Value of the following domains

[serverfm]

I am posting this in the newbie section as i would like to hear some feedback regarding the value of the following domain names:

I want to learn more about valuations and i am curious how people would value the following names.

i am posting this here as i don't own the domains nor do i intend to buy them and i don't want to abuse the appraisal threads for this.

colosseum.com
skyscraper.com
socrates.com
plato.com

thanks

 

[Name Trader]

Estibot values these at

colosseum.com $90K
skyscraper.com $76K
socrates.com $182K
plato.com $180K

Personally I think they are only worth what a buyer would pay for them.

 

[willmfftt]

Estibot values these at

colosseum.com $90K
skyscraper.com $76K
socrates.com $182K
plato.com $180K

Personally I think they are only worth what a buyer would pay for them.

I agree. Personally I like to look at things from a businesses perspective. What would that name do for a business? Would it bring targeted traffic? Does it support a businesses name?

The names you presented are dictionary words (maybe not exactly) and are impossible to put a value on as these names are mostly bought to hold onto and sell for a higher price later down the road to another person who is going to do the exact same thing :D. Basically just an unpredictable bidding war against rich domainers lol.

 

[serverfm]

ok i understand. but is it so hard to put a value on the names?
what maximum pice would you (as a reseller) pay for these?

 

[willmfftt]

It's hard to say. Being dictionary words I would place a value of mid XX,XXX to mid XXX,XXX (They kind of fit into a broad range). I would probably be ok with paying 20-50K for one. But if one of these domains has a purchase history then I would base it off of that. So if in the past sales it has been sold for 100K I would base my value off of that.

Domain valuation is difficult because as stub said: "They are only worth what the buyer will pay for them".

 

[Name Trader]

I wouldn't pay more than 10% of the Estibot valuation as a reseller. But these domains would not be sold for that amount. I'm not saying that Estibot is in any way accurate in it's valuations. It would be just as a guideline. I have paid more and I've paid less than 10% of Estibot valuations for some domains.