Wow!! Market goes crazy

[McGyver270]

It's now at $4100 for the domain thumbpost.com at snapnames.
I was ready to bid up to $1000 on this domain but now, the price is out of my price range.

It's alway the same story everytime i'm interested on a particular domain.

I don't know but do this domain really worth $4100 ?

McG

 

[mole]

Final prices are auctions are normally determined by how many tequilas the winning bidder had

 

[Nexus]

THUMBER.COM is a better name
is at namewinner.com and its in a open auction i think it at $90.
thats a hell of alot better too.

You know the funny thing about domain names? It's never JUST about how the name sounds. There is a history and pedigree to every single letter of every word. That's what makes the market so dynamic. Adoptable looks at Archive.org and says: "Hey, look out... its got Porn it's past". Yet, anyone who is bidding for the name CLEARLY knows this just by looking at it. I'm not in the adult industry, but I remember drilling down on the whole "What is TGP" question before, and being amazed at the whole landscape of the answer. For people looking for generic "thumb" names... sure, "thumber" might sound nicer. For people who KNOW what TGP means, there is NO contest, especially with decent traffic being suggested on it. I'm sure people like BuyDomains, have their semantic industry categorization engine all geared up, so that they instantly know how to break words up, and then, what phrases rate highly in what industries... and what alternative spellings those phrases may match with.

In my opinion, it's a pretty intense and very broad landscape when it comes to names (the public namespace, et al). At the end of the day, the price of the name, is the price of the name. It may not be what YOU can pay... but SOMEBODY could pay it. Point being, every name in each of our name collections only has so much "liquidity" at any given time. I've purchased names for WAY more than they were worth, because I had plans for it. Much different from realistate where one can assertain a certain value independant of whether they can find a buyer. For names, you're really just throwing darts about you're OWN valuation, because the wholesale price is often drastically different than what's possible.

It's fun to joke about what people pay for names, but the only thing that really matters is if they were satisfied with their purchase. Not everyone shares the same goals.

My two cents,
~ Nexus

 

[mole]

It's fun to joke about what people pay for names, but the only thing that really matters is if they were satisfied with their purchase. Not everyone shares the same goals.

That's true, nex. Not everyone shares the same goals, but many people share the same god.

 

[selfmindead]

wow... niiiicly put, couldnt have said it better myself. Oh Oh theres a tear... it was beutiful =D

THUMBER.COM is a better name
is at namewinner.com and its in a open auction i think it at $90.
thats a hell of alot better too.

You know the funny thing about domain names? It's never JUST about how the name sounds. There is a history and pedigree to every single letter of every word. That's what makes the market so dynamic. Adoptable looks at Archive.org and says: "Hey, look out... its got Porn it's past". Yet, anyone who is bidding for the name CLEARLY knows this just by looking at it. I'm not in the adult industry, but I remember drilling down on the whole "What is TGP" question before, and being amazed at the whole landscape of the answer. For people looking for generic "thumb" names... sure, "thumber" might sound nicer. For people who KNOW what TGP means, there is NO contest, especially with decent traffic being suggested on it. I'm sure people like BuyDomains, have their semantic industry categorization engine all geared up, so that they instantly know how to break words up, and then, what phrases rate highly in what industries... and what alternative spellings those phrases may match with.

In my opinion, it's a pretty intense and very broad landscape when it comes to names (the public namespace, et al). At the end of the day, the price of the name, is the price of the name. It may not be what YOU can pay... but SOMEBODY could pay it. Point being, every name in each of our name collections only has so much "liquidity" at any given time. I've purchased names for WAY more than they were worth, because I had plans for it. Much different from realistate where one can assertain a certain value independant of whether they can find a buyer. For names, you're really just throwing darts about you're OWN valuation, because the wholesale price is often drastically different than what's possible.

It's fun to joke about what people pay for names, but the only thing that really matters is if they were satisfied with their purchase. Not everyone shares the same goals.

My two cents,
~ Nexus

 

[mole]

wow... niiiicly put, couldnt have said it better myself. Oh Oh there's a tear... it was beautiful :D

They don't call him Nex us for nothing

 

[Nexus]

I had to stop bidding for [three-key-terms].com when it hit $600 and no end to the proxy in site. The domain name looks to have NO traffic, minimal Ovt results w/o extension, and yet they kept going higher on me at SnapNames. Truth? I would have paid $1,500 or more if I could have gotten approval for my client. Why... some good keywords for their business. Worth it? Depends on the plans. Most people wouldn't look twice at the name, yet there were at least 10 people bidding on it.

BuyDomains has a [dictionary-term]Inc.com domain that another client of mine would be very happy to have. BuyDomains wanted $4,000, and I couldn't get my client to go above $2,500 (as he fully expected it to end up MORE than the agreed price when all said and done). My client has looked at that domain name site at BuyDomains for over two years, and he'd said the first time he inquired, the asking price was over $6,000 dollars. I don't expect that name will go anywhere, but that's a choice every seller has to make.

I decided at the last moment not to buy a domain name similar to one I already owned years ago. The asking price was $2,000, but the more I thought about it, the less it sounded like good business sense at the time. Now, it seemed it would have been a bargain, as the term seems to have grown in popularity. The original seller has already sold to a trademark holder who had approached me as well (to sell). So, that ship has sailed.

Something is always bubbling in this market.

~ Nexus

 

[Tippy]

I cant believe someone actually said this name was worth only 2 figures lol

I dont think you should be buying or selling Domains, seriously...

Mike

 

[paxton]

I cant believe someone actually said this name was worth only 2 figures ...

I can't think of many better names that exist for an adult MGP or TGP. It's a very, very good name.

 

[dgridley]

Yup...

haha...

you just love those "w3" prefixed domain names dont you?

 

[selfmindead]

do you by any chance have a stats page for that domain? you were almost going to buy it right? so didnt they show some kind of proof of good hits? (not that the amazing google results werent enough) but some kind of parking stats or anything?

 

[Nexus]

I cant believe someone actually said this name was worth only 2 figures lol
I dont think you should be buying or selling Domains, seriously...
Mike

Like I was saying... I can believe it. The namespace is so wide. I know I've done a double take on names that at first glance I had NO idea what I was looking at. The fact that some people can calculate value on a wide selection of relevant industries is impressive, but I doubt everyone can make that claim. Someone might think "puritan.net" was a low-value name, but then they might look at how the word "vitamins" relates, and realize there may be an affiliate opportunity they could exploit (or a UDRP case waiting to happen).

~ Nexus

 

[Grrilla]

I wonder to what extent the prices garnered at auctions are the result of bidding frenzy, the exposure the name recieves from being on a site that is well publicized, and known to name buyers, and by the mere fact that the name is a drop, and as such, was previously considered worthy of registration and has been unavailable over a period of time? It makes me wonder if it might be more cost effective to search for names that are nearing their redemption period, and make offers directly to the owners.

Pool, Snap etal, and their band of partners would lose out, but not too many a tear would be shed on their behalf. I suppose, it's a matter of convenience. The drops are rounded up into a nice neat list of names that are definitely available, there is no email correspondence/negotiations to contend w/, and, (I like this one), there is less of a chance that an owner renews as a result of suddenly seeing some value in his name that he didn't see before. (ie " If someone is willing to make me an offer for it, maybe this one deserves a second look ".)