How much does age matter to you?

[wo]

and why?

I ask because end users don't care about age at all, but age matters a lot between domainers.

 

[Trader]

I ask because end users don't care about age at all, but age matters a lot between domainers.

I prefer aged domains because endusers are prefer aged domains.

Check the Afternic weekly sales, check all .com domains age there then you can see this...

Also, I sold lot of aged domains with good price at the past..

High percent endusers don't want to give $1000 for a new reg $8 name, but if a domain is 10 years old, they are easily paying...

Make empathy, you have $1000, can you pay this money for 3 months old domain name? but if same domain is 14 years old? Same domain 3 months old or 14 years, which one is your choice? Anyway we are not paying but payers are prefer old domains and statistics shows this info...

Since long time I didn't check Afternic sales but today I checked for you.

Total 276 $1000 and $1000+ .com sales and 206 domains 2008 and before registered... (October 23, 2012 list)

 

[Natcoweb]

The older domain, the better.
Just my point of view. I prefer that.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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A domain that has been continuously registered for 5+ years is likely to be seen, by both domainers and end users, as something that has held value, and, therefore, is valuable.

This may or may not be true because junky domains can be held (for sentimental reasons) for years.

However, other positive factors plus age will enhance the value of that domain.

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[wo]

5+ years is likely to be seen, by both domainers and end users, as valuable.

I prefer aged domains because endusers are prefer aged domains.

I think this is where I disagree. I haven't found end users to be that familiar with whois or domain age. For example, this week I got 2 offers for 2 domains through the GoDaddy DomainBuy service (though they were low ball offers). The domains weren't for sale anywhere, so it must be that the end users went to the website and clicked the link that GoDaddy advertises there for their DomainBuy service. If the end users knew anything about whois, they would have contacted me through the whois. So this leads me to think that end users aren't that familiar with whois.

Check the Afternic weekly sales, check all .com domains age there then you can see this...

Good data, but you have to remember that many sales on Sedo, etc. are investor to investor. Basically domains moving from portfolio to another. A large percentage of sales aren't from end users. I don't have exact stats, but I know that for sure.

Make empathy, you have $1000, can you pay this money for 3 months old domain name? but if same domain is 14 years old? Same domain 3 months old or 14 years, which one is your choice? Anyway we are not paying but payers are prefer old domains and statistics shows this info...

What does "make sympathy" mean? I think you're trying to say "put yourself in that position". Anyway, good point, but still if an end user wants a domain, they don't care for how much the current owner bought it. If they're serious, all they care is that they want it for their own use. I recently bought a domain for my own use from the expiring market. It was registered in 2011 so only 1 year old. If it was taken, I would have been willing to pay up to $3000 or even $5000 for it. If it was available, it would still be worth that much to me. Luckily I got it for much less but it's still worth that much to me. This domain is only 1 year old.

I think the other thing that people fail to see is that sometimes a newly registered domain didn't cost $8. I see many good domains drop they caught by drop catches and go to auction. So even though it looks like a fresh reg, if it's a decent domain, it very likely was bought through a regular auction with bidders.

Just my thoughts. I'm not trying to push the conversation in any direction. Just contributing my thoughts to the discussion and interested in hearing your opinions.

 

[Trader]

wo, at this life, all things have good and bad sides..I have some offline and online problems. 3 weeks ago Paypal homepage, GoDaddy login page, and some other important websites didn't open and my business is stopped for 10 days. (Normally I thinks all probabilities at my business) This made me ill. Flu and huge migraine headaches. Then I changed my some future projects because there is no guarantee for anything...

Sedo, 4 days ago my domain sold at Sedo $5,000+ ,since 4 days buyer did not pay the money, Afternic and Sedo are different, Afternic takes the money from buyer then start to transaction. Sedo is sending an email and saying "SOLD". where sold??, 4 days passed no payment from the buyer. (It was fixed price, not auction so Sedo can take the money from the buyer first then says "SOLD" and some persons can't play with us.)

True, some persons don't care the domain age, also I didn't talk about 3 letter,number .com, .net etc. and other premium names.. Some names there at the Afternic and Sedo weekly sold lists, sold price $1000, put that names to here fixed price forum with $50 and you can't sell them, trust me. Limited buyers for them, and domain age is motivating factor for the buyers imo..

Sure, a drop domain maybe not $8, It can sell $10,000+ at the backorder companys auction. But buyer/enduser don't know this, he/she thinks it is new reg $8-10 name.. (of course $10,000 name is must be premium, and buyer don't look the age but I saw some crap domains sold with $300-500 at the drop catch auctions, but potential buyer don't know that prices)

Also I haven't problem with drop domains. At the past I buyed and sold lot of them with good roi in very short time.. (Pagerank domains , reg $8 , 2 days after sell $300 etc.)


Why lot of endusers (not resellers) prefer aged domains? Because website visitors are prefer aged websites. (Visitors > Website owners > Domainers) Some visitors or potential customers are first checks the website and make some + - points in their mind , professional looking website +1 point, and down the page, Is this company old, expert or new at this business? and other different things. Because they will give money, time etc. to this company..

Last year, I searched a new registrar for my some domains and int*rnet .bs was looking good, all things positive. Then I seached them at the internet forums and at the other places. one guy wrote at the forum post "int*rnetbs .net 2008 reg, very new, I can't trust them" (ınt*rnet .bs , changed to int*rnetbs .net in the past)

So, TRUST, some visitors are looking to website age for trust. And website owners prefer aged domains.

I am a good domain searcher but bad seller, I can't sell new reg domains easily (no pagerank, no visitors, no premium type domains) so I prefer aged domains for easy sell, thats all. If you prefer new reg domains, it is your choice.

 

[wonderfulsites]

Just like an Aged wine age reflects quality and authority. There is also more likely to be aged backlinks etc.

But if you are targeting new trends that people are not searching for yet then age means nothing.

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