domain economics.com

[scottlanes]

I registered this a loooooong time ago (when my internic handle was sl195!) to do a project with a client and never did anything with it. It is currently just parked. It has no content and no appreciable traffic.

I think it has a lot of potential as a dictionary work with significant global interest. I have had a couple brokers give significantly different estimates on value.

Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

-scott

 

[alcy]

nice domain name

I'd hold on to it for some more and wait for offer
unless you're saying you've spent the last 20 years waiting for offer and now are feeling the weight of the wait

sky is the limit if you find the right person who wants it. so it's pointless to predict that.. what can be comented on is what would happen if you put it on flippa or some other site auction today... start it at zero and no reserve of course.. then I'm gonna say.. ~40k final price.

 

[Recons.Com]

If the owner really is looking for offers, why would he enable private whois?

 

[wcpthree]

I've been reading this thread since you posted. I think there are so many feelings or statements that you could take from this. I believe that any angle could be possible- meaning that people saying you won't get as much are right, and people saying that you will clean up and get rich are right....... Imho, and limited experience, I think that you should find an enduser. A big news company with deep pockets, and a strong pitch, and you have a winner. I agree that even though the word can be used broadly, the actual term can only be used to its potential by a magazine, big time player in news, some other type of media conglomerate, etc.. Wholesale, I think you are losing out. Retail, I think that you win big. ALSO, it's such a broad term, that you yourself could monetize it.

 

[alcy]

I've been reading this thread since you posted. I think there are so many feelings or statements that you could take from this. I believe that any angle could be possible- meaning that people saying you won't get as much are right, and people saying that you will clean up and get rich are right....... Imho, and limited experience, I think that you should find an enduser. A big news company with deep pockets, and a strong pitch, and you have a winner. I agree that even though the word can be used broadly, the actual term can only be used to its potential by a magazine, big time player in news, some other type of media conglomerate, etc.. Wholesale, I think you are losing out. Retail, I think that you win big. ALSO, it's such a broad term, that you yourself could monetize it.

yes well said

a lot of opinions and realities

jelously could be factor too. but not for all.. though it does ruin many marriages.

bottom line is.. it's great name. if you look/wait for right enduser you could be milionaire with it. and if you put it up for auction, it'll be a XX XXX sale, I can already see it!

 

[NPer]

All I see from those saying 6-figures and up is envy.

If you say so.

There's a reason it still hasn't been developed or sold and it's not because it wasn't for sale.

I'm all ears.

 

[wcpthree]

yes well said

a lot of opinions and realities

jelously could be factor too. but not for all.. though it does ruin many marriages.

bottom line is.. it's great name. if you look/wait for right enduser you could be milionaire with it. and if you put it up for auction, it'll be a XX XXX sale, I can already see it!

I think that you are accurate.

 

[NPer]

Respectfully, I couldn't disagree more. Envy is sometimes displayed by those who will knock a name down rather than build it up. The feeling being that someone owns something nice and the jealousy being the incentive to make it seem less nice. Also the fact that a Domain Name has not sold for a decent price to date is absolutely no reason why it should not in the future.

I cannot count the times that people late in the game are rewarded for their savvy and intellect by securing killer Domain Names at knock down prices simply because they were able to "conceive" of a use or understand the value of it where no-one else did.

Basically the reality of the Economics Domain Name is that it is CLEARLY a $xxx,xxx (at minimum) Domain Name if I ever saw one. The reason I know offers of $50,000 or less are absurd is because if we had an interest in acquiring Domain Names of this subject matter, we would already have made an offer above that level.

Economics affects every person and every business on the planet and I'm afraid to say, there is no two ways about it. So this may not necessarily be a Domain Name that is easy to understand for someone who is not aware of that or does not own Financial Assets and 90% of people do not.

However, if you trade or invest in real estate, stocks, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, futures, options, mutual funds, hedge funds, etc then you do VERY MUCH care about economics and it may be the number one thing that matters. Likewise, many financial networks, brokerages, mutual funds, hedge funds and so on will literally EAT, DRINK, SLEEP and BREATH economics on a daily basis.

That's how important the meaning is - now whether the seller will capitalise on that or not is another matter.

Amen!

 

[Recons.Com]

If you have got 500,000$ to invest, would you be better of spending 50K on a name and 450K on development, personnel, marketing etc or spending 450K on the name an 50K on the rest?

While economics.com is a great name, it will not add the same value as money spent on development, staff, content etc. On top of it, if you want content and project worth the name, you need probably millions and millions more. Again, the name has natural traffic of 50-200 a month. Just check out similar value politics.com, they even put a web page on it, articles etc. and it still gets 300-500 people a day! Now go to newser.com and see where few hundred thousand spent wisely on actual development, content, staff on $xxxx name can take you.

People outside of domainers rarely think that way and they are not happy to part with their xxx,xxx on mere URL, however great it is. That is why high xxx,xxx and higher sales are so rare, you get only 10-20 of those a year.

If somebody brought in google.com name for appraisal here (let's say the founders went with find.com), 90% of people here would write "reg fee", while they'd be going nuts over search.com valuing it at $20 mill.

 

[S-B]

Respectfully, I couldn't disagree more. Envy is sometimes displayed by those who will knock a name down rather than build it up. The feeling being that someone owns something nice and the jealousy being the incentive to make it seem less nice. Also the fact that a Domain Name has not sold for a decent price to date is absolutely no reason why it should not in the future.

I cannot count the times that people late in the game are rewarded for their savvy and intellect by securing killer Domain Names at knock down prices simply because they were able to "conceive" of a use or understand the value of it where no-one else did.

Basically the reality of the Economics Domain Name is that it is CLEARLY a $xxx,xxx (at minimum) Domain Name if I ever saw one. The reason I know offers of $50,000 or less are absurd is because if we had an interest in acquiring Domain Names of this subject matter, we would already have made an offer above that level.

Economics affects every person and every business on the planet and I'm afraid to say, there is no two ways about it. So this may not necessarily be a Domain Name that is easy to understand for someone who is not aware of that or does not own Financial Assets and 90% of people do not.

However, if you trade or invest in real estate, stocks, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, futures, options, mutual funds, hedge funds, etc then you do VERY MUCH care about economics and it may be the number one thing that matters. Likewise, many financial networks, brokerages, mutual funds, hedge funds and so on will literally EAT, DRINK, SLEEP and BREATH economics on a daily basis.

That's how important the meaning is - now whether the seller will capitalise on that or not is another matter.

It is quite easy to say you'd make an offer if you were interested. It's a whole different beast to actually make that offer. So, respectfully, your point is moot.

 

[RYSV]

So how much would economics.com.es be valued at ?

50-100k at least

People say that spanish domains with english words are not worth, how come this can be 50-100k?

 

[ruzeen]

Reseller: $15K - $40K range IMO
Enduser: Depends on what they intend on using the name for, High 5 figures to Mid 6 figures.

 

[ctmixing]

Totally agree. "EVERYTHING" in the world can somehow revert back to "economics".

 

[Evgeniy77]

Don't hurry it won't be cheaper

 

[todaygold]

It's a million dollar name...RIGHT THERE. You let that name for less than a high $xxx,xxx you have a bad deal...just saying but such names are very very very rare and very expensive.

You really brought up an ancient thread just to say that!?

 

[ben pedri]

It's a million dollar name...RIGHT THERE. You let that name for less than a high $xxx,xxx you have a bad deal...just saying but such names are very very very rare and very expensive.

Good eye,you know whats worth money, Future Adam dicker

 

[davetherave]

Totally agree. "EVERYTHING" in the world can somehow revert back to "economics".

Even love?

 

[todaygold]

Even love?

Yes! The oldest 'profession' in the world!

 

[Recons.Com]

As per brokers instructions to protect himself from greedy investors looking to save money

He did not have a broker, when I posted my comment.

 

[Margou]

No offense but you need to position yourself around high value names ...
No doubt it's a great name ! But placing a seven figure value on this name is not justified ! Who will buy it ? An investor, to invest in what ? Lol.
An enduser, to market ? Market what. Economics is a keyword domain that realistically I see selling for low $XXX,XXX then a million dollars.

Believe me if I said, I and you probably have too, seen some shitty names sell for prices you would've never guessed or even thought of thinking of

 

[campout]

Believe me if I said, I and you probably have too, seen some sh*tty names sell for prices you would've never guessed or even thought of thinking of

That is true but it's not a good basis on which to value other names, because cases like that are anomalies.