Domain owners think values are headed up.
Are domain name aftermarket prices heading up? Domain owners are certainly optimistic.
61% of those surveyed in the 5th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey believe domain values will be higher in 2010 than last year. Only 12% think they’ll be lower.
Compare that to last year, when only 32% thought prices would be higher in 2009 compared to 2008.
Indeed, domainer sentiment on values saw a quick one year dip, followed by a recovery to almost 2006 levels:
Are domainers good at predicting value increases, or have we all drunk the same Kool-Aid? It’s a tough question, as there is little data to accurately compare prices from year to year since each domain is unique. It’s safe to say that the lofty expectations of domainers going into 2008 were perhaps to high. Yet low expectations for 2009 may have been too pessimistic.
For more results from the 2010 Domain Name Wire Survey, click here.
Domainer says
I sold all my names to Jonty Williams.
Larry says
I have seen nothing but a steady increase in inquiries over the last six months.
I had a personal record in late Nov. of 21 domain inquiries in a single day…..it’s never happened before. I do have days with no inquiries also, but that 21 inquiry day told me that the dam broke and the buyers WILL be coming eventually.
There are still a butt-load of tire kickers, but I figure you get enough tire kickers in the show room and some will start to buy. The sentiment just has to start swinging towards a positive view of domains before that happens, but I think 2010 will be the year the tide starts to turn hard.
Matt says
Looks exactly like the stock market.
bernard says
I am rather sure a very large (and maybe larger these days) part of inquiries aren’t from people willing to buy but from domainers checking what other are asking for to get ideas for their domains.
Stephen Douglas says
I’m getting a lot more enquiries too, but few callbacks. I think many of these are spam enquiries to confirm email viability. In other words, all a spammer has to do is send you a quick email (using a robot link miner program to get to your “This Domain For Sale” link on your landing page) and once you respond, you’re tagged. I’ve caught a few enquiries with different emails but with the same “purchase enquiry” language. Be wary.
I am now sending out a response email to enquirers of domains I think are worth more than $2000 that requires the enquirer to provide viable company/contact info before I take the time to send my pricing, etc… UNLESS they fit that “spam” mold of similar enquiries, where then I just ignore ’em.