closed MarriageDissolutions.com

[bamboo]

Synonym to "divorce".
Any thoughts on the value would be appreciated.

 

[WhoDatDog]

Not really worth anything. There are lots of combinations of words that may mean something, but have zero value as a domain name. Two things you can think about are 1) Will the name get traffic, and if so, is that traffic worth anything? And 2) Is it plausible that someone would want to acquire this name for enough money to make it worth my while to register it for a few years?

This name won't get traffic, and it is hard to imagine anyone wanting to spend good money on it. You are basically spinning your wheels and wasting time with names like these. There really isn't any upside that makes the effort worthwhile. Also, it is the type of name that is easily misspelled.

My advice is to not register these types of names. If they are available to register there is likely a good reason for it. Not always, but in this case that would apply. It is not enough that the name has a meaning and can be found on Google, you have to take it to the next level and ask yourself why anyone would ever want to invest a lot of time and effort into building a site around the name. Without the traffic, which this name will never have, you have to have a reasonable expectation that someone would offer you a decent sum to make a name worth registering.

You will save a lot of time and money if you get off this path quickly. I have registered far worse names than this, myself, but it is a dead end and not the place you need to be spending your time if you want to have success in life. Once again, these names take more than they give. You paid for the name, and now you are starting a thread about it, so it is costing you even more money.

 

[bamboo]

I can imagine that a divorce lawyer or an online divorce service would want to acquire such a domain. Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[iBizStart]

Dissolution in NY is when a spouse disappears for a period of at least 5 years. It does not work like an annulment or divorce and therefore is not that valuable to attorneys

 

[WhoDatDog]

I can imagine that a divorce lawyer or an online divorce service would want to acquire such a domain. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Yes, that is the trap and the flaw in the thinking. You have to ask yourself why they would want the name. If the name doesn't get any traffic then it will not generate any leads for the attorney. And since this name isn't the type of name that you can really build a powerful marketing pitch around, then there really is not incentive for an attorney to buy it.

You have the take the next step in the analysis if you are going to really do well. Lots of people think names have tremendous value because "theoretically" someone might want to buy it, but it just doesn't work that way.

Even with stronger names you need to be careful on your assumptions. I will give you a few examples of names that I have had where I was 99 percent sure I would get an easy sale.

Miscroscripts.com (there are sites at Microscripts.net, Microscripts.info, and more)

The above name did not lead to a sale to the .net or .info, and I was willing to let it go for a very low price at the end.


VarietyMotors.com (site at VarietyMotors.us and VarietyMotors.net)

No sale to the .net or .us.


Now, there have been many other times where the sales were made quickly and I made lots of profit on the name, but the above two examples destroyed my assumptions. I really couldn't imagine a sane businessperson not wanting to pay a few hundred for a name that would protect his business and likely lead to many sales.

With a name like MarriageDissolutions.com you cannot make any assumptions at all. You surely won't get emails out of nowhere inquiring about the name. In fact, I would say that there is a zero chance you will ever have some random attorney look you up through Whois and make an offer. If that is the case then the name is not as strong enough.

You are close to being on the right track, but you need to think more about the probabilities than the possibilities. A good name has lots of options. This name has one option....and that is to find an attorney who wants to buy it. I am telling you that if you spent 100 hours on Google trying to find a buyer you might not be able to sell it for $100. And 100 hours of time has to be worth something...even $10 per hour means that you have invested $1,000 worth of time searching for a buyer. But even if you spend just a few hours looking for leads, you are quickly digging yourself a hole that you won't be able to climb out of. The math just won't work, since this isn't a homerun type of name that can lead to a big sale, even if you were to find an interested buyer. You would nead a name like NewYorkAttorney.com for something like that. Now, that is a valuable name, and you could rationalize doing hours of Google research and compiling a list of potential buyers, because it would likely lead to a very nice sale.

It won't happen with this name. It just isn't that easy, and it isn't a strong enough name for the reasons stated above. Good luck though. I just call it like I see it.

 

[bamboo]

Thanks for taking time and sharing your thoughts about MarriageDissolutions.com.
Still and all I see some potential in this name, because it's a valid generic term used as a synonym of divorce in most cases. I researched internet and saw many instances of using it by divorce lawyers, such as: "marriage dissolution attorney Kenneth J...", "Florida Marriage dissolution attorney" etc. I will try and pitch it to a few divorce services and see what happens.
I agree that having type-in traffic for a domain is an added asset, which is not the case here. But imho traffic is not always king. If a domain has intrinsic value and is descriptive of their business, businesses tend to buy such domains just for that, not because of traffic. Domainers are often obsessed with traffic, pay terrible amounts for traffic, while the truth is that an average small business end-user doesn't care about traffic, he even has no idea what it is. Hence you can first check the market, then buy a descriptive non-traffic domain for $10 or $50 - and turn it for $300-$400 with a decent probability of success.