domain www.about.net

[rentacarsh]

Just won it on sedo, for 4600 USD...How much does it worth?

Estibot 9900
Valuate.com said 9900

 

[slumdog]

considering its a .net tld, low $xxxxx to right user
very brandable,great name,congrats on winning the name

 

[rentacarsh]

more like 10K, 20K, or 30-40?

Thanks!

 

[matrigaldo]

"low $xx,xxx" would mean, usually, between 10k and 20k, then "mid" between 20k and 60k and "high" over 60k.
At least it's my way to value

Then i would say high $x,xxx .

 

[BNZ]

Wow, a 5 letter, English dictionary word that's very commonly used. Sure, it's a .NET, but I don't think that hurts it's value at all. I agree with the above appraisals. Congrats on getting a fine domain name. My only question is, would About.com, being a fairly large website, have any kind of trademark on the name?

 

[bmugford]

I think this is the type of domain that would have sold for 2x what it did before Sedo's new design changes. There are way fewer eyeballs actually watching the auctions now.

I think it was a very good buy at that price.

Brad

 

[nicedomains]

I think this is the type of domain that would have sold for 2x what it did before Sedo's new design changes. There are way fewer eyeballs actually watching the auctions now.

Interesting observation.

IMO you got the domain for a fair price. It's not really product related but could easily be branded into a nice site. I don't see it selling for much higher than very low $xx,xxx right now.
:gn:

 

[Smartphone]

Definetly a great purchase. Worth way more in my opinion then what was paid. 2X more easy. Again great purchase.

 

[william]

It's a great domain, I'd say mid to high $xxxx. But if sold to a company with big plans, it might be well in five figures.

 

[Kate]

Mid $$$$

 

[wwwweb]

You got the better part of the sale that is for sure, About.net is a great name for a wikipedia type site or I have seen some software companies trade under that brand, but I would have seen this going higher if sedo had their home page auctions exposed, I used to least take a look at the top 5 closing many times per day and was able to get some bargains under $100, I don't remember the last time I have scanned that list, nor do I know where to find it. I would think this domain is in the $5-8k range

 

[petermegastar]

more 20k

congratulation and good luck .

 

[ecalc]

Just won it on sedo, for 4600 USD...How much does it worth?

Estibot 9900
Valuate.com said 9900

The most recent auction sale price is the best measure of fair market value. Few if any sales platforms draw more traffic or produce higher sales prices than Sedo despite their eyeball killing design changes. Post-bust comps ...

sld:
about.biz $510 12/2008 sedo auction
weak extension, commensurate price

tld (one word, non-product/service and/or flexible):
are.net $4.1k 01/2010 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 246k / $0.96 cpc - dot com is parked
best.net $36.8k 11/2009 moniker - adwords keyword global exact = 550k / $1.83 cpc - dot com is parked
find.net $25k 01/2010 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 165k / $1.36 cpc - dot com is search engine
click.net $20k 03/2009 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 823k / $2.07 cpc - dot com is minisite
note.net $4k 11/2009 namejet - adwords keyword global exact = 165k / $1.17 cpc - dot com is minisite
scan.net $5.7k 10/2009 moniker - adwords keyword global exact = 201k / $1.52 cpc - dot com is parked
flex.net $3.8k 10/2009 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 450k / $1.22 cpc - dot com is an isp
about.net $4.6k 01/2010 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 246k / $0.90 cpc - dot com is a monster branded content site/search engine
Digging deeper in the past, we find that are.net sold for $1.5k in 11/2006 (up nicely), find.net sold for $21k in 12/2006 (up a bit) and click.net sold for $56k in 12/2007 (down hard).

An upside limit consideration for any sld name is brand share availability - is that sld already strongly branded with a different tld? In the case of about.net, it is deep in the shadow of about.com. About.net would have to work around that 800 lb gorilla with a different business model or a non-infringing twist on content/search. Most businesses with $XXXX+ domain budgets lean towards owning the dot com, not battling directly or indirectly an established dot com giant. A good fit end user may be dot net registry Verisign, who could use it to promote the extension, although if they wanted it they probably would have kept it.

 

[namewaiter]

The most recent auction sale price is the best measure of fair market value. Few if any sales platforms draw more traffic or produce higher sales prices than Sedo despite their eyeball killing design changes. Post-bust comps ...

sld:
about.biz $510 12/2008 sedo auction
weak extension, commensurate price

tld (one word, non-product/service and/or flexible):
are.net $4.1k 01/2010 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 246k / $0.96 cpc - dot com is parked
best.net $36.8k 11/2009 moniker - adwords keyword global exact = 550k / $1.83 cpc - dot com is parked
find.net $25k 01/2010 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 165k / $1.36 cpc - dot com is search engine
click.net $20k 03/2009 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 823k / $2.07 cpc - dot com is minisite
note.net $4k 11/2009 namejet - adwords keyword global exact = 165k / $1.17 cpc - dot com is minisite
scan.net $5.7k 10/2009 moniker - adwords keyword global exact = 201k / $1.52 cpc - dot com is parked
flex.net $3.8k 10/2009 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 450k / $1.22 cpc - dot com is an isp
about.net $4.6k 01/2010 sedo - adwords keyword global exact = 246k / $0.90 cpc - dot com is a monster branded content site/search engine
Digging deeper in the past, we find that are.net sold for $1.5k in 11/2006 (up nicely), find.net sold for $21k in 12/2006 (up a bit) and click.net sold for $56k in 12/2007 (down hard).

An upside limit consideration for any sld name is brand share availability - is that sld already strongly branded with a different tld? In the case of about.net, it is deep in the shadow of about.com. About.net would have to work around that 800 lb gorilla with a different business model or a non-infringing twist on content/search. Most businesses with $XXXX+ domain budgets lean towards owning the dot com, not battling directly or indirectly an established dot com giant. A good fit end user may be dot net registry Verisign, who could use it to promote the extension, although if they wanted it they probably would have kept it.

great evaluation!

i'd say mid-high $,$$$

 

[the_poet]

Mid to high $x,xxx

 

[Nattydomain]

its a nice domain for sure to own BUT I think a hard sale to a end user as about.com is well developed and known....dont see much type in for the .net when the .com is so widely used

 

[Luc]

Nice buy!

$10k - $20k.

.NETS are tricky, I had posters.net a long time ago and couldn't sell it.

However, I like this one a lot more than posters.net. Very awesome domain!

Good luck!
Luc

 

[anon22339]

I agree it will be a troubled domain name due to About.com. I think you paid full market value.

 

[rentacarsh]

Went to about.com in the end for an undislosed amount