Estibot.com

[enrikm]

Is Estibot more or less reliable for the valuation of your domains?

 

[mhdoc]

It's an easy way to get a lot of information about your domain. It helps you understand how buyers, especially other domainers value a domain. I think the absolute value it gives is often very high. I suspect that if you used it to value a dozen domains and then ordered them by valuation the order from best to worse would be quite close to what they might actually sell for, although the dollar amounts might be way off.

 

[Burano]

it's very hit or miss. It can be quite accurate on some of my domains I've noticed and completely off on others. Like a lot of things - use it to gauge an idea, but never rely on it.

 

[labrocca]

An estibot search here will garner you many results discussion it's service and accuracy.

 

[banners]

I'd use it more as a fun toy to find a bit of fast info on a domain. Do not take the valuation seriously IMHO.

 

[corgi]

If you ask me, all these appraisal sites (even by people), are bs.

Domains are too unique, or non-liquid to give a fair market value appraisal;

the value is whatever the buyer/seller can meet at, or a fixed agreeable multiple(if it's an income domain)

 

[Coopey]

It's that age old question.

People used to ask it about the old (inferior) LeapFish.com

Domains are too unique, or non-liquid to give a fair market value appraisal;

the value is whatever the buyer/seller can meet at

Is the only true answer.

That said, it is an interesting and useful tool in gauging a value and working out what to offer if you're buying.

 

[mjbenterprises]

I think all online appraisal tools have their limitations, however, IMO, Estibot is FAR better than Leapfish , Nameboy, or any other similar tool.....

It uses far more data, and yes, the dollar values are often way off, but it is the only appraisal tool even worth using....

 

[accent]

Estibot prices are based on actual sales. But those sales, of course, include hard-to-duplicate end users.

Estibot works best when a large number of domains are averaged. Individual domains are not only subject to the whims of the specific buyer and seller, they also have factors like brandability that cannot be assessed by a computer. The best system would be to use Estibot as a screen, then choose those names with high "values" that make the most sense.

 

[competentdomains]

Estibot has some disorder !

Is Estibot more or less reliable for the valuation of your domains?

Even though estibot can be interesting to look at, and use, the estimated values it presents can be quite odd. Sometimes it shows a wrong serp figure.
It values my domains together up to ca 1 million $ ! It's a bit weird but yes, I realize I would be happy to sell at least something, and I have started to do a lot more work to reach possible end users.

One example that estibot is sometines really strange is
that if you look at BigScreenTV.com is says $ 110,000 which
even that is way too much (am I wrong?), even though it's a big market.
However, I have BigScreenTVs dot org and estibot
value is $ 210.000 ! BigScreenTVs.com is $ 16,000,000
Of course we all realize that this is "somewhat" wrong.

Btw, how would you estimate my examples?

 

[-REECE-]

Here's what Estibot.com says about domain name valuations: http://estibot.com/guide.php. I don't fool around all that much on Estibot -- seems more or less right based on my trials, using the guidelines in the link provided above.

 

[sky]

Is Estibot more or less reliable for the valuation of your domains?

Estibot appraisals are generally best when used as relative values to its other appraisals. It is based on other sales, but generally estibot takes into consideration many statistics, including keyword frequency in general, and how often the exact keyword phrase is searched for, how many ads are being put up for the domain, how much clicks are paying out, etc...

Domains that get high appraisals from estibot generally have very strong statistical strengths. Whether you can get someone to pay you that is a way different story. Probably not. But estibot has information under the 'estibot power' link that discusses the evolution of algorithms and shows what domains it appraised sold for.

The estimates have value if you take them in context with the other statistics and use some common sense and don't take the estimates *too* literally.

The appraisal plus the statistics give you a rough idea of a domain's strengths and how you can best leverage it for profit, if at all. Whether it's better to park, brand, direct market (flip), etc...

If a domain appraises at some high number of thousands of dollars by estibot, you know it has *something* going for it... something that give it traffic/ranking/profit potential. Doesn't mean you don't need to work or develop a domain to see any of that potential.

You have to be careful that you don't reg trademarks, and that you also consider the competition. Estibot cannot figure out what is trademarked, etc...

Also be careful of getting a good estimate on a domain that still cannot compete for traffic very well in it's niche (little fish in big pond syndrome). Study the niche before you clicks

 

[jackio]

In my opinion, estibot is just simple and not reliable appraisal method and sometimes people who use it often super-value their domains on it.

 

[Alan2006]

Unreliable

Agreed with Corgi. I would not make any business decision based on Estibot (or any other auto-appraisal tool for that matter)

One letter can make a huge difference in valuation... not software can figure that out...

 

[FreshAvails.com]

It is a great tool that provide you with a quick snapshot of a bunch of stats and can give you an idea of value. One of the best way to use it is in sales discussions with potential buyers. You are able to direct them to a non-biased resource to support claims of value. I use estibot regularly. If the name gets a high value, I investigate more deeply. Cheers.

 

[FPForum]

I use estibot on a regular basis but not so much for actual appraisals. Estibot is great for getting an idea on what your name may be worth and on what the PPC could be for your name.

If estibot says your domain is worth 16,000,000.00 don't go thinking you are going to get that much for it. I always say "A domain is worth whatever somebody is willing to pay for it."

Anyways, I do like estibot but their appraisal tool is not the best.

 

[GF]

It is a great tool that provide you with a quick snapshot of a bunch of stats and can give you an idea of value. One of the best way to use it is in sales discussions with potential buyers. You are able to direct them to a non-biased resource to support claims of value. I use estibot regularly. If the name gets a high value, I investigate more deeply. Cheers.

One of the best descriptions I've seen on how to use Estibot properly. Rep added!

Galel