Comments on: Median Domain Name Sales Price Down 15%

By: Trusted Domains » Blog Archive » NameMedia Sells Flying.com, Racks up $600k Domain Sales

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By: Domain Name Wire » News » Median End User Domain Name Sales Price $1200 - The Domain Industry's News Source

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:54:46 +0000

[...] this month I reported that the median sales price for domain names at Sedo last year was $500. I pointed out that this number represents a mix between end user sales [...]

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:51:40 +0000

@ TheName – I suspect it would be very close to the median.

By: TheName.co.uk

TheName.co.uk — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:19:38 +0000

I’d be interested in the truncated mean – where the top and bottom sales are discarded to make the average more statistically useful.

By: Sam Nunez

Sam Nunez — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:51:46 +0000

True, but in this case, neither the median nor the average conveys fully what’s happening in the aftermakret over the last few months. We are seeing a very different picture if you analyze the lower end versus the higher end of the market.

Some at Sedo believe these shifts are fundamental and may persist post recession.

I’ll include some of our market segment analysis in my presentation at Domainer Mardi Gras next week.

By: Steve M

Steve M — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:33:34 +0000

While it’s true that the median is more accurate that the average; even that isn’t as accurate as it could be…which can really only be ascertained by comparing (large numbers of) the sales prices of the same exact domains themselves if/when they’re resold.

We see this today in real estate, where both the average AND the medium prices are down in many of the MSAs in the US…running over 35% in much of my area of central/southern CA…while the RESALE prices of the exact same houses (since there are enough to use for statistical accuracy since in the large majority of cases sales prices are readily available through county records); as gathered in the widely quoted S&P/Case-Schiller organization, show decreases running in the 20-30% range.

This is the true price decrease number/s.

Since this is admittedly very difficult if not impossible to do with domains…the median is the next best yardstick to use.