.mobi Contributors.mobi appraisal

[teabag]

Hi All.

What do you think about this name?
What is a real value of this name ?

Contributors.mobi

Thanks ahead

 

[tophatter]

If you contribute the name to me I would be greatful & appraise it highly.

Only kidding, Got to think of a development plan.
Political contributions // endowment funders..


I like the name, not sure about the value,maybee low to mid xx.

Regards, TH

 

[teabag]

actually, i've bouth this name with .MOBI contributors site in mind.
Like forum or community site for MOBI "content" developers.

forgot to add, it does get small traffic, didn't analyzed it really,
so, have no idea where it's coming from.

 

[sf2010]

estibot says $120. i'd say around $40-60...

good luck!

 

[newdomainer.mobi]

I have a different stance on valuations; it is my opinion that if a domain has a purpose then it has a minimum value of $500.00

The domain industry is on 2 levels.... domainers who think nothing of trading domains for $10 and dealers who sell to end users (or 3rd party brokers) for $500 +

If a domain has any value at all then IMHO it is worth $500 - how can anyone justify anything lower?

Seriously; if a domain is worth squat it's got to be worth $500... It's a unique address - it's an important part of anyones web presence - be they a business or just a small scale social site..

So a domainer to domainer trade should be $200+ even allowing for renewals etc.. over a 2 year period prior to resale..

Ask yourself a question; if you cannot see why a domain is worth $500 (to someone) then should you reg it at all? - Certainly if you own it, why are you selling for a few $'s?

Domains aren't cigarette cards they are business assets (generally) & should be traded as such... why sell a $500 asset for $50?

In a domainers market it can be fun to trade - I don't deny that.... if $25 flips are your thing then don't let me criticise you - I'm sure you make regular money & I can't deny that it's a lot of fun... but SEDO won't even consider an auction until you've got a $70 bid & thats just to start...

The reason that domains are so under-valued is because there are quite simply not enough end-users yet... there's a stock-pile of domains globally which deflates the values of our portfolios... I would suggest that maybe 80% of names will never be developed; unfortunately that even applies to many good names; they may never be developed - certainly not within the next 10years..... but when you have a name that an end user needs a $500 minimum price isn't going to make them go elsewhere - after all its $500 not a $million..

Grab those $500+ sales when you can because most domainers lose money... why do they lose money? They lose it because per 100 names that cost them $1,000 to reg & renew each year, they sell 15 names for $25.00 & the rest they hold... next year the 85 left (per 100) cost them the same $800 to hold but they sold the best 15 last year & only sell 10 this year... you get the picture.

The 1st 10 out of every 100 names you hold need to be $500 sales... if you can't sell 10, settle for 3... you've made $500 year-on-year & you still have 97 names left.. next year you still have some good names & the market is likely to improve.. you could sell 5 or 6 for $2,500 to $3,000 (or more)...

80/20 rule = 20% of what you do earns 80% of your money... don't sell that 20% for pin money or you won't even break even!

So my 2 cents worth is that contributors falls into one of 2 value groups $nil or $500+

On this occasion; the latter...

 

[teabag]

personally, i have no doubt regarding the value of the Contributors name.
Why ? cause it's community related term, people may contribute
their knowledge, content, opinions , money whatever.
So, in that particluar case i just asked if domainers see the same value in that name as me.
I'm not going to sell this name for anything less than $500 (if i'd sell it at all).

This name has traffic since 2006 , even without developed site.
When some good CMS will be released for .MOBI , we will start to see more and more
developed sites earning on PPC - the prices will skyrocket for .MOBI domains with traffic.

 

[newdomainer.mobi]

personally, i have no doubt regarding the value of the Contributors name.
Why ? cause it's community related term, people may contribute
their knowledge, content, opinions , money whatever.
So, in that particluar case i just asked if domainers see the same value in that name as me.
I'm not going to sell this name for anything less than $500 (if i'd sell it at all).

This name has traffic since 2006 , even without developed site.
When some good CMS will be released for .MOBI , we will start to see more and more
developed sites earning on PPC - the prices will skyrocket for .MOBI domains with traffic.

I'm not even sure that traffic will be so important as buyers may well already have a set use for the domain that could easily be far removed from whatever a 'live' site may have been developed into...

Can't deny that I'm looking forward to seeing how the market develops throughout 2008.


Gary