domain Newbie: Can I Have A Few Appraisals? - EpicRink.com

[Lamplitersniper]

Hey guys. Im new here. Been looking to get into the hobby of domaining for a little extra cash for awhile now. Im not looking to strike it rich quick but a few extra bucks here and there would be great.

Anyways, I picked up a few domain names with the godaddy.com 98CENT promo code. Was wondering if you guys could tell me if any of these could be worth more than the dollar I paid for them

I did the godaddy.com appraisals so Ill add them to the descriptions, not that I think they mean much.

EpicRink.com
Figured it could be a brandable name. Its two short easily spelled words. And a .com.
Domain Appraisals: $141.00 - $423.00 USD

Yappur.com
Another possible brandable name. Maybe some type of phone or chat site? Another .com.
Domain Appraisals: $8.00 - $32.00 USD

EPictureFail.com
I thought this was a fun play on words with Epic Fail pictures being a big thing around the internet. Epic/Picture as one word. Again, .com.
Domain Appraisals: $97.00 - $387.00 USD

Smoolu.com
Thought this could be a fun brandable name. Easily spelled and if branded could easily be memorable. Name leaves options of just about any type of site. Another .com.
Domain Appraisals: $73.00 - $293.00 USD

Zifster.com
A possible brandable name. Semi-catchy and could be used for a messaging site or another fun or funky type of product or service. Yet again, .com.
Domain Appraisals: $168.00 - $506.00 USD


Thanks ahead of time guys. Dont be too hard one me

 

[.NJ]

In all honesty, your best bet for these names is seek a refund if possible.

These are names that wouldn't even make it on the $1 auction scene.

You seem to have your mind in the right place when just starting out, and that is a good start.

Before regging anymore names, just take the much needed time to read..read.. and read some more on the forums.

Without having a decent grasp on the industry, endless hand-reg names will just burn holes right through your pockets.

Ok enough preaching.

Good Luck.

 

[johname]

The 6-7 letter brandables need to be very strong to overcome the $xx threshold, I dont think we got this here. The epicfail.com reg because of the word epic. But with EPictureFail.com the only way to read it is the "E" way, ephotofail.com available. Feels 0-regfee. EpicRink maybe a ultimate fighting site, but feels that you wont go wrong with returning the if you can and start over if there only for reselling or if you greatly believe the appraisal values you typed. Goodluck

 

[Lamplitersniper]

Thanks for the words so far guys. I only spent about $5 on all of them so Im not too worried about needing a refund for them. I would assume that none of them would be worth trying to sell on sedo or anywhere and pay the fees for that at this point correct?

Im definitely reading a lot and plan on reading even more. Just wanted to register a few cheapys to go through the process honestly.

 

[iowadawg]

See, every time godaddy has a 99 cent domain sale?
A whole bunch of HORRID doamins are then registered.
Never to be developed, never to be sold.
So that a year later, most of the horrid domains are not renewed.

See you next year when you drop these and hopefully get domains that make sense and can be developed.

 

[johname]

Make sure they are on auto renew off so your 99 cent names dont turn into $50 buck head ache next year

 

[Lamplitersniper]

See, every time godaddy has a 99 cent domain sale?
A whole bunch of HORRID doamins are then registered.
Never to be developed, never to be sold.
So that a year later, most of the horrid domains are not renewed.

See you next year when you drop these and hopefully get domains that make sense and can be developed.

Says the guy with Bawdily.com for sale?

Not for nothing but what makes that any better than any of the ones I posted in the OP?

Dont get me wrong, Im not saying the ones I posted are gold mines, or even close, but its a little hypocritical to make a condescending post and have that in your signature dont you think?

 

[johname]

That site may have 25 bucks of development into it, your donts for sure. Remember your the newbie here.

 

[Lamplitersniper]

That site may have 25 bucks of development into it, your donts for sure. Remember your the newbie here.

So it makes sense to dump development money into a site with a horrible domain name?

If thats the case then so be it.

I just dont appreciate the unnecessary tone. Theres no reason for it at all.

 

[johname]

Stay focused on your names, look and see they probably dont have an dictionary definition to them but that other one does.

 

[arend]

To be honest..All newbies (including me ) come on here thinking their domains are the best....or are good.....actually 95 % of domains are crap. And you may not like certain tones but they are correct. I have seen for a year now newbie after newbie coming her with big dreams.....I think domaining is like Forex 95 % of domainers don't make any profit. Horrible but true. For me I make more in my day job! It is also not good making 3 cents per day of your parked pages.......povertyville! What a waste of time and energy Dn Journal reports 100 or so good domain sales per week, which leaves 13 million domains not sold per week Reality check!

 

[iowadawg]

Bawdily - in the dictionary.

Any of yours? Not in the dictionary.

You want an appraisal.
That is what you get here.

You want to talk about other people and their domains?
WRONG FORUM.

Reality check is reality....if domains sold as fast as the owners of the domains (yes. mine included), they would be sold.
But no, check with any domainer...

 

[.NJ]

Dn Journal reports 100 or so good domain sales per week, which leaves 13 million domains not sold per week Reality check!

Beautiful.

 

[Lamplitersniper]

To be honest..All newbies (including me ) come on here thinking their domains are the best....or are good.....actually 95 % of domains are crap. And you may not like certain tones but they are correct. I have seen for a year now newbie after newbie coming her with big dreams.....I think domaining is like Forex 95 % of domainers don't make any profit. Horrible but true. For me I make more in my day job! It is also not good making 3 cents per day of your parked pages.......povertyville! What a waste of time and energy Dn Journal reports 100 or so good domain sales per week, which leaves 13 million domains not sold per week Reality check!

As what should be pretty obvious from my OP, Im not expecting to get rich and frankly Im not expecting to making money to the point of being able to quit my normal job. I outright said I doubt the names I posted were great or even good. There is ZERO delusion with me and how this all works.

Bawdily - in the dictionary.

Any of yours? Not in the dictionary.

You want an appraisal.
That is what you get here.

You want to talk about other people and their domains?
WRONG FORUM.

Reality check is reality....if domains sold as fast as the owners of the domains (yes. mine included), they would be sold.
But no, check with any domainer...

Yes youre right, it is. Looks like you have it set up with the definition of the word too. :lol:

My entire point was, as again what should have been obvious in my OP, I didnt come here expecting amazing appraisals on my first attempts. In fact I expected a lot of "nothing" and "reg fees", and even a few "deletes" or "refund" answers. Thats fine. But you posted something completely irrelevant because I had already laid the disclaimer that Im sure what I had was unspectacular at best. It was just the condescending attitude. Theres no need for it and your point could have been made in many other ways. Maybe its a tough guy attitude to scare the newbies away. I dont know.

But youre right, this is for appraisals. You didnt give one in your first post. It could be implied of course, but nonetheless, you didnt.

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Well to stay on topic, what do you guys think of:

localauctionsales.com

consumerauctions.com

friendblock.com

 

[iowadawg]

localauctionsales.com

That one I like.
Be great developed out.
One place for all the many auctions in one area.

Good for up to high xx.

(side note, got to love members who dislike a post yet added nothing to the thread!)

 

[maksimfa]

My take will be a little different because I mostly buy websites/domains as the end user, or end user in mind.

Local Auction Sales is something that sounds natural and what someone would go looking for...

epicturefail is not....

As far as brandable... yappur is not terrible but not my first choice either.

If something is natural, people will naturally want it... if something is not... ie, brandable domain, you have to sell it to someone and hope they are stupid enough to take it.

The only way you can make the brandable domain work as the end user, is if you already have a captive marketplace and marketing list where people will already know the product, just go to the website.

 

[Kate]

BTW ignore automated appraisals, they are worthless.

I have to agree with what has already been said, these names are very poor, it's not like somebody would be desperate to buy any of them and make out a big check to you.

99% of registered domain names are worthless so the vast majority of domainers are struggling to make a buck. You are not alone.
Domaining is difficult.

Personally I seldom register available domains these days. If I do, it's to develop them, better not to expect an easy resale. In general the quality domains are to be found on the aftermarket. Buy few domains, but quality ones. Handregs are like lottery tickets - more or less.

Good luck !

 

[Domainace]

I agree that the first list was junk.
The second batch sounded better, but I'm not crazy about them either. "local auction sales" is the kind of domain that looks good at a glance, with three nice keywords. But at second glance, it doesn't hold up. People look for "local auctions," and maybe "local sales." But an "auction sale" is a rare thing.
It used to be that you could learn domaining by picking up marginal names like this for a few bucks and then selling them on forums or Ebay to other domainers. That market, from what I see, has dried up.
There's money to be made flipping higher quality domains, picked up in the aftermarket and sold to end-users mostly. There's more risk, of course, but that can be reduced if you know there are at least a half dozen solid prospects for the name that you have already identified. (By prospects, I mean your name is clearly better than the one they are currently using.)

 

[iowadawg]

Auction sales are quite common in newspapers.

Lots of sites use "auctionsales" in them.

Local sales could be anything, from a sale at your local wally world to house sales.

Local auctions by itself could lead to anything.

Thus, people do use the phrase "auction sales" quite a bit.

 

[Lamplitersniper]

Appreciate all the feedback. I too like the second round a good bit better. I think theres a solid foundation for localauctionsales.com.

I also think friendblock.com could be something interesting but it would take the right person.


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