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I had seen a system for selling domain names that used Estibot heavily, so I decided to "roll the dice" and see what I could learn in a month. It's been interesting.
I am not really concerned about the exact value the system calculates. I would like to improve my ability to look at a list of domains and accurately rank them by value.
The first step was to run the domains I already have registered through the appraiser. Values ranged from lots of zero value domains to a few worth thousand. Some values make sense, some less so.
Short, no hyphen dot coms are worth more. No surprise there. One of my sites makes almost as much per day as it appraised for. So, clearly there are "sleepers".
Next I went through some of the appraised available lists looking at the high value domains and then searching for keywords of special interest to me. I assume that because the domains don't get to the available list until they have been filtered through all the drop catching systems domain buyers use, what shows up there are outliers and/or problems. The ones I saw made no sense or had obvious trademark issues.
I saw a fair number of reasonably popular people's names available (not celebrity names). It made me wonder if a site devoted just to those kinds of domains might work.
I have no interest in typo domains but found one humorous one that tempts me.
I found one low appraised value domain that is the perfect dot com I have been looking for to become the hub of a niche subject I specialize in. Worth the cost just for that name.
I found a dozen other zero appraised domains that will let me replace hyphenated non dot coms that I had registered but been reluctant to build sites on.
I get the feeling the estimates are best for topics which are popular and have a lot of advertising. Consumer electronics, dieting, romance, etc. If, like me, your interests lie in less popular subjects (antiques & collectibles for example)the appraisals are probably low.
Even after spending 40 hours over the last week looking though Estibot results I can't see patterns of value well enough that I would feel confident buying a bunch of domains, on subjects I am not familiar with, to try and sell.
Comments from experienced domain sellers appreciated
I am not really concerned about the exact value the system calculates. I would like to improve my ability to look at a list of domains and accurately rank them by value.
The first step was to run the domains I already have registered through the appraiser. Values ranged from lots of zero value domains to a few worth thousand. Some values make sense, some less so.
Short, no hyphen dot coms are worth more. No surprise there. One of my sites makes almost as much per day as it appraised for. So, clearly there are "sleepers".
Next I went through some of the appraised available lists looking at the high value domains and then searching for keywords of special interest to me. I assume that because the domains don't get to the available list until they have been filtered through all the drop catching systems domain buyers use, what shows up there are outliers and/or problems. The ones I saw made no sense or had obvious trademark issues.
I saw a fair number of reasonably popular people's names available (not celebrity names). It made me wonder if a site devoted just to those kinds of domains might work.
I have no interest in typo domains but found one humorous one that tempts me.
I found one low appraised value domain that is the perfect dot com I have been looking for to become the hub of a niche subject I specialize in. Worth the cost just for that name.
I found a dozen other zero appraised domains that will let me replace hyphenated non dot coms that I had registered but been reluctant to build sites on.
I get the feeling the estimates are best for topics which are popular and have a lot of advertising. Consumer electronics, dieting, romance, etc. If, like me, your interests lie in less popular subjects (antiques & collectibles for example)the appraisals are probably low.
Even after spending 40 hours over the last week looking though Estibot results I can't see patterns of value well enough that I would feel confident buying a bunch of domains, on subjects I am not familiar with, to try and sell.
Comments from experienced domain sellers appreciated
