Appraisals from WebProWorld users?

[R3born]

Greetings,
I am new in domain game. I recently registered some domains, and let's say I would like to know their approximate value, if any. Is it OK to ask forum users to help? Perhaps there's already a thread like this?
Thanks.

[Linda Buquet]

Hi CigarsParadise,

Thank you for asking 1st.

This is a new forum and we are still trying to decide if we are going to allow appraisals and domains for sale listings. I may start seperate sections if we do decide to allow it.

For now I would say go ahead as long as you have less than 3 names. If you have more than that please put them all on a page and link to that page.

FYI there are many other forums that do allow domain appraisals - just Google domain name forums.

Okay, I'll go ahead then :)
Right now, I've got :
bigsox.com
caronline.org
ticketz.info

What do you think about those?

[R3born]

Oops, forgot to log in.
That was my post, of course :)

[kikkertm]

Hi Catalyst,

Considering the intelligent audience and interests of this forum, I would vote to allow appraisals and requests for opinions on domain names. I think it would add much value and really kick off this forum !

Just my $0.02..

Regards,
Mike.

[kikkertm]

CigarsParadise,

Let me have a stab at it then !

bigsox.com - Can't see much commercial value. It's technically a misspelling so that would bring the value down. Quite a cool sounding name though so that might help. My guess: $100 - $150

caronline.org - Good name although the extension doesn't fit a commercial site. Be good for a car enthousiast site but they are usually not willing to fork out much. My guess: $50 - $100

ticketz.info - Again a misspelling. There are still quite good .info names available so rarity won't help the value much. for the right buyer (and maybe wait a while) : $50 - $150

Please note that the values are PURELY subjective. If you find the right buyer at the right time, these values could easily be multiplied by 10 !

Regards,
Mike.

[R3born]

Thanks Mike,
I guess I'll have to use Bazaar :) and try to find some better names.
Maybe somebody has a different opinion on those? I would like to hear from Catalyst :)

[Linda Buquet]

CigarsParadise,

I would agree with Mike's evaluation and logic on your domains and highlightthe fact that if you can market to end users and someone WANTS your name badly you could get more. I see names like this going in the reseller domain forums for $10 also however.

Mike I agree about adding an appraisal section - just need to discuss with Brittany and come up with the rules. The concern of course is how to prevent it from becoming too spammy. Any ideas on good rules to keep things under control please PM me.

2Catalyst about Appraisal section :
just limit the number of domains per post, for example 3/post, and 1 post per week?

[kikkertm]

Hi Catalyst,

These things tend to work themselves out. If you would have a seperate forum topic (domain name appraisals) I guess the rule could be 1 domain name per post, domain name in the post subject, no linking to the domain name in the post. If you don't want to have a seperate forum topic for it, I guess the rule could still apply but ask to put something like:

[appraisal request] mydomain.com

as topic subject so they can be clearly identified.

Hope that helps.
Regards,
Mike.