discuss Thoughts and how to value people’s names domain ie John Smith .com

[Mormas]

Hi Guys,

I hope your all having a good day!

I’m interested in find out different perspective on people’s names domains ie John Smith . com

It’s this a niche you guys have ever had success in. Also how would you ever value these types of domains?

I understand that it’s also about how popular the first and second name are.

Any thoughts are appreciated

 

[Kyle Tully]

Popularity of name and brand ability.

I have a handful, priced anywhere from 2k to 60k based on those two factors.

 

[gareth1614]

I feel like Kyle has it right, in that it's a combo of popularity of the given name and its "catchy" brand potential. Kinda funny (though also a testament to that name's ubiquity ofc) that your example is also a popular brand of beer in the UK.

I once sold a "LLLL.me" - a short, first name only, feminine name domain, for £xxx, maybe 10 years ago (inbound on Sedo), which wasn't a particularly popular name either (it wasn't "Mary" - put it this way), but haven't focused too much on this style otherwise so can't comment too much.

 

[Mormas]

Thank you for your input.

Can you speak a little more to brand ability and what that actually means.
I’m a little new to the domain industry an a trying to absorb as much info as poss.

I’ve Stephen Matthews com but not sure how to price it.

 

[Kyle Tully]

Brand ability is a lot of those other factors we use in domain valuations and naming conventions.

Radio test, syllables, visual look of the name, sound of the name and associations etc.

 

[MKA]

1. Is it from a country where the middle class makes a lot of money?
2. Is the name associated with the middle class?
3. Is it a popular name?
4. Is it short?

christopherhutchinson.com may be a bit too long. Which mean that this individual may prefer hutchinson.co or something like that.

 

[Mormas]

Thank you for your input.

Can you speak a little more to brand ability and what that actually means.
I’m a little new to the domain industry an a trying to absorb as much info as poss.

I’ve Stephen Matthews com but not sure how to price it.

1. Is it from a country where the middle class makes a lot of money?
2. Is the name associated with the middle class?
3. Is it a popular name?
4. Is it short?

christopherhutchinson.com may be a bit too long. Which mean that this individual may prefer hutchinson.co or something like that.

Hi MKA, thank you for your response.

The names stephenmatthews.com and I would assert the answer to numbers 1,2 & 3 is yes but I am not sure about number 4.

Would I be correct in presuming it'll be more profitable if I get all the socials but perhaps with a prefix at the beginning of the name?

 

[Mormas]

Brand ability is a lot of those other factors we use in domain valuations and naming conventions.

Radio test, syllables, visual look of the name, sound of the name and associations etc.

Thanks for your response Kyle, which is always helpful.

I have a lot to learn it would seem!

I will research as much as possible and I've searched the site for brandability but not many returns. I presume this is a learning curve through the process!

 

[MKA]

The names stephenmatthews.com and I would assert the answer to numbers 1,2 & 3 is yes but I am not sure about number 4.

It'd consider it a long name. That said, long names aren't terrible. It's just that people with long names are more amiable to alternatives. Which means that you'd have to regulate the price accordingly if you want to sell it.

Would I be correct in presuming it'll be more profitable if I get all the socials but perhaps with a prefix at the beginning of the name?

No. Social media accounts are difficult to transfer, and in many cases violate the terms of service: risking suspensions of the aforementioned accounts.

In fact, leaving them available for others may even be beneficial. If Stephen Matthews first decide to register a Twitter account, he's more likely to get attached to his name online, which may bring him to eventually buy the domain.

 

[alienbaba]

My first sale was *****Smith .com for $1999 (afternic BIN) & only other sale of first name + last name was *****Williams .com for $120 (Dan offer).. although I sold 2 other first name .co names via Dan offer for $100 each (had like 150 .co first names)..

Had about 50 other first name+ last name .com ones but none sold so you never know.. I've seen many sell for a lot higher and aren't popular names..

These would be good to outbound though. I think both mine came through outbound but none of the messages I sent received any reply so can't tell..

 

[BaileyUK]

Funny ol'thing these domains of your own true name. People wanted them at the beginning thinking I have both control of my own name and a Possible forever email address. Of course as spam took-off, these catch all email addresses were a damn right pain, meaning you had to implement complexity in the prefix anyway, plus the best spam filters.

It's mostly just for Kudos that people want them these days. Your best bet is just a Google search of the exact name in quotation marks and see how it's being used and if it's popular combo.

Strangely timely question, as I just registered my first/last name .com yesterday. been taken in the main tlds for a couple of years but they were all available again. Only to find a search showed someone is Scotland, with the same name had been up to some nasty business (very recent) so I doubt I shall use the name for a while.

I thought it would be good to have if any of my Physics papers managed to get published.