Comments on: A Big Thumbs Up for BargainDomains.com

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:26:54 +0000

@ Chandan – I suspect that has to do with how well Estibot 2.0 works with non .com domains, and the fact that even the discounted .coms are typically under $1,000.

By: chandan

chandan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:01:58 +0000

currently it lists only .coms

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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:04:22 +0000

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By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:21:55 +0000

@ ActNow – the reason those domains are appraising close is because the appraisal system takes sales comps into consideration.

You’re right, you’re not going to try to sell Candy.com on BargainDomains.com. But there are plenty of other domains you’d sell there, as you’ll see on the site right now.

By: ActNow

ActNow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:39 +0000

I’m confused why someone would list a premium domain using Valuate appraisal formula.

I ran the top 15 domains from DNJ sales this week. Valuate appraised them for what they sold for on DNJ. Interesting!!!

I took DNJ top 11 sales this year. Valuate produced a valuation approx. similar to what they sold.

Candy.com sold $ 3mil. Valuate appraisal $ 3.08mil.
Fly.com sold for $ 1.76mil. Appraisal – $ 1.8mil.

I ran some of NameMedia’s sales this week.
The appraisal was close to NameMedia’s sale price.

Now, If Rick listed Candy.com on Valuate.
It would be listed for $ 924,000.
Minus 15% commission – net proceeds $ 785,400.

It basically means that the buyers using BargainDomains is buying at a 70% discount.
And, the seller is netting 25.5% of the appraised value.

Please correct me if my math is wrong.

By: Nebraska

Nebraska — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:21:40 +0000

I don’t want it to appear that I don’t like the proposed idea – I do. It’s just that there is so much talk about creating a domain market yet there are no market makers. Just a lot of resellers.

Coins and real estate quickly come to mind where the places that sell will also purchase. It helps to create that market… heck, even baseball cards have market makers. Domain names don’t.

By: Idiot Domainer

Idiot Domainer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:38:37 +0000

I’ll guarantee reg fee on any name “valuated” at $1k or more