Do undeveloped domains grow in value with age?

[LatchRivers]

Is there truth to the idea that the longer a name has been registered, the more value it has, no matter what the actual name is?

I guess what I mean is that if you take development completely out of the picture, and just let a decent brand new domain sit parked for a few years, will it grow in value simply by being around, being reachable?

 

[BMFX]

Honestly in my mind, ill say it depends on the domain, if it's something that the end user would want and the rest of the TLD are taken and you own it i well say yes.

But if it's a crap domain that, next to no one has a use for it, than no not really.

Domains are only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for them. I am the kid here (14) i have only been doing this bussiness for 1 year so again i don't know everything but i do study domains and the sales that happen in my personal opion i think domains don't incress in value the longer they are held inless they are genaric.

- John

 

[LatchRivers]

Great info

Very helpful, thanks. Rep +

 

[BMFX]

Glad to help =)

thanks for rep!

- John

 

[.X.]

It is very hard to take a hand regged domain name, Park it, and it bring nice value in years ahead, the name never gets search enging indexing, it is doubtful the name will receive any traffic, more than likely, the name will sell from reg fee to $20, If most other extensions are taken in the name, that raises it's value, the best thing to do imo, that is free and easy, park those type of names at 1plus.net, they will get search engine indexing, to where the wont with other parking services, slurps hate parking landing pages. In the long haul, they will most likely begin to traffic.

 

[LatchRivers]

1plus

Cool! I didn't know about that site. Are there other parking sites that also offer dynamic parking pages for free?

 

[.X.]

Cool! I didn't know about that site. Are there other parking sites that also offer dynamic parking pages for free?

To my knowledge, 1plus.net and whypark are the only ones that do.

 

[LatchRivers]

Great, thanks.

 

[mirrorcube]

Domains are like wine, a vintage bottle appreciates with age. Wine in a box stays about the same price.

 

[champ_rock]

well there are two kinds of opinions.

many people believe that old doamins are better for SEO purposes and gain PR very quickly because they have been around for a while. However this claim cannot be verified because PR algorithm is still a heavily guarded secret by Google so it might just be speculation

I personally have sold old domains for high prices simply because they were old and nothing else. there is a rarity factor associated with them as the domains get older.


Other school of thought believes that the above is pure crap simply because search engines do not search the whois records of the domains before indexing them

in the end it is ur personal opinion which matters

 

[Kate]

Is there truth to the idea that the longer a name has been registered, the more value it has, no matter what the actual name is?

Simple answer is that old domains bring the same benefits as off-the-shelf companies, that is credibility. It's like starting a new business with an old company that has filed several tax returns (even for inactive trading).
Traffic will usually depend on previous development and backlinks if any.
In terms of SEO I have no proof that old domains do better. Another rumour has it that only the creation date but also the expiration date does matter (ie. a domain that is registered until 2015 would suggest that the owner has serious, long-term plans for the domain).

Another more estalished rule is that the value of domains tends to increase over time, at least for the premium/good names.
Crap will usually remain crap. Old crap is hardly better than fresh crap

 

[LatchRivers]

Great Info

Wow, great stuff. Thanks all!

How about this question then:
If one were to do a fresh registration of a decent name, how much would the newness detract from overall value, and what steps could be taken to raise the domain's value to where it might be if a little bit older?

 

[champ_rock]

well i would say newness does not deduct any value from the domains. IT is the other way round, that is , age adds to the value.

also, old domains are generally good ones because the owners have renewed them for so long because they were worth it.
i do not think anybody would renew any bad name like 2005MegaMoysCompanyAlaska.com for 7-8 years contuinuously

u cannot make new domains equal to old domains. its like a three letter name remains a three letter name and you can hardly do anything. at best you can try to develop the new one to bring it at par

 

[LatchRivers]

Great Info!

This is extremely helpful, thanks.

So development of a new domain can increase its value. What kind of development? Is it implicit in the term that the development must bring some significant traffic and revenue, or can a domain still be called developed if it has material on it but is devoid of visitors?

 

[champ_rock]

ok development can be following:
1. age (this is an extrenal factor which obviously u cannot control)
2. PAgerank : the higher the PR the better prices u might expect
3. backlinks: if u have quality backlinks then the domain increases in value

Unique content is obviously going to help u in steps 2 & 3

 

[LatchRivers]

I can imagine a very successful website gaining pagerank and backlinks naturally, but is there a way to help the process along? Are there backlinks that one can actively create that hold as much value as their organic cousins?

I'm already leaning toward no, and thinking that the only sure way to cultivate good PR and backlinks is to build a good, solid website. Is that right?

 

[champ_rock]

u can gain PR easily by getting some backlinks from high PR sites.

 

[LatchRivers]

That's good. What would motivate a high PR site to link to a low PR site, aside from positive relevant content?

 

[champ_rock]

Money if u have a decent budget then u can get links from high PR sites easily

if u do not have any sort of a budget then it is a difficult task

 

[LatchRivers]

So there are more than a few high PR sites that simply link to whoever is willing to pay? Are the high PR sites good standalone sites, valuable in and of themselves, or does linking out encompass the majority of their functions?