Prices are coming down for domain names

[mole]

Have you noticed how cheap it is to catch dropping .COM names for $60 or less nowadays, or how cheap people are selling domains on forums like this?

Contrary to popular (read speculative/euphoric) belief, .COM names are actually plummeting in value. With .XXX being introduced soon, the dive will be even more.

The so-called sales you see is only SYMPTOMATIC that those who got their names early in the game are now trying to liquidate what they have for whatever they can get, as compared to the no big money no name position they took in past years.

 

[equity78]

Nice points Sharon and ALLAN comparisons to 1929 I just have to laugh it is so off kilter. AND never overlook the jealousy factor so many who talk down have more than one reason for their opinion. AND Sharon you make the best point that's what I am interested in REAL Business with real BUDGETS not the Domain Wanted section like hey I got $50 looking for a traffic name that earns PPC. Chis Chena, Elequa, Adam Dicker and many more, these people have real money, real development plans and so do Major Corporations.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Chis Chena, Elequa, Adam Dicker ....

Predicting the future:

Top 10 searched usernames on NP on 6/25/05
<you know>

Top 10 users to report spam sent to their PM box
<you know>



-Allan
p.s. - Don't spam, we're watching you...
:gl:

 

[EbookLover]

Many users type searchterm (minus ext) in browser address bars. Browsers go to searchterm.com by default. Dot com will rule as long as browsers work this way.

My IE6 doesn't do that (and of course my Avant Browser doe snot either). Neither does my FF or my Mozilla or my Netscape 7.0 & 4.7. Didn't check my Opera.

What I find interesting is that "hotmail.com" is (or at least used to be) in the top 3 most searched terms. SO can we conclude that the average web surfer doesn't know the difference between his adress bar and a search engine? I mean, why woul dso many peole type "hotmail.com" into google if they just wanted to go to hotmail.com?

 

[barefoottech]

Good Domain Names Can easily justify Big DOLLAR price tags
Like any other Intangible associated with business like Trademarks,TradeNames
Domains are like Books. Any one can type random characters on paper
Paper & ink is only ever worth minimal value. It is the Value Adding of creativity and marketing that makes it worth Hundreds,thousands or Millions of Dollars. Same with Domains
It has all to do with one of the oldest laws of Business.
Supply and Demand.
Limited supply , Big Demand = High Prices
Unlimited Supply, Small demand = <reg fee imho

 

[vip-ip]

Well, at first they were free, at one point they started costing money, bigger money, and bigger money, so now they're dropping ......

 

[mole]

Holy skunks, I've just done some binomial calculations using historical data from the past three years, the .COM ice is melting faster than we think :o

 

[Joe123]

Mole, do you want some domainers to panic and offer to sell their portfolios to you at knock-down prices?

 

[mole]

Of course not, ny. :o I have a truckload of .COMs and I am worried about their depreciating value just as anyone else. Yun Yee did a smart move to sell his massive portfolio to Marchex for $164m when he did.

 

[Joe123]

If that is the case, I think it is best that you get out of the industry whilst you can and sell your portfolio very cheaply. I believe you will find many willing buyers here :bah:

Of course not, ny. :o I have a truckload of .COMs and I am worried about their depreciating value just as anyone else. Yun Yee did a smart move to sell his massive portfolio to Marchex for $164m when he did.

 

[Raz0rBlade_uk]

This is a bad time for sellers. I would know!

 

[mole]

I think it is best that you get out of the industry whilst you can and sell your portfolio very cheaply.

sell?? I'm a lover, not a fighter?

 

[Joe123]

Well, then give them away instead! :hehe:

sell?? I'm a lover, not a fighter?

 

[mole]

Well, then give them away instead! :hehe:

 

[ThreeD]

instead of panicing and selling domains off like crazy at very low prices - why don't you guys develop the domain names and try to increase their value that way Has never failed me..

 

[Zeeble]

Think the only reason why .COM is still so popular is because that is the first real heavily marketed ext. Just a few years ago it was all .COM this nad .COM that. The .COM bubble burst, travelocity.com, priceline.com, espn.com, and so on. Walmart.com, hotmail.com, google.com. See were I'm getting at? Everything (in USA at least) is mostly .COM when you hear the media.

The same can be said for many British sites. Since when was Hotmail and Google only US? We have Tesco.com, Sainsbury.com. The fact that US sites exist on .com means nothing. It does not mean that it is a US extension, if it was, businesses in the EU would not be using it.

The main thing about domains is not traffic. Generic domains do NOT always bring traffic. If they do, how mcuh? Maybe several thousand uniques at the very most per month. Unless you have a domain like PC.com, which has HUGE value on its own without traffic. Traffic is not the deciding factor at all. The quality of the domain matters above all else. People are willing to use other extensions which is bringing down the value of .com. In the UK, I often see, .com .co.uk .Info and .Biz all being used. If the .com of the domain that you want to use is not available, that MOST businesses tend to get the co.uk or .info, sometimes the .Biz. Things massively reduces the value of .com's for resale.

Who pays this? Well, when you consider the REAL value of a domain here for branding purposes, $2-20k is a drop in the bucket compared to other marketing expenses. How much does it cost for a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal for a company in financial services? How about designing the ad? What about running a commercial one time during prime time or a big event like the SuperBowl? What about producing that commercial?

The majority of businesses cannot spend amounts like that. Like Alan has already said, there is only so often that you can sell names to big companies.
Smaller business IMO would rather pay reg fee for a .info or .co.uk (ccTLD) instead of paying $2k-$10k for a dot com.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

The majority of businesses cannot spend amounts like that. Like Alan has already said, there is only so often that you can sell names to big companies.
Smaller business IMO would rather pay reg fee for a .info or .co.uk (ccTLD) instead of paying $2k-$10k for a dot com.

To clarify slightly... I was pointing out the big business aspect of the current market to explain the lack of high 6 to low 7 figure sales, not that good 4 to 5 figure sales can't be had

If a smaller business decides to pay reg fee for a .info instead of shelling out $2k to $10k for the RIGHT domain name, then they probably won't be around long, and certainly don't have the "vision" needed to grow.

Smaller to medium sized businesses/firms/hobbyists have been my bread and butter for the past little bit, they are a lot easier to get in touch with than someone who can actually make decisions at a huge co (Think Walmart, McD's, etc.).

Just my .02,
-Allan :gl:

 

[equity78]

The majority of businesses cannot spend amounts like that. Like Alan has already said, there is only so often that you can sell names to big companies.
Smaller business IMO would rather pay reg fee for a .info or .co.uk (ccTLD) instead of paying $2k-$10k for a dot com.

Failing Businesses your right not real businesses

 

[SharonTucci]

Who pays this? Well, when you consider the REAL value of a domain here for branding purposes, $2-20k is a drop in the bucket compared to other marketing expenses. How much does it cost for a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal for a company in financial services? How about designing the ad? What about running a commercial one time during prime time or a big event like the SuperBowl? What about producing that commercial?

The majority of businesses cannot spend amounts like that. Like Alan has already said, there is only so often that you can sell names to big companies.
Smaller business IMO would rather pay reg fee for a .info or .co.uk (ccTLD) instead of paying $2k-$10k for a dot com.

Huh? The majority of businesses cannot spend $2-10k for a domain they get to KEEP? Perhaps we need to distinguish here between a REAL business and everything else. For most real businesses, it is NOT a big deal. Gosh, I've sold domains in that range to hairdressing salons, fitness studios, consultants just to name a few kinds of businesses. How many hair salons and fitness studios are there alone?

I've been focusing a lot on the health industry as of late... primarily in medical-services domains. In the US *alone* there over 40,000 companies in this industry.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Just to clear my good name again (Cause it's popping up in all of these quotes ), my example was in regards to the dow components or similar... Huge co's have their names and have had them for some time because they were smart enough to fork over huge sums of money.
But that doesn't mean that the tens of thousands of firms that have huge marketing budgets still aren't looking to improve exposure online.
-Allan

 

[equity78]

Allan if I drop you r name will it get me a good table at a 5 star restaurant in NC ?