closed SportsForum dot com

[GhostWriter]

Would love to hear your appraisal thoughts.

Thanks

 

[nicedomains]

mid $xx,xxx min

 

[dcristo]

mid $xx,xxx min

it's a nice name but really that much? what kind of enduser would pay this much?

i would have thought this would be in the $3-5k range.

 

[Biggie]

mid $xx,xxx min

that would be my minimum too



awesome generic, Good Luck!

 

[Onward]

Really nice...not sure though if it is afflicted by being too generic. I personally would rather have it more targeted such as BaseballForum or SoccerForum - but none the less a great name. I would say more like 5-12k - I could be totally off though depending on who approaches wanting to buy.

I think the 3-5k is solid reseller.

 

[hockey]

Great name. I can see it easily going for the low $xx,xxx

it's a nice name but really that much? what kind of enduser would pay this much?

ESPN Sports, Fox Sports, NBC Sports

 

[rngrdanny22]

I posted on the other forum, but will post here too.

Reseller: $x,xxx
Enduser: $xx,xxx

 

[Theo]

Old, generic and...undeveloped. You can sell active, busy forums for six figures, but this one will have to be appraised "as is" for $40k max.

 

[HeyVic]

Most "Forum" domains are in the $10k and less price range. Search on the keyword FORUMS at dnsaleprice.com and do a sort on the highest price. You will see the few exceptions where $10k was exceeded.

I actualy think the topic Sports Forum is better than being about a specific sport, because the owner can create sections for each sport and have separate moderators if needed to be specialize. The monetization opportunities could be huge if the forum was well done, even though it does not have a brand name of an ESPN or SPORTINGNEWS level.

Look for sports bloggers as prospective buyers. A forum cast a wide net of ideas and perspectives from members that can help the blogger is ideas to post on. I don't see the big companies taking interest in this domain, because they are anal about their brand names being on everything.

 

[GhostWriter]

Thank you all, truly, for all of your input. I appreciate it greatly.

 

[Buy-A-Nic]

Awesome name to develop. Definitely $10K but over $20K would be a hard sell even for this.

Reason being the forum revenue model is very slim pickings, so it's a long term investment to get that $50K back, so I think the buyer will have to be a sports fan more than just a businessman. k:

 

[GhostWriter]

so it's a long term investment to get that $50K back

What 50k is that?

 

[Buy-A-Nic]

What 50k is that?

I could have just written my top range figure $20K there, I was referring to the 3 mid $xx,xxx appraisals.

Let's say the forum does really well!

FORUM YEAR 1 = 5,000 members
FORUM YEAR 2 = 20,000 members
FORUM YEAR 3 = 100,000 members

REVENUE YEAR 4 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 5 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 6 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 7 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 8 = $10K


Starting a forum would be a better strategy than sitting on the domain though.

 

[dcristo]

Great name. I can see it easily going for the low $xx,xxx



ESPN Sports, Fox Sports, NBC Sports

ESPN is the first brand that came to mind. Problem is, due to being so generic in nature, if one of the few global brands isn't interested, then you're basically appealing to developers with this domain, and thus, the price you can expect to get goes down considerably (even more so in this current climate).

 

[GhostWriter]

I could have just written my top range figure $20K there, I was referring to the 3 mid $xx,xxx appraisals.

Let's say the forum does really well!

FORUM YEAR 1 = 5,000 members
FORUM YEAR 2 = 20,000 members
FORUM YEAR 3 = 100,000 members

REVENUE YEAR 4 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 5 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 6 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 7 = $10K
REVENUE YEAR 8 = $10K


Starting a forum would be a better strategy than sitting on the domain though.

I thought you were suggesting I paid $50k for the domain.
Thanks for clarification, totally agree.
I am trying to decide which platform to develop on.
It's a tough decision, its down to vb or xen.
I want to make it soon.

 

[carledgar]

5K to 10K

Definitely a lean, clean name and sports is/are very popular - a sports forum site should attract a heck of a lot of advertisers given that there are so many varieties of high money sports - football, soccer, baseball, basketball - could have a cheerleaders gallery too where users post their favorite cheerleaders .. . well, maybe

Carl

 

[RTM.net]

I thought I had contributed to this discussion, but perhaps it was only in my head.

Nothing under $xx,xxx at the VERY least. Disregard current climate (in the US) and do NOT sell to a buyer on this forum as it's a shark market at the moment. Build it.

Agree also with above comments on the difficulty of building a forum / social site and even moreso: monetizing it. Sticky visitors = visitors who tune out traditional display ads so you will have to monetize using sponsorships and more ingenious ad models.

Awesome name.

Rob