Would we benefit from a private appraisal section?

[Johnn]

I can see this either way. But the existence of the name is public info.

Low appraisals could hurt someone who had an impending sale too. Hmmm that is worrisome.

What if this appraisal section was not indexed by search engines?

I do not believe in appraisal and I price my name based on who the buyer is and how much are they willing to pay.
The who is info is public but not the pricing. I do not want anyone to ask for appraisal on the names that I own. Period.

 

[Gerry]

A select group of appraisers is a no-go in my opinion. Is that the exclusive-exclusive membership?

Johnn also brings up a good point regarding a name owned.

I think that the name would have to be posted on the open market - ie, auction on Sedo, Snap, Namejet, etc - and not one just randomly selected.

 

[A D]

Adam, the problem is that there are such wide varieties of valuation for any domain, you yourself have given an example today where you say you paid $8.5k I think it was for a domain that you think others would not value above $2-$3k, so even here your valuation was circa 300% more than what you think many others would value the domain at. I just use this as an example.

Sometines that's good as others may see more potential in a name than the purchaser.

-=DCG=-

 

[A D]

I do not like the idea if some one posted the name that I own and want an appraisal on my name here.

We have to have some honour, it must be a name someone is interesting in purchasing not random names.

-=DCG=-

 

[A D]

What if this appraisal section was not indexed by search engines?

I am ok with this.

-=DCG=-

 

[A D]

Johnn also brings up a good point regarding a name owned.

I think that the name would have to be posted on the open market - ie, auction on sedo, Snap, Namejet, etc - and not one just randomly selected.

That's a good place to start.

This section won't be mandatory to participate so those that are not interested can ignore it like other areas they have no interest in.

-=DCG=-

 

[Melly]

Is it possible to have the area private that only members can access? Maybe like an opt in type area. If you are interested in participating then you can but you have a choice. It also keeps outsiders from seeing it as well.

I really think that making it public could hurt pending or future sales. For example if someone is purchasing a domain for xx or xxx and the seller sees that their domain is priced at a higher price they may back out on deals. I just think there are a few cons that should be considered before deciding to do it and how it should go about being setup. Or again on the flip side the buyer may back out if they see domains priced under what they are paying for it. Do you really want people pointing DNF as a resource as to why they decided to back out on a deal?

 

[urlurl]

I can see this either way. But the existence of the name is public info.

Low appraisals could hurt someone who had an impending sale too. Hmmm that is worrisome.

What if this appraisal section was not indexed by search engines?

If it was in the exclusive section, wouldn't only the exclusive members be able to see it?

 

[David G]

I do not believe in appraisal and I price my name based on who the buyer is and how much are they willing to pay.

Agree, it's by far the best way to valuate a name with the shallow or deep pockets in mind.

Amazingly, one of the 3 Admins at the old DS forum (also a seller here with a current sales thread, and a heavy hitter domain owner) once posted the exact opposite saying he thinks it is wrong to price a name high just because a buyer has deep pockets and said the name should be the same price regardless of who the buyer may be Strange but true.

 

[A D]

Ok, here's a real life scenario where this would help, I got an offer yeaterday on staffed.com through Sedo. I own the domain and I want to see if my pricing on this name is reasonable or if I am overpricing it becuase it's my name.

I think it's a good name for a recruiting / staffing company.

I asked $4,888 and the offered $2,600, after I slept on it I thought how good this would be for a staffing company as they get about 3-5k for every position they fill so this I feel the name was worth more than 5k.

What are some thoughts from people in this thread? What's it worth?

-=DCG=-

 

[Johnn]

It depends on if this is the first offer or you two have been negotiated back and forth.
- If this is the first offer then I would stick with the price
- Back and forth offers - He/she would be willing to meet in between.

I sold a LLL dot net recently on Sedo. They started the offer at 500 and I asked for 10,000
We go back and forth and settled at 5K

 

[Biggie]

Ok, here's a real life scenario where this would help, I got an offer yeaterday on staffed.com through Sedo. I own the domain and I want to see if my pricing on this name is reasonable or if I am overpricing it becuase it's my name.

I think it's a good name for a recruiting / staffing company.

I asked $4,888 and the offered $2,600, after I slept on it I thought how good this would be for a staffing company as they get about 3-5k for every position they fill so this I feel the name was worth more than 5k.

What are some thoughts from people in this thread? What's it worth?

-=DCG=-

i think it's "past tense"

but i don't know traffic, how long you had it, original acquisition cost, how many previous offers received, etc



i'm assuming all that was low, so what you asked is probably a good price


if it was more, then i think you would have priced higher

 

[draggar]

I think what DCG is proposing would be an exclusive only beneift that can only be viewed by exclusive members (so it would not be indexed by Google).

 

[peter]

it would work for names that I am willing to sell, but if I am acting as the buyer I am not going to let another domainer in on the deal I have planned, even if I am having doubts about the price

 

[Gerry]

Ok, here's a real life scenario where this would help, I got an offer yeaterday on staffed.com through Sedo. I own the domain and I want to see if my pricing on this name is reasonable or if I am overpricing it becuase it's my name.

I think it's a good name for a recruiting / staffing company.

I asked $4,888 and the offered $2,600, after I slept on it I thought how good this would be for a staffing company as they get about 3-5k for every position they fill so this I feel the name was worth more than 5k.

What are some thoughts from people in this thread? What's it worth?

-=DCG=-

I honestly feel that even 5k is too little.

Even past tense, there are countless potential sub domains to every sector in industry.

Hard to anticipate how it would be used but with full time unemployment way down and temporary staffing way up, this might be a sleeper.

Plus, who knows if someone wants to promote this as StaffED, ED standing for Education. Look at the news. Tenure does not mean squat anymore, cities and municipalities are laying off teachers by the thousands, and even Universities are laying off professors.

You may be looking at the new job posting positions-to-be-filled or positions wanted for teachers.

 

[peter]

I would counter with $9500 and meet somewhere high

 

[Bill Roy]

Staffed.com is a very nice domain specifically targeting in your example an employment or recruitment agency would undoubtedly love to have, it lends itself both to individuals looking for employment and to companies looking to employ. As the name is memorable and would appear clear both written and vocally then this could be a boon to any agency acquiring it.

My gut feeling is that the domain should be in the $10k - $25k region for an end user easily, although I have to stress here that I would try and market the domain at a conference of employment agencies, etc., this should instigate some interest from prospective buyers in the industry. Explore the possibilities and costs of placing an ad/s on the conference stationary, major hotel stationary where members will be staying, etc.. Just a quick thought there, but opportunities do seem to exist for getting end-user interest fairly cheaply.

 

[Gerry]

Not to mention that nearly every healthcare organization and hi tech markets have required annual Staff Ed requirements.

 

[A D]

I honestly feel that even 5k is too little

He came up to meet my asking price after going back and forth, the name sold for 4,889 USD

-=DCG=-

 

[vikrantjain22]

IMHO, you left money on the table on this one, nice generic name for a Staffing / Recruitment Company