Enough with the appraisals already!

[DomainBuyerBroker]

I may be just speaking for myself but can we PLEASE give the constant supply of appraisal threads a rest?

I see one crappy hand reg after another with the owner looking for some validation by his/her peers here.

Here's my blanket appraisal on hand regs...If you can hand reg it, it's probably crap.

Do you think you are the first one to discover this "gem" just sitting there? NO.

Many others have probably seen it sitting there FOR YEARS. Remember people .tv is not new. People could have registered that "gem" back in 2001 but they didn't. Why? Because it's not worth the reg fee.

Now just so this post is not purely my rant against hand reg appraisals, I would like to offer some advice:

Find about one dozen domains that you would LOVE to own. I mean really LOVE to own. You would be passionate about developing them or think that you can sell them for a quick profit or hold for long term appreciation.

Now, go after those dozen names. Contact the owners. See if you can work out a payment deal or buy 51% of the name or something. You might be surprised and find a REAL gem for $1000 or maybe even $2000. Now you have a quality name that other people will want.

In life it's usually quality over quantity. In the high reg fee world of .tv domains it's definitely QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.

Whew. Thanks for listening.

Unfriendly comments are welcome

 

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I generally don't deal in definitives, but I completely and utterly disagree with just about every statement you have made in this thread.

Quick solution: don't read the appraisal section anymore.

IMHO.