Appraisals

Love em or hate em, some people crave appraisals of their names. I would strongly suggest you NEVER pay for appraisals and any emails or offers to appraise for money, decline. I really do beleive that as you learn domaining you get a *feel* for names and just being around the market, start to get to know what names are worth. Its always nice to know what other domainers *think* about your names but I deeply think you can never really appraise a name completely. Ok ... You may often hear the terms reg fee, end-users, flip fee, trade price and many more... But basically, the end price is IMO in the buyer. What you paid for it .. is what it is worth until you find a buyer that wishes to pay more .End-Users are there but they are the luxury we are all looking for (tips later). You can make a quick buck finding gems and selling them to other re-sellers but always remember re-sellers are there to re=sell. Its always fun going to sites that offer free appraisals but please only ever use this as a guide or light hearted as these are not normally acuarate. If you have ever spoken to me or have seen me around in np chat (this I will cover later hehe), then you will know I dont really appraise. I will say if I think a name fits the extention or if the name suits the development needs or if the name sounds cool etc but you can never really predict a buyer. There are other things you need to take into consideration when looking at the price of a name if you dig alittle deeper. Has the name ever been registered or developed before? Does the name get any traffic? Does the name have any backlinks? As you can see just asking for an appraisal is not clean cut,, you really need to get full analysis before you give a blanket $. If you would like to see if there is any history with a potential name its worth looking here at the way back machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php You may also wanna see if the name has any back links.. http://www.iwebtool.com/backlink_checker these will increase traffic but beware I will cover pump and dump later as not all traffic is real. ((hehe keep with me I did say domining wasn't easy) LOL. You may also want to check the name has never been blacklisted as a spam name or google banned . http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx . http://www.iwebtool.com/google_banned So as you see appraisals are not as easy as they first appear. Yes names like hotels.com travel.com, business.com sex.com loans.com etc etc will always be easier but these names are gems not needing appraisals. Have a look always before you buy. Does the name have any history http://www.hosterstats.com/ .

Another site you may wish to bookmark is http://www.3character.com/priceguide.html Here you will find updated prices for most 3 character names .. a fab guide to the market

Hugs as always .. Michelle

My thought for tonight is ........ LOVE