domain gamechess.com

[Sushant21]

gamechess dot com

a. Why did you acquire the domain?
A. Won in auction, 2001 registration year
b. Which market did you feel the name would be best suited in?
A. Pass
c. What research did you conduct prior to purchasing the domain?
A. Old age domain are good buy (read on some blog)
d. Did you already have a value in mind for reselling to an end-user and/or reseller?
A. No
. Does the domain get any traffic? (Please provide screenshot proof)
A. Seems parked for years.
f. Does the domain generate any revenue? (Please provide screenshot proof)
A. Maybe No.
g. What is the age of the domain?
A. 16 years
h. Is there anything else you can provide that might help an appraiser not familiar with your domains target market?
A. No

Regards
Sushant

 

[Sushant21]

anyone

 

[Sushant21]

any1

 

[Dominique]

As a proffesional chess player, I have many experience with chess websites, blogs and softwares.
Chess is not only a strategy board game, a sport. Its also interesting from the scientific point of view because of the complexity of the game (artificial intelligence, math, logic...).
Also, chess is strongly connected to art and you can find chess as a theme in movies, literature and paintings.

In the last 20 years, chess experienced a technological renaissance, which spawned a lot of related material all over the web.
Despite the fact there are chess websites with some clear, concrete names (such as: chess.com, chessclub.com, playchess.com, chessgames.com), the most chess website names are usually something brandable: chessbomb.com, chessdom.com, chesstempo.com, chesscube.com, chess24.com, gameknot.com, sparkchess.com etc.
Also, there are many specific chess terms (for example: "fork", "pin", "castling", "check", "zugzwang"...) which are attractive as a names or a part of the names.

Maybe you dont agree with me, but my instincts tells me "game+chess“ sounds a bit awkward.
Its all upside down.
Its concrete, but somehow reversed and unattractive. On the other side, its not catchy and its not so brandable.
Its hard to find any potential end users for your domain. A movie/book called „Game:Chess“, scientifical blog about the nature of the game, or a chess software - GAMECHESS?
Its not impossible, but unlikely.
Domain age (16 yo) can increase the overall value, but not so much, in my opinion.
So, from the end user perspective, I think your name is not compelling enough, even its "strong keyword+chess".

If we are talking about the value, surely there is some value in it, but I would not be so optimistic.
My prediction is mid XX to a reseller and low-mid XXX to an end user.
I would be glad to see this domain sell for good amount of money and, of course, some nice chess content on this page.

 

[Sushant21]

As a proffesional chess player, I have many experience with chess websites, blogs and softwares.
Chess is not only a strategy board game, a sport. Its also interesting from the scientific point of view because of the complexity of the game (artificial intelligence, math, logic...).
Also, chess is strongly connected to art and you can find chess as a theme in movies, literature and paintings.

In the last 20 years, chess experienced a technological renaissance, which spawned a lot of related material all over the web.
Despite the fact there are chess websites with some clear, concrete names (such as: chess.com, chessclub.com, playchess.com, chessgames.com), the most chess website names are usually something brandable: chessbomb.com, chessdom.com, chesstempo.com, chesscube.com, chess24.com, gameknot.com, sparkchess.com etc.
Also, there are many specific chess terms (for example: "fork", "pin", "castling", "check", "zugzwang"...) which are attractive as a names or a part of the names.

Maybe you dont agree with me, but my instincts tells me "game+chess“ sounds a bit awkward.
Its all upside down.
Its concrete, but somehow reversed and unattractive. On the other side, its not catchy and its not so brandable.
Its hard to find any potential end users for your domain. A movie/book called „Game:Chess“, scientifical blog about the nature of the game, or a chess software - GAMECHESS?
Its not impossible, but unlikely.
Domain age (16 yo) can increase the overall value, but not so much, in my opinion.
So, from the end user perspective, I think your name is not compelling enough, even its "strong keyword+chess".

If we are talking about the value, surely there is some value in it, but I would not be so optimistic.
My prediction is mid XX to a reseller and low-mid XXX to an end user.
I would be glad to see this domain sell for good amount of money and, of course, some nice chess content on this page.

Thank you, that was helpful !