lars Callary?)

Hi,

That list that I saw was posted on a namepros page/thread months ago, not the link to domainfood.com (which I assume is your site).

I sent an email to the owner of Namepros requesting permission to quote facts/figures off of their site, and in return their name would be mentioned in the press release. The response I got was nothing short of what I'd describe as "extremely positive."

I CERTAINLY did not mean to step on any toes, figuring that that list was simply compiled on namepros by members, not that it was originally on some other site.

I believe Alex contacted you today offering to credit domainfood.com with the information, and link to your site.

No I am not Alex, and there is more than one other player working on this.

Thanks for the understanding, and sorry for the confusion, but Alex is the person to deal with (via email) to get this sourced to you.

Again, sorry for the confusion, our intent wasn't in ANY way, shape, or form to rip off someone's list without credit. (Hence my original email months ago to the owner(s) of Namepros.

Cheers!