That is about £500 - currently figures are on about 30 times that for jan so far.
It is worth looking into other extentions rather than .com . I work in .co.uk mainly and there is still tremendous value to be had.
I advise my clients to look into cctlds, especially the .co.uk and .de extensions. There is GREAT value in those extensions if you have the right keywords.
I think I've posted this before, but I will give my expert freebie advice again right here on domain extension value... in order of value on the open market. These values can change at any time, except the .com, king of domain extensions. Let's take a two word generic descriptive domain and carve out an estimated value of the same "phrase" at each extension:
(My New Year's gift to DNforum members) All value estimations are the MINIMUM of what the owner should sell... there is NEVER a "TOP" or "MAXIMUM" value of a domain, because the domain is worth what the buyer will pay, and that can exceed your expectations. The Minimum price projects what you can expect for the domain if you sat on it. If you need cash quick, you can offer it at lower than MINIMUM for a quick sale and get the cash. I do that sometimes, because I like the quick cash without having to convince the wife that spending over $10k a month on domain purchases is okay... there's millions of domains to buy and sell.
Well, there isn't any ONE domain that makes you do a "Tommy Boy" on the sale. (rent or buy the movie "TOMMY BOY", and you'll understand. It's the
#1 comedy of all time, starring David Spade and Chris Farley, and it has to do with SALES. You'll see the spot in the movie that I'm referring to - don't you love searching for clues like a treasure hunt? If you don't see what I'm referring to in the movie, just go back to playing Scrabble).
So, here's the phrase we'll evaluate in all of the top extensions:
"CoffeeTable" (all extensions taken - none by me). Here are a few of my my appraisal values:
.com - (this domain is privacy protected through Moniker -- a fast appraisal that this domain is owned by a big player. The site is a landing page. The domain in my estimation is worth $15,000 MINIMUM)
.org - look at this... the domain doesn't even have a parked page. Worse still, there's content in FRENCH! ARGH! Where does the rev come in from browser searching (direct navigation)? Value -- $1000
.de - don't go to this page if you're on a Mac using Safari. Besides that, there is no monetization connected with this page. Value - $1000 euro
.info - says in Domaintools.com that it has a 94% SEO score, and 100% meta relevance... hmmm looks like he's pointing it to a website the sells domain tools... Value - $400
.co.uk - parked site, looks customized... eh... $500
.net - parked, using Domainmanager.com -- great service, BTW. Value - $500
.mobi - boohoo, domain owner left the domain for godaddy's default landing pages. Owner making zero on traffic rev, if any. godaddy making money on his domain traffic. Yeah Godaddy! Value -- $75
.us - parked domain, I "feel" that the owner likes this domain. Value - $400
.biz - looks like it's at Parked.com, smart owner... Value - $300
This is a rough appraisal of a domain "phrase" in its top extenstions and I have no association with. Hopefully, this will provide a decent sample to which readers can assess similar value within their own domains.