Can age = price ?

[jasdon11]

Hi

Does a domains age have a big impact on value ? And if so, how old does a domain have to be to realise say $xxx based purely on age.

The reason I ask is I've just bought an expired name - nothing special about it other than it was first online in 1997 which makes it my oldest name. Could it be worth $100+ just on that, or do you think that it would take a few more years to 'mature'.

Jas

 

[katherine]

Vintage is a bonus but the value of the name lies elsewhere.
If the domain dropped the cold way and the creation date was reset in the whois, then there is little interest IMO, even though the existence of the name can be traced back to 1997.

 

[Bob]

IMHO - age has absolutely nothing to do with value. Why would it? The quality of the name is what it is all about.

-Bob

 

[NameAlot.com]

It would have to be really really old for age to become a factor. Then the name become like a museum art peice. I would love to own something regged in the '80s.. or early '90s my earliest name right now is only '98. I'm trying to acquire one from 1994 but not because of the date but of value, but the date just puts a little smile on my face

 

[Rarethings]

If you find names regged early on, the only reason buyers usually pay a little extra, is because they get a boost in the SE.

 

[whydna]

I agree with bob that the age of a domain has nothing to do with its value.

 

[POLiSH]

I would agree with age has nothing to do with a domain "name" value.

But if the domain has a website that goes along with it, it will add more value then a single domain name will ever.

 

[Dr. Domaining]

If you find names regged early on, the only reason buyers usually pay a little extra, is because they get a boost in the SE.

It has already been said but the top SEOs are always talking about the rankings they achieve with old domains. How long this trick will last nobody knows but because of this an old domain, in the least, has value because of the SEO potential, if nothing else.

 

[Rarethings]

^. Exactly. However, there is a cutoff point that I have found from personal experience, and it seems to be around 94-96. Anything regged past that still gets a little extra oomph, but anything before that time gets the "royal" treatment. (less work required for higher rankings).

 

[sevent]

What makes a domain valuable isn't the age, it's the desirablility. That said, on average, domain names registered long ago TEND to be the more desirable names -- which is why top.com has been registered since 1995 but no-one bothered to register crappyDomain.com until this year.

So, overall, there is a correlation between age and valuable domains. But that doesn't make any one domain valuable just because it's old, unless like was said it's so old that it is part of Internet history, but I don't think you'll ever get a chance to buy think.com :cheeky: