{"id":1767,"date":"2011-07-15T13:51:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T17:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2011-07-15T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T19:10:13","slug":"my-domain-valuation-methodology-part-1-as-a-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/my-domain-valuation-methodology-part-1-as-a-buyer\/","title":{"rendered":"My domain valuation methodology: Part 1 &#8211; As a Buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve no recollection of my first domain purchase but it probably happened on eBay, more than ten years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Back in those days, eBay held a higher reputation than today, even with non-tangible goods such as domain names.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, my domain acquisitions diversified and I&#8217;ve completely removed eBay from my list of options.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, I buy domains from the following markets:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Domain forums<\/li>\n<li>Via direct emails to the owner<\/li>\n<li>Sedo<\/li>\n<li>NameJet<\/li>\n<li>GoDaddy TDNAM<\/li>\n<li>From offers I receive via email<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On occasion I might purchase domains on Bido, Afternic and domain conferences.<\/p>\n<p>So what methodology do I use in order to price domains and place offers or bids accordingly?<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I&#8217;m a big fan of aged domains. If a domain is from 1999 and older, I&#8217;m interested. If it&#8217;s from 1995 and prior, I&#8217;m definitely interested.<\/p>\n<p>Some aged domains might appear to be esoteric or might contain dashes. That&#8217;s when the visual and\/or aural test kicks in.<\/p>\n<p>Are these domains marketable? I add a point. Are they pronounceable? That&#8217;s a plus. Do they look &#8220;right&#8221; in print? Jot one point as well.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, if I can get any worthy domain for a huge discount, it&#8217;s always a great deal. Opportunities for discounts exist: the owner might be short in cash, they might be unaware of the domain&#8217;s worth or they might simply want to get out of business.<\/p>\n<p>If a domain has potential and there is a danger of it being snapped by others, I &#8220;seize the day&#8221; and make an offer within 10% of the asking price; sometimes I might just pay the asking price outright. The latter method took my $2k investment in 360.org to a $25,500 sale a few months later.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I trust my &#8220;gut feeling&#8221; and although I do follow the market trends, I&#8217;m staying true to what I consider positive elements in a domain.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, never be ashamed to ask for a discount, provided of course that it does not blatantly disregard the street value of certain types of domains: generics and short ones.<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/acroplex\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/twitter.com\/acroplex<\/strong><\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve no recollection of my first domain purchase but it probably happened on eBay, more than ten years ago. Back in those days, eBay held a higher reputation than today, even with non-tangible goods such as domain names. Since then, my domain acquisitions diversified and I&#8217;ve completely removed eBay from my list of options. 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